Leathernecks

16 minutes ago, FKIM01 said:

Up 20% today, eh?  Looks like a classic pump & dump to me.😜

Seriously, congrats on the double.  Those are not easy to find in the pink sheets.

No way! It isn't a WSB stock haha. I still think there's a ton of potential in it, so I'm hoping to stay until at least $1. I'd like to stay longer, but unfortunately with changing career paths and going back to school, I'm going to be needing to withdraw my money in the next few months. It's definitely going to be the last thing I withdraw from. Unfortunately I didn't have a ton in it to begin with, but definitely fun to double in 9 months!

It's also kind of fun because it trades in Germany and Australia too, so you can follow the trends. Holding decently in Australia so far tonight.

On 2/6/2021 at 8:11 PM, Leathernecks said:

Maybe I should have put money in dogecoin!  It has about doubled since I posted this.  It is way too much of a crap shoot for my blood though.  I'm happy holding onto my Lumens.  Up about 20% since I bought it last Saturday.  Really like the company and the potential of their coin.  It's really surging tonight which is part of why I bought some.  Gives me something to watch on the weekends.

Also bought into a penny stock yesterday, LLKKF.  Produces possibly the most pure lithium for batteries in the world.  The process is being tested by battery maker Novonix.  The chief scientific advisor at Novonix, Jeff Dahn, has a battery research contract with Tesla.  I'm looking for the LLKKF lithium to make great batteries that end up getting used by Tesla.  If that happens, this stock could be a monster.

Always a risk with a stock that is $0.26, but man, if they do pick up a Tesla contract, this thing could skyrocket.

My LLKKF stock has taken off since this. Hit $0.60 today. I bought some more in the low 30 cent range a while back, and I'm currently up 111% since January/February.

Still a ton of room for growth. Still in the pre-production stage, so if their processing works out, they could be one of the world's biggest lithium producers. They're sitting on a massive amount of lithium. They also produce it in a much cleaner way with much less waste.

Could be worth getting into, even with the increase the last few months.

35 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

Do you use any of the apps, like B4UFLY? Tells you if you're in any class of airspace. Out here in the sticks it's of course uncontrolled, but it'd be handy if you were travelling...

I was flying it last night in the pasture and my wife was pretty impressed. I said something like, "yeah, this is ok, but I might want to progress a little bit from a toy." She said, "well, Christmas is coming up." So she knows...

I downloaded that app, but I only flew at our school which was in the middle of nowhere, so I never needed to use it.

Come on Christmas! 

1 hour ago, IUFLA said:

The thought kinda crossed my mind. I have about a year and a half til I retire...might be a good hobby/side job

I got my license a few years ago, and it was almost all about knowing what airspace you can and can't fly in. I didn't know anything about it going in, and I was able to figure it out pretty quickly. I'm sure for you it wouldn't take much studying at all.

I bet it would make a great side job.  I had to get my license for the school, so I never did any jobs with it. I feel like it is one of those things that the more you look and can do with it, the higher price you can justify. Pretty soon you'll be trying to justify a drone that costs a few thousand dollars lol.

9 hours ago, IUFLA said:

Practice is right...I took it out yesterday afternoon and scuffed it up a bit, but took it out right at dusk and did much better. 

The battery only lasts 18 minutes, but it's a lot of fun...I'm hooked...

Now I just have to figure out how I break it to my wife about that DJI Air 2S I'm planning on buying 😉

Just tell her you'll get your drone license and use it to make money. It would probably be a breeze for you to get. Then you should probably get the nicest one you can...for work purposes.

1 hour ago, NotIThatLives said:

Sorry man.  

I would like to live on the Gulf of Florida or Alabama.  Or South Carolina coast.  As a tenured firefighter, gotta get about 14 more years before I can seriously consider going anywhere.  Realistically at least 17 years to get our Drop money.  18 to get the boys off to college.  Waiting on the housing market to drop at least 20% before we buy a vacation/investment property on the coast.

I'm on vacation right now on the Mississippi coast, and it is about $1200 for 1 week. And the house is nothing special at all. If you could buy somewhere in one of those places, I think you could easily make enough to pay for all or most of it, and then use it went you want to get away.

Can we please keep this crap out of this thread? Not every thread has to turn in to a borderline political debate between the same handful of people. I was genuinely curious where people wanted to live, and want to keep it on that in case others would like to join. Thanks guys.

1 minute ago, rico said:

We somehow need to overcome our OL problems with some "refreshing" play calling.  We need some "trickeration."  

Exactly. When the OL is bad, you need to be more creative, not less creative. I thought we tried a few things early yesterday, but the final 3 quarters was basically the same stuff we do every game. No McCulley, no creativity. Just the same runs, short passes, and the occasional prayer downfield.

1 hour ago, rogue3542 said:

A lot of people are criticizing Sheridan as a play caller, but I think he deserves more criticism with how the qb's are performing.

