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The year end rankings dont tell the whole story. While Sampras finished #1 from ´93-´98 there were other players who were ranked #1 for a certain number of weeks during that time period. Courier(1993),Agassi(1995),Muster(1996),Rios(1998)
Since Federer became #1 in 2004 he has stayed there for 200 straight weeks. The longest streak of Sampras was 102 weeks.Also if you look at the year ending points Sampras was just barely #1 whereas Federer has almost doubled the points of the #2 player in most years.The #2 was never even close.
Also Federer had match winning streaks of 35(2005),29(2006),26(04-05),25(2005),23(2004).So looking at these statistics Federer has been much more dominant in his era then Sampras was in his.
Ramsey, Personally I didnt like watching Sampras because to me lacked emotion when he played.I perfer guys like Agassi,Conners,Noah,Safin,Rafter,Nastase,etc. Plus I hate watching Wimbledon because I find the points are not very interesting.These past 15 years I enjoyed the womens tennis because it resembled what mens tennis use to be like.But now even the womens tennis is of no interest to me because there are no personalities worth watching.For me there is a total lack of feminitity since Kournacova left.I sure wish I was a 1973 instead of 1953.
Ramsey, I agree. When I mentioned the bigger balls, I was only talking about Wimbledon.I think in the other tournaments they are still using normal balls.There were alot of great players during Sampras time.(Becker,Agassi,Courier,Chang,Rafter,Tod Martin).Federer is still fairly young,but has really dominated the game these past several years.Personally I dont like to watch him play too much because he makes it look too easy and he almost always wins.I find tennis has become boring to watch. JMO
Ramsey, actually you took what I said backwards.I didnt mean to say that Federer could be the serve and volleyer that Sampras is,but instead I have my doubts that Sampras could have the same results today with the conditions being slower.With the conditions being a little slower, the serve and volley becomes more difficult and conditioning becomes more of a factor.Sampras´backhand was a definite handicap as well as was his ability to achieve a superior physical conditioning.My question to you is,if Federer breaks the Sampras Grand Slam record and stays #1 for 2 more years; will you then give him credit for being the best player of all time?
Ramsey, I am sure many people will agree with you.The equipment has not changed since Sampras was #1. But they have tried to slow the game down some by using bigger balls at Wimbledon and many hard courts have become slower.In the day of Laver,Rosewall,Newcombe,etc... 3 of the Grand Slams were on grass.That was the reason that serve and volley was the syle of that era.Then the style changed when the US Open went to clay and the Australien Open went to hard courts.Then later the US Open went to hard courts also.I believe Conners was the only player to win the US Open on all 3 surfaces.I just brought this up to make the point that the syle of players depends mainly on what surface they spend most of their time playing on.I personally think that Federer is the new and improved Sampras (better backhand and better conditioning).But I agree that on paper Sampras is still the #1 of all time.
I for 1 have come to appreciate your objectivity and respect your recent accuracy. GLTY
Mick, Moody used to be the CEO of HISC and he screwed over the shareholders and the company.He was never upfront with the shareholders and released many prs that were not completely honest.Plus,often when a pr was accurate when it was released,we learned later that everything had changed and we were never kept up to date.And the same goes for their website.So just beware that Moody is dishonest and anything that he deals with is most likely a scam.He was also helped by his IR (Apple).I believe he was paying them $50,000 a month to help with the scam.So when you have a dishonest CEO and a dishonest IR firm then the result is not good for the shareholder.JMO
Mick, do you know anything about this company or the guy (Moody) running this company? The guy is a crook and CANNOT be trusted!!!!!!!!!!
Universal, I am sorry to say it looks like you are right.Its amazing how in the beginning we all appreciate these guys with so called positive (insider) DD and then in the end we all realize that they were screwing us around all the time.Its unreal what companies and people can get away with.Its just not right.
Allinxxl, are you still trying to figure out how to post those pictures that you took? Or has something changed that we dont know about.I for 1 always appreciated the DD that you shared with everybody,but I believe that some of your credibility has been lost in the last week or so.Hopefully you will get it back. Enjoy your Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!
chuck, I hope you are doing better.Anybody can get the restriction lifted but you have to pay out a couple hundred dollars and then you have to sell within 3 months.There are a couple of forms that need to be filled out.If you look over the past 100 posts on the TPDI board then you will learn a lot.WHOCARES is the 1 to ask. We never did receive the GSFC shares.The company stopped trading about the same time it was rumored that we would receive a dividend.I dont know whats going on with the company since.Good luck to you and with your health.Hopefully we will do better here then with HISC.Dale
I dont think that there are any support levels with this stock.Its impossible with restricted shares becoming unrestricted.Plus with the news of a r/s coming.Plus we dont know if the company is diluting shares.JMO
It should be out of the pennies after the r/s.
Go to the TPDI board.A lot of people have removed the restriction.
I have been looking at those contracts for about a year.But since I have not seen any money in revenues then I have to question the validity of those contracts.
