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Dandy Don, what a guy.
Years ago he was one of the three guys on Monday Night Football--Gifford, Cossell and Dandy.
They were in Atlanta for a game with the 49ers.
Cossell commented, "These fans are really into this game...I'm not sure I've ever seen a more enthusiastic group."
Dandy responded, "Hell Howard, they're not enthusiastic.....they're drunk."
I am American by birth, but Southern by the grace of God--so I know that that was probably true.
I'm not The Dandy, but I am a Mustang and a damn good imitatiion of the real thing.
[quote=assetgatherer]No…NASD Newbie is a cross between Hannibal Lechter and Mr. Magoo!!![/quote]
outstanding!
[quote=joedabrkr] [quote=assetgatherer]No...NASD Newbie is a cross between Hannibal Lechter and Mr. Magoo!!![/quote]
outstanding!
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Joeboy, looking at that the next day--does it portray you has being mature with a good sense of humor?
Do you suppose that your clients would be impressed to see how you spend your time-much less how childish you are?
[quote=assetgatherer]No...NASD Newbie is a cross between Hannibal Lechter and Mr. Magoo!!![/quote]
outstanding!
The character reference to NASD Newbie was actually meant to be a half hearted compliment. It is obvious that he has experienced many things in this business but the personal attacks and the denegration to others lends him zero credibility. The real problem with this forum is that there is no transparency. You truely don’t know if someone is telling the truth or are truely a legend in their own mind. The amount of testosterone thrown around here is hysterical. Its like a pissing contest all the time. Throw in the multiple screen names being used by the same cast of characters and you have to admit that it does provide for great entertainment at times.
The word is truly, not truely.
How can you kids not know basics? What kind of schools did you attend?
I am actually not a kid and you are correct I did spell truly wrong and thank you for correcting me.
[quote=assetgatherer]I am actually not a kid and you are correct I did spell truly wrong and thank you for correcting me.[/quote]
You misspelled it twice in the same paragraph indicating that you did not know how to spell it.
How many times do you suppose you wrote that to somebody in a memo or note and painted yourself as less than you'd like the reader to believe you are.
That is a very good observation NASD Newbie. I did spell the word incorrectly twice. Something tells me that you must be a Type A personality with narsicistic tendencies? I once had a manager that I reported to that acted just like you. The world is full of them, meaning your type, and that is why I left that environment. I run my own business and do what I want because I am the boss. And I happen to agree with you about how important it is to communicate effectively but picking apart that one spelling error just shines a spot light on how petty you are and how quick you are to pass judgement on others that you know very little about. It is a shame that you could not be more constructive in this forum because I am sure that you have a lot more to add than just being the spelling police.
Please feel free to correct any spelling and other grammer errors because I know that you can’t help yourself.
[quote=assetgatherer]
I happen to agree with you about how important it is to communicate effectively but picking apart that one spelling error just shines a spot light on how petty you are and how quick you are to pass judgement on others that you know very little about. [/quote]
You know what you're talking about? It's called "You never get a second chance to make a first impression."
You're right, I know nothing about you, other than that you truly did not know how to spell a basic English word.
Think if I were a prospect. You would have blown the opportunity because I would not be able to look at you and consider you bright enough to handle my money.
As you were sneering about being a Type A personality--which I am not, by the way--you said there were a lot of them.
That's why it's even more important to make a good first impression.
Especially since laid back types are usually not very good candidates for investment advice--in fact, would you not believe that your best prospect is a type A individual who is so driven that he wants to pay somebody else to choose his mutual funds?
Funny thing is that I am the prospect that all of you are looking to land. I tried being a financial advisor but I honestly did not have what it took to get the job done so I left the field. I own a sucessful business building custom hot rods for people that are re-living their teenage years again. You may have even seen some of my cars at the World of Wheels etc. Many of my clients have won trophies with restorations done at my shop. I just couldn’t swing two careers. I love what I do now. I get kids that come into my shop every day looking for a job. I give them an employment application and they can’t even fill half of it out correctly so I agree with a lot of what you say. Its just the sniping that bothers me and I am extremely thick skinned.
