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2010 and 2011 wasnt great, we stayed ahead and kept everyone working everyday. 2012 was the best year ever. We increased in every area. New Machinery and better jobs made a big difference. We just ordered another new bucket truck for March and another new crane for Sept.
You need to watch, listen and learn from every type of business. Look for the right opportunities and take control. You need to go after the market that others can not and go after the bigger jobs with the confidence of doing it better and more profitable.
You need to keep the employees part of the company, a family atmoshere where all feel part of the solution and profits. Everyone looking out for the other and the companies bottom line. It works and it shows in the end. Everyone benifits. Everyone wants to be part of the winning team.
Be the leader , the band master and don't follow the crowd. The streets are full of followers.
Sounds like halftime in the movie "Rudy"!
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Hi Ron,
The idea of the Neon Roy is to eliminate the #1 problem with neon quality: bad electrode processing. Electrodes can (and are regularly)
-under processed
-over processed
-unevenly processed
all of which have dramatic effects on the appearance, loading and life of a tube.
A skilled operator can process electrodes correctly 99% of the time, but I have seen 20-year veterans send out units with black rings on the ceramic. bad!!!
Plus, you can easily put a 60mA electrode on 10mm glass with no difficulty at all. We use 60mA electrodes on just about everything now.
and You can process cold cathode without a 22kVA bombarder (and the cost to install the electrical lines).
The Neon Roy completely removes any requirement of skill. The pumper only needs to focus on getting the glass hot now. and since this can be done independently of electrode heating, the glass can be heated at higher pressures and heated much faster. so the whole pumping process is not only perfect due to induction heating of the electrodes, but it's also much faster!
Holler back if you have any more questions!
Garett
Hi Garett,
It's a little confusing to me because I'm assuming you still have to go through the entire pumping process after you have blasted the electrodes with the Neon Roy. Because you still haven't gotten the glass hot.
Do you have and instruction sheet you can attach that we (or I ) can read because I'm just not seeing the advantage.
If I understand correctly you evacuate the tube, then blast each electrode with the Neon Ray. Then what? Do you allow air back into the tube then process as usual? Do you let the electrodes cool back down then pump the unit again?
If you've baked the electrodes before the glass has been heated, when you begin to heat the glass won't the electrodes just get hot again, only faster?
I'm sure I'm missing something! Help!
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Continued!!
Transco's Silicone GTO and "Easy Caps". One thing I have noticed since switching over to Transco To Go's silicone GTO, is the fact the that the wiring is wound tighter. Not that it makes a difference in anything but it does make it easier to twist together with electrodes or terminals. Others seem to fall apart and come undone, with the Transco it's real tight and I don't have to spend time pre twisting before twisting a connection.
Once this sign was powered I had heard whispers and talk in the past about about variable transformers or "Service" transformers possibly having a too high of a current when the unit was not running near it's peak or optimum load which or this case a 10kv-15kv would be a load of 15kv. So to test this rumor I hooked up a EGL Milliamp Meter, I got a 28.8ma loaded for the neon system, not bad. This 28.8 leads me to the next test below.
Using a High Voltage probe I tested the load for this sign.
I got 2,443 one terminal one and 2,490 volts on terminal two from both secondary terminals combined we get x 2 = 9,866volts out of a variable 10,500kv-15,000kv TANK unit and with only a 28.8ma reading, not bad!!!! Suspicions from some said the reading would be overwhelming when using a large unit on the low asking end.
In other words it would be close to using a 15kv tranny for a 10,500kv load and severely overloading the system and bringing the ma up and causing the GTO leads to degrade. But we're only at 28.8 ma....Rumor Dispelled!!!
El Fin.....The job is done!!!!
The Goodies.
The Induction heater Neon Roy by Fluxeon, which this site now sells. For perfecting your electrode processing, any monkey can now do this, no more worrying about the balancing act of finalizing a neon lamp.
Plug this bad boy into a 120v wall receptacle. Put your lamp under a vacuum and put the Novaglo Electrodes between the gun, and pull the trigger. Instant Red Cherry!!!! Neon made easy!!! Use 15mm Electrodes for EVERYTHING!!! Yes, we sell this Induction unit here now, did I mention that??
