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[Lyehopper]

The guessing weights an ages comment was from my early days working on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, NJ. There were several people, usually gypsies, who ran small concessions that would guess your weight an age within a few pounds or a couple of years. There was some gimmick they had to do it. The saying stuck with me whenever anyone would ask me about how something would play out into the future.

I can guess weight very close.... Well, in cattle that is.... I have looked at thousands of calves move through the selling rink and "eyeballing" their weight is something I am just pretty darned good at.

I know some "pen-hookers" that are SO good at guessing the weight of cattle that they'll buy a load of cattle (from an unsuspecting small farmer) when they truck them to the market and before the cattle is unloaded they'll buy them for ca$h money. The farmer thinks it's a good deal because there's no paperwork on the transaction thus no taxable sale took place... Then the penhooker* will unload the cattle, run them through the scales and sell them in his name and pocket the difference. I saw a fella buy a mature bull from a farmer one day for $900 cash and he sold the bull four hours later for over $1,300.... These guys make a living speculating on cattle this way. I call them "Cattle Hustlers" .... Old style penhookers are a dying breed though, because new cattle tracking laws (soon to be inacted) will make it necessary that every animal be traceable to a specific farmers/farm ID number.

*I know you folks have probably never heard of a "penhooker" so here's a pretty good cattle forum where it came up as a topic once....

http://www.cattletoday.com/forum/about10093-0-asc-0.html

[IIC]

Doug,
There is no reason to go light on me if you think you are correct. Just remember that what is good for the goose is good for the gander. We may have to bring in an expert in grammatical composition and spelling. I would welcome anyone else to look over Doug's grammatical critique of my post to make sure he is correct and to provide us with any other mistakes I may have made in that post. I'm certainly open to being corrected and to learning what is the difference in right and wrong grammatically. Never let it be said that I'm to thin skinned to be corrected if that is the case. Just be sure that when you're correcting me or anyone that you're correct in what you're stating is wrong. Anyone else care to have a look at Doug's take on that post.

Then I guess I better offer some explanations...the: you should've left that word out. those areas: you were only referring to one area. know that don't you: doesn't sound right...maybe some puncuation is in order. no: should be know. an: should be and. [ ]: sentence is too long. to: should be too. strategys: should be strategies. develope: should be develop.

Now I'm not really Mr. Grammar...that's why I use all these dots (...) By using them I don't have to think about being grammatically correct...It's my own personal style...One time a guy on some other forum asked me why I used all these friggin' dots...My response: "Because I like to". But actually, I think it is an easy way to break up these loooooong drawn out, rambling posts I sometimes put up...Like this one...LOL...Doug(IIC)

[skiracer]

Don't feel too bad...I highlighted Ski's grammatical errors in red and believe me...I went easy on him...Doug(IIC)

Doug,
There is no reason to go light on me if you think you are correct. Just remember that what is good for the goose is good for the gander. We may have to bring in an expert in grammatical composition and spelling. I would welcome anyone else to look over Doug's grammatical critique of my post to make sure he is correct and to provide us with any other mistakes I may have made in that post. I'm certainly open to being corrected and to learning what is the difference in right and wrong grammatically. Never let it be said that I'm to thin skinned to be corrected if that is the case. Just be sure that when you're correcting me or anyone that you're correct in what you're stating is wrong. Anyone else care to have a look at Doug's take on that post.

[IIC]

Sticky...I've got some advice for you...take it slow...There is no need to make a killing in the market before you get out of high school...It is fine to start investing some, but I suggest you spend as much time as possible studying the various aspects of different trading styles over the next 3 years.

I don't remember which books Dave recommended, but knowing him I'm sure they would be worthwhile. I also suggest you read and re-read the entire Education (or Learning) sections at Stockcharts.com as well as Investors.com...They are both free to non-subscribers. There are many other free resources on the Net too.

If $$$ a problem...Spend the afternoon at Borders or Barnes & Noble...They don't seem to care if you spend all day there reading books...Take a pencil and pad with you.

