oakman29

You know I come onto this journal every now and again hoping that Gabe has at least gotten onto a better path.

I cant for the life of me understand the disrespect you give to your parents, they loved and raised you. They gave you a place to live, food on your table, and clothes on your back.

You have have to own the mistakes you've made in life. You obviously have no respect for authority figures, such as bosses that may hire you. I mean really you wont smile for a customer? if your boss tells you to? You wont do anything that you dont want to? 

I have done/ still do many things that I didnt want to because I had to put food on my table, and pay my bills. there's no shame in working for something for a greater good. 

I certainly hope you open your eyes soon for your own benefit.

On 1/17/2019 at 1:47 PM, Wall-Crawler said:

How does the interest rate not apply anymore? As minimum payments go by unpaid, the debt gets larger and are you not then paying interest on the higher debt load?   Even if what you say is true ($1.30 every day) you are looking at approximately $500 interest added onto your debt load per year, but I suspect it is more than that. 

If your case worker and everyone here is telling you to start or figure out a way to start paying it, maybe you should take that advice.

Yes, I mean the fact that you don't have a regular source of income. 

Now you reveal one of the reasons why you stopped selling was that you didn't have enough money to ship things?  Dude, if you can't afford to ship things (don't buyers pay shipping), you are clearly doing this wrong and need a J-O-B.

You need to realize you cannot "compartmentalize" your financial life. It does not work that way. The banks, creditors, landlords, prospective employers, heck your prospective buyers and consignors are not going to trust a guy like you or give a rats arse if your "up" $5 in crypto but you are in debt, have no job or means to support yourself and giving a big "FU" to institutions you signed a legal agreement with because YOU feel slighted/wronged.

You seem to blame a lot of people for your problems, both your employers, financial institutions, your parents...I don't doubt that you have issues that are contributing to your woes but I also get the sense you would be very difficult to manage, maybe that is part of your issues. I don't know.  I think everyone here would be happier to hear about what you are trying to do to better yourself, looking into what mental health resources you can potentially access, your journey to seek help and become self-sufficient instead of your dealings in crypto, comics and online sex games with your zombie wife.

26% Does and will still apply Gabe. And acrues daily, certainly not just a 1.30 a day. 

2 hours ago, Spikenector said:

Simply amazing! Oh if your ever down in Fountain Valley/Huntington Beach check out McFly's Comics for those back issues of Eerie and Creepy Mags!

I will do that! 

Okay went to Terry's show last Sunday with intentions of filling holes in the run, unfortunately for me Eeries were as scarce as Hens teeth there.

I did however find a few.13, 14 ,15 19, 20, 21

Picked up a very cool piece. A cover proof sheet of one of my favorite Sanjulian covers ever.

Thanks to @Ryan  for scratching that Blazing Combat #1 itch. I have wanted one for a long time.

I just realized I have a big spending problem.

That's a great haul , can't wait to see this years.

1 hour ago, Readcomix said:

Congrats! I recall this has been a target for a while 

Of course I will still be on the lookout for a high grade copy, but the BC #1 from the holiday raffle is a great addition .

7 minutes ago, DeadOne said:

Congrats. Dave. That was a great prize. 

I just had to get that prize. It was calling my name.

So now my BC 1-4 run is complete.

Well thanks to Ryan and the holiday raffle I now have a nice placeholder

Blazing Combat #1 

Still on the lookout for a high grade one , but this will do as well.

Silly Hulk make Namor head hurt.

suweet!

5 hours ago, 1950's war comics said:

i am slowly reading the old migrated journal ,.. wow it is 328 pages long .........it will take me a long time to read,... very interesting ,.. this journal and that one - are very interesting...

 

It's really something,  isn't it.

Here is a nice Eerie 22.

Sometimes these white covers can be just as hard to find in nice shape as the black covers.

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Unfortunately Gabe the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome.

You my friend need help.

32 minutes ago, newshane said:

You say you are inspired by Disney and Jobs. 

What on earth would they have thought after reading your story and attitude? 

That's a good one! 

Disney and Steve Jobs didn't just happen to build a company out of nothing. It took many years and hard work to achieve what they had done.

You have to earn your stripes in life, they don't just happen.

You build a lifetime of respect, trust, and honor.

It's a very precious thing at least to me. Everybody from my wife and kids, co workers, customers I take care of,  the bank, and yes to the members of this board. I tell them the truth, and I always take care of my obligations. 

24 minutes ago, newshane said:

Good person? Follow your word and your business contracts. 

Responsible? Pay your debts, move out of your mom's basement, pay your own rent and your own monthly bills. Stop blaming your failures on other people, or your medical conditions. I know plenty of people who face much greater struggles than you do, and they get up out of bed every morning and go to a job they hate so they can pay their own way. It's called LIFE. A responsible person wouldn't blame their debt on the bank. A responsible person would take the blame for overspending and their subsequent inability to pay it off. 

Hard working? That one's easy. Get a real job...and keep it. 

We've been telling you this for years and you never listen. If anything, you've grown worse by an order of magnitude. 

You don't understand that the "road to success" is built on HARD WORK. Seems like you want to take shortcuts, like dabbling here and there in cryptocurrency and comic book deals. 

I don't respect anyone who can't live up to a financial obligation. And you want to start a business? SMH

What's going to happen when you go in for a business loan and they pull your score? Or they do a little bit of research and find out that you basically told a bank to  off? 

You're destroying your life and you refuse to listen to anyone. 

as for the boards...let the schadenfreude continue...

 

 

Well said.

1 hour ago, Wall-Crawler said:

Oak, I agree with you. I think there is some sort of parental failure here but it would also be a disservice to blame it all on the parents.  There are lots of people with crappy parents. Who knows, maybe, in some ways, the "system" has also failed him. 

There are clearly behavioural and cognitive issues at play here (I mean his FB posts, his posts here, etc.) are clear indicators - To me, they are way beyond your "stereotypical millennial". Many, many people here have provided sound advice, which he ignores or, if he really doesn't like what you are saying, becomes aggressive/combative - I suspect that plays a big part in him counselling and employment woes. 

Bottom line, I think there is a whole whack of things going on with Gabe. All of which circle back to the need to focus on self-help (possibly medication), developing basic life skills (personal hygiene/self care, work skills and personal finances to start) and not crypto currency and comics. Everyone needs a hobby, but when they are detrimental to your overall personal well-being, you need to re-think your life.

I completely agree with you.110%