I will have to finalize this thread with the final night shot once I get a chance to take that, and with real foot candle readings. You can go the Green Machine thread link above and see the crazy ass numbers light output readings we got from that sign, not much will change here.
The job recipe.
3M Lime Green
Optix LD2447
Transco's Resin Bond / Channel Bond
FMS Tube Supports
Elite Lamp Technologies Custom Coated Rare Earth "Kawasaki Green"
Transco's 15mm Lead Free Novaglo Electrodes
Transco's Easy Caps
Transco's UNT Tank Neon Transformer
Transco's 20amp Disconnect Toggle Switch
Transco's Federal Bushings
Fluxeon's Neon Roy for Electrode Processing
I think I'm missing the concept of the "Neon Roy".
You use this thing to "preheat" larger shelled electrodes so you can pump them easier on smaller diameter tubing? Is this right?
Also Erik, I would like to take a moment to show whomever attaches the tie wire to your tube supports the proper way to accomplish this. I know it's a small thing, but "pride" should cover the little things to.
Are you forced (by inspectors) to use rubber boots on non-exposed neon units in channel letters?
I always recommend my customers to never use a rubber boot on an electrode unless they are forced to. Then go back and take them off when the inspector leaves!
Neon has been around since the 1800's....rubber boots are around twenty 20 years old and I have yet to see one that doesn't do harm to a neon unit.
I don't mind them as much on exposed inside applications because they make the job look clean and they probably won't hold much moisture. But outside they can cause so many problems....at least here in Michigan where it gets very cold and very hot!
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I'm sorry to make this statement and many of you might not believe this but I have friends that are doctors and I'll share a little of what theses guys do. I'm not saying they aren't helping people and that they aren't good at their professions but there is a system to their profession and these guys play it very well. They refer patients with good health insurance to each other probably five to ten times a day, then pay each other in CASH for the referral. One owns a lab that does blood work, MRI's, every type of test you can imagine. This guy drives around all day with a briefcase full of cash in his trunk going from doctor to doctor paying for referrals. Now, this same Lab charges your insurance company $1200.00 for an "open MRI". If you walk in with no insurance, they'll do it for $400.00 cash. It's similar to the housing market 5 years ago....it has to explode pretty soon because each day it gets worse and worse. Drug companies pay Doctors cash to prescribe medications all day, every day! Medication that you may or may not need. Medication that probably won't hurt you, but might not be helping anything either. Doctors will always make very good money compared to the income of the area they live so I don't believe young people will ever be deterred from being a doctor for this reason. This can be seen in other countries that have similar systems in place. And if a young person wants to become a doctor just for the money, he should go into law instead, that's more of a lawyer mentality. People that choose to help people shouldn't be that concerned about the money....that's the problem right now. And old doctors that aren't happy with what may happen to their industry are always going to hate the idea. Old people hate change, that's why young people were invented. To make changes that improve things! Hopefully! Watch "Sicko"....Michael Moore 2007.
If you believe a damn thing that Michael Moore has to say then I feel for you. He's kinda like the Glenn Beck of the Libs if ya know what I mean.
So Travis are you implying that Glenn Beck and Michael Moore are both morons?
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I'm sorry to make this statement and many of you might not believe this but I have friends that are doctors and I'll share a little of what theses guys do. I'm not saying they aren't helping people and that they aren't good at their professions but there is a system to their profession and these guys play it very well.
They refer patients with good health insurance to each other probably five to ten times a day, then pay each other in CASH for the referral. One owns a lab that does blood work, MRI's, every type of test you can imagine. This guy drives around all day with a briefcase full of cash in his trunk going from doctor to doctor paying for referrals.
Now, this same Lab charges your insurance company $1200.00 for an "open MRI". If you walk in with no insurance, they'll do it for $400.00 cash.
It's similar to the housing market 5 years ago....it has to explode pretty soon because each day it gets worse and worse.
Drug companies pay Doctors cash to prescribe medications all day, every day! Medication that you may or may not need. Medication that probably won't hurt you, but might not be helping anything either.
Doctors will always make very good money compared to the income of the area they live so I don't believe young people will ever be deterred from being a doctor for this reason. This can be seen in other countries that have similar systems in place. And if a young person wants to become a doctor just for the money, he should go into law instead, that's more of a lawyer mentality. People that choose to help people shouldn't be that concerned about the money....that's the problem right now.
