# Its official!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official/363251>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 5, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official/363251 "2006-07-05T20:27:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official/363251/1 "2006-07-05T20:27:09Z")

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Doing my books for june…its official, as of June 6th my business has broken even 😃

Not too bad for 9 months! Setting up larger ads for next years phone books, new google ads, a few new toys, adding a new service, taking another away (no takers anyway).

So generally speaking…I’m a happy boy, with a $1,000 a month computer parts bill from my supplier :D.

already have about $300 in work from the last few days, another job in about an hour, and a probable for tomorrow.

To celebrate I ordered myself a new [tool bag](http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=pd_sl_aw_tops-1_photo_8873042_2/102-1458342-8065768?search-alias=photo&keywords=lowepro%20nova%204%20aw). Yeah its a camera bag but since I am packing around external hard drives and such I thought a nice padded bag would be a good investment.

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official/363251/2 "2006-07-06T07:17:43Z")

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> [@drachillix](#):
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> Doing my books for june…its official, as of June 6th my business has broken even 😃
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> Not too bad for 9 months! Setting up larger ads for next years phone books, new google ads, a few new toys, adding a new service, taking another away (no takers anyway).
> 
> So generally speaking…I’m a happy boy, with a $1,000 a month computer parts bill from my supplier :D.
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> already have about $300 in work from the last few days, another job in about an hour, and a probable for tomorrow.

I suggest you out source to a CPA, pronto! :smack:

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**Author:** ![gabriela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gabriela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gabriela)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official/363251/3 "2006-07-06T10:38:07Z")

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I’m so jealous.  
Let you know when our aikido dojo breaks even (yeah right).

Congrats!

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**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official/363251/4 "2006-07-06T10:43:50Z")

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Good. Don’t let your business be That Business. You know what business I’m talking about.

One of those businesses that…_looks around nervously, then whispers_…fails.  
We’ll have none of that here. We want the average driven up, up UP!  
In any case, congrats.

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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official/363251/5 "2006-07-06T21:43:33Z")

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> [@kniz](#):
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> I suggest you out source to a CPA, pronto! :smack:

Way ahead of ya…

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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official/363251/6 "2006-07-06T21:46:43Z")

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> [@gabriela](#):
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> I’m so jealous.
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> Let you know when our aikido dojo breaks even (yeah right).
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> Congrats!

I’m sure it will, just a matter of time. Hopefully you haven’t been waiting years already.

I am fortunate in that since I am home based, my expenses are minimal. I have passed up several great locations because I just could not bring myself to spend another $600 or so a month yet.