Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
wrote:

Fourth, when your butt buddy Herring's old boat was out for
maintenance,
I invited him out to go fishing. He turned it down. If I recall, I
invited you out, too. If memory serves, you are the only two
loud-mouthed right-wing schitts in my immediate area, right? Short-guy
Scotty, another loud-mouthed right-wing schitt, has an open invite to
stop by any time.

So, who do you think I fear? Brain-dead Loogy? Reggie NoBalls? Florida
Jim, the twerp so frightened he doesn't want anyone to know where in
Central Florida he lives?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

For shooting or for fishing??


It's up to you and the weather. If the weather sucks, we can go up to
the indoor range near Andrews AFB and shoot paper targets at 25
yards. You have to present your driver's license or another
acceptable photo ID to get on the range...that would mean Reggie
NoBalls would have to wait in the car.

I have a drivers license. Do you want to see a photocopy of it?


Nope. I'm not the range officer.

But, after you visit the wizard and get some balls, why not post your
full legal name here?


What happened to your balls. You talk real big, but when asked what
your legal name, address and phone number, you ignore the question.

If you don't mind, I can Google up your name address and phone number
answer and post it here. Since you believe this should be posted in a
public forum, unless you tell me you have NO BALLS and would prefer I
don't post it here, I will do it for you.

Calif Bill wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
...
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Gene wrote:
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to
build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has
anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice?
Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General
Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor.

Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You
can
buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally
desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat
equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it
happen.

No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General
Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license.

Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I
thinking about adding on to the workshop.....

.... Oh, never mind......

It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the general
I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned out to be
way overextended financially from previous projects, and could not
line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering.

Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a
settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the
builder's license bond from the state.

With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond)
and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the
slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on salary
and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget. I had to
be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about every morning.

It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick fireplaces,
nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another 3,000 square
feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on Zillow early last
year and it was valued at more than $1.5 million. The "crash" of the
real estate market apparently hit Northern Virginia hard, because
when I looked it up on Zillow earlier this evening, it was valued at
about $1.1 million.

Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was
the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it - nice
builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years later for
$160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change. Not bad, and
the blue spruce trees I planted there in the mid-1970s are at least
40 feet tall and full triple wides.
Nice story, and pictures?

There are aerial pictures of both places on Zillow. Soon as you provide
your full legal name here and I verify it, I'll be glad to supply the
addresses of the houses.

Ok, how do you plan on verifying my full legal name?
Quietly; not the way you would do it.

I am always curious why you want to know my full legal name? What's the
deal?

Maybe harry is Ethiopian.



Or Nigerian

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
wrote:

Fourth, when your butt buddy Herring's old boat was out for
maintenance,
I invited him out to go fishing. He turned it down. If I recall, I
invited you out, too. If memory serves, you are the only two
loud-mouthed right-wing schitts in my immediate area, right?
Short-guy
Scotty, another loud-mouthed right-wing schitt, has an open invite to
stop by any time.

So, who do you think I fear? Brain-dead Loogy? Reggie NoBalls?
Florida
Jim, the twerp so frightened he doesn't want anyone to know where in
Central Florida he lives?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

For shooting or for fishing??


It's up to you and the weather. If the weather sucks, we can go up
to the indoor range near Andrews AFB and shoot paper targets at 25
yards. You have to present your driver's license or another
acceptable photo ID to get on the range...that would mean Reggie
NoBalls would have to wait in the car.

I have a drivers license. Do you want to see a photocopy of it?


Nope. I'm not the range officer.

But, after you visit the wizard and get some balls, why not post your
full legal name here?


What happened to your balls. You talk real big, but when asked what
your legal name, address and phone number, you ignore the question.

If you don't mind, I can Google up your name address and phone number
answer and post it here. Since you believe this should be posted in a
public forum, unless you tell me you have NO BALLS and would prefer I
don't post it here, I will do it for you.


You are one of the major abusers of the personal info of other posters
here, fella. There is no way you can deny this, but I am sure you will
try. If your real name were out in the open, your behavior here would
change dramatically because of your innate cowardice.

Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
wrote:

Fourth, when your butt buddy Herring's old boat was out for
maintenance,
I invited him out to go fishing. He turned it down. If I recall, I
invited you out, too. If memory serves, you are the only two
loud-mouthed right-wing schitts in my immediate area, right?
Short-guy
Scotty, another loud-mouthed right-wing schitt, has an open
invite to
stop by any time.

So, who do you think I fear? Brain-dead Loogy? Reggie NoBalls?
Florida
Jim, the twerp so frightened he doesn't want anyone to know where in
Central Florida he lives?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

For shooting or for fishing??


It's up to you and the weather. If the weather sucks, we can go up
to the indoor range near Andrews AFB and shoot paper targets at 25
yards. You have to present your driver's license or another
acceptable photo ID to get on the range...that would mean Reggie
NoBalls would have to wait in the car.

I have a drivers license. Do you want to see a photocopy of it?


Nope. I'm not the range officer.

But, after you visit the wizard and get some balls, why not post your
full legal name here?


What happened to your balls. You talk real big, but when asked what
your legal name, address and phone number, you ignore the question.

If you don't mind, I can Google up your name address and phone number
answer and post it here. Since you believe this should be posted in a
public forum, unless you tell me you have NO BALLS and would prefer I
don't post it here, I will do it for you.


You are one of the major abusers of the personal info of other posters
here, fella. There is no way you can deny this, but I am sure you will
try. If your real name were out in the open, your behavior here would
change dramatically because of your innate cowardice.

So do you care if I post your name address and phone number in rec.boats
or are you a NO BALLS COWARD?

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
...
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Gene wrote:
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market to
build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor. Has
anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of advice?

Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General
Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor.

Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You
can
buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally
desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat
equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it
happen.

No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General
Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license.

Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I
thinking about adding on to the workshop.....

.... Oh, never mind......


It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the general
I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned out to be
way overextended financially from previous projects, and could not
line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering.

Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a
settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the
builder's license bond from the state.

With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond)
and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the
slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on salary
and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget. I had to
be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about every morning.

It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick fireplaces,
nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another 3,000 square
feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on Zillow early last
year and it was valued at more than $1.5 million. The "crash" of the
real estate market apparently hit Northern Virginia hard, because
when I looked it up on Zillow earlier this evening, it was valued at
about $1.1 million.

Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was
the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it - nice
builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years later for
$160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change. Not bad, and
the blue spruce trees I planted there in the mid-1970s are at least
40 feet tall and full triple wides.

Nice story, and pictures?


There are aerial pictures of both places on Zillow. Soon as you provide
your full legal name here and I verify it, I'll be glad to supply the
addresses of the houses.


Ok, how do you plan on verifying my full legal name?

Quietly; not the way you would do it.


I am always curious why you want to know my full legal name? What's the
deal?

Maybe harry is Ethiopian.

Calif Bill wrote:

Maybe harry is Ethiopian.


Ya think? Maybe that's why I prefer dark-haired wimmins.

"Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq." wrote in message
...
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
wrote:

Fourth, when your butt buddy Herring's old boat was out for
maintenance,
I invited him out to go fishing. He turned it down. If I recall, I
invited you out, too. If memory serves, you are the only two
loud-mouthed right-wing schitts in my immediate area, right?
Short-guy
Scotty, another loud-mouthed right-wing schitt, has an open invite
to
stop by any time.

So, who do you think I fear? Brain-dead Loogy? Reggie NoBalls?
Florida
Jim, the twerp so frightened he doesn't want anyone to know where
in
Central Florida he lives?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

For shooting or for fishing??


It's up to you and the weather. If the weather sucks, we can go up to
the indoor range near Andrews AFB and shoot paper targets at 25
yards. You have to present your driver's license or another
acceptable photo ID to get on the range...that would mean Reggie
NoBalls would have to wait in the car.

I have a drivers license. Do you want to see a photocopy of it?