And old doctors that aren't happy with what may happen to their industry are always going to hate the idea. Old people hate change, that's why young people were invented. To make changes that improve things! Hopefully!
Watch "Sicko"....Michael Moore 2007.
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Specifically number 3 of this article.
http://chiefexecutiv...-small-business
This article
http://usdailyreview...rd-by-obamacare
I could keep going all day but I'm sure you get the point. And by the way....notice that most of these articles call it OBAMACARE.
Not all the details are in but my wife carries my health insurance through her employer. their new plans rolling out soon will not have the traditional "employee/family coverage" but will be replaced as "employee/spouse/dependents" and will carry a significant up charge for the spouse. Like I said, I'm not sure how it will all lay out but I don't see it being in our favor.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Iowa is also going back to the state to try to get ANOTHER rate increase approved....13.4%, this is the 4 time in as many years that they have done this for increases over the 10% mark.
I don't think there is anyone on here that really thinks this will be free to anyone besides the ones at the very bottom. I don't disagree with the need of health coverage but I don't believe that I should be held responsible to pay for others to the point that I can no longer afford to live comfortably. What this is all boiling down to is, eventually it will NOT work and the government know it, at that point in time it will just "roll over" to a single payer system similar to the systems over seas.
My wifes company provides my insurance as well, and every six months it gets changed based on how much more her employer can save.
Blue Cross has been raising their rates twice a month for 15 years. Back in the ninteys if you had a claim they'd either drop you, or raise your rates so much that you'd find another carrier. I'm a little confused with your comments because you explain exactly why we need a new system, then you say you don't want it.
This is the reason for "Obamacare"....You know when the insurance companies spend billions to block it, it's because they won't be able to continue to be the wealthiest industry in the country by charging huge premiums and denying claims.
You already pay for people that don't have insurance! Blue Cross just raises the rates of people that pay to cover the people that don't. A new system will help to stop this process.
My new plan though will be to just hop down to my county hospital and get the free health care that until yesterday I knew nothing about.
Let me illustrate this whole Healthcare scenario like this. It really is a Macroeconomic Problem.
1. If you believe that Healthcare is a business that is part of an industry, then the current system is working just fine. The sole purpose of a corporation is to make as much profit legally and huamnly possible for shareholders. So, if you can maximize premiums, reduce benefits, use any excuse to throw off undesirable policyholders and basically not worry about the actual health of the patient but rather the health of the corporation, leave healthcare alone. It is working perfectly and the insurers are making fantastic profits even if patients are suffering.
2. If you believe that Healthcare is a basic human right in our country and should model itself after the European or other countries, then the system is not working fine. People have been experiencing policy hikes for years, been facing being thrown off the policy for actually having to use it, pre-existing conditions, etc. If you are in this group who believe everybody should have healthcare and not face bankrupcy if you get sick, then the system is not working for you. If you compare the administrative costs for the VA as opposed to private care you find that the VA is at about 2% while in the private sector it runs at about 30%. IE 98% of dollars at the VA go to patient care while only 70% traditionally go to patient care in the private sector. The 30% goes to the shareholders, executives, etc.
Which is better or which was addressed by the current mood of the country, I don't have the answer. Which is best? I have my ideas but each of us will have to answer that for ourselves. I believe I know which way the country is moving after the election and personally believe that Healthcare is going to go "Single Payer". It is trending in this direction.
So ask the Macro question first, "Is healthcare a business or a human right" ? The answer to this will then illuminate the path on a Microeconomic basis and should start to yield clarity to you.
Best to all
I meant "twice a year"....not "twice a month".
I hate to agree with you Snoochie for fear of you being despised by proxy, but......................"what she said!
Isn't Snoochie a Guy??? Profile says Gender = Male
You two are missing the main point of my comment...to the point that I can no longer afford to live comfortably. I know that I have been paying for other people's health care, beer, smokes, cell phones, houses, cars, and food for decades! But I know that with the new LAWS kicking into gear I will have to send more of my money that I had plans for (like my kids college fund) to people that will miss use it and have shown that they will miss use it for decades! Don't give me any of that BS about the guy working 2 jobs to pay for his way and still not able to afford health insurance for his family, there are programs already in place that help people in that scenario and it is run by the states. Ours in Iowa is called HAWKEYE it is just a co-op set up through the state to assist in providing health care coverage.
