Well hello to all that is reading this post, and expecailly to MILK. (CD) I am one,that is not that good at words milk, but i,ll try to answer you question from a day or so ago. You asked me , if it did not humilate me for the fundraiser that is going on now on this thread ?? Well to start off with... ( 1st ) Just to let you know, i never asked for the fundraiser to even take place. And yes it did make me feel a little strange knowing there was a fundraiser going on for me to become a member on SILICON INVESTER. But thinking about it for a little while, i said to my self.Well if they want to do this why not let them..? I am not use to people doing things for me , i am use to doing it my self. And i think i told D LEE ( DAVE) it was ok with me if he wanted to try the charlie ballance fund. I never asked for it to be started. I would never have asked for it to be started. But i want to thank dave for his effort that he has put in to it, he sure is keeping every one posted on how things are going with the fund. And i want to say thanks to every one that has sent money to dave to be put in a fund to help me become a SILICON INVESTOR MEMBER ! To be honest with you milk, i did not think that anything would ever come of the charlie ballance fund. But i did think it was a nice jesture, for some one,( dave ) to do for me. And i thank all of you that has particapated in the charlie ballance fund. This is one thing that is going on that was very unexpected, and i decided i would see how it turned out. I would rather dave send the money back to every one that has sent money in than,any one to think i am a begger. That is one thing i am not..!!! And to answer your question why i don,t just send in $125.00 to pay for my memebership right now and get it over with. Well to be honest with you again milk.,, i just don,t have a extra $125.00 laying around after paying all the bills. And my wife works too..!! Not to get in to my budget.....which i don,t have one. A budget would not work if i had to be on one. Cause there is not enough to go around as it is. But that is my problem not yours. I have allways thought the stock market was a pretty neat place...... (if you are wondering i am 39 years old untill dec. anyway : ) ) Ever since my neighbor that lived in the apt. next to me many years ago....bought some stock ,i believe it was chrysler back when they were about to go belly up if the good ole government did not bail them out. He bought some stock when it was dirt cheap...and when he sold he make about 30,000 bucks. I thought that was pretty good..!! Well since i have been on line for about two years now...i have wanting to try the online electroic trading. Bying stock over the internet.....well i looked around at a few on line brokerages.!! And do you want to know why i chose ( suretrade.com ) ?? Well if you do,,, it was bacause i could open a account with them with out any certain amount of money in my account.Every one that i checked before suretrade they wanted 2,000 or 2,500 dollars to open account. Well i had to settle on suretrade casue they would take my first 50 dollars i sent them. I set up a cash only account, so i send them money when i want to buy some stock. My account has just been opened there just a few months. Sorry this post is so long...and i am about to finish up ...!! I am rambling on now...but i have about 200.00 dollars tied up in the account as it stands right now. And that is two hundred dollars, no mistyped numbers in the 200 <g> But just to let you know, DAVE !! I,ll try and send the extra dollars that is needed for the remaining ballance after payday on friday.I,ll have to see how much over time i have, but should have enough to get the job done. So milk,,, here and all...i know i have written a little bit of a long one here......sorry about that,,,i cold have written more.....lol....!! But i have tied up enough of ya,ll,s time reading this post. So i will close for now..... but thanks for your time for reading the post....and we all need to say a pray for CVIA ,,, I am pulling for them...!! Hopeing for the best...!!! GO CVIA ,,,, GO ,, GO ... GO...!!! Or which ever one we are going to be after all this..!! See ya later..!!! C.D. <aka > charlie ballance Happy investing..!! SEE YA..!! GOOD NITE ALL..!!! |