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CHIEF

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  1. I asked the lady at the Allsup's on the north end of Graham, one time, if she would sell me a case of burritos. She said "yes". I asked her how much? It was basically the full retail price, plus, I would have to cook them, and they didn't even come with the "burrito sleeve". The guy that owns Yes Way lives in Graham, I met him and leased his place for oil and gas. From what I remember, he didn't have a lot of stores and wasn't overly wealthy back in 2014. But he did build us a nice new Allsup's that has been open about six months outside our west gate. I can get a burrito in about 10 minutes anytime I want. All of the new stores are spotless, ours, the two new ones in Mineral Wells, so he has that going for him, which is nice. CHIEF
  2. I asked CHIEF Jr. if he wanted a class ring, he said he didn’t want anything that reminded him of commuting two hours a day for four years. CHIEF
  3. I usually buy about five. I get one or two that are perfectly ripe and ready to eat that day. A couple that will be ripe in the next couple of days. A third that is still about four days out. CHIEF
  4. At least it hit a mall, so minimal ground casualties. Just burnt up cobwebs, cardboard boxes, and cellphone cases. CHIEF
  5. Yep, I remember bitching about all of the rain from my hotel room, on Hornfans, while waiting for VY to do his thang against USC in the Rose Bowl. CHIEF
  6. That first sentence sounds awful gay, NTTIAWWT. CHIEF
  7. That's what I do on a much smaller scale, with my Mom. Most of our assets are in two different LLCs that we both contribute to. My F-350, and our shop had to be depreciated, but our tractor, skid steer, forklift, and two trailers we took the full amount off the first year they were purchased. I make sure and take clients to the deer lease a couple of times a year to shoot hogs, and use the Ranger to show properties. I think the lease and the Ranger are pretty easy to explain, but probably would be the only thing that might raise any kind of flag. I make sure to put money back in an interest bearing account in case something were to come up. I think the risk is worth the reward, I've known guys who have operated this way for years, that have taken much riskier tax positions than I have, and have yet to be audited. But, money does need to be put back, if the IRS doesn't see things the same. CHIEF
  8. True. He has a CPA that stays on top of it and documents each and every expense. All of his friends that live around him, and that he parties with, he cleans a firebreak around their property for free each year, and does anything they want done extra at a little above cost. Makes it very easy to document them as customers. He sponsors quite a bit to charity golf tournaments, fishing tournaments, etc. A lot of them are customers, or potential customers in O&G. He also bought a couple of semis and started a cattle and hay hauling division for his LLC. But really, construction equipment, and anything else you can fully depreciate the first year seems to work the best for him. CHIEF
  9. I have several friends in O&G that make close to 7 fig W-2s. One is the buddy that we hunt with on our new lease. He uses most of his W-2 money in an LLC that he created. He had a guy, on site that was getting a divorce, he had bought all of the equipment to start a land clearing business, but his wife asked for a divorce right after he had made the purchase. It was about $250k worth of equipment, he sold it to our buddy for $100k since he needed the money immediately for divorce funds. That kinda started my buddy down the road of having multiple small businesses that aren't shown to be real profitable, but you get the depreciation, and you only pay long term capital gains when you sell the business at a profit. I will say, by far, the biggest benefit is writing off $15-20k/month of partying, vacation travel, ski boats, "company" vehicles, and the like off as company or entertainment expenses. He just gets to write shit off that he was going to do anyway. CHIEF
  10. Winners make their own luck. aggy wouldn't know anything about that. CHIEF
  11. I didn’t count it. Was told later she handed me $40. Probably to make her feel superior to my $30. You know how women are. CHIEF
  12. It's funny you mentioned Eagle Peak. Use to hang out there when I lived in Cedar Park. It's where I taught CHIEF Jr. to shoot. I cleaned out all of the old business cards, and expired health insurance cards out of my wallet yesterday. Still had my Eagle Peak membership card, figured I would probably never be going back, so I threw it in the trash. CHIEF
  13. Yes, and tragically many of them jump off the cliffs into the ocean to commit suicide. CHIEF