If you really want to gut the cost of health care and get it so everyone can afford it you take away the federal law that says insurance providers cannot cross state lines! Just like if the federal government made a law today that said sign companies could not cross state lines....Hell no nationals coming in and undercutting me and I only had to deal with the other locals bidding against me. HELL YEAH BRING IT ON!
Firstly, Snoochie=Male=Guy. Correct and guilty as charged.
Secondly, I understood the intent of your post and your concern. I simply said that you should do your own research and fact finding and not rely on what you hear in the media. They are slanted both left and right.
Thirdly, I never stated what my belief about Obamacare was or was not. I simply pointed out some facts that I do know and stated those. I have more information that I did research on but did not list on my post. I never said what side I fall on and simply stated the obvious empirical fact, Obamacare is law and I will have to deal with it.
Fourtly and I never said this prior, your State of Iowa went for President Obama and your fellow Iowans have culpability in this whole election just like my State of California. Ultimately your fellow Iowans and my fellow Californians helped make Obamacare a reality.
Lastly, In the case of the present healthcare direction of our great country, it can on a micro level be summed up like this and hopefully you don't take offense "Iowa=California=Obamacare"
Peace out....................
Sorry...I never even looked at your profile!
For the record, I've never given my opinion or position either. Basically because I don't know enough about it.
All I've done was reply to people that generalize, catagorize, profile, prejudge, and sterotype. Because that shit pisses me off.
I'm constantly presumed to be a flaming liberal because I often reply ( much less politically correct than you) to people that I can tell feel very strongly about something that I can also tell they no nothing about.
And I only appear liberal because it always seems to be the conservatives that comment the most negatively. Had some liberal come on and started spouting his beliefs without any facts, I may have gone around with he or she. But that never seems the case. Always the other way around.
Anyway, sorry again for the gender mishap!
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I don't think there is anyone on here that really thinks this will be free to anyone besides the ones at the very bottom. I don't disagree with the need of health coverage but I don't believe that I should be held responsible to pay for others to the point that I can no longer afford to live comfortably.
You are already (and have been for decades) paying for the health coverage of:
1. all Federal Government employees, including retires, all members of the military - past and present.
2. all state employees in your home state
3. virtually ALL people over 65, and all severely disabled people (medicare)
4. virtually ALL poor people (medicaid)
5. working people without insurance - most seeking care at hospitals or emergency rooms. (via increased costs shifted to you)
That's been the status quo for many years.
Yep....
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Specifically number 3 of this article.
http://chiefexecutiv...-small-business
This article
http://usdailyreview...rd-by-obamacare
I could keep going all day but I'm sure you get the point. And by the way....notice that most of these articles call it OBAMACARE.
Not all the details are in but my wife carries my health insurance through her employer. their new plans rolling out soon will not have the traditional "employee/family coverage" but will be replaced as "employee/spouse/dependents" and will carry a significant up charge for the spouse. Like I said, I'm not sure how it will all lay out but I don't see it being in our favor.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Iowa is also going back to the state to try to get ANOTHER rate increase approved....13.4%, this is the 4 time in as many years that they have done this for increases over the 10% mark.
I don't think there is anyone on here that really thinks this will be free to anyone besides the ones at the very bottom. I don't disagree with the need of health coverage but I don't believe that I should be held responsible to pay for others to the point that I can no longer afford to live comfortably. What this is all boiling down to is, eventually it will NOT work and the government know it, at that point in time it will just "roll over" to a single payer system similar to the systems over seas.
My wifes company provides my insurance as well, and every six months it gets changed based on how much more her employer can save.
Blue Cross has been raising their rates twice a month for 15 years. Back in the ninteys if you had a claim they'd either drop you, or raise your rates so much that you'd find another carrier. I'm a little confused with your comments because you explain exactly why we need a new system, then you say you don't want it.
This is the reason for "Obamacare"....You know when the insurance companies spend billions to block it, it's because they won't be able to continue to be the wealthiest industry in the country by charging huge premiums and denying claims.
You already pay for people that don't have insurance! Blue Cross just raises the rates of people that pay to cover the people that don't. A new system will help to stop this process.
