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The post I replied to suggested there be an open forum on Ihub where you could discuss stocks and investing.
At least that's what I thought it was.
No one on the premium boards limits your thoughts.
Free boards are for discussing the company only. No off topic bullshit are allowed on them.
Phil
There are a lot of boards on Ihub that are devoted to outing stock promotions by IRPs and out and out scams.
Stir around a little and look for them.
Keep in mind that most penny stocks are scams, so it's easy to find them.
Phil
I agree that sometimes you can get a house too airtight.
I know of people that crack open a window when they are burning a fire.
Phil
Well put greedy.
I too believe that naked shorting is only an excuse for insider dumping and diluting.
Keep up the good work.
Have fun,
Phil
Your Home Envelope
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Your home consists of two primary systems that work together to provide comfort and shelter. Your home's heating and cooling system maintains comfortable indoor temperatures. Your home's envelope helps hold in comfortable indoor temperatures and provides shelter from exterior elements. The home envelope is the combination of materials that surround the interior space you live in including walls, floors, ceiling, roof, windows, and doors. The quality and integrity of your home's envelope greatly affects the comfort and cost to operate your home.
* How can improving my home's envelope save money and energy?
* What are the benefits of an energy efficient envelope?
* Why is insulation important?
* What are air and vapor barriers?
* Why is air sealing important?
* What should I know about ventilation?
* Should I install the insulation myself or hire a contractor?
* Why should I hire a professional?
* What should I know if I'm going to hire a contractor?
How can improving my home's envelope save money and energy?
The average family spends $1,900 a year on energy bills, nearly half of which goes to heating and cooling. These costs can be reduced by up to 20% by combining the right amount and type of insulation, using effective air sealing techniques, and installing windows that are appropriate for your climate.
What are the benefits of an energy efficient envelope?
* Reduced drafts and even room temperatures (no cold or hot rooms).
* Reduced noise transmission into your home.
* Savings on heating and cooling bills.
* Moisture control in your home leading to longer life of your home's building materials and reduced incidence of mold and mildew.
Why is insulation important?
The proper type and level of insulation for your home provides a continuous thermal barrier minimizing heat flow through the walls, ceiling, and floor. The result is a more comfortable home and reduced heating and cooling costs. Installing insulation properly is as important as the type and level of insulation because gaps, voids, compressions, and moisture reduce the effectiveness of insulation and allow unconditioned air to enter your home.
What are air and vapor barriers?
Air barriers are any material used to prevent the movement of air through walls, ceilings, and floors. Vapor barriers keep moisture, which is often contained in air, from passing through and condensing in walls, floors, and ceilings. Air and vapor barriers must be installed in a manner appropriate to your climate region to work correctly. This is always toward the warmer side of the wall or ceiling. Remember: Check your local code to see what is appropriate for your climate region.
Why is air sealing important?
Ceiling, wall, and floor systems with insulation generally provide barriers to outside air coming into the home. However, small gaps, cracks, and spaces that are not closed around penetrations will allow uncontrolled outside air from entering temperature-controlled spaces. You will feel air infiltration from larger gaps as drafts that make a room uncomfortable. To detect smaller cracks that affect the energy efficiency of your home, you may need to hire a professional contractor who uses a blower door and other tools to determine the location of air leakage.
Remember: It is always a good idea to check your hot water heater, furnace, gas stove and other combustion appliances as well as your carbon monoxide detectors to make sure they are in working order.
What should I know about ventilation?
Although air sealing is intended to prevent outside air from leaking into your house, a certain amount of controlled fresh air is important to keep the indoor air quality healthy. Proper ventilation provides fresh air and removes stuffy indoor air and excess moisture. Once your home is properly air sealed you should make sure that adequate ventilation is provided. To do this, you may need to hire a professional to conduct a blower door test. Ventilation to remove excess moisture and pollutants can be as simple as exhaust fans in the kitchen and bathrooms. More complex systems can cover the entire house and may include heat recovery, moisture control, and air filtering.
Remember: Everyday activities such as cooking and bathing create moisture that needs to be expelled from the house to avoid mold and mildew. This will also help to keep the insulation dry so that it provides an effective thermal barrier from outside conditions.
Should I install the insulation myself or hire a contractor?
There are air sealing and insulation activities you can do yourself. A careful homeowner can often insulate attic floors, basements, new or open walls, and crawl space walls. Blown-in and sprayed-in insulation as well as adding insulation to a mobile home are best left to the professional installer. It's important to remember, however, that insulation needs proper air-sealing to work well. And without the necessary training and equipment, you won't know what your air-leakage is, nor if you have combustion safety problems.
If you do choose to tackle this effort yourself, the Energy Star Home Sealing Guide offers specific recommendations on ways you can tighten your home envelope. You can learn more on the Energy Star Web site.
Why should I hire a professional?
Energy consultants use tools such as blower-doors to diagnose your house and develop a plan for the most cost-effective measures to take in your particular situation.
