Friday, February 10, 2006
Curses
Many times, a home/land package candidate comes in without really knowing what they are looking for. Case in point: Ms. B, the horse trainer. First her son in law came in, looking for the cheapest mobile home we had. He wanted something cheap with the lowest payments possible. But the more I talked...
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Thursday, February 9, 2006
Ignore the Raging Bull
There's nothing to worry about, the property owner said as she climbed out of my truck and on to her land. As we drove on the property, we were immediately surrounded by cows and bulls, apparently unfamiliar with my truck. Now it can't be a good sign to see a full grown bull looking right at you,...
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Tuesday, February 7, 2006
The Wedding March
Although I still don't believe it, Eldest Daughter's Goofy Boyfriend finishes his community service this week and is joining the Army this month. In order for Eldest Daughter to get benefits, she has to be married. Ipso facto ergo, they're getting married. Grunts don't actually make very much money,...
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Monday, February 6, 2006
Cold As Ice
My sister and her rich husband were here last week, and amazingly, they made time for use Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. We had a great time Saturday evening at dinner, spending most of the evening in the bar drinking. By the time we were seated almost 45 minutes later, nobody was hungry....
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Friday, February 3, 2006
The World's Biggest Tool
Yesterday, I walked into Ron's office, sat down, looked him straight in the eye and said, "You must think I'm the world's biggest tool." He didn't say anything. Ron doesn't split commissions. Ron doesn't have "partners." Ron is an island unto himself. He also makes a fraction of what I do. But he...
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Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Stealthly Learning the Business
It seems like forever since I've received a commission check, and although Tom will never admit it, it's because he's so scatterbrained when it comes to construction. We don't get all our cash on land/home sales until the owner takes possession of his house, and before that happens there has to be...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2006
How Can You Fail An Open Book Test?
Received an disturbing email from my daughter's sixth grade science teacher. It seems that Girl Genius neglected to turn in her open book science test. Not only that, the teacher implied that GG was more than willing to take a lower grade rather than taking advantage of her "do over" policy that...
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Sunday, January 29, 2006
Moral Delimna
Saturday afternoon Tom and I drove to the southern side of Granbury to look at a five acre property that one of my customers found. It was beautiful. Off a rarely-travelled country road, lot of trees, on a hill with a spectacular view of a flowing creek. I'll give Shanean this much: she knew what...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Ok, this is what I get for feeling sorry for Eldest Daughter's boyfriend ..
The more I get to know my Eldest Daughter's "fiance" (and father of my granddaughter), the more I feel sorry for him. Dad a worthless drunk, mother a fat whore, etc. etc. Yesterday, he told me the reason why he did so badly in school. He was average size in elementary school and junior high, but...
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Monday, January 23, 2006
He's In the Army Now!
Better Half took Eldest Daughter's boyfriend to the military recruiters today, and he got turned down by the Air Force and Navy because of his drug convictions. At the Army recruiting office, however, the took him off of Better Half's hands and said they'd take him to Dallas for interview and...
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