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| Sep 25th 2007, 07:30 Silverblade Dagger |
SL CapEx Detractors | |
| From time to time I come across comments about how supposedly "evil" CapEx or any of the management is, or whatever complaint happens to spill from their mouths/minds/fingertips. I have heard whining like, "CapEx was too slow to do something!" "CapEx was too quick to take action!" "CapEx is this 'n that!" "CapEx blah-blah-blah, whine-drone-complain." To say that CapEx can not get anything right is an understatement, not due to a deficiency on their behalf, but due to the fact that you can't please everyone. The warped kind of analogy I would make of this, is the CapEx management is the driver behind the wheel of a station wagon. The rest of us are the kids riding in the back seats. Some of the kids are droning, "Are we there yet?" Some kids are whining, "I got to pee!" Some kids are saying "We're going too slow!" Some of us kids are just being quiet, patient and well behaved. Oh, and let's not forget those of us who are backseat drivers, those who are saying that the driver is braking too soon, not braking soon enough, or aren't braking at all, and tweaking with the radio stations the whole time. I'm just waiting for the driver to lean over the seat and yell, "Shut it or I'm gonna pull this car over and paddle your tails till you can't sit down!" But fortunately, we have some thick skinned, and extremely patient people at the wheel. I guess the point of this post is to say that if you are expecting perfection, get Arb and Bo some robots to do the job. I personally trust their judgment, even though through no fault of theirs, my portfolio value has sunk like a turd in a toilet. Given the rough weather that we all have been riding through financially, I think we're doing alright. I'm not saying that people shouldn't use constructive criticism, but people need to be patient as well as try to be understanding, and can the whining chatter that isn't going to do anyone any good. Otherwise, you might as well be left behind at a rest area and be forgotten. Delisting and freezing companies may have been too soon, too late, whatever, but it's done. We need to get over it, get things moving again, and try to rebuild faith in the SL financial area. I for one, would like to leave the last couple months behind and move forward with CapEx because the future is only as bad as everyone makes it and wants it to be. Honoris Causa... Silverblade Dagger |
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| Sep 25th 2007, 07:35 Cash Yiyuan |
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| Silver I totally agree :)) | ||
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| Sep 25th 2007, 08:51 Isegrim Nikolaidis |
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| The kids are whining because they were promissed that they would go to Disneyland, instead they ended up at uncle Bob's gatorfarm for the weekend. A mudpuddle with 2 rubber alligators and a broken seesaw in the middle of nowhere. How about that for a analogy. In Omnia Paratus... Isegrim Nikolaidis |
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| Sep 25th 2007, 09:07 Valerian Dryke |
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| ROTFL | ||
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| Sep 25th 2007, 09:20 Cash Yiyuan |
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| Hello? | ||
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| Sep 25th 2007, 09:26 Kailen Juran |
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| Oh my! I was just reminded of the three-part Brady Bunch episode where they all take a trip to the Grand Canyon in their station wagon. With nine people in the car, it's a wonder that no one got killed! If it were up to me, I'd have let Bobby and Cindy remain lost. :-) Seriously, I think your points are on target. Different people are going to react differently. The only thing that can be done is try to determine if anything could have been done differently, then make sure that it's not repeated in the future. From my standpoint, there isn't all that much that could be different, but that's just my point-of-view. Regardless, discussion of such items need to remain civil, and fortunately most of us do keep things in that state. |
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| Sep 25th 2007, 09:31 Stroh Bing |
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| Somehow we gotta make this fun again... Or more and more people will take their marbles and go somewhere else.. Oh, thats right, all the marbles are locked up.. |
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| Sep 25th 2007, 09:34 Cash Yiyuan |
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| There is a difference between fun and support. | ||
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| Sep 25th 2007, 09:39 Silverblade Dagger |
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| "Oh my! I was just reminded of the three-part Brady Bunch episode where they all take a trip to the Grand Canyon in their station wagon. With nine people in the car, it's a wonder that no one got killed! If it were up to me, I'd have let Bobby and Cindy remain lost. :-)" Yeah, I was thinking of a blend of that episode series, National Lampoon's vacation, and a couple Simpsons episodes. Honoris Causa... Silverblade Dagger |
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| Sep 25th 2007, 09:41 Silverblade Dagger |
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| "Somehow we gotta make this fun again... Or more and more people will take their marbles and go somewhere else.. Oh, thats right, all the marbles are locked up.." Heh, I think some of us, myself especially, has lost our marbles. I haven't been right in the head since, and the multitude of voices in there confirm it. hehehehehe Being eccentric has it's um... uh... advantages? Honoris Causa... Silverblade Dagger |
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