Spirit of South Dakota Lakester

[tauruck]

Wankers are a dime a dozen.

A dog is another story. No better friend in the world.
Sorry to hear about the dog.
It's a rough deal.
Go well Trent. God Bless you.

[Freud]

Trent I apologize for directing my sympathy to Peter.

Please accept the same version that I sent him.

It's been 2 years since we lost our 12 year old Persian

cat and both of us still think of her. We replaced her

with 2 cats from the same litter and we frequently

call them by her name.

Stay strong. Tears are one of the consequences.

FREUD

[Dr Goggles]

Aw man, rough deal. I have had my new dog for six months now,I still call her Ollie every now and then,Ollie died six and a bit years ago. Woogie, my new dog is steadily taking up my time,no doubt she'll be missed the way Ollie was.A real friend helps a friend out and if your dog had a tumour you did the right thing. Hard,but right.

As for the two legged transgressor,his loss. Keep yer chin up,you'll find someone better.

[Tman]

Thanks guys. The dog issue was really tough for our 6 year old boy. For about 30 minutes and now he wants another dog. I had a meeting this morning at a car dealership and was hired on the spot. Father/son owned lot and pretty casual and low stress. I actually worked at Ford dealership with the dad back in college.

So yes, things are and will be fine

[Roseville Carl]

Thats great news Trent, here's hoping 14 will be a banner year for you!!!

[wobblywalrus]

Hope you are OK in the next few days, Trent.  It looks like it will be seriously cold according to the weather reports.

[Tman]

Hope you are OK in the next few days, Trent.  It looks like it will be seriously cold according to the weather reports.

Cool today but should be warming all week. It is worse East of us, the Hills shelter our area.

[tauruck]

Good to hear you got hired and at a FORD dealership.

Nothing better than that.

Have a great year, you deserve it. God Bless you.

[Tman]

Good to hear you got hired and at a FORD dealership.

Nothing better than that.

Have a great year, you deserve it. God Bless you.

Not Ford, those guys are the worst dealership around here (but I like Fords). We both worked there eons ago. This is an independent dealer. Used stuff. Today was my first and busy as all get out. We are on the main intersection in town with Dodge on one corner, Jeep/VW on another and Nissan/Hyundai on the last. A good mid sized family run lot. Thanks for your thought Mike. It means a lot.

[tauruck]

That's how I got into the motor trade. Used is tough but you've been there before.

Life is one big test and you've come this far by toughing it out.

Trent, we'll be thinking of you daily over here.

[manta22]

Mike;

As John Wayne once said "Life is tough: if you're stupid it's even tougher."

Another from Chief Dan George in "The Outlaw Josey Wales": "Endeavor to persevere".

Good luck in your new job.

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

[Seldom Seen Slim]

When I sold cars and trucks - in a recent lifetime - the dealership had "regular" used cars on the lot and across the street a "B" lot for the cheapie used cars.  The cars that went there were vehicles that we got in trade for basically nothing or close to it.  We'd price them fairly high, but that was to allow the potential buyer to work us down a bit - so he'd feel good about the deal.  And then we'd finance them in-house, requiring a good down payment and then monthly payments.  Funny, though -- the down payment was usually the amount we had invested in the car - purchase (trade in), clean up, lot "rent" to the dealership itself.  In other words, if we didn't evver get one payment other than the down -- we made money anyway.  We could then either write it off at no loss -- or go after the customer to get our money - or the car back to start over.  It worked.

[Captthundarr]

Good for you Trent, "endeavor to persevere" are word I live by and utter almost daily. Keep on Keeping on Tman.

[Tman]

When I sold cars and trucks - in a recent lifetime - the dealership had "regular" used cars on the lot and across the street a "B" lot for the cheapie used cars.  The cars that went there were vehicles that we got in trade for basically nothing or close to it.  We'd price them fairly high, but that was to allow the potential buyer to work us down a bit - so he'd feel good about the deal.  And then we'd finance them in-house, requiring a good down payment and then monthly payments.  Funny, though -- the down payment was usually the amount we had invested in the car - purchase (trade in), clean up, lot "rent" to the dealership itself.  In other words, if we didn't evver get one payment other than the down -- we made money anyway.  We could then either write it off at no loss -- or go after the customer to get our money - or the car back to start over.  It worked.

"Buck units" is what we called those 25 years ago. Cars you put on the lot then for $1000. We don't play those games. Been around that as well as the folks I work for now. we just try to shoot honest , straight deals.

[Tman]

I need to ask a favor. I need a 235 or 261 chevy, 261 preferred. Please keep you ears to the ground. Parts are fine. I have a block and head only.