We will be shutting down our plant today and then mothballing and winterizing it. Most people will be leaving in December, some in January, and some a few months later. It has been a fun 30+ years of work. I guess we are a victim of "peak oil" or more correctly peak gas since there is not enough gas for us(Agrium), the LNG plant next door, and all the houses on the Kenai peninsula and in Anchorage. At the peak we all used about a third of the available gas each. Ironically when I first came to Alaska on 'Bertha' the bus we went to visit the ocean down a road by the two tanks on the left. That was in 1968 and our plant, in the foreground, was brand new then. Could this really be retirement???
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Closing the Plant
We will be shutting down our plant today and then mothballing and winterizing it. Most people will be leaving in December, some in January, and some a few months later. It has been a fun 30+ years of work. I guess we are a victim of "peak oil" or more correctly peak gas since there is not enough gas for us(Agrium), the LNG plant next door, and all the houses on the Kenai peninsula and in Anchorage. At the peak we all used about a third of the available gas each. Ironically when I first came to Alaska on 'Bertha' the bus we went to visit the ocean down a road by the two tanks on the left. That was in 1968 and our plant, in the foreground, was brand new then. Could this really be retirement???
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Putting up siding
To see how you are supposed to do this click on the title. You can just us an ordinary saw to cut the cement siding, but hold your breath - it's dusty!!
Walking up the ladder with a 12' board is a little tricky.
I only broke 1 when it started flopping around and folded in half and broke.
The end on the left is in a loop of a rope. The nail gun is hooked to my pocket while i try to get the board in place.
Nailing it...
Stock websites
Here are some of the websites that i look at most days. 1st i like Jim Sinclair on http://jsmineset.com/ He has taught me a lot about charts. 2nd i like looking at some of the articles on http://321gold.com/ it shows charts of gold, silver, and the us dollar. Gold and silver go up when the dollar goes down. 3rd http://www.321energy.com/index.php has articles about the energy markets, oil, uranium, solar, etc.
4th http://stockcharts.com/ has the charts that everyone uses on the internet. You can learn about charting by clicking on chart school at the bottom of the page. Also you could click on Public Chart Lists on the side of the page to see how others chart the markets. A couple of my favorites there are Jack Chan with JC's buy and sell signals, also
DADDY'S watch list by Rodney L Carry shows some interesting stocks that have been going up quite fast.
That is a lot of stuff to look at. And of course not everyone is right, but maybe these will give you a feel for what to expect or not expect when you finally buy some stocks. Right now the whole market is quite high and if the Dow and Nasdaq and S&P 500 all go down; all stocks tend to go down with them. If you make 10% a year (which is average), your money will double in 7 years. If you make 15% a year, your money will double in less than 5 years. Do you see why banks charge interest on loans?
4th http://stockcharts.com/ has the charts that everyone uses on the internet. You can learn about charting by clicking on chart school at the bottom of the page. Also you could click on Public Chart Lists on the side of the page to see how others chart the markets. A couple of my favorites there are Jack Chan with JC's buy and sell signals, also
DADDY'S watch list by Rodney L Carry shows some interesting stocks that have been going up quite fast.
That is a lot of stuff to look at. And of course not everyone is right, but maybe these will give you a feel for what to expect or not expect when you finally buy some stocks. Right now the whole market is quite high and if the Dow and Nasdaq and S&P 500 all go down; all stocks tend to go down with them. If you make 10% a year (which is average), your money will double in 7 years. If you make 15% a year, your money will double in less than 5 years. Do you see why banks charge interest on loans?
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