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OT - What are you doing now? (2025)

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  • zaphod
    zaphod Posts: 1,012
    sorry to hear about piper, but that new pup looks like it would have anyone's heart instantly.
    ~~
    Large BGE, Jonesing for a MiniMax
    The Vegegrilltarian

    The first rule of egg club is: you do NOT talk about egg club.
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  • dbCooper
    dbCooper Posts: 2,678
    @billt01 - Condolences to you on your loss of piper.  Nice looking pup.
    LBGE, LBGE-PTR, 22" Weber, Coleman 413G
    Great Plains, USA
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,316
    Well there will be house training, shots, and chewed things to take your mind off of an empty house. Nice brown lab btw.
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  • billt01
    billt01 Posts: 1,875
    edited January 3
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    Well there will be house training, shots, and chewed things to take your mind off of an empty house. Nice brown lab btw.
    the older i get, the more i realize that the training, shots, and chewed things are what make these 4 legged companions worth more...

    I believe animals heal the human soul (especially pups)... 

      
    Have:
     XLBGE / Stumps Baby XL / Couple of Stokers (Gen 1 and Gen 3) / Blackstone 36 / Maxey 3x5 water pan hog cooker
    Had:
    LBGE / Lang 60D / Cookshack SM150 / Stumps Stretch / Stumps Baby

    Fat Willies BBQ
    Ola, Ga

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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 7,316
    Yes my 2 are hanging around my feet. Probably only months left with the old boy. After losing my Boxer girl back in 2013 I decided to have over lapping dogs this time. The young pup keeps use old dogs busy and sort of young >
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,553
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    Yes my 2 are hanging around my feet. Probably only months left with the old boy. After losing my Boxer girl back in 2013 I decided to have over lapping dogs this time. The young pup keeps use old dogs busy and sort of young >

    so much easier training a new pup with the old one still around and it does bring the old pup new life.
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,626
    edited January 3
    Gulfcoastguy said:
    Yes my 2 are hanging around my feet. Probably only months left with the old boy. After losing my Boxer girl back in 2013 I decided to have over lapping dogs this time. The young pup keeps use old dogs busy and sort of young >
    This is how we roll here.  Older dogs teach the younger dogs how to behave and you are right the older dogs stay more active.  Makes potty training and everything much easier.

    btw, my Spotify playlist just played "Maggie's Song" ... song makes me tear up every time thinking of all my past dogs.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,662
    Wrapping up the 2024 volunteer miles data and other numbers to get ready for the tax season fun and games.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,626
    edited January 3
    lousubcap said:
    Wrapping up the 2024 volunteer miles data and other numbers to get ready for the tax season fun and games.  
    Prepping for tax season too.  I am interviewing new bookkeepers and CPAs.  My CPA tried their damndest to ruin New Years for me ..... 5PM New Year's Eve sent me an email that said "Looked at your numbers, get ready for a huge quarterly payment on Jan 15th" ... no context or magnitude.  $5K, $20K, $50k? .... then at 12:36AM on New Year's day (first email of the New Year), sends an email that starting on Jan 1 his fee is increasing by 26% a month because of inflation and cost-of-living increases for him.  Yeah, bud, sorry, you are gone as soon as I find a suitable replacement.

    His mom was our original CPA but she has stepped back and let him start to take the reins.  She is in damage control now, but to little to late.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,662
    Sad way to close out 2024 right there.  Some people just get greedy!
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • ColbyLang
    ColbyLang Posts: 4,385
    26%?!? Mylanta. My buddy marvels as his CPA (he’s a dentist) has a NetJet membership, a cybertruck, etc etc etc…..I said you ever think you paying too much lol
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,395
    ColbyLang said:
    26%?!? Mylanta. My buddy marvels as his CPA (he’s a dentist) has a NetJet membership, a cybertruck, etc etc etc…..I said you ever think you paying too much lol
    It must be a rule the partners follow at the CPA firm I use...don't drive your "toys" to the office.  The lot is full of Honda Pilots, Toyota Camry's, etc.  
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,139
    I’d be nervous if my CPA were driving around in a beater. 
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,395
    DoubleEgger said:
    I’d be nervous if my CPA were driving around in a beater. 
    I agree.  They're nice cars, just not flashy.  
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,514
    The sweet spot is something between a beater and flashy. A luxury/sporty car that’s a few years old fits the bill. 
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,626
    edited January 3
    I was mad at first, then I decided it is all about perspective.  We haven’t been real happy with him, but the pain of staying was less than the pain of moving everything to a new firm.  He made the pain of staying more, so I am finally doing what we have wanted to for a few months now.  I am thankful for him doing this in such a poor way it motivated me to make a positive change.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • Bellavista52
    Bellavista52 Posts: 169
    @Ozzie_Isaac - I got one of those emails from the accountant, then after about two days got one that said "never mind, it was an error."  Sheesh!

    XL and Small BGEs in South Carolina
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,626
    GrateEggspectations said:
    The sweet spot is something between a beater and flashy. A luxury/sporty car that’s a few years old fits the bill. 
    This is a hard line to tow.  We think about the clients we are meeting before we decide what car to take.  I have found my Jeep to be the most universal vehicle.  It fits with almost all situations and venues as long as it is clean.  My wife has definitely gotten sideways comments with her car, so she is very sensitive to this.

