ValiantWagon replied to the topic Tragic Death – not so Frolic in the forum Opinionated! 20 years, 6 months ago
“Society is just too lenient. Steal money and you get ten years, kill someone and get off with 3-5 years.”
Actually thats not true. Offences against the person, robbery and drug offences have increased as a proportion of prisoners from 51% in 1988 to 57% in 1998. Both the average sentence length and the average length of stay have increased for…[Read more]
ValiantWagon replied to the topic Need advice as I’m CoNfUsEd! in the forum Help Needed! 20 years, 6 months ago
Financial position: Sallary: $65k
Investment Property 1: Negitive Geared. Owe:$112k
Rent: $155 pw
Value: $150-$160kInvestiment Property 2: Negitive Geared: Owe:$133k
Rent: $215 pw
Value: $210-220kLive in Government housing rent free,
Now I know why I pay so much tax
ValiantWagon replied to the topic Speech by Bill Gates in the forum Forum Frolic 20 years, 7 months ago
This speech is actually a hoax, it was never made by Gates. It’s an excerpt from the book “Dumbing Down our Kids” by educator Charles Sykes.
ValiantWagon replied to the topic Mad crowds marching in support of Saddam in the forum Opinionated! 20 years, 7 months ago
“Firstly, he has chased away the Taliban who were protecting and supporting the Osama Bin laden mob”.
So that would explain why they have managed to capture Bun Laden and why the Taliban still control portions of Afghanisatn
Secondly, eventually there will be a democratic
government in Afghanistan, a moderate one like Turkey perhaps ?So the…[Read more]
ValiantWagon replied to the topic What’s most important 2 U in life??? in the forum Opinionated! 20 years, 7 months ago
“Hypoglycemia is seen as the starting point for a discussion on nutritional disorders underlying
most degenerative diseases and mental disorders.”By who?
ValiantWagon replied to the topic Mad crowds marching in support of Saddam in the forum No Subject 20 years, 7 months ago
ValiantWagon replied to the topic Death to “flashlightsearch.com…. in the forum Help Needed! 20 years, 8 months ago
You can also download a series of free anti spyware programs from http://www.wilderssecurity.net/index.html
It sounds as if you have a browser hijack program active. You can also download a free utility for scanning your pc for spy/adware from http://www.safer-networking.org/
ValiantWagon replied to the topic teachers salaries in the forum Opinionated! 20 years, 8 months ago
Interesting, people want their children to get the best education but no one is willing to pay for it. A very strange paradox. In fact there seems to be a tone among some of you that teachers should work for free.
Its also strange that people on a website dedicated to wealth creation complain about others wanting to undertake wealth creation in…[Read more]
ValiantWagon replied to the topic David Hookes RIP in the forum No Subject 20 years, 9 months ago
Absolute bollocks………in medical circles this is up there with the urban myth of individuals on holiday who wake up to find their kidneys removed.
In decades of being involved with trauma medicine I have never once seen or heard of a case where someone who was an organ donor was simply left to die because they could be harvested.
Before you…[Read more]
ValiantWagon replied to the topic Shares Questions in the forum The Treasure Chest 21 years, 2 months ago
Crashy you seem to be a very touchy individual, I will put this down to your inexperience and desperate desire to prove yourself. Which in turn is perhaps a reflection of your current unemployment.
This is also evidenced by the aggression you show on other parts of the forum ot ideas you struggle with.
With regard to Buffett there is no…[Read more]
ValiantWagon replied to the topic Book – “building wealth…….” Jan Somers in the forum No Subject 21 years, 2 months ago
Whilst I dont know much about Jan Somers her figures on the long term rate of return of the market is near enough.
The US Centre of National Policy analysed the returns available from the S&P500 which is roughly analagous to our All Ordinaries. What they found was that between 1961 and 2002 was 7.3%. The average return between 1872 and 2000 was…[Read more]
ValiantWagon replied to the topic Shares Questions in the forum No Subject 21 years, 2 months ago
Hi Guys long time lurker first time poster, it has been fascinating watching the interaction and enthusiam of people as they explore wealth creation.
I must admit I dont know much about property, in fact what I know about it could be written on the head of a pin.
However, I have been a professional trader for almost three decades, I started…[Read more]