I think Penix came back too early and was battling to get mentally into the game, but with two qb's having the same interception problems, it's becoming somewhat of a trend this year.  And to be clear, the interceptions yesterday weren't good defensive play or batted ball interceptions, they were full-on "what are you doing?" ball-thrown-right-to-the-defender type throws.

I've thought that too. Even last year in the game Penix got hurt, he was making almost every throw off his back foot. He looked really bad in that game (6-19 for 84 yards thru 2.5 quarters). This year I'm sure has been tough with Penix not 100% all offseason, but that's why college coaches make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. They're paid to figure out the tough things. Penix obviously made terrible decisions and terrible passes this year. Then Tuttle comes in and is making some of the same crazy passes and poor decisions.

We're last in the country at interceptions thrown per game, and you could put together a pretty good blooper reel of those interceptions. Almost all of them have been terrible passes/decisions.  At this point, we might be better off finding a "bacon and legs" wildcat package and running that about 50% of the game. At least it wouldn't give the other team free points.

1 minute ago, btownqb said:

We need more Jimmies and Joe's. We were silly to think we were talented enough. We aren't. 

We definitely need more talent, but a lot of our Jimmies and Joes look worse this year than last year.  Pretty much everybody on the offense outside of Hendershot is playing worse than they did last year.  That's a major issue.

2 minutes ago, bronkonagurski said:

New drinking game - take a shot every time the OL misses a block. 🥃

Actually no, don't do that. You will die. 

Is that 1 shot per play, or can you have 5 shots on one play?

2 minutes ago, BobSaccamanno said:

50 attempts for 188 yards.  That’s under 4 ypa.   That’s a special kind of bad.  

Way too many plays run in front of the sticks.  You could bet on it after a couple of drives.  The rhythm of the play calling was odd.   Then you get the 3rd and 6 plus run calls that led us to 4th and 3.  

Our receivers are below average across the board.  They don’t separate.  I have to say I’m surprised by that.  

Tuttle holds the ball too long at times and he also needs to value the ball more.  That’s what you get with an inexperienced QB I guess.  

Hiller has got to go.  I don’t wish anyone ill will with a job, but I think he can land someplace. 

Other than Hendershot and Bedford, I don’t see any plus players on offense.  

McFadden and Jones were tremendous.  Handy looks skinny but he’s got a knack for pass rushing.   Pierre is coming on and can hopefully start next year.  Our safeties are first rate.

We can harp on the offense but the defense deserves way better.  I’m very happy with Warren across the board.  Smart guy, great recruiter.  

Allen needs to take a long look at his offensive coaches.  Sometimes the head coach needs to make tough decisions.  It’s why they are paid the big bucks.  
 

 

The WR are probably the most disappointing for me.  I expected them to be a strong point, and they've struggled across the board outside of Matthews before he got hurt.  I expected the OL to be bad (not this bad), and I expected Tuttle might struggle, but I thought our WR would help mitigate some of that.

I've been really pleased with Warren so far.  He obviously inherited a great group, but they've played great.  We haven't had enough leads to get the turnovers we got last year.  Tough to really go after the QB and force bad throws when they have the lead and don't have to throw.

Just now, jv1972iu said:

Both

Right.  I refuse to believe a great OC would have 1 touchdown in 12 quarters in B1G play.  We were 0-12 scoring touchdowns in the red zone against ranked teams before our TD today.  Even Rutgers a couple years ago wasn't that inept, and we have way more talent than they had.

The OL is an absolute joke, and makes things much, much tougher, but you can't tell me we'd have those same stats if DeBoer was our OC.  Not a chance in hell.

Defense was great again.  Offense was abysmal again.

Another great defensive effort ruined by our offense. Unfortunate. 

2 hours ago, Joe_Hoopsier said:

Sparty goes down today. I like what I see so far. 21-17 good guys

2 field goals, and you're in business. 

How are we not ready there? After a replay where it was clear he was out of bounds, and we have to take a timeout? No reason to not be prepared there.

Glad we snapped that quick. I thought he was short.

Great play by spaghetti! Too excited to try to spell it right! 

Should be up by more, but I don't have an issue if this turns out like the Wisconsin game last year. MSU only has 57 yards and 2 first downs. If the defense keeps playing this way, the offense just needs to not give it away.

We get 2 more field goals, and it's a 2 possession game. Not sure if MSU can get 2 scores unless we give them help.

You could see that was pushing Campbell's leg. He had the distance, but you could see he really had to hit that one. Not as fluid as normal. Marshall had another 5 yards he could have had on the last play. Tough play for him with the limited time, but would have been nice to get a little closer. 

2 minutes ago, Indykev said:

We are going to lead the world in passes behind the line.

In fairness, the OL is usually 3+ yards in the backfield, so a lot of the passes are past the OL.

Not sure why they'd play that defense. 6 seconds and no timeouts, and that was really our only option.

1 minute ago, rico said:

Shouldn't have used those timeouts...

I didn't mind the first one, but I thought that when we did the 2nd one. I wish we would have just taken the delay.

We still have time to try to get a field goal here.