My new plan though will be to just hop down to my county hospital and get the free health care that until yesterday I knew nothing about.
Let me illustrate this whole Healthcare scenario like this. It really is a Macroeconomic Problem.
1. If you believe that Healthcare is a business that is part of an industry, then the current system is working just fine. The sole purpose of a corporation is to make as much profit legally and huamnly possible for shareholders. So, if you can maximize premiums, reduce benefits, use any excuse to throw off undesirable policyholders and basically not worry about the actual health of the patient but rather the health of the corporation, leave healthcare alone. It is working perfectly and the insurers are making fantastic profits even if patients are suffering.
2. If you believe that Healthcare is a basic human right in our country and should model itself after the European or other countries, then the system is not working fine. People have been experiencing policy hikes for years, been facing being thrown off the policy for actually having to use it, pre-existing conditions, etc. If you are in this group who believe everybody should have healthcare and not face bankrupcy if you get sick, then the system is not working for you. If you compare the administrative costs for the VA as opposed to private care you find that the VA is at about 2% while in the private sector it runs at about 30%. IE 98% of dollars at the VA go to patient care while only 70% traditionally go to patient care in the private sector. The 30% goes to the shareholders, executives, etc.
Which is better or which was addressed by the current mood of the country, I don't have the answer. Which is best? I have my ideas but each of us will have to answer that for ourselves. I believe I know which way the country is moving after the election and personally believe that Healthcare is going to go "Single Payer". It is trending in this direction.
So ask the Macro question first, "Is healthcare a business or a human right" ? The answer to this will then illuminate the path on a Microeconomic basis and should start to yield clarity to you.
Best to all
I meant "twice a year"....not "twice a month".
I hate to agree with you Snoochie for fear of you being despised by proxy, but......................"what she said!
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Specifically number 3 of this article.
http://chiefexecutiv...-small-business
This article
http://usdailyreview...rd-by-obamacare
I could keep going all day but I'm sure you get the point. And by the way....notice that most of these articles call it OBAMACARE.
Not all the details are in but my wife carries my health insurance through her employer. their new plans rolling out soon will not have the traditional "employee/family coverage" but will be replaced as "employee/spouse/dependents" and will carry a significant up charge for the spouse. Like I said, I'm not sure how it will all lay out but I don't see it being in our favor.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Iowa is also going back to the state to try to get ANOTHER rate increase approved....13.4%, this is the 4 time in as many years that they have done this for increases over the 10% mark.
I don't think there is anyone on here that really thinks this will be free to anyone besides the ones at the very bottom. I don't disagree with the need of health coverage but I don't believe that I should be held responsible to pay for others to the point that I can no longer afford to live comfortably. What this is all boiling down to is, eventually it will NOT work and the government know it, at that point in time it will just "roll over" to a single payer system similar to the systems over seas.
My wifes company provides my insurance as well, and every six months it gets changed based on how much more her employer can save.
Blue Cross has been raising their rates twice a month for 15 years. Back in the ninteys if you had a claim they'd either drop you, or raise your rates so much that you'd find another carrier. I'm a little confused with your comments because you explain exactly why we need a new system, then you say you don't want it.
This is the reason for "Obamacare"....You know when the insurance companies spend billions to block it, it's because they won't be able to continue to be the wealthiest industry in the country by charging huge premiums and denying claims.
You already pay for people that don't have insurance! Blue Cross just raises the rates of people that pay to cover the people that don't. A new system will help to stop this process.
My new plan though will be to just hop down to my county hospital and get the free health care that until yesterday I knew nothing about.
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Douche Bag ? haha 2 words ... "anger management"
I'll leave this alone , I don't want Rigby to have an aneurysm .
lol....Thanks! NO, I'm used to that type of "Mel Gibson" consiprecy theory thinking. All I'll say is, I'm no expert but I think people were recieving government money when both Bushs' were in office.
I agree it's totally a real problem....but don't blame it on one party.
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Ron, I would never be caught dead wearing a WWJD bracelet. Not that there's anything wrong with someone wearing one...It's not me.... I'm not gong to personally attack you, but there is free healthcare for people now. Other people foot the bill via taxes and higher insurance premiums, but it is available.
All I did was answer the questions in your previous post. You obviously don't agree with me. But please don't put words in my mouth, or on my wrist.
