Ron Lindeboom
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COW Coins
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[David Roth Weiss] “Sheesh, I’m getting oh so tired of you leaving me out of the credits.”
Yeah, but we’re just tradespeople, David, so we’re never going to get to rub shoulders with the money people here on the forum.
😉
Boomer
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[Todd Terry] “Keep in mind that a handshake deal is just as legally binding as a contract written in stone, as long as it meets the three legal requirements for a contract: 1) offer, 2) acceptance, and 3) consideration.”
While true to a small degree, it is quickly refuted by…
[Todd Terry] “The only real difference is that a verbal contract is a lot more difficult to prove, if challenged.”
I have found ONE TIME where a verbal contract held up. Once. That is it.
Having a verbal contract is as good as no contract at all, in most every case.
I did business on a handshake for years — but the world is changing. It is a long way back to the dairy I grew up on where men shook hands and gave you their word and you knew it was written in stone because they would sooner lose a limb than break their word. That world is gone in most cases.
Relativism has become the order of the day.
Get a signed contract.
I realize that this seems to refute my post just above, but what I am talking about in each is a reflection on two different types of clients. In my reply to Walter, I am talking about working with your best long-term clients. (Wherein some have done business with you for so long and their word has proven repeatedly to be so good that the necessity of a contract is less of an issue.) But with anyone other than this “select elect” of the client list, avoid a contract to your own peril.
Verbal contracts rarely hold up in any kind of court action should you have to pursue the matter. Contracts are just smarter with the vast majority of situations.
Ron Lindeboom
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[walter biscardi] “Yeah, unfortunately you do in today’s world. Even long term clients / colleagues can screw you over without a second thought.”
I would agree with Walter, yet again. ;o)
While in most cases you can count on the relationship built over time (with most people), there is indeed a small handful wherein the contract is the defining element that allows “good fences to maintain good neighbors.”
Ron Lindeboom
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They haven’t used them for a long time. They are just finally getting around to making it official, and as they state, there are over 200 factors that are considered by their algorithm and meta tags aren’t one of them. Here at the COW, we’ve known that they haven’t been for years. Their algorithm is far more sophisticated than using metas. We still use metas but they are more for us as a way to grab and build things on the fly.
Best,
Ron Lindeboom
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[Mark Suszko] “Learn to watch TV and movies critically. Watch the DVD with the sound off…”
And when you get really good at it, try watching with both the sound and the picture turned off.
Now that’s what really separates the men from the boys.
😉
Ron Lindeboom
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[Todd Terry] “The scene where Steve Martin makes the coffee is worth the price of admission alone.”
I pretty much agree with all you said, but in response to the quote above, I would have to say that my own favorite scene is still the one where Rachel Ward removes the bullet from his arm.
Too funny.
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Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid is one of the funniest movies of all time.
I love that movie.
I loved this one too but could never remember what it was called. I rented a few Fatal This-and-That movies at a local video store a few years back and never found the right one. Then I forgot about it.
Now, I know the right one.
Thanks again,
Ron
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Thanks for the link. I saw it once on late night television and couldn’t for the life of me remember what it was called. Netflix here I come…
Ron
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Yes, and his brother Jim wasn’t all that bad either.
Sadly though, their little brother, Bertie, never seemed to catch on.
A precaffeinated,
Ron
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[David Roth Weiss] “Van Morrison — the new cure for senility…”
Yes, and his medicinal affect is so wide reaching and pronounced, that he is also the cure for boredom, as well.
Ron Lindeboom