I had another buddy in Big Sur who DID know what he was doing.

He asked me to finance him for a Summer, and he'd give me 10%...

I came back in the Fall(from fishing) and he took me out.

He said, ok, we're here. I said where?... he was clever. He had a plant next to each redwood... could not see from the air, or tell what was going on with infared.

A month later he handed me 20 grand in hundies...

not bad for a 600 dollar investment.