Bobby's used car lot and Free Carfax

[Timberridge]

Kick it in the fender and ask him, "Am I 20K low now?"

[Bobby Stainless]

Kick it in the fender and ask him, "Am I 20K low now?"

Fkna! If he was here I would've... Out of state customer. Asshole.

This car is perfect. Best car I have ever driven. Absolute masterpiece. Sell all your shit and get 405k together and call me now.

[El Chupacabra]

call me now.]

What's your cell #?

[Core Shot]

The Story of Mike Flint
Mike Flint was Buffett's personal airplane pilot for 10 years. (Flint has also flown four US Presidents, so I think we can safely say he is good at his job.) According to Flint, he was talking about his career priorities with Buffett when his boss asked the pilot to go through a 3-step exercise.

Here's how it works…

STEP 1: Buffett started by asking Flint to write down his top 25 career goals. So, Flint took some time and wrote them down. (Note: you could also complete this exercise with goals for a shorter timeline. For example, write down the top 25 things you want to accomplish this week.)

STEP 2: Then, Buffett asked Flint to review his list and circle his top 5 goals. Again, Flint took some time, made his way through the list, and eventually decided on his 5 most important goals.

STEP 3: At this point, Flint had two lists. The 5 items he had circled were List A and the 20 items he had not circled were List B.

Flint confirmed that he would start working on his top 5 goals right away. And that's when Buffett asked him about the second list, “And what about the ones you didn't circle?”

Flint replied, “Well, the top 5 are my primary focus, but the other 20 come in a close second. They are still important so I’ll work on those intermittently as I see fit. They are not as urgent, but I still plan to give them a dedicated effort.”

To which Buffett replied, “No. You’ve got it wrong, Mike. Everything you didn’t circle just became your Avoid-At-All-Cost list. No matter what, these things get no attention from you until you’ve succeeded with your top 5.”

The Power of Elimination
I believe in minimalism and simplicity. I like getting rid of waste. I think that eliminating the inessential is one of the best ways to make life easier, make good habits more automatic, and make you grateful for what you do have.

That said, getting rid of wasteful items and decisions is relatively easy. It's eliminating things you care about that is difficult. It is hard to prevent using your time on things that are easy to rationalize, but that have little payoff.

[Bobby Stainless]

What's your cell #?

Ask Bromo. Im sure he has it.

[mud]

I checked that out, it looks like a good gig except that the only opening is based about 8 hours from where I live. Good thought though, I'll check into that company every now and again just in case something pops up closer. It's pretty unlikely given the very specific and limited nature of trucking in the Upper Peninsula. We're only "in between" Canadian destinations so most of the through truck traffic you see here is Canadian. You'll see some Roehl trucks who service a small factory called Superior Extrusion, a bunch of local trucks owned by the brother of a coworker called MJ VanDamme, you see some mainstream company trucks serving the Walmart account and in and out of the handful of Big Boxes here... and the vast majority of the rest is done by a company called "US Special Delivery"...some of their old equipment used to say U.P. Special Delivery" that sort of specializes in this UP/Northeast Wisconsin area. Those US/UP drivers have a really tough job with the generalized truck-unfriendliness of the towns here and the wintery/salty/deery nature of the driving, not to mention the 55mph speed limit.
There is a shitload of turnover where I work, so plenty of drivers have come and gone with stories of the driving jobs around here. It's a small area both geographically and in terms of people, so there aren't many mysteries as to what's a good job and what isn't. I'm not aware of anything around here that's a particularly good professional driving job.

Sounds like you know what's up in your area, just throwing it out there. I never thought I would end up in the Teamsters but if you ever get a chance the benefits are unreall. If you ever get tired of the U.P. there are plenty of local teamster driving jobs in Pensacola.

[Timberridge]

Fuck driving. Perhaps IAS can start selling big rigs Bobby Stainless style?

Lubing the deals instead of the fifth wheel assembly.

[Bobby Stainless]

Good money in big rigs. Really good money in these.

[dunfree]

Hope in 10 years you can buy your place with a 100 other middle aged beaters in the roaring fork.

[Bobby Stainless]

Hope in 10 years you can buy your place with a 100 other middle aged beaters in the roaring fork.

That's the plan.

[My Pet Powder Goat]

Its not envy or jealousy that's lead me to pile on, it's Bobby's tacky and classless bragging about money and wealth.

The truly Rich know better than to brag about it.

