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New Here - Dividend Watcher - 12-21-2013
Hello. Found this forum from a comment stream over at Seeking Alpha and glad I did. My real name is Ed but kept the name I use on SA to avoid confusion.
Just turned 55 (did I say that?) and both my wife and I are self-employed. We live in upstate NY in the middle of a corn field.
I've been investing since I got out of the Navy in 1982 but, being self-taught, never really formulated a plan or strategy. As a result, the first 20 some years I spent wandering in the Wall Street wilderness and have the honor of riding Microsoft, Yahoo and Cisco down from the dot com peaks to the bottom. Then I found Seeking Alpha in late 2008.
When I found this forum, I noticed that you didn't have a token idiot so thought I'd join. It's nice to see a forum with intelligent, casual conversation that's probably not appropriate for SA nor most private blogs. My wife says I'm mouthy and opinionated although I think my opinion changes often as a result of learning new things and observing the world around me.
Thanks, Kerim, for setting this board up. Hope I have something to contribute.
RE: New Here - EricL - 12-21-2013
Hmm, a token idiot who lives in the middle of a cornfield. Sounds like you should fit in great here Ed!
Welcome!
RE: New Here - Kerim - 12-21-2013
Hi Ed! Thanks so much for joining up and posting -- that you've done so proves you're no idiot! We're still a small group, but having fun.
RE: New Here - Dividend Watcher - 04-09-2014
Finally found an avatar that works for now.
Hope it doesn't annoy anyone too much. Time will tell and sure I'll hear about it.
RE: New Here - Dexter - 04-09-2014
Good avatar
RE: New Here - Kerim - 04-09-2014
I love it!
RE: New Here - Dividend Watcher - 02-11-2015
New avatar. The eye was starting to creep even me out.
RE: New Here - hendi_alex - 02-11-2015
Here is a pretty good 'dividend watcher'!
![[Image: ScreenShot2015-02-11at41946PM_zps1593e0a9.png]](http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o794/hendersonag/ScreenShot2015-02-11at41946PM_zps1593e0a9.png)
RE: New Here - Jimbo - 02-13-2015
(02-11-2015, 02:45 PM)Dividend Watcher Wrote: New avatar. The eye was starting to creep even me out.
I thought it was kinda cool, the eye watching the dividends.
Your new one is nice also though.