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Phil Kangas

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Jan 30, 2012, 1:13:07 PM1/30/12
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Forwarded from RCM....
>
> "Steve B" Fine looking stuff. But at those
> prices, it was "WHOA!". I can see some
>> time there on either a plasma or laser cnc, and
>> some airbrushing, but the prices were way out
>> of line. In San Jose Cabo, the prices were way
>> out of line on everything. It seems like these
>> guys meet every Thursday and discuss the price
>> of the week.
>>
>> Steve

Like that fan repair job, eih?





Steve B

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Jan 31, 2012, 9:46:10 PM1/31/12
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"Phil Kangas" <pka...@upalphacomm.net> wrote in message
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Swallow your meds whole. DO NOT CHEW THEM!



Phil Kangas

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Feb 1, 2012, 10:04:46 AM2/1/12
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"Steve B" <ste...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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oooh ooooh ! Did I poke you with a stick? Aren't
you the one
worth $$$$$$/hr? But no one else is? And you're
broke? ;>)}



Steve B

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Feb 1, 2012, 12:28:13 PM2/1/12
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"Phil Kangas" <pka...@upalphacomm.net> wrote in message
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I'm far from broke. One of the ways I keep money is not to spend it on
things that are overpriced. Life's pretty good at my house, or wherever I'm
staying in the world. How's it on your end?

Just got back from a week here:

http://thegrandmayan.com/

You might want to try it. Very relaxing. I can sell you one of my weeks if
you're interested.

Steve

www.heartsurgerysurvivalguide.com


Phil Kangas

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Feb 1, 2012, 5:24:36 PM2/1/12
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"Steve B" <ste...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Perhaps you are the one 'overpriced', eih? ;>)}



Ignoramus22461

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Feb 1, 2012, 10:13:40 PM2/1/12
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On 2012-02-01, Steve B <ste...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm far from broke. One of the ways I keep money is not to spend it on
> things that are overpriced.

This is how rich people talk. I adhere to the same philosophy.

i

amdx

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Feb 2, 2012, 8:49:37 AM2/2/12
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Careful now, if that is a time share, I might start a discussion
about the economics of timeshares! Starting with, how much is your
weekly maintenance fee? I could have a pretty good vacation on just the
maintenance fee on some timeshares.

On the other hand, not spending on overpriced things is a good start,
but people waste so much money on useless items that do nothing except
give them immediate gratification. My pet example paying $1.50 for a
soda when you can by a 12 pack at about $0.20 a can. Although I don't
drink much soda anymore, I do enjoy one when we have tacos.


Mike

Steve B

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Feb 2, 2012, 2:42:41 PM2/2/12
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"Phil Kangas" <pka...@upalphacomm.net> wrote
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> Perhaps you are the one 'overpriced', eih? ;>)}

I have no idea what you are talking about.

Steve


Steve B

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Feb 2, 2012, 2:47:25 PM2/2/12
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"amdx" <am...@knologynotthis.net> wrote

> On the other hand, not spending on overpriced things is a good start,
> but people waste so much money on useless items that do nothing except
> give them immediate gratification. My pet example paying $1.50 for a soda
> when you can by a 12 pack at about $0.20 a can. Although I don't drink
> much soda anymore, I do enjoy one when we have tacos.
>
>
> Mike

Is there anyone here who, twenty years ago, would have agreed that one day
we would be buying bottled water at the check out stand for $1+ per bottle.

I'm as guilty as anyone, but I DO make an attempt to watch the pennies.
After that, the dollars take care of themselves. We refill our plastic
water bottles out of our kitchen RO unit. We have a shelf for US and people
we don't like, and a shelf of sealed bottles for company. There are many
things that one can save a buck or two here and there, restaurant menus
being one of them. Stacks of store coupons sitting there when you walk into
a store is another. Free money for the taking.

Steve



Tin Lizzie DL

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Feb 4, 2012, 1:40:17 AM2/4/12
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In article <jg6mji$534$1...@dont-email.me>, pka...@upalphacomm.net says...
Unlike you, I've seen Ernie weld. His work is worth every penny he
charges.

Is yours?

--
Tin Lizzie
"Elephant- A mouse built to government specs." - Lazarus Long

Steve B

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Feb 4, 2012, 8:02:23 PM2/4/12
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"Tin Lizzie DL" <not....@do-not-try.com> wrote in message
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By the tone and look of this, you may have me mixed up with Phil Kangas.
Please do not do so.

I only wrote the part up until the word "Steve".

Thank you.

