How will the economic stimulus package affect your business?

I had a crew from Sligo....I swear they never slept..... worked as hard and as long as you wanted them to.... and it didn't matter what you needed done.... Poor blokies, got deported on Christmas eve at Logan airport, picking up some friends that got caught on the plane without proper documentation. Getting back to the stimulus package issue... the 30% up to $1500 is a tax credit...dollar for dollar deduction, not a tax deduction, for weatherization and energy improvements.....

creative stuff like solar, wind energy, geothermal heat pumps, and fuel cells qualify for 30 % with no limit. >>>

Hi Jed,

A very accurate description of roofing in Dublin and Dingle in the 90's :)

Hi Bay,

I reckon Solar is not too difficult for any roofer to add to his list of services, fairly good margins and with the incentives people do buy it. >>>

Well we already have to pay more taxes than we can hardly manage and i guess in a couple years when its time to pay all this free money that we never saw any of back we will be paying much much more. :unsure:>>>

Very good to see you in print Peter. Many is the time I have thought of you and wished you well. Still remember your quote from the rich arab investor that lined out the generational chronology he envisioned for his family. Something like 'my grandfather rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, and my grandson will ride a camel' although I confess I am not doing it justice in the telling. There might have been a volkswagen in there somewhere. lol. By the way, I'm still using my little greenstone on my keychain everyday that I got from MikeNZ. Little things in life can do a lot to brighten a day.

Bay, that Energy Star credit has less potential for us roofers than for some other types, but it does have the potential to make a deal fly in the right circumstances. Among the downsides are: it only applies to buildings that are the principal residence of the applicant and it only applies to the material cost of certain materials and so far it is only a one-time thing if you tap the full 1500 credit which is not hard to do with insul and/or a coolroof. I calculate it defrays the increased cost of coolroof asphalt shingles over standard ones on a good-sized residence. I'm planning to upgrade windows on my own home because of it. The plus, if you want to be a purist, which I do, is that there isn't much hanky-panky possible with inflated numbers.

Peter, out here in Ca. roofers don't have much opportunity connected with solar. It would be invalid for me to say none, but you really have to be an electrician to get much action in that biz. That's not to say there aren't ways to achieve principal involvement if the desire is compelling and you have plenty of capital. The technology has certainly improved since the last cycle that you and I are not too young to have witnessed, which reminds me I need to go up on my very elderly mother's roof and finally remove that eyesore that never worked right in the first place and hasn't worked at all for over twenty years.>>>

I have considered opening an Ice Cream shop that serves only one flavor ...... New Ice Cream Flavor! In honor of the 44th President of the United States , " Barocky Road "

" Barocky Road " will be a blend of half-Vanilla, half-Chocolate, and surrounded by Nuts and Flakes. The Vanilla portion of the mix wil not be openly advertised and posiably denied as an ingredient. The Nuts and Flakes are all very bitter and hard to swallow.The cost is $100.00 per scoop. When purchased it will be presented to you in a large beautiful cone, but then the Ice Cream is taken away and given to the person in line behind you.Thus, you are left with an empty Wallet, no change, holding an empty cone, with no hope of getting any Ice Cream. I'm not feeling very stimulated maybe that is how it will affecdt my new business? :laugh:>>>

ciak, re your strong stance on ethics, plagarism is considered unethical. Best you quote the source of your material, lest some assume it is original, and subsequently view you as a plagarist.>>>

I have no idea the original source . It was sent to me in a email. It was really just humor. I have heard and read many jokes from many sources many of which I had no idea how old or who started it or if it even was an original form . The next time you tell a joke you should reveal who was the author or did the original.... That was really petty Jed... Is that really your face in the avatar??? Or was that plagiarized ? I can't believe some one heading or supervising a large roofing company could possibly look like that and be successful. Sort of the prison look . Just curious. Of course it is Baton Rouge hmmmm Jed put a cone on your head and go stand in the corner. I don't know the original sourse of that . Or you could go play in traffic. ;) :laugh:>>>

Hi ed,

Good to be back and your memory is spot on although there is an update, the gent who drove the Mercedes died very young for a multi gozillionaire, well young for any man but you get the picture.

The solar I was thinking of is for hot water, the panels for electrcity are very expensive and hard to justify when all the real numbers regarding output and pay back are taken into consideration.

One major advantage California has over Ireland is plenty of sun, if I can get a store of water up to 45 degrees centigrade from a small panel on my office roof today I reckon 65c should be easy in your climate.

While the customer has to spend buying and having the system installed people love anything FREE, which is what they get, free hot water.

Might be worth looking into, if I can be of any help you all know where I am.

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:woohoo: ....not quite the response I expected.....I see you got a spellchecker....good move ciak.>>>

Yeah Jed if I didn't have one ....ah you think you can't follow my thinking now . Whoa !!! Stick around pal . I remember back in the day when I had a lot of employees. Most were black and spoke street black with a bag of marbles stuffed in there mouth . I couldn't understand a Damn thing they said . I knew I was in trouble . ASAP , I litterly hired an interpreter. I learned to listen and began to understand. All that for this......you will understand me eventually I'm a patience man. Now go back to the corner . :laugh: :laugh:>>>

I doubt I will ever follow your thinking ciak, but as most of it is purely tendentious, (at least on any thread regarding insurance) no matter.>>>

Had to goggle that one Jed tendentious ;) :laugh: :woohoo:>>>

And to think.....This is The Topic Of The Month, which will be published for all of our compadres to read how deep and introspective we are, and how well we are capable of holding a professional respectful discussion about the merits of the topic.

Ed>>>

.....................oh lighten up Ed, it's just a little back an' forth.....would'nt want to lull newcomers into a false sense of security would we.....>>>

"Had to goggle that one Jed tendentious"

ciak, I'm glad you goggled that :laugh:>>>