[fatnslow]

Its not envy or jealousy that's lead me to pile on, it's Bobby's tacky and classless bragging about money and wealth.

The truly Rich know better than to brag about it.

BS ain't rich, he sells shit to the rich. Maybe he makes a good living but being able to justify $300k car is at another level. Tacky for sure but not wealthy by any stretch.

[My Pet Powder Goat]

Tacky for sure but not wealthy by any stretch.

That's why it's tacky, he's not even rich but wants to be so bad it hurts and leads him to act like a conceited ass .

[dunfree]

Apologies for being a little slow, but are you @RealDunfee or just a dingleberry?

dunfee's real?

there's a venn diagram for car owners and car guys I admire. overlap is small. there's a dude with a Ferrari TRS who seems stoked in the middle.

[JongDoe]

The Story of Mike Flint
Mike Flint was Buffett's personal airplane pilot for 10 years. (Flint has also flown four US Presidents, so I think we can safely say he is good at his job.) According to Flint, he was talking about his career priorities with Buffett when his boss asked the pilot to go through a 3-step exercise.

Here's how it works…

STEP 1: Buffett started by asking Flint to write down his top 25 career goals. So, Flint took some time and wrote them down. (Note: you could also complete this exercise with goals for a shorter timeline. For example, write down the top 25 things you want to accomplish this week.)

STEP 2: Then, Buffett asked Flint to review his list and circle his top 5 goals. Again, Flint took some time, made his way through the list, and eventually decided on his 5 most important goals.

STEP 3: At this point, Flint had two lists. The 5 items he had circled were List A and the 20 items he had not circled were List B.

Flint confirmed that he would start working on his top 5 goals right away. And that's when Buffett asked him about the second list, “And what about the ones you didn't circle?”

Flint replied, “Well, the top 5 are my primary focus, but the other 20 come in a close second. They are still important so I’ll work on those intermittently as I see fit. They are not as urgent, but I still plan to give them a dedicated effort.”

To which Buffett replied, “No. You’ve got it wrong, Mike. Everything you didn’t circle just became your Avoid-At-All-Cost list. No matter what, these things get no attention from you until you’ve succeeded with your top 5.”

The Power of Elimination
I believe in minimalism and simplicity. I like getting rid of waste. I think that eliminating the inessential is one of the best ways to make life easier, make good habits more automatic, and make you grateful for what you do have.

That said, getting rid of wasteful items and decisions is relatively easy. It's eliminating things you care about that is difficult. It is hard to prevent using your time on things that are easy to rationalize, but that have little payoff.

Brilliant and thought provoking. How come nobody comments on this, but 100 posts bashing each other and trying to outmock each other?

[Bobby Stainless]

That's why it's tacky, he's not even rich but wants to be so bad it hurts and leads him to act like a conceited ass .

Lol. This is funny.

[cmcrawfo]

Brilliant and thought provoking. How come nobody comments on this, but 100 posts bashing each other and trying to outmock each other?

You must be new here. Welcome to the Padded Room.

[wyeaster]

yeah and this thread in the padded room! jesus!

[Bobby Stainless]

You don't have to know too many billionaires to realize you aren't "wealthy".

Successful is an objective term. You are either successful or not. Wealthy is very subjective.

I make a pretty good living selling toys 30 hours a week. I got here on my own and I could do a lot worse in this business.

I need enough for my kids expensive ass school and a home in Carbondale. Then Im skiing. Its my goal.

[XXX-er]

Then Im skiing. Its my goal.

Do you or have you ever skied ?

[Bobby Stainless]

Do you or have you ever skied ?

Nope. I've watched a lot of Nick McNutt videos and I think I could learn easy enough.

[Skidog]

Its not envy or jealousy that's lead me to pile on, it's Bobby's tacky and classless bragging about money and wealth.

The truly Rich know better than to brag about it.

Bingo.

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[wyeaster]

hee hee! it just keeps getting better!

[Bobby Stainless]

Bingo.

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I guess that's why the truly rich buy 200k-2m dollar cars from me... Because they don't "brag" about it. Fuck outta here.

All I do is deal with the "truly rich" and I bust them in the fucking head every time.

[cmcrawfo]

Nope. I've watched a lot of Nick McNutt videos and I think I could learn easy enough.

I would also recommend watching the move K2 a few times .... that will pretty much spin you up on alpine travel and avy awareness.