Best, Doug(IIC)

[IIC]

Control of the language is the most important facet of interacting with people. If you are weak in those areas you should make it a point to apply more of your time an energy to those areas where you are weak. But then you already know that don't you.
What I meant was that none of us here no what any stock is going to do at any given time. [Only what we can ascertain from fundamental research into the inner workings of a stock and what we can interpret from the technical aspects of reading the charts an using the indicators is as good an educated guess as we can come to determining direction or trend over a couple of days or a couple of months or years]. Learn to think in the ways you want to express your questions. You can do that much better by learning more of the subject matter so that you can talk in more specific terminology either from the technical or fundamental side of it.
The guessing weights an ages comment was from my early days working on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, NJ. There were several people, usually gypsies, who ran small concessions that would guess your weight an age within a few pounds or a couple of years. There was some gimmick they had to do it. The saying stuck with me whenever anyone would ask me about how something would play out into the future.
Sometimes I'm way to insensitive to the plight of others, especially if there are things I don't know about them, like your reader situation. You're man enough to be truthful about it to us so please accept my apology for my misinterpretation of your situation. I had another reason in my mind which was far off base. I apologize. Don't think for one minute that you can't overcome any weak areas you may have. It is just a matter of perservering an application in most cases.
I like the CANSLIM concept and theory for researching stocks and finding ones that are fundamentally worthwhile. It is a sound doctrine. IBD on the other hand is a waste of time better spent on developing your own strategys and disciplines. I usually don't deal with stocks that have a very low daily average volume, under 200,000/300,000, because it doesn't take much to move the stock price dramatically. You will have to learn that for yourself and develope your own tastes and parameters. Ask a dozen questions and you'll get a dozen different answers from a dozen traders. That doesn't answer the question for you. Only you can answer that for yourself.

Don't feel too bad...I highlighted Ski's grammatical errors in red and believe me...I went easy on him...Doug(IIC)

[Lyehopper]

I think I will type my questions on word before I post them that way I don't make mistakes... Or maybe I just need to read more.

Reading more is a great idea Stky. When I was your age I was pretty brain-dead about such things too. I started reading regularly when I was in my early twenties. Reading has helped me immensely. Start now and it will really help you in this area. Read things that will help you learn.... The Bible, newspapers, IBD, technical manuals, Mr. Market's Forum, Spikefader's Blog, books on subjects that interest you.... Notice I didn't include comic books.lol

By the way.... Your performance in the POTW is very noteworthy. Keep trying and ask all the questions you want to here. In my opinion there are no stupid questions.... Unless of course someone is just trying to appear stupid and I don't think you are doing that.

[skiracer]

ski,
Celebrate your uniqueness. It never bothered me.
--------billyjoe

Ya, I be me man!

[billyjoe]

ski,
Celebrate your uniqueness. It never bothered me.
--------billyjoe

[skiracer]

Maybe in ebonics but not in standard English, Ski.

Well you caught me Dave. Oakland Ebonics is my standard dialect of choice.

[Lyehopper]

Maybe in ebonics but not in standard English, Ski.

Sucka SAY!!!!

I could be wrong but I think that when the word "and" is followed by a word starting in a vowel you drop the "d". Anyone else know about this?

Maybe in ebonics but not in standard English, Ski.

[skiracer]

ski,
I always was taught that you use "an" instead of "a" when the next word started with a vowel or the first letter was silent such as : "I would like to purchase an apple and a dog. I am an honest person. "

------------billyjoe

Well I have been doing it wrong for a long time by carrying it over to include "and". Thanks Billyjoe. I stan corrected forevermore.

[billyjoe]

ski,
I always was taught that you use "an" instead of "a" when the next word started with a vowel or the first letter was silent such as : "I would like to purchase an apple and a dog. I am an honest person. "

------------billyjoe

[JohnHenry]

<< Quote:
Originally Posted by skiracer
Does it look like we guess weights an ages or have the answer to everything.


I don't understand this phase? >>

Neither do we <g>. Last time I checked, the word "and" had a "d" at the end

Also, you meant "phrase," Sticky, not phase. There's a "r" in the word.

Sticky, why haven't you asked your parents to purchase at least one of the books I've recommended to you? They will answer many if not most of your questions.

I have asked but I have to save up money, I still owe my brother for the IBD of $150 when he put it on his CC.

I think I will type my questions on word before I post them that way I don't make mistakes such as spelling and grammar errors. Or maybe I just need to read more.

I'm going to ask my sister to take me to B&N later maybe she will buy it for me.

[skiracer]

Does it look like we guess weights an ages or have the answer to everything.


I don't understand this phase? >>

Neither do we <g>. Last time I checked, the word "and" had a "d" at the end

Dave,

I guess that was for me. I could be wrong but I think that when the word "and" is followed by a word starting in a vowel you drop the "d". Anyone else know about this?