[quote=assetgatherer]Funny thing is that I am the prospect that all of you are looking to land. I tried being a financial advisor but I honestly did not have what it took to get the job done so I left the field. I own a sucessful business building custom hot rods for people that are re-living their teenage years again. You may have even seen some of my cars at the World of Wheels etc. Many of my clients have won trophies with restorations done at my shop. I just couldn't swing two careers. I love what I do now. I get kids that come into my shop every day looking for a job. I give them an employment application and they can't even fill half of it out correctly so I agree with a lot of what you say. Its just the sniping that bothers me and I am extremely thick skinned.[/quote]
Let's see if I have this right. You call yourself "assetgatherer" and you are commenting on the insurance and securities sales game, yet you failed at it and now use bondo and turtlewax on cars.
Is that it?
[quote=assetgatherer]
I own a sucessful business building custom hot rods for people that are re-living their teenage years again. You may have even seen some of my cars at the World of Wheels etc.[/quote]
The word is successful--but let's let that go as a typo since it only appears once.
I'm curious about where you worked in the business--you don't need to name the firm unless you want to--but was it an insurance firm, a chop shop, a wirehouse, just what type of place?
[quote=assetgatherer]Funny thing is that I am the prospect that all of you are looking to land. I tried being a financial advisor but I honestly did not have what it took to get the job done so I left the field. I own a sucessful business building custom hot rods for people that are re-living their teenage years again. You may have even seen some of my cars at the World of Wheels etc. Many of my clients have won trophies with restorations done at my shop. I just couldn't swing two careers. I love what I do now. I get kids that come into my shop every day looking for a job. I give them an employment application and they can't even fill half of it out correctly so I agree with a lot of what you say. Its just the sniping that bothers me and I am extremely thick skinned.[/quote]
I gotta ask...WHY are you here?
I got my ticket punched in 1995 at T Rowe Price in Baltimore. I started on the phones in a call center and was lucky enough to have them pay for my Series 7 instead of the 6. I worked my way up into 401k institutional plan administration and ended up running a group of about 20 reps. I used to see all the rollovers go out from terminated plan members. It was staggering…definately a retail broker’s wet dream if he or she could get to these people before they rolled into Fidelity or Vanguard. I decided to make the jump and went back into the car business about 5 years ago. My family has been in that line for about 50 years and I like muscle cars and was also tired of dealing with middle management. In 2005 I decided to get back into financial services again so I interviewed at Morgan Stanley and was hired. Had to take the 7, 66, 31 etc all over again. I worked there for about a year while I had someone manage my other business. I couldn’t juggle two careers and quite frankly had a very difficult time gaining traction at gathering assets. So I left Morgan in January of this year. I still have a lot of friends in this line of work so that is why I am here.
[quote=assetgatherer]I got my ticket punched in 1995 at T Rowe Price in Baltimore. I started on the phones in a call center and was lucky enough to have them pay for my Series 7 instead of the 6. I worked my way up into 401k institutional plan administration and ended up running a group of about 20 reps. I used to see all the rollovers go out from terminated plan members. It was staggering...definately a retail broker's wet dream if he or she could get to these people before they rolled into Fidelity or Vanguard. I decided to make the jump and went back into the car business about 5 years ago. My family has been in that line for about 50 years and I like muscle cars and was also tired of dealing with middle management. In 2005 I decided to get back into financial services again so I interviewed at Morgan Stanley and was hired. Had to take the 7, 66, 31 etc all over again. I worked there for about a year while I had someone manage my other business. I couldn't juggle two careers and quite frankly had a very difficult time gaining traction at gathering assets. So I left Morgan in January of this year. I still have a lot of friends in this line of work so that is why I am here.[/quote]
As a condition of friendship, do your friends require you to be here?