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Brew

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  1. You don’t need an inheritance tax return. The life insurance goes to the sister the other is split based on the will technically, but most people would ignore it. There is no income tax impact to any of you based on the facts presented. You do have a gift tax issue technically between your sister and you two for the split of the insurance she signs over. 99% of people would ignore it and claim it was split according to the estate, technically she needs to file a gift tax return.
  2. Yes, blew hubs on two, front axle on one, sheared the plastic gearing on one of them with the hub issue, etc. They had vacuum leak issues for several years that would randomly engage a hub and something was breaking when that happened at speed.
  3. Wait, so now trucks are luxury goods? We have very different opinions of that term. I also don’t know that i would agree the average new truck buyer is “young” people unless we have a very different opinion on the term young. My back parking lot at the office has an eclectic mix of vehicles, there is only one newer model truck. Most staff people are in large/small SUV’s, older trucks for the male interns, and a couple of cars.
  4. I’m the opposite. I average 25k-30k miles a year, trade every two years, and the last 3 F150’s all had issues. Most were front end related as the 4wd system (which i actually use regularly) was problematic due to the plastic parts used now. The GMC’s prior to that had trans issues. Up until the last 9 months, I towed a lot, drove a lot, and probably wasn’t the easiest on vehicles. The other benefit to trucks is resale value. I’m out of mine every 2 years or so and have always come out great on buy/trade pricing. Hell, this F250 is going back in for $8k more than the purchase price if i trade it.
  5. If something near the majority drives them, by default it can’t be a status symbol. Plus, there is nothing status like about most trucks. This whole train of thought is completely illogical for a sub $XXXXX vehicle or we have different ideas of status. It’s an SUV with a bed that gets used occasionally if anything. Hell spending $60k on a new F150 makes more sense than a large segment of vehicles on the road for someone looking to buy new.
  6. Or they realized jeans were a better every day wear than whatever they were wearing prior. Again, that logic makes zero sense. Adaptation has more to do with usefulness than it does any cool factor. People wore Jordan’s because they thought they were cool, Jordan’s were worn by a small minority of people because there were better options available for every day wear at better price points. Trucks are no different price wise than a lot of other vehicles, so for $72k (much cheaper options available, but I like my Platinum) I can buy my F250 that does everything when I need it or an okay optioned Tahoe/Expedition/whatever that has similar interior space through the second row and more limited usefulness. Again, trucks aren’t cool, just functional at the price point.
  7. How exactly does driving something that half the rest of the people drive equate to status symbol cool? If I was worried about status, there are way more vehicles out there that would get second looks at the red light over a truck. Also, simple solution for your second problem, trade your Tundra for any number of the smaller trucks that are now on the market. Problem solved. It’s such a strange discussion worrying about what other people drive and their reasons for driving it. I agree the 2500’s have gotten too big which is why I’m getting out of it. However, I never sat in my F150’s thinking to myself boy I wish this thing was smaller. 2 kids, 2 dogs, a truck has basically been our open bed SUV for the last 17 years of having kids. Now, they do their own things so I may go a different direction and keep an old truck for truck duties.
  8. This whole issue seems like a very simple thing to resolve. Depending on true level of hotness, I’m sure we can find someone that is willing to “help” out.
  9. These threads are the best threads. I’ve had a truck for 29 years since turning 16 with most of that being 2 year old or less F150’s. I’m not going to drive a mini truck, anything it can do can be accomplished with a trailer. I haul boats, trailers, stuff in the bed, etc pretty often and never considered going away from trucks. However, while I was waiting 9 months for my F250 I currently drive I sold my boats, toys, etc and don’t have a need for it right now. They will give me more than I paid, so I think I’m going to trade it for my Bronco (18 month wait) and then start looking for an older F250 to use when I need one. I will miss blinding slow drivers on the interstate in the left lane at night.
  10. They got tremendous value, they are no longer getting tremendous value. At the point in time an extension kicks in, draft status no longer matters in the discussion. His cap hit is right around $50M each year the next two years, that is not continued value and also will further exacerbate the lack of talent around him which he can’t overcome and play his way around.
  11. No, they’re not. Buffalo’s D has been decimated by injury and they have no ground game outside of Allen. I’ll take Allen/Diggs over Dak/CeeDee 100 times out of 100. So many dumb takes in this thread.
  12. They didn’t get gouged or brutalized. The defense did their job outside of Diggs dropping a sure fire INT that turned into 7 and a circus catch by Kittle extending a drive. This is 100% on the offense.
  13. Turpin runs straight into the kicker on a potential TD. Diggs drops an easy int that turns into 7. Dak does Dak shit like always. Schultz makes back to back dumbass plays costing them a chance at the end. Wilson lets Kittle bulldoze him on a play that would have set up a long FG. Easily could keep going and going and going. Team is dumb, coaches are dumb, bunch of stupid plays ending with a stupid play call.
  14. Dumbest last 3 minutes of a game I have seen lately. They could not have played this any worse.
  15. 20,21 and 41 is one more than 2x21. It makes zero sense to write it out that way but technically you could argue the facts are correct because it just says one number not one of the variable. It is just not solvable in the way it is written as there would be too many variables. Teacher is dumb.
  16. I cleared my history and data on IPhone and the ad issue cleared up. It was a mess prior to that.
  17. Agreed, although it depends on what is selling. Ultimately, in a sale situation or a partner situation the NC should be honored and not subject to a 25% ownership base. If the goal is to protect employees, then protect them with the elimination of the employee/employer component.
  18. Engineering firm, insurance companies, accounting firms with the new PE interest, the list could easily be long and includes anything with a personal service component. I’m looking at PE deals, have 27 partners, and am locked into a 5 year NC if I take PE money. Those valuations may change substantially if the NC goes away and I can walk post sale and just operate under a non solicitation agreement.
  19. Correct, but the non-solicitation component will hopefully still cover the major issues that come up. We have not enforced a noncompete on partners, we have enforced the non-solicitation component in regards to taking employees and clients.
  20. He lost in a MS court on a suit brought against him for taking a job with us. We have successfully defended ours in a TN court at least once, they just limit time/distance to what they consider reasonable which has typically been 50 miles and 1 year. We don’t use them on low level hires any more though.
  21. The proposal excludes non competes on owners in a business transaction, noncompetes for substantial owners of a business interest where it is written into the legal document, and several other things brought up in this thread. It is primarily aimed at NC’s between employers and employees where the employees right to work is limited at exit. For the lawyers in this thread, you may want to clarify that NC’s are currently enforceable / nonenforceable based entirely on location. I see them get enforced regularly when we are trying to hire. Try hiring someone from MS that has signed one. We paid to take one to court for someone we were trying to hire and relocate that had a 250 mile radius from any of their locations restriction and the individual lost on it because he had signed it.
  22. This whole thing is a big bag of “what the fucks”. The response of the family, friends, others along with the overall story are a little unbelievable.
  23. Is your friend Michigan OC Matt Weiss?
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