And Ernie is one of those welders where I would take a one chance fix it or
lose it one of a kind part, and bet that 99.9% of the time, I'd get it
backed properly fixed. And my question would not be how much, just when
could I pick it up.

Steve


Tin Lizzie DL

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Feb 4, 2012, 10:48:36 PM2/4/12
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In article <oykXq.28858$4c4....@news.usenetserver.com>,
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Ah. Sorry. Yes, my comment was directed towards P.K., not you.

Steve B

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Feb 4, 2012, 11:43:42 PM2/4/12
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"Tin Lizzie DL" <not....@do-not-try.com> wrote in message
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Thank you.

Steve


amdx

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Feb 5, 2012, 7:14:55 AM2/5/12
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Yes, that was a joke years ago.
Hey buddy, I have this business plan, "We're going put water in bottles
and sell it to people."
Mikek

Phil Kangas

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Feb 5, 2012, 11:13:42 AM2/5/12
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"Steve B" <ste...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Fuck both of you..........



Snag

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Feb 5, 2012, 1:33:25 PM2/5/12
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Phil Kangas wrote:
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> Fuck both of you..........

Hadn't seen anything from either of them that called for that response .
Perhaps YOU misunderstood something or attributed it to the wrong person ?
Only prices I saw quoted were Ernie's . And I agree with Steve's
assessment of Ernie's skills .
--
Snag
Learning keeps
you young !


Tin Lizzie DL

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Feb 5, 2012, 2:06:44 PM2/5/12
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In article <jgmi1m$edi$1...@dont-email.me>, snag...@msn.com says...
>
> Phil Kangas wrote:
> >
> > Fuck both of you..........
>
> Hadn't seen anything from either of them that called for that response .
> Perhaps YOU misunderstood something or attributed it to the wrong person ?
> Only prices I saw quoted were Ernie's . And I agree with Steve's
> assessment of Ernie's skills .

I'm filtering him out now. Boasting about welding skill and denigrating
one of the best craftsmen on this newsgroup is bad enough, but proving a
low I.Q. by using bad language is too much for me.

He probably doesn't realize that his posts will linger for years-
perhaps decades- and anyone looking him up on line will see these.

Painting himself into a corner.

Snag

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Feb 5, 2012, 2:11:36 PM2/5/12
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I try not to killfile any but those that continuously post political stuff
and/or multi-crosspost . Even a blind pig finds an occasional acorn .

Ignoramus15251

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Feb 5, 2012, 5:12:30 PM2/5/12
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I thought that our newsgroup was about pleasant stuff, like welding...


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Phil Kangas

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Feb 5, 2012, 6:46:37 PM2/5/12
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"Ignoramus15251"
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>I thought that our newsgroup was about pleasant
>stuff, like welding...
>
>
> i

These guys are on an ego trip, charging more than
they
are worth. There are at least ten thousand guys
out there with
the same talent. I just called them on it.....
;>)}



Snag

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Feb 5, 2012, 11:23:51 PM2/5/12
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Last time I got paid for welding it was 25 bucks for stickin' pieces of a
mower trailer back on for a low budget lawn service .
Not much ego to my welding , I just flat ain't all that great a weldor .
I was quoted 80 bucks to repair a 1 inch crack in an aluminum wheel . That
wheel is now in my "melt pile" awaiting getting cut into pieces that'll fit
my crucible .

Gunner Asch

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Feb 6, 2012, 12:53:18 AM2/6/12
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Phil can dish it out, but he cant take it.

Finns are like that.

Gunner

One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that,
in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers
and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are
not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
Gunner Asch

Steve B

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Feb 7, 2012, 11:27:04 PM2/7/12
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>> These guys are on an ego trip, charging more than
>> they
>> are worth. There are at least ten thousand guys
>> out there with
>> the same talent. I just called them on it.....
>> ;>)}

The free marked decides such things. If a person is willing to pay the
price asked for any goods or service, that's free enterprise at work. If
the price is too high, the buyer simply doesn't buy. Who's to say what is
worth what? The market, I say. Not any governmental agency, nor any person
who claims to know who is worth what. The person who is on the ego trip is
the one who claims to know every other person's talent or worth, yet whose
own is dubious.

Reality speaks for itself.

And it speaks so loudly that there is a real shortage of qualified welders.
It is funny that no matter what the conversation, when you bring up welding,
everyone knows how to do it, and are certified or qualified. And it's so
easy a monkey could do it. Yet, you give them two pieces of metal to be
welded together in a specific manner, and uh, um, err .....................

Steve


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