But there are still no revenues.And after the r/s there may be major dilution.And we still dont know why Bendis left and did not help with the financing with his group.The contracts and agreements that are being pr´ed are old news.We have all been waiting for revenues for a long time and all we get is a r/s.I want to believe that this company will be successful but I wont believe it until I see positive cash flow. JMO
But after the r/s he will owe you just $50 for the 1 share that you will own. JMO
I think whether this stock goes up or down will depend on if there are revenues.Until now there are just a couple of nice prs.We still dont know if those prs are BS or if they are for real.Up till now, everything related to this company has been a big disappointment.Charts might work with real companies,but I am not convinced that this is 1. JMO
It sounds like you dont want to share what you know,if in fact you know something.I believe in the concept that there is money to be made in China in regards to anti-counterfeiting.I just dont know if this company can pull it off.We have all seen companies coming out with misleading and false prs.I dont think we will know for sure that this company is for real (meaning a winner)until we see money coming in to the balance sheet.JMO
Peter, you say that you disagree with my general concensis.Which means what exactly? I was just stating that I am in for the long term because I think this company has great pontential.But I also stated that we have not been kept up to date with what is going on.Since you know what IS going on with SSTY,GSFC and TPDI will you please share with the rest of us.At 1 time we were led to believe that we would be receiving a dividend in GSFC and that never happened.They have even stopped trading.SSTY is still in the greys; GSFC has stopped trading; and TPDI keeps changing management,shows no profit up till now,is doing a r/s,and has been silent untill recently.Would you please fill us in on whats going on with these 3 companies.Also,has there been any insider buying going on that you know of.TIA. Dale
Pete was really hurting in Australia and Roland Garros every year.
Personally I think that Roger is the new and improved Pete. Sampras had serious problems with his backhand and physical conditioning.After he retired we learned that his conditioning problem was due to some hereditary heart condition I believe.He wanted to keep it a secret while he was still playing.One reason he always went to the net was because he couldnt beat people in the back.The courts and the balls have slowed down some these past few years which means that Roger has to fight it out from the baseline.I dont think that Sampras could have done that and have stayed #1 for 6 years like Roger has done.Also Pete had to play well at the end of the season to stay #1 where Roger has dominated so much that the Masters doesnt mean anything for his #1 ranking.And that might explain his lack of form.JMO
People can talk about their DD all they want to,but the truth is we dont know anything for sure.Up till now we have been screwed by them with our SSTY shares and they have shown no respect for us as shareholders.Their management team keeps changing and we dont know why.For these past few years it is difficult to find anything good to say about our investment here.But for me personally I invest in pink sheet companies for that 1 in a million longshot that I can strike it rich.I put all my eggs in 1 or 2 baskets and go for it.If I lose all my money here I wont be surprised, but I am staying in till the end.Maybe the people running this company are dishonest.Who knows? Maybe even it will take dishonest people to get things moving.All I know is that if there is any hope of me getting rich 1 day,I have to risk my money on a few of these screwed up pink sheet companies.I wish that wasnt the case,but thats how it is and I am sure there are a lot of people that are just like me.So lets role the dice and see what happens.
Thanks,I have been wondering about that. LOL
chud, when he says "actions" he means shares.In the latin languages that is the translation.
Steve, thanks a lot!! Hopefully these guys will come through for us. Dale
Steve, thanks a lot!! Hopefully these guys will come through for us. Dale
thanks, no problem.Take your time.Me too I have to go to work in a little while.I think we have all learned to have a lot of patience with this stock. Dale
zxc, thanks, but I still cant get it to work.Could you please paraphrase what was said in just a few sentences.TIA, Dale
Could somebody please report what is in the 2 webcast messages on the TPDI homepage.For some reason I am not able to download these.TIA
Its about time.I hope it lasts longer than my restriction.If we can believe what we have been told about all these agreements and contracts then maybe these people selling now will have regrets in a year or so.
IPRE, THANKS
yes,the r/s is 1 for 30.I sure hope we hear some news about how things are going.
johncee, nice to have you back.I am not sure about the o/s but we are waiting for the r/s to happen.GLTY
and dilution.And it has been pointed out that we cannot know for sure that what they have stated is true.
The pr that came out on Friday was old news.What changed is the dollar valuation.The dollar has taken a big hit in the past several months.This contract has been on their website for some time now.When Bendis took over we were briefed on why he was coming in and all the benefits for us as shareholders.It is strange that William Dunavant is taking MacKays place and there is no explanation at all.Also,they throw this r/s on us without any comment either.I am hoping the r/s is being done to help TPDI get on the Chinese Exchange,but if that was the case I would think that they would let us know.On the TPDI website there are a lot of contracts and agreements that have never been released in prs.I wonder if they start releasing all this news to the public, if that will be really positive or instead just a pump and dump scheme by the new management.There is always less and less transparency with this company. JMO
frenchee, 1 of the required teaching certificats in the U.S. is the PTR(professional tennis registry).Their website offers alot of information.If you click on "membership benifits" there will be a list of instructional supplements,videos,books,etc. Their website is www.ptrtennis.org
infinity, WHOCARES is the guy that knows all about this restriction stuff.I believe if you lift the restriction now then you have to sell your shares within 3 months or something like that (but I am not sure).Also if you hold for 2 years then there is 1 step that you dont have to do,but I am not sure what that is.Since I have no desire to sell I have not paid too much attention to everything that is involved in lifting the restriction.GLTY
I am a little confused on something. In the beginning it appeared that EFGO would be making money selling some empty shells through their IFGX division.Now they are saying that they want a percentage of the business of the company that will be buying the shell.Why in the world would a company give a % of their business to EFGO? With all the empty shells that are out there, cant the Chinese just buy a shell on the market.And if not, surely there are a lot of bankrupt companies that would agree to merge with a chinese operation for pennies.It just seems far fetched to me that a chinese company would give away a % of their company to a pink sheet company like EFGO.What am I missing here???
GoV, Have you heard anything lately from the company? I find it strange that we had constant contact up until now,and then complete silence.I would have thought that they would finally have something to brag about.As people have mentioned these past few days it is not a good sign that the volume is so low.I think that if there was good news then some of the insiders would be buying.JMO