Just quit my job :0 and moving this weekend..

[Splave]

Well just told the bossman that my last day will be nov 19th :shock: feels so weird, hes always been great and supporting of my computer hobby lol always asking me when ive been up to and giving me everyday off ive ever asked for so it really sucked to pull this on him....He wished me well and said is excited for my new opportunity :good:

We are moving to alden ny to some baller new townhouses that just got built. Def upgrade. Going from 700sq ft to 1400sq ft plus garage :thumbsup: I will now have a garage work space and I get the front bedroom for all my computer goodies (GF says eraser is not allowed in the house I ruined the carpet in our apartment rofl)

Im going to be opening my own optical studio in the footsteps and insight of my mother who started her own highly successful practice as well. Already have a building picked out in a prime location, price is right and thats the ball game. All the start up fundage is comming through my parents and my gf's mom that all believe in me to be successful. "pay us back when you start making money comfortably."

All I need to do now is find a new ln2 source, maybe just get 150L dewars rented and delivered to the business. :laughing: oh and some other stuff to I guess ;)

Sorry for blog post but wanted to update my bro's :thumbsup:

[Chuchnit]

Optical studio? You an eye doctor? Please explain and good luck on your new business!! I don't want to work for somebody all of my life either. :)

[ocgmj]

Wish you the best of luck Spligster. :thumbsup:

[rickss69]

Happy for you and best of luck in your new venture bro! :good:

[Splave]

Optical studio? You an eye doctor? Please explain and good luck on your new business!! I don't want to work for somebody all of my life either. :)

nope! licensed optician :) I will have a doctor :D

[RomDominance]

Big Gustave's PhD is in 2D overclocking...before he fights crime at night for OCA, he helps old fucks like me see during the day. Best of luck of course Al, we gotz ur backzor.:clapping:

[Splave]

You guys are the best :D
Just filled my 50L and need to empty it before the move, lucky me! time to bench!

PS dont think im going to stop benching, i might take one weekend off of it but its not something Im willing to give up at all.

[ReverendMaynard]

congrats Al, best of luck to you with the new digs and business. Being your own boss FTMMFW!

[Neuromancer]

Congratulations Allen. Good luck with the new endeavor

[DOM]

congrats and best of luck to both of yall :)

so whats it going to be called OCA LOL

but do take a break and get get every thing rolling and make that paper :thumbsup:

[Hondacity]

have a safe move....sounds like a nice neighborhood

[Patch]

Nice work, Al. Always nice to see buddies going for it.

"Gettin stuff done" personalities shine through in all aspects of life.

I can't do much for your business from this end of the country, but I'll hit you up for some specs next time my 10 year old breaks his. Lets see, he has a pair coming in the mail right now.......so, that should be in about 2-3 weeks. :laughing:

[GFDuke]

sweet bro. congratulations. Any closer to Mass???

[Mr.Scott]

Big Al, you're moving further away from me, but at least you won't be a yuppie suburbanite eastsider any more.:D
When you get set up, let me know, you have customers waiting. ;)
Best of luck to you buddy.

[HITandRUN]

Congratz my friend and good luck. Now I have to look up where your new home is for the next benching party. :ohcrap:

[Mr.Scott]

Alden is between Pembroke and Lancaster on I-90, near the Buffalo Airport. That general area anyway. Roughly 40 min. from me.
Where are you located HR?

[thebanik]

Wow!!! sounds awesome splave, congrats and best of wishes for your new venture, :)

[HITandRUN]

Alden is between Pembroke and Lancaster on I-90, near the Buffalo Airport. That general area anyway. Roughly 40 min. from me.
Where are you located HR?

Yeah I looked it up. This makes the drive an hour longer for me now :thumbdown: Im in Vestal NY.

[Splave]

Thanks guys for all the kind words! sorry henry ;) maybe I have to visit you instead now.

Would love to have mr.scott and you out henry :D

[ReverendMaynard]

will you be selling frames/glasses homie? I'm due for a new pair.

[Splave]

hells yes :) anyone that wants from our team I will do for cost

[FACE]

I want x-ray vision... how much?

[Splave]

$1

[FACE]

Sold! :laughing:

[karmakazi]

Alden eh? Your gonna be in my backyard now man! I can give you a couple LN2 suppliers that are only a 15-20 min drive from Alden. Both are located on Broadway (route 130) in town of Cheektowaga.

FYI, I live about 20 mins away from your new spot (at most).

[Splave]

w00t you need glasses haha??
rofl would love to get in with your suppliers mate any pricing?

[Witchdoctor]

Congrats Al,

I wish you the best of luck in the new digs and the fresh start.

If you put half the determination into it that you bench with, the world will be seeing clearer in no time .....

[PolRoger]

Good luck with your new home and the new business opportunity. I hope it is successful. I just went through some similar life changes as my wife recently took a new job and we relocated back to Atlanta. The uncertainty and newness of everything is both a little unsettling and exciting at the same time.

[kikicoco1334]

nice man!
GL!

[spfoam1]

Good luck at the new homestead. Yer a Yankee!
You shoulda moved to Texas....lot's of folks here need glasses. They drive like they can't see anyhow. Too many hit the D instead of the R in the voting booth too. On the other hand maybe they're taking off the glasses on purpose....lot's of beefy women walking around here that you don't really want to get a good look at.