I guess you don't like my Anarchist- Libertarian point of view.
Actually Mark, I would vote Libertarian if it had a chance.
I just doen't like when people generalize and lump all people that don't have what they have as loafers or babymakers. As I did when I mentioned the bracelet.
I just believe that there are people that do work hard and do try to make good life decisions and still can't get ahead. The people that do nothing and expect something I have no tolerence for either. But they are (in my opinion) a totally different group. And those people always find a way to get everything they need for free. I would love that to stop!
I don't know what the hell we would do with all those people but it would be nice to see it stop.
I have close frfiends that are dissability attorney's and the amount of people collecting is mind boggeling to say the least. I have no idea where this money comes from. Many have been in the country for only a few years but they are taught the system and they master it.
Then you have a born and raised American that may be a roofer that works every day with a sore back but because he tries his best to get to work, he now earns too much money to qualify for any assistance.
Anyway....it's will continue to be a problem for a long long time.
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I think we can get through this discussion/debate without the need to name call and get personal, everyone's going to have an opinion and stance.
I don't want to have to start editing, but when one person starts in, it's going to kick in a chain reaction then it becomes a free for all food fight.
You're gonna need to edit! But what you should have edited was the initial biased post! We'll NEVER get through a discussion like this without name calling. Unless you don't consider "deadbeats, pussies, baby machines, and morons" name calling.
I think we all know that the term "Obamacare" was used to see how many "like minded" ( and it was with great restraint that I used that term) allies he could find in here.
Ron;
With all due respect, I think the President has now embraced this term as does many Democrats and Republicans alike. But I do get your point and it is well taken.
I use the term because it is now accepted and assign no specific meaning to it. Rather it is a generic term to reference healthcare reform. But you are correct, use the term and it is code for either side to start the personal attacks.
I have kept an open mind with the new health care law and looked at the issue as an American one first. Couldn't care less what the Democrats or Republicans want to espouse ofr have me believe. I have concluded it won't end our American society and will have enemies and supporters on both sides.
But again, it is "LAW" and Obama will be preceeded with "President" for 4 more years.
Very smart perspective...
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I think we can get through this discussion/debate without the need to name call and get personal, everyone's going to have an opinion and stance.
I don't want to have to start editing, but when one person starts in, it's going to kick in a chain reaction then it becomes a free for all food fight.
Erik;
I was just going to type a response to the previous posts and you and Mega Volt beat me to it.
This is a big problem in the country as a whole. When we disagree, it becomes a series of Ad Homynm attacks or a string of general Vitriol. No matter which side you are on, the other side is bad, unpatriotic and simply non-human or un-American. Small wonder we are facing the financial and social cliff. The one thing that I have never done on this board has been to attack the character of any other poster. We may disagree on the content but the other opinion is just as valid or American as mine. And after seeing the jousting that went on between you and Signtiffic, I was waiting for you to jump in. You did not disappoint me and kudos to you.
As far as Obamacare, Mega Volt hit it. Whether you realize it or not, every time and unisured person enters the emergency room it is passed along to all of us via our ever increasing insurance premiums. The hospital is forbidden by law to refuse service on the basis of finance so when someone enters, gets service and then moves on, all of the rest of us pay. Why do you think that basic items like aspirin or saline bags are the same price as an ounce of gold. I am sure Eriks wife can attest to this.
And to end this, I have met with my accountant to discuss and have researched on my own. I have concluded that I will survive and my business will survive. Obamacare is the "LAW", period. Rather than spewing generic nonsense or attacking fellow Americans who disagree, figure out what you will do in practical terms. But President Obama did run on raising taxes, continuing his healthcare vision, extending the Dream Act and a host of other things that I may or may not agree with, but the majority of citizens knew this and gave him 4 more years, Get over that as well.......
Most of this is very well said, but there are many more factors that go into the rising costs of health care. My doctor bills my insurance company $180.00 for an office visit. If you pay cash he charges $40.00. There are many things worng with our medical system, and doctors, not simply people that don't have insurance are a part of it.
They play a game just like the person trying to scam money from the government.
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I think we can get through this discussion/debate without the need to name call and get personal, everyone's going to have an opinion and stance.
I don't want to have to start editing, but when one person starts in, it's going to kick in a chain reaction then it becomes a free for all food fight.