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 6,395
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    GrateEggspectations said:
    The sweet spot is something between a beater and flashy. A luxury/sporty car that’s a few years old fits the bill. 
    This is a hard line to tow.  We think about the clients we are meeting before we decide what car to take.  I have found my Jeep to be the most universal vehicle.  It fits with almost all situations and venues as long as it is clean.  My wife has definitely gotten sideways comments with her car, so she is very sensitive to this.
    I almost typed the exact same thing.  When I was in the automotive industry with my brother-in-law he always waffled back and forth on what vehicle to take to a potential client. Does he take the beat up shop truck to make it look like we're hungry for the income and will do anything to please you type of a vibe or do you take the brand new Duramax diesel to show you know what you're doing and you're making plenty of money doing it.
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,626
    kl8ton said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    GrateEggspectations said:
    The sweet spot is something between a beater and flashy. A luxury/sporty car that’s a few years old fits the bill. 
    This is a hard line to tow.  We think about the clients we are meeting before we decide what car to take.  I have found my Jeep to be the most universal vehicle.  It fits with almost all situations and venues as long as it is clean.  My wife has definitely gotten sideways comments with her car, so she is very sensitive to this.
    I almost typed the exact same thing.  When I was in the automotive industry with my brother-in-law he always waffled back and forth on what vehicle to take to a potential client. Does he take the beat up shop truck to make it look like we're hungry for the income and will do anything to please you type of a vibe or do you take the brand new Duramax diesel to show you know what you're doing and you're making plenty of money doing it.
    It is funny how different people perceive this!  I was a clients place and pulled up in my truck.  The neighbor, who I know didn't recognize my truck and walked over.  When he realized it was me, he laughed and goes "I was just about to tell Steve that he needs a different landscaper, this one clearly charges to much!"

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 19,139
    edited January 3
    Whatever you drive, don’t leak fluids on a customer’s driveway/parking lot. 
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 11,514
    DoubleEgger said:
    Whatever you drive, don’t leak fluids on a customer’s driveway/parking lot. 
    Still a car reference, or do you mean incontinence? 😆
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,626
    DoubleEgger said:
    Whatever you drive, don’t leak fluids on a customer’s driveway/parking lot. 
    This 1000x over!

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,883
    I drive my old truck and meet people at my rental property when getting quotes.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • zaphod
    zaphod Posts: 1,012
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    kl8ton said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    GrateEggspectations said:
    The sweet spot is something between a beater and flashy. A luxury/sporty car that’s a few years old fits the bill. 
    This is a hard line to tow.  We think about the clients we are meeting before we decide what car to take.  I have found my Jeep to be the most universal vehicle.  It fits with almost all situations and venues as long as it is clean.  My wife has definitely gotten sideways comments with her car, so she is very sensitive to this.
    I almost typed the exact same thing.  When I was in the automotive industry with my brother-in-law he always waffled back and forth on what vehicle to take to a potential client. Does he take the beat up shop truck to make it look like we're hungry for the income and will do anything to please you type of a vibe or do you take the brand new Duramax diesel to show you know what you're doing and you're making plenty of money doing it.
    It is funny how different people perceive this!  I was a clients place and pulled up in my truck.  The neighbor, who I know didn't recognize my truck and walked over.  When he realized it was me, he laughed and goes "I was just about to tell Steve that he needs a different landscaper, this one clearly charges to much!"
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    kl8ton said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    GrateEggspectations said:
    The sweet spot is something between a beater and flashy. A luxury/sporty car that’s a few years old fits the bill. 
    This is a hard line to tow.  We think about the clients we are meeting before we decide what car to take.  I have found my Jeep to be the most universal vehicle.  It fits with almost all situations and venues as long as it is clean.  My wife has definitely gotten sideways comments with her car, so she is very sensitive to this.
    I almost typed the exact same thing.  When I was in the automotive industry with my brother-in-law he always waffled back and forth on what vehicle to take to a potential client. Does he take the beat up shop truck to make it look like we're hungry for the income and will do anything to please you type of a vibe or do you take the brand new Duramax diesel to show you know what you're doing and you're making plenty of money doing it.
    It is funny how different people perceive this!  I was a clients place and pulled up in my truck.  The neighbor, who I know didn't recognize my truck and walked over.  When he realized it was me, he laughed and goes "I was just about to tell Steve that he needs a different landscaper, this one clearly charges to much!"
    About 6 or 7 years back my investment advisor pulled up in a model S Tesla instead of his usual BMW.  First words to him at the door were "Exactly How much I am paying you?"  He laughed, we ran the numbers, they made sense and six months later we owned a Tesla Model 3.
    ~~
    Large BGE, Jonesing for a MiniMax
    The Vegegrilltarian

    The first rule of egg club is: you do NOT talk about egg club.
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 34,666
    My clients could not care less what I drive to work.  I think half of them think I bike in.  
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,330
    Bellavista52 said:
    @Ozzie_Isaac - I got one of those emails from the accountant, then after about two days got one that said "never mind, it was an error."  Sheesh!

    The perfect time to email him back, "I couldn't afford your new rate and found a new accountant for 20% less, would you be willing to beat that?"  
    "First method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
           - Niccolo Machiavelli

    Ogden, UT, USA

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