  14. I’m sure he needed the cash for gas. I hardly carry cash, usually just use my debit card. I had $30 that has probably been in my wallet for six months, I gave that, and husseled the wife for another &40, that was all the cash she was carrying. We were in CHIEF Jr.’s truck, we had to go pick up some tables and chairs for the birthday party. Mrs. CHIEF brought up that we should have checked the console, he always has cash in there. Sure enough, she opened it up and there was $200 sitting right there. I would have given him that as well if I would have thought to check it. I don’t mind at all helping a guy that works a sixty hour week to try and take care of his family. CHIEF
  15. My niece's son's second birthday is tomorrow. We have a Dollar General right outside our front gate, Mrs. CHIEF decided to go there to get wrapping paper, some dishwasher pods, and a few other odds and ends that weren't worth driving all the way into town for. Saw a young guy drive up in a worn out ol' Chevy. He got out and stood at the front of his truck for a minute. Eventually, he came over to my window. I rolled the window down, and he told me, "sir, I am in a pickle. I've been framing houses and don't get paid until Friday. The weather is going to be bad, and I need to get home to Alvarado to wrap pipes and make sure my family is ready for the cold weather. I have a new ladder I paid $100 for (it was still in the box and he had the receipt) I will sell it to you for $60." If there is anything I am an expert on Surly about (other thread) it is being a sucker. I gave him $60, and told him to keep the ladder. I guess I consider myself embarrassingly gullible. I don't know if I have "Sucker" tattooed in invisible ink across my forehead, but it always seems as though I am the person that people, in need, approach. CHIEF
  16. Mrs. CHIEF's boss has been taking classes on motivational techniques, cutting costs, and business efficiency. He decided to have a mandatory meeting, in Houston, scheduled for this Tuesday. He, of course, scheduled it about three weeks ago. In his newfound exuberance, he has decided not to cancel it. Mrs. CHIEF, in her passive aggressive manner, decided she wasn't driving, along with my niece that works for the company. Instead, they would fly roundtrip from DFW into Hobby and back. So, she is spending over $1000 to go to Houston for a one hour meeting on motivation, cutting costs, and business efficiency. She is booking a five star hotel for the one night as well, in the middle of a snowstorm that could knock power out. CHIEF
  17. The second worst hit ever put on Tech. The hit Nathan Vasher put on Carlos Francis, on that punt return is the most vicious hit I've seen in real life. That includes Blain Irby. That hit wasn't extremely violent, you just knew the result in about the remaining 0.20/second of the catch. I was heartbroken for him. CHIEF
  18. They had to go out of their way to find such poorly fitting outfits. CHIEF
  19. Sounds about right. Their president was paid over $800k for the year according to this: https://paddockpost.com/2024/03/24/executive-compensation-at-the-american-red-cross-2022/ and they have quite a few other executives making over $500k. I've heard the same about March of Dimes, American (body part/disease) Societies having the same issue. CHIEF
  20. My granddad hated them. Said they had a monopoly on coffee and cigarettes during WWII, and charged out the ass for both. CHIEF
  21. Yep. It would be foolish to come back with that high of a draft grade. CHIEF
  22. It's on the eastern shore of Lake Whitney, in White Bluff, north end of the subdivision. You can see the cliff front sticking up out of the water on Google Earth, and that house about 30 feet from the new cliff face. CHIEF
  23. I love close games. Mrs. CHIEF will have the house so clean I can lick the waterline on the toilet. Floors are mopped, carpets vacuumed, dishes put up, stainless steel all polished. CHIEF
  24. Reminds me of a joke my Old Man used to tell about a farmer that bought a high dollar filly to breed with a neighbors high dollar stud. The old farmer had a horny old donkey. The farmer decided he would tie a sheet over the filly to ward off the donkey. The next day he went out to the barn to check on her, and her stall gate was kicked in, and she was gone. So he started knocking on all of his neighbors doors asking if they had seen a horse running around with a sheet tied over it. After several conversations, one other old farmer told him, "I haven't seen a horse with a sheet tied over it, but I saw a really nice looking young filly run by with a cloth napkin hanging out of her twat." CHIEF
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