You're gonna need to edit! But what you should have edited was the initial biased post! We'll NEVER get through a discussion like this without name calling. Unless you don't consider "deadbeats, pussies, baby machines, and morons" name calling.
I think we all know that the term "Obamacare" was used to see how many "like minded" ( and it was with great restraint that I used that term) allies he could find in here.
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Gonna jump in, I'm not defending anyone. But come on Ron.. You want the definition of a deadbeat? Let's start off with; The baby machines, who kick out a kid every year or so, or father them. They abuse the system like a drug addict does coke. They do zero for their community, country, or themselves. Then claim it's their right to continue to bring more children into this world on the tax payers dime.
The $10.00 an hour guy who doesn't have insurance...Been there done that, I was a kid then. Healthcare is always available for FREE at any County Hospital. May take a little longer, but it is available. You have to start somewhere in life. Hard work pays off soon enough, and you elevate yourself. IF you make the right life decisions.
The $20.00 an hour guy with the three kids.....Same for him, Healthcare is available for him and his children. Regardless that he lacked the common sense to have 3 kids on $20.00 an hour. But at least he has a house and has car insurance. This is his personal choice to be broke. No one should have to pitch in for that decision.
Job creation, real simple. We have a crumbling infrastructure throughout this country. There's a ton of folks that don't do shit and rely on the gov to care for them and their kids. They get shovels and start working for their gov money. The ones who can't do the physical work can make box lunches or watch all them babies. Once people learn an honest days work won't kill them. Possibly they may choose to work their way up by educating themselves or learning a trade. If they choose to do nothing, screw them. Cut them off the gov teet...They'll get cold and hungry and find something to do.
If there is no work in your geographical location, or you can't afford to live someplace...MOVE!
This country was not built by the Fed gov. It was built by our hardworking forefathers. They did it all on their own. They established the schools, hired the teachers, built the hospitals, built roads to get their goods to market, cleared the land....Hard work built this country and can save this country... Karma is for Pussies!
"The baby machines"....Mark it's obvious what population you're referring to but there are many people out there that are working and still can't make it. The people that do nothing and expect something are not the people I defend. To say that people that can't afford health insurance are all non working baby machines is ignorant. You're lumping a way to many groups of people together. I have customers that own sign businesses that have no medical insurance.
Again, you're a guy that has what he needs so life is great, and fuck everyone else that wasn't as fortunately (or probably as lucky) as you. Keep that attitude if it's working for you. Are you also wearing a WWJD rubber band on your wrist?
And "Health care is always available for FREE at any county hospital"? WTF are you talking about, and what county do you live in? Is that something you just pulled out of your ass so you can go around thinking everyone is always able to get FREE health care? If that were the case Mark, why are we even having this discussion? I'll just tell everyone I see to go get their FREE health care down at the "county hospital".
It's obvious you live in some fantasy world Mark. You made ten dollars an hour when you were a kid? When were you a kid, five years ago?
When I was a kid minimum wage was $1.65 an hour....you're either very young or you did pretty well as a kid making $10.00 an hour.
Who pays these doctors Mark that perform all this FREE health care Mark, or do they just work for FREE? That would certainly be a poor life decision acording to you, wouldn't it Mark? What a stupid statement that was.
Like I say, you live in some little fairy tale world where "if you work hard, and of course make the right life decisions like you, everything will be great. So the $20.00 an hour guy must not be working hard enough. If he just works harder he'll get a big fat raise?
Why is it that people like you always end up referencing our "fore fathers"? Wow....have a basic, very general understanding of how our country was founded. Thanks Mark, I learned that in second grade!
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Maby you should educate yourself Travis. I'm wondering where you've heard and read how it will "hammer" the self employed....My guess would be FOX news! You can't find specifics, but you did read and hear that it will hammer the self employed. Sounds like excellant journalism you've been reading.
It's incredible really....the people it will help the most will still find a way to hate and fear it because it wasn't what they were told to vote for.
Imagine the amount of people that hated and were afraid of Social Security when it was introduced.
I"m sure that was the master plan behind the whole system....Hammer the smallest sector of business!
Come on Travis, I'm sure you're smarter than that!
Obamacare = more tax dollars spent subsidizing a social program for the dead beats that refuse to carry their own weight.
