Re: Need for pool

[Frank Olson <use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert L Bass wrote:
>>> I had licensed installers working for me long before I got the L1 [low
>>> voltage electrical contractor's license].
>>
>> Isn't that like an unlicensed person operating a plumbing business and
>> saying, "Don't worry, I may not have a license, but my employees do."
>
> Sort of.  Licensed contractors performed and supervised the work in
> accordance with state law.  They made the final decisions about what
> went where and how it was done though I knew the job well enough to
> design the systems long before I had the required hours for the exam.

There is NO WAY your ego would have allowed a technician to supersede
(or amend) your design.  After all...  they were all "perfect".


> When I had enough hours to qualify I took the test and got my own
> license.  I had the same guys working for many years, though.
> Eventually I sold the business to two of my long-time techs.  They're
> still at it and, from recent reports, doing quite well.
>

Y'know.... There's a guy in my town with an ego as big as yours.  He was
working for a government corporation when he first registered an alarm
company.  He didn't actually "start" the business until five years
later, but uses the "registration date" in his Yellow Page advertising.
  He's been "in business" since 1994.  We did subcontract work for him
(one job) in 1999 when he actually set up shop.  He was a jerk then and
is still a jerk now.  You were convicted of a felony in Polk County
Florida in 1979.  That's the same year you "registered" your business in
Hartford, CT.  You didn't get your L6 until 1983 and you left CT in
1999...  Heck...  Even if you "do the math" with all the dates you
supplied, how is it you get "24 years" from 1979 to 1999???

You've also failed to mention your long suffering former wife.  The
hours and years she sacrificed to ensure at least someone answered the
phone when they called the "central station" in your garage while you
were out "gallivanting" in your Armani suits.  It all means "nothing" to
you except for the fact that she wound up with most of the proceeds from
the sale.  That must be simply galling to someone like you.  What goes
around comes around.  When you treat people like "shit", you end up with
a lot of it sticking to you as well.

I actually feel sorry for you, Robert.  You're a sad, mean, and cowardly
little man.  I really hope you don't die.

"I want you to live to a ripe, old age so you can spend many, many years
steeped in your own misery.  Have a nice day."