That is some deal Brian.....fingers crossed for you.
Thank you sir, you are going to be one of the first people called. Hahaha I want this car BAD!!
Last night, the wife was trying to understand how I could spend this much on a car. I told her I'd show her cars that perform less and cost waaaaaaaaay more. So I did. Then she said she was worried that racing was going to put a strain on our relationship. So I told her I'd only attend one event a month. Then she said she was worried about how much the maintainence was going to cost. So I told her that I'd only do it when we could afford it. Then she said, "If you get a ticket, you're parking it for 6 months!" To which I replied...
"If I park this thing for 6 months, I'm going to convert it to ethanol, throw a pair of turbochargers on it, and it'll make 1,600hp. Muahahahahaha"
Then she shut up for a second and said, "Well, I guess having it setup like this is fine. But I don't want it to get in the way of anything. Plus I don't understand how you can spend $80k on a car!"
"You just spec'd out a friggin Jaguar XJR for $110k, don't tell me that crap. Hahaha"
"I just don't understand it."
"Well fine, I'll buy the SL-R and the SL-C, I'll spend $100k and then you can tell yourself they each cost $50k, that better?"
"Hahahahahahaha! NO! *giggle*"
"Well I think that buying you a house, new car, and paying off all our debt constitutes me to buy a damn race car and THIS is what I want. You won't hear me bitching about wanting a race car again... for a while. Hehe"
We were just being goofy by then.
I understand her gripe, her ex was a golf enthusiast and was golfing just about every day. Paying hundreds of dollars in green fees every week and never home spending time with the family. I'm much more of a family guy and taking them to the races I think would be loads of fun. I'm also not the selfish type who would just say, "Race this weekend, gotta go!" and take off. It would be planned and we'd make an outting of it. The daughter is really getting excited about it. She wants me to take her to school in it. Haha
It'll all work out. We're all about planning ahead. I make her sound like a tart up there, but she's awesome. She just wants to make sure I don't turn into her ex, which I won't because I'm not an inconsiderate, selfish, vein, asshole. LOL
Interesting setup. I once visited a little spot near Austin on an exercise. I identified a small group of Chital deer, showing that either the plot we were on was being used illegally, or we'd been set up. The latter proved to be the case. Eventually we gave up trying to make sense of it and revealed ourselves to a fellow who turned out to be a game manager. Fortunately he'd served in Vietnam and the Australians there had taught him what proper beer was.
No Brian, I really do mean nothing to do with the markets, or the missus. I might still be able to gather some bits, but it will now be quite a while before I'm placing an order.
Keep it up Brian, this is all good therapy - for me anyway!
That's funny, I'm actually from Austin. They must have taken you out to the Hill Country, absolutely beautiful out there. I also heard that you Aussy's are very proud of your beer and if I ever go there, don't forget to mention how great and strong the beer is. Hahaha
I'm still sorry about your financial misfortune. I'm glad this is making you feel better though. I'm just trying to be as smart with this whole thing as I can be and putting our money where it's as safe as possible. Neither of us want to be hurting if anything goes down, we may just get it all turned into gold and then bury it in the yard. hahaha
Brian - Do you do anything with smaller acreage in the Palestine TX area?
Yes I do. I am licensed for the whole state of Texas and work for a company called United Country Real Estate. We have offices throughout the state, and country for that matter. Send me a PM and we'll talk. Our company thrives on helping each other out, we're like a big family. I can find properties all over the state and get you any info you need.
Laters,
Brian
