Ron Patton (@ronpatton) · DIRTY

Ron Patton

@ronpatton

Long ago, in a time far away, I worked at Radio Shack. Now, here we are.

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Ron Patton@ronpatton· Jun 23

Is the Flex Seal guy available?

AI generated image of the Flex Seal spokesman standing in front of the reflecting pool holding a can of Flex Seal with several of his other products on the ground behind him.

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Jun 16

You were saying?

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Jun 1

Yes it is. h/t/ marine traffic dot com as of 8:50am EDT today.

The ship KSL Minoyang has a destination of LGBTQ CREW.

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Jun 1

Currently in the Strait of Hormuz. Some seriously weird GPS spoofing going on.

The ship Jersey Devil has a destination of CHRISTIAN CREW.

Ron Patton@ronpatton· May 9

"What were you thinking?" - Scott McNealy, Founder and CEO of Sun Microsystems

At 10 times revenues, to give you a 10-year payback, I have to pay you 100% of revenues for 10 straight years in dividends. That assumes I can get that by my shareholders. That assumes I have zero cost of goods sold, which is very hard for a computer company. That assumes zero expenses, which is really hard with 39,000 employees. That assumes I pay no taxes, which is very hard. And that assumes you pay no taxes on your dividends, which is kind of illegal. And that assumes with zero R&D for the next 10 years, I can maintain the current revenue run rate. Now, having done that, would any of you like to buy my stock at $64? Do you realize how ridiculous those basic assumptions are? You don’t need any transparency. You don’t need any footnotes. What were you thinking?

Ron Patton@ronpatton· May 4

ISWYDT.

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Apr 30

Apparently not bad.

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Apr 23

Fonzie jumping the shark

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Apr 13

Sneakers, too.

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Mar 23

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Mar 2

Selena explains derivatives.

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Feb 25

Hmmmmm. I'm old enough to remember...

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Feb 25

Interesting.

Colin Powell holding a test tube.

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Jan 29

"What were you thinking!?" -- Scott McNealy circa 2006

Chart of Sun Micro from 1996 to 2006. It started around $5 ran up to $64 then fell right back to $5.

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Jan 13

Is the 2020's HVAC Guy the new 1920's Shoeshine Boy?

New York scene circa late 1920's of a shoeshine boy shining the shoes of a businessman in a suit.

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Jan 7

But will we?

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Dec 18

Fixed it for ya.

Scratched the words 'people think' and replaced 'you think' with 'they are'

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Dec 9

Wait, I thought soybean farmers wore a suit and tie.

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Nov 16

Liz was an amateur.

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Oct 2

Same here but I'm setting my expectations for when I open the door and peer out...

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Sep 22

Selling cars to yourself and delivering them to parking lots is so 2020.

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Sep 22

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Sep 19

Depends on where you draw the pretty lines. #notachartist /s

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Aug 17

My consulting rates will be going way up. #codecowboys

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Aug 17

So sorry. It had to be done 😆. Love ya, man.

Olympic pistol shooters. One is outfitted with the latest technology (Hussman) the other in a t-shirt with his other hand in his pocket (2025 Investors).

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Aug 15

Can confirm. #GoldenAgeOfAmerica

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Aug 4

I have one of these stored in my basement - for a reason. It's one of the last units made that will copy Macrovision 'copy protected' VHS tapes. Send me the tapes and I'll burn copies to DVD 24x7.

A Go:Video DVD Recorder + VCR box.

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Jul 25

Star Trek Red Shirt.

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Jul 24

Looks bullish. I mean, that's how all this works, today, doesn't it?

Ron Patton@ronpatton· Jul 8

Either way, those bumped off Medicaid will now have a choice of picking fruit or mining metals.

Old woman in miner's helmet outside a copper mine