It's f'ing ridiculous to make this priority 1 when we have no money to support it.
Here's a concept : focus on job creation and tighten the belt on spending .
I have insurance , don't want or need big bros help. Thanks
Sean Hannity said so : )
Other than you, who cares what YOU have, need, or want?
And why don't you explain your plans on "job creation" and "belt tightening spending". Or do you just blurt out what someone else has written like a lemming?
And while you're at it, give me your definition of a deadbeat. Is it the person that makes $10.00 an hour and can't afford health insurance, or his employer that makes a million a year but won't pay for his employee's health care.
Or is it maybe the guy that makes $20.00an hour and has three kids, a car with full insurance coverage, a house payment, food and clothing requirements for his children that can't afford $1200.00 a month for his family to have insurance? Which one of these scenario's best describes your idea of a deadbeat?
You're ************* somehow fortunate enough to have what you need in life so f**k everybody else, right?
Be very careful with that attitude because someday, somewhere, you will need something, and hopefully a person will come along that has the exact same mentality that you currently have.
That's called karma....look it up!
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Maby you should educate yourself Travis. I'm wondering where you've heard and read how it will "hammer" the self employed....My guess would be FOX news! You can't find specifics, but you did read and hear that it will hammer the self employed. Sounds like excellant journalism you've been reading.
It's incredible really....the people it will help the most will still find a way to hate and fear it because it wasn't what they were told to vote for.
Imagine the amount of people that hated and were afraid of Social Security when it was introduced.
I"m sure that was the master plan behind the whole system....Hammer the smallest sector of business!
Come on Travis, I'm sure you're smarter than that!
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You get junk!
Some of the junk is better than others, but junk just the same.
if you order 200pcs., 30 won't work, 30 will be duller than remaining 140.
And most will dim and fail much sooner than what they were "rated" for.
American companies are held to these high standards by UL, OSHA, and a million other "watchgaurd" organizations. Chinese companies can sell anything they want, put anything they want on the box, and be held accountable for nothing.
Most of these companies are in China! What are you going to do to them?
Clive is correct....tread very carfully. Better yet, don't tread at all and explain to your customer why you can't get him bulbs that change color.
Unless of course you don't mind servicing this sign every month because it's got another bulb that isn't working.
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Did they have to use dimmers on red neon that remains the same brightness no matter the outside temp?You are right Sean about the signage on a building in Pittsburgh. The city or someone anyway wanted dimmers installed on the neon signage. There were several issues with the installation that prevented them from working. The home run length was too long in quite a few cases. This in itself caused issues. The transformer boxes were not vented. Nice ovens.
What they were trying to achieve was a more uniform brightness from summer, when the dimmer would be in effect, and winter when they would need all the light they could get because of the cold. That's about as far as I can go but suffice it to say that the dimming system was bypassed early on.
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As this drawing sits right now, it's a neon nightmare. Theses are the types of signs that end up selling tons of LED's because this sign will be arcing and burning from many places. Sometimes, when letters can't be made wider and deeper, LED's are just a better fit.
I think as the sign company you HAVE to tell this customer that it would not be in his or your companies best intersest to use neon in this application. And if he wont budge, tell him to find someone else. I would not be involved in this project as it sits right now.
If he insists on neon then you have to insist on enlarging the letters.
This is like telling GM you want them to build you a new car, but you do not want brakes! (sorry, I use a lot of auto annalogies).
Sometimes you can not allow the customer to tell you how to make a sign.
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Like everything else in this country, or probably the world.....follow the money!
UL has become a money machine. When I started in 88 the only organization out there like this was OSHA. When OSHA came into your building you had to basically bribe them to not find anything major wrong with your facility. UL, UAW, OSHA, City inspectors, IRS, and now even the police forces are out there patrolling the streets with only one thing in mind. Generating money for their city and their union so they can continue to work. Property taxes have gone down, ticket writing has gone up!
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Garett...."After the glass is hot, open the main stopcock and use the Neon Roy"....at this point the electrodes are already cherry red.
And Garett, I'm sure you're familiar with the coating inside and electrode designed to be discharged into a neon tube during the bombarding process to grab onto and help evacuate impurities from the tube. When does this process take place?
Maybe I need to call you because I become more confused with each post.