What should I know if I'm going to hire a contractor? Shop around and get several written bids for the same work (same R-value), and remember that good quality is as important as low cost. Get a receipt. The contractor is required by the Federal Trade Commission to provide you with a signed receipt that shows the R-value. Consider having the installation checked by a third-party, energy consultant or home inspector to make sure it has been installed correctly.
Source: U.S. DOE/EPA Energy Star Program
See also: Finding Air Leaks in Your Home
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If I was going to live without heat, it would be in Florida, not Colorado.
Phil
Back about 1998 or 1999 I think, over on SI, I turned that idiotic "confession" around and made it:
Confessions of a paid pumper.
The two parodies were as much a joke then as they are now.
Like Janice, I find it hard to believe that people that spend any time at all on financial message boards don't know that the letter is a joke.
Anyway, now you do.
Phil
Not much to do when you are incarcerated in an insane asylum.
Or so I heard.
Phil
You should know for sure
You've already taken refuge.
Have fun,
Phil
They didn't arrive yet.
You sure you sent them to the right address??
I'm not hungry anymore. I got tired of waiting and got a Subway sandwich and a bowl of soup.
Phil
E-mail me the leftovers.
I'm hungry.
LOL
Phil
Maybe I should have said it's like taking honey away from a honey bee.
LOL
Phil
Carlos quit drinking?
That's like taking milk from a baby.
Phil
Wouldn't be the first time for sure.
Have fun,
Phil
I just call them like I see them.
Have fun,
Phil
I thought he would be 60 when baby Carlos is born.
LOL
Phil
Self appointed counselors are a dime a dozen.
You fit in the 1 of a hundred slot.
Phil
Exactly what I was thinking.
Phil
I'll keep my fingers crossed for a boy.
We need all of the NASCAR fans we can get.
It takes a man to raise a pole though. Anyone can dig a hole. You up to the task?
Phil
Spoilsport
LOL
Welcome aboard
Phil
Everything is cool here dickbreath.
When is Debbie due?
You two doing OK now?
Phil
Chick magnets don't help people like Carlos.
He is a chick repellent.
LOL
Have fun,
Phil
I didn't suggest anyone here sell, nor did I get scammed on any purchase of this garbage.
You must be dreaming.
Phil
THE BULL is already heavily running.
Phil
What a crock of horse poop.
I didn't see the Donald's name mentioned anywhere on that link.
Shaking my head,
Phil
I indeed have faith in my decisions.
Especially my decision not to gamble on POS pink sheet stocks with a gagged TA.
There is no good reason for a company to gag the TA, except for a POS company that is diluting hand over fist like Jared was.
I don't take pleasure in the discovery that any company has been screwing the shareholders, but it amazes me that people like you still believe in companies like EESO and continue to waste more money on the garbage stock in the face of almost certain disaster.
Shaking my head,
Phil
I'm not going back to research your old posts, but I remember cases where you posted you had made under $100 buys, and me thinking,
Whoa, last of the big spenders.
Still shaking my head,
Phil
Hell,my whole future could depend on the outcome, but I am patiently waiting.
I can't believe anyone would allow themselves to get sucked in that deeply on a penny stock.
Especially a pink sheet POS with a gagged TA.
Shaking my head,
Phil
I'll have to try it.
Thanks,
Phil
You put them in the fridge after breading?
Does that include chicken and pork chops?
Phil
Thanks PJ,
Phil
I was thinking of smashing it into a pattie like cornbread or corn fritters.
Then bread it and fry it.
Man, I can almost taste it now.
Phil
Tell us how to fry mac and cheese.
That sounds yummie.
Phil
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That should be a wake-up call for them.
Phil
WORLD WAR III
President Bush and Rumsfeld are sitting in a bar.
A guy walks in and asks the barman, "Isn't that
Bush and Rumsfeld sitting over there?"
The bartender says, "Yep, that's them."
So the guy walks over and says, "Wow, this is a
real honor! . What are you guys doing in here?"
Bush says, "We're planning WW III."
And the guy says, "Really? What's going to happen?"
Bush says, "Well, we're going to kill 140 million Muslims and one blonde with big boobs."
The guy exclaimed, "A blonde with big boobs?
Why kill a blonde with big boobs?"
Bush turns to Rumsfeld and says, "See, I told you no one CARES about the 140 million Muslims".
I added Joe to the Ibox, P.S.
If you hear from him, let me know.
Phil
It's impossible for anyone to know what you are doing wrong until you post how you are trying to do it.
Phil
People don't seem to understand that if you go into a poker game with $20., and quickly win $40., they can either get out of the game with a $20. profit, or put $20. in your pocket and continue to play with the rest. If you continue to play and lose it, you still lost $20., because you could have left the game with a profit.
If you lose it, you break even, but you could have left the game with a 100% profit.
There is no such thing as free shares.
Phil
There is no such thing as free shares, unless they were given to you by a third party.
It tears me up to see people post that.
Phil