Mr.Mcknowitall

How come I can't vote up? When I try, it gives me a nono traffic sign circle with a line across it. i could vote other member answers up, but not my own or the vote at top.

This makes sense, to me, given the number of comments about sizing, etc.

...and don't forget death...especially on the internet.

Politics..... Point on the way. Check your email

The Gen x'ers did not build the internet....old farts did.

I liked the one Jay silent bob movie I saw. Maybe a bit more pottymouth than necessary, but I enjoyed the one liners and the reverent/irreverent scenes. It was different.

Always helpful to have the Green and Orange perspective....in that order, if one is inclined to differentiate.

Will the final appearance be similar to your border line/layout/color in your post? I understand the border color line may change, but I am more referring to the color of background inside the border line vs. outside the border line. At the very least, it should be a recognizable different shade/color...not just 1 or 2 points whiteness difference. Also, the whiteness level balance at this time is a serious eyestrain problem. I am not sure if the designer realizes how much of a problem this is. Go to Collectors Universe, as an example of what not to do.

Not according to many members, though.

I know nothing about designs of websites and what is good or bad. My impression is this new thing is very similar to Collectors Universe layout, without any border lines. Interesting that they also recently upgraded their look. Monkey see monkey do, I guess. I can get used to anything. I am easy. I never post pictures, so I have that going for me, because it doesn't matter to me what is an easier way to do that or not. However, the designer should have an Ophthalmologist review things, because the one issue I do have is that it is very harsh on the eyes, and does cause a slight dizzy headache, and my vision is quite good. I not when Mr. Arch posts, there is a pretty line border around it. That helped a little.

made it...

...and the host thinks deleting your mild thread was best zonked. Sheesh.

I actually saw that at a travelling carnival in the early sixties, at the local Catholic church (go figure). It was the same one where I wrestled an Orangutan.

That right there is animal cruelty...although I don't know which is which, but still....

Today is your birthday? I don't know you, but everybody is entitled to somebody saying Happy Birthday on.....well....their birthday. So, Happy Birthday. Some interesting things happened on this day in history.

Net net? What was the definition of 10% used in the post?

This is similar in business model to CAC in the coin collecting community. CAC has, with excellent execution of the business model, transformed into the SCOTUS of the coin community. The platform started as a safeguard against the coin doctors and gradeflation. The experts associated with the entity were very experienced and respected, and well funded. CAC reached out to the collecting community early on in the formation and communicated with dealers,auction houses, collectors, etc. There were a few bumps and difficult paths that had to be smoothed out, which was accomplished. The entity does have legitimacy in the economic aspect, because they bought back the product they had offered a visible opinion on, effectively making a market. While there is not a published population report on the coins that have received a CAC sticker, or a report of pieces that were submitted but did not receive a sticker, the community has come to rely on the entity economically. The CVA model has some of the same beginning aspects, and who knows, it may evolve into the same level of acceptance as CAC. I do not look at either entity as a TPG,. I view it as a 4PG model. CAC does not encapsulate or offer an initial submitting opinion. It does not appear that CVA does either. I do not know anything about comics, and can not speak to the level of comics doctoring or gradeflation levels, or even if such a service is needed in the comics collecting community. That is for others with the requisite experience to offer an opinion.

I talked to my tax guy today and it would be a pain on a lot of different fronts such as yours so my daughters money is going into a tax savings account. It may not yield the biggest return for her but it will be easier all the way around. There is no doubt that your daughter will recognize your love and caring and concern for her future by your decision. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but she will. That is worth far more than 6K.

Wow, thought you were just joking. Kudos to you! Does the name Madoff trigger any thought of considering a reset to your trust system? It shouldn't. I'm dead serious here and I'm not sure people are getting it. If the OP gives me $10,000, I will give him back $16,000 five years from the date I get the cash. I guarantee the return. It doesn't, to me. I am sure you will advise him (and his family) to factor in the loss of a 2K deduction per year over the next 4 years if he deposited 2K of the 10K every year, while using another financial investment vehicle for the declining sum....and here I would think you woud advisie him on short term non-taxable paths... and reserving the other 2K for a IRA account starting now, for an extra deduction in year 1 (now), and then factor in a non-reduction of Scholarship FAFSA reduction using the Ohio 529, and then factoring in an additional tax free income via scholarship/grants under the Ohio 529, and the additional savings utilizing in-State CC for the first 2 years realized by the Ohio 529 process, and then the wonderful world of parent contributions as an additional tax deduction, and then weigh all that against the taxes he will pay on your generous return of unearned income to him (unless you are suggesting he not claim same and that is the reason you suggested a cash transaction). Then of course is the legal conundrum of enforcement of such an offer in the unlikely event of a contract breach, which I am ceratin will not occur, and then there is the vehicle to be used for the transfer of 10K as a personal loan, unless you are suggesting you are placing the cash in a Trust in his daughter's name and the grantor/grantee affiliation is clear unless the 10 K is being invested in your legitimate licensed enterprise and you are declaring the source and expenditure and investment trail to the IRS, and then.... Dear God - you do know it all. Where were you to tell me to not marry my ex wife. I hope I didn't marry her, unaware of her prior affiliations.

No reason to be offended. I am taking you seriously. If I was not, I would not have commented as I did. The point being that there are serious questions and legalities to consider by both parties to any such proposed transaction. I do not know either of you personally, and do not have a vested interest. I don't doubt the sincerity of intent by either person. It is simply an interesting subject. You are correct. He can do anything he wants with his money. However, there is a sticky problem that he has declared. It is not his money. It is his daughter's via inheritance. That bring s a lot.... a very lot...of fiduciary questions into the mix. The reason the old adage exists that there is no such thing as a sure thing without consequences, is because there isn't.

Wow, thought you were just joking. Kudos to you! Does the name Madoff trigger any thought of considering a reset to your trust system? It shouldn't. I'm dead serious here and I'm not sure people are getting it. If the OP gives me $10,000, I will give him back $16,000 five years from the date I get the cash. I guarantee the return. It doesn't, to me. I am sure you will advise him (and his family) to factor in the loss of a 2K deduction per year over the next 4 years if he deposited 2K of the 10K every year, while using another financial investment vehicle for the declining sum....and here I would think you woud advisie him on short term non-taxable paths... and reserving the other 2K for a IRA account starting now, for an extra deduction in year 1 (now), and then factor in a non-reduction of Scholarship FAFSA reduction using the Ohio 529, and then factoring in an additional tax free income via scholarship/grants under the Ohio 529, and the additional savings utilizing in-State CC for the first 2 years realized by the Ohio 529 process, and then the wonderful world of parent contributions as an additional tax deduction, and then weigh all that against the taxes he will pay on your generous return of unearned income to him (unless you are suggesting he not claim same and that is the reason you suggested a cash transaction). Then of course is the legal conundrum of enforcement of such an offer in the unlikely event of a contract breach, which I am ceratin will not occur, and then there is the vehicle to be used for the transfer of 10K as a personal loan, unless you are suggesting you are placing the cash in a Trust in his daughter's name and the grantor/grantee affiliation is clear unless the 10 K is being invested in your legitimate licensed enterprise and you are declaring the source and expenditure and investment trail to the IRS, and then....

Wow, thought you were just joking. Kudos to you! Does the name Madoff trigger any thought of considering a reset to your trust system?

Did you enlist 4 years later as an Officer?