Nope. I'm not the range officer.

But, after you visit the wizard and get some balls, why not post your
full legal name here?


What happened to your balls. You talk real big, but when asked what
your legal name, address and phone number, you ignore the question.

If you don't mind, I can Google up your name address and phone number
answer and post it here. Since you believe this should be posted in a
public forum, unless you tell me you have NO BALLS and would prefer I
don't post it here, I will do it for you.


You are one of the major abusers of the personal info of other posters
here, fella. There is no way you can deny this, but I am sure you will
try. If your real name were out in the open, your behavior here would
change dramatically because of your innate cowardice.

So do you care if I post your name address and phone number in rec.boats
or are you a NO BALLS COWARD?

Post your first and there's no shortage of numnuts who can post Harry's info
directly after.

Calif Bill wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message
...
Calif Bill wrote:

Maybe harry is Ethiopian.


Ya think? Maybe that's why I prefer dark-haired wimmins.


Or related to Nigerians.




We're all related to Africans, Bilious. Well, maybe you aren't. You're
so special.

"Boater" wrote in message
...
Calif Bill wrote:

Maybe harry is Ethiopian.


Ya think? Maybe that's why I prefer dark-haired wimmins.


Or related to Nigerians.

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:28:57 -0500, Boater wrote:

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Gene wrote:
On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:03:49 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

We are thinking about using this downturn in the housing market
to build a new home, and acting as our own General Contractor.
Has anyone in the group done this and do they have any words of
advice?

Yes, with three houses and two workshops. Not only was I General
Contractor, I was also 50% of the labor.

Your only real savings, in this market, will be sweat equity. You
can
buy cheaper than you can build.... you just have to find an equally
desperate mortgagee and mortgagor.... or you could do it the seat
equity route, if you have the cash, tools, and a desire to make it
happen.

No bank is going to let *you* (as their mortgagor) serve as General
Contractor unless you hold a contractor's license.

Advice? You're crazy to even attempt it...... uh, but wasn't I
thinking about adding on to the workshop.....

.... Oh, never mind......


It's an incredible burner of time. I had to do it because the
general I hired to build a custom home in Northern Virginia turned
out to be way overextended financially from previous projects, and
could not line up the subs I wanted, and was teetering.

Took the builder to court, had a civil jury trial, and won a
settlement of more than $100,000. Never collected anything but the
builder's license bond from the state.

With the help of the lumberyard (who issued the construction bond)
and my bank, I took over when the foundation had been laid and the
slabs poured, hired a project manager to oversee the subs on
salary and bonus, and completed the house just a hair over budget.
I had to be on the site for about an hour at 6:30 AM just about
every morning.

It was a huge house, ultra modern, with four full brick
fireplaces, nearly 4000 square feet on the main level, and another
3,000 square feet finished in the basement. I looked it up on
Zillow early last year and it was valued at more than $1.5
million. The "crash" of the real estate market apparently hit
Northern Virginia hard, because when I looked it up on Zillow
earlier this evening, it was valued at about $1.1 million.

Just checked the second house I owned in Northern Virgina...it was
the one we sold to build the custom house. I paid $87k for it -
nice builder's subdivision house - and sold it about five years
later for $160,000, I think. Zillow has it at $600,000 and change.
Not bad, and the blue spruce trees I planted there in the
mid-1970s are at least 40 feet tall and full triple wides.

Nice story, and pictures?


There are aerial pictures of both places on Zillow. Soon as you
provide your full legal name here and I verify it, I'll be glad to
supply the addresses of the houses.


Ok, how do you plan on verifying my full legal name?

Quietly; not the way you would do it.


I am always curious why you want to know my full legal name? What's the
deal?


Simple. My feeling is that if your full legal name were publicly known
here, you'd be far less of a snark.

Tell him, Harry!

I'm proof. There's nothing snarky about me.

What were those NoVa addresses again, Harry. We've got a lot of information
available in our tax system. Then you could *prove* you actually did
something you said you did. I would think you'd be proud!
--
** Good Day! **

John H