Income Opportunities for Adventurers

Written by William Cate


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Capital preservation was a popular investment defense inrepparttar 1970s. The gold price was moving up and inflation was onrepparttar 141354 horizon. Two West Germans approached me in South America with a proposal that I supply them with preserved and mounted jungle insects. The proposal was simple and profitable. I returned torepparttar 141355 Amazon, hired a few local Indians and proceeded to collect, preserve, package and ship assorted insects. The business went well for about nine months. The prices I was being paid steadily rose to dizzying heights. Then,repparttar 141356 local military commandant declaredrepparttar 141357 exports illegal. He argued thatrepparttar 141358 business was having a serious impact uponrepparttar 141359 local jungle environment. I replied thatrepparttar 141360 DDT, still being sprayed inrepparttar 141361 local towns, was doing far more environmental damage. I lostrepparttar 141362 argument and went out ofrepparttar 141363 insect business.

I flew to Bonn to collect my last check. For nine months, I'd been wondering whatrepparttar 141364 West Germans were doing with all those insects. When we met over dinner, I asked them about their insect business. They were sellingrepparttar 141365 insects as "investment grade" insects to hard currency German investors. Apparently, insect prices had held strong against Deutsch Mark inflation. I wonder how many Germans still hold insects along with their gold forrepparttar 141366 next period of high inflation.

Next to precious metals, gemstones were a favorite investment ofrepparttar 141367 hard currency crowd inrepparttar 141368 1970s. I'd buy small amounts of good quality gem rough in Columbia, Venezuela and occasionally in West Africa. I'd sell it in New York and Amsterdam. Asrepparttar 141369 miners came to realize that gem prices were radically moving upward, their prices to me adjusted accordingly. Within about three years, I couldn't make a profit inrepparttar 141370 gem trade.

The one item that has consistently been profitable has been buying junk overseas and selling antiques wholesale in California. Many countries outlawrepparttar 141371 export of anything made before 1958. My advice is confirm what antique exports are legal and avoid countries that make antique exports illegal. The buy junk sell antiques can be a consistently profitable business for any adventure traveler.

Anyone can seerepparttar 141372 world and make a good living doing so. If you need help finding buyers for your high value exports, contact me at: beowulftrading@earthlink.net or visitrepparttar 141373 Beowulf Trading website: http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/beowulftrading/ From experience, I have a variety of tactics that can keep you on your Royal Road to Adventure.

William Cate has been supporting his global travels with high quality imports for decades. He can be contacted through the Beowulf Trading Website: the Beowulf Trading website: http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/beowulftrading/


Asphalt Paving: Striping Your Parking Lot

Written by Brett S. Lane


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lot will first be chalked to ensure a clean straight look whenrepparttar work is done. Furthermore, a walk behind style striping machine will be used to getrepparttar 141244 best painted lines that are approximately 6 millimeters when dry. The lines can not be driven on untilrepparttar 141245 paint has had adequate time to fully dry (at-least 30 minutes). Whenrepparttar 141246 asphalt parking lot has been striped, any debris that is onrepparttar 141247 lot will be collected and taken away fromrepparttar 141248 property. The final stage ofrepparttar 141249 asphalt striping is to put up barricades to keep other drivers from entering or exiting your asphalt parking lot. Striping is a great way to keep a parking lot looking new and professional. Costs spent in advance for asphalt striping now will definitely be lower as compared to later. Always take a proactive approach to asphalt paving maintenance. Those who choose not to take good care of their lots will payrepparttar 141250 price inrepparttar 141251 long run. Customers always appreciate a well designed and painted parking lot. It isrepparttar 141252 first thing that customers see when visiting your property, so it should look great. A freshly striped asphalt parking lot can lead to a positive overall impression of your property. For more information about asphalt paving services & striping in Los Angeles, California-feel free to call Manhatten Paving Company today @ 310-328-1470, or you can visit our website-http://www.manhattenpaving.com

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