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Re: Do you have a backup plan?
I have a smallside business where I sell fishing sinkers to a few places here in FOrt Myers. It keeps me busy in the morning (a normal poker player morning starts at 10 am.) Then in the evening I play poker.
I take care of my grandmother (who has Alzheimer's) so I don't get out much. Once she passes away I will pursue other accounts so that I can make fishing sinkers all the time. I would, more than likely, quit poker so I can concentrate all my energy on making sinkers. I also make spinnerbaits, buzzbaits and spoons. I start with sinkers then let the owner know that I make lures and start with a small consignment tree (you see these in all bait shops-a small tree made of dowel rods with a local guys lures on it) of lures. As those sales start to pick up my little tree becomes a small corner of the shop. So now I can sell him bulk sinkers, pre packed bags of sinkers and lures. Keeps me busy most every day. In two weeks I can make a whole season's worth of lures...then make sinkers as needed. During the down time in the summer (remember I live in Florida) I make up bunches of lures. I also make many thousands of sinkers in the popular sizes. I mean I have a 5 gallon bucket full of each size of popular sinkers. 3/4 oz., 1 oz., 1 1/2 oz., and 2 ounce sizes. I have smaller sizes that I make up and fill smaller buckets. I only make up egg sinkers before hand since they are the big sellers. Other orders are made as needed. I do make large bank sinkers and pyramid sinkers, but egg sinkers sell faster by 10,000 to 1. Anyway I am rambling on like a drunken idiot so I will close with this: if you live near a large body of water then you can make money selling sinkers and lures. Anyone can do it. If I can do it then so can you. Just remember to buy a hella good mask to keep the fumes out of your lungs. I got the best mask made and it was over 200 bucks. |
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Re: Do you have a backup plan?
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Just remember to buy a hella good mask to keep the fumes out of your lungs. I got the best mask made and it was over 200 bucks. [/ QUOTE ] I wud wundrin how long de led wuld taak too bild up and iff it reelly efekted yu de weigh dey seys Seriously Keith, my brother in law poured and formed lead shields for cancer patients radiation therapy for years. He developed major problems because the ventilation was not great.... unless it was the drugs. Well.... he swears it was the lead and heavy metals. |
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Re: Do you have a backup plan?
Your backup plan beats the hell out of my backup plan.
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Re: Do you have a backup plan?
my backup plan is welfare
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