[HITandRUN]

Thanks guys for all the kind words! sorry henry ;) maybe I have to visit you instead now.

Would love to have mr.scott and you out henry :D

Will do bro! We'll let you settle a little in the new home and if you need any help you let me know! :thumbsup:

[Kal-EL]

Good Luck OpticalPrime.

[karmakazi]

w00t you need glasses haha??
rofl would love to get in with your suppliers mate any pricing?

Actually im sure my prescription could use an update, but no health insurance atm


$0.50/L from airgas and $1.20/L from Mills Welding.

[Splave]

w0w better than my current they charge 43 for 50L do I tell them jamie sent me rofl.

[DrNip]

God luck and damn I wish LN2 was that price here!

[ocgmj]

Cheapest here is $2.50/L. Airgas wanted $5/L.

[DrNip]

About $2 here. :( and FAIL

50 cents a liter I would be in LN2 heaven!

[HITandRUN]

$20 cash for 30L here at Airgas! :thumbsup:

[DrNip]

God that's enough to make me want to pack up shop and move to the land of cheap LN2.

[DOM]

they told me it was 1+tax here at airgas

[DrNip]

they told me it was 1+tax here at airgas

Driving to Texas.

[Chuchnit]

Man prices are all over the place for ln2. I wonder if we could just set up an OCA national account and lock in a low price for everybody?

[DrNip]

There all over the place like gas is. Can't call it. Some people have it nice while others have it rough.

[Chuchnit]

There all over the place like gas is. Can't call it. Some people have it nice while others have it rough.

Yah but a lot of it is a matter of who you deal with. When I was living in Lexington, I would get two way different prices between the two airgas locations. I am just wondering if we can get a national account locked in at a specific price? Set it up to where you pay as you get it and everyone gets to enjoy cheap prices no matter where they live. Say Kal locks in 50 cents/L at his airgas so that's what we pay everywhere. Just give them the OCA account name.

[DOM]

if someone has a business account with them you get it cheaper also but idk about if someone else from another state could use it

[Neuromancer]

Wow! That is so awesome, you have not moved yet and already have a good LN2 supplier :)

[Splave]

I know! Jamie with the hookup rocks

I agree, I mean if we have +10 guys going to airgas they should let us setup an account with a base price right? Its like we have 10 locations rofl

[Chuchnit]

if someone has a business account with them you get it cheaper also but idk about if someone else from another state could use it

Well where I live natural gas is big. So naturally there are companies from all over the place trying to get a piece of the pie. They use ln2 by the tractor trailer load to frack the wells. I would almost gaurantee they have a national account to lock in prices no matter what state they are in. I'm saying we could pool together with our buying power and get some economy of scale. Most likely I am just having some wishful thinking, but if Kal say incorporated this site there is your business. ;)

[Neuromancer]

Yeah if LN2 was a buck a liter or less I would be able to do it. Hard times the next couple of months, gotta finish some stuff so I can get some money and get the 160L rented :) There is no Airgas around me though. Closest is next state I think.

[ocgmj]

I have a business account with Airgas and it makes no difference in price. My company fills 26 bottles of different gases every two weeks and buys all our welding supplies from them and still no break.

[Patch]

Edit: Fixed boring post.

[Jor-El]

Rewarding careers requires bold moves. Good luck my friend!

[Splave]

thanks jor!

[ocgmj]

Bump.

Is Splave Vision open for business?

[Splave]

I start painting and prepping dec 1st :) last day of current job is friday. Been getting alot of busy work done though like Tax ID and DBA, business bank account, sign design but still plenty to do. Thanks for asking mate!

[DOM]

so whats it going to be called ?

i need a pair of galsses for around the house ;)

[Neuromancer]

I start painting and prepping dec 1st :) last day of current job is friday. Been getting alot of busy work done though like Tax ID and DBA, business bank account, sign design but still plenty to do. Thanks for asking mate!

Best of luck with it. If anything serious renovation wise comes up, I will hop a bus on up. You are only a few hours away.:thumbsup:

[Chuchnit]

I start painting and prepping dec 1st :) last day of current job is friday. Been getting alot of busy work done though like Tax ID and DBA, business bank account, sign design but still plenty to do. Thanks for asking mate!

You know the office is gonna need a bunch of technology. Probably some high end GPU's, CPU's, Mobo's. :P


J/K mang. I'm stoked for you to get this up and running. How long do you think you'll be in business before making money?

[spfoam1]

How long do you think you'll be in business before making money?

That depends on how many overclocker edition readers he advertises here.

[Kal-EL]

I tried explaining to my mother that when you are both/neither near/far sighted, YOU'RE F'N BLIND!!!!! But she says "No, No, I can see...":laughing:

[Splave]

You know the office is gonna need a bunch of technology. Probably some high end GPU's, CPU's, Mobo's. :P


J/K mang. I'm stoked for you to get this up and running. How long do you think you'll be in business before making money?

Parents sent me 10k to put into a business account :D faith in me much? Zero interest, and paid back within 10 years. So me making money shouldnt take too too long. Got a good future wifey that makes good money and accepted responsibility of all bills and rent till the business gets up and going. The stars have aligned for this unbelievably blessed overclockaholic :D


As far as components, heck yes SR for the business :laughing: jk but would like something nice to hone my wazza and superpi32m skills to grand mastery level when not slammed. :D