Sanitized News
Frequent readers might remember I emphasis that most car
sales involve two buyers, the folks driving away with the happy tag on the back
of the car, and the lender who will actually own the car for the next XX
months.
Recently Tricolor collapsed. This long and detailed
article does an excellent job of dissecting the nuts and bolts.
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Where the sanitizing occurs is this. Tricolor’s specifically targeted illegal
immigrants. Why isn’t that a central part of this otherwise excellent article?
Car Story
The Bison Mount and Speeding Tickets.
For several years I worked for a former professional bull
rider who became a car dealer. Within the industry, he was known as, “Little
Hitler”. We joke if he fired me more times that I quit. Two Type A
personalities with temper issues and strong opinions often lose their cool.
My main duty was organizing off site sales. We didn’t hold them in the winter so I got, “Other
duties as assigned”.
Steve and his second wife lived large. A 3,000 sq ft log
mansion was part of it and they decorated with animal mounts. One was a bison
shoulder mount. About once a year insects would emerge from inside. Why? Nobody
seemed to find a solution.
They had this bison mount at a high end consignment
store, The Armadillo, off I-70 in
Wheatridge, when the insects hatched. Management demanded Steve remove it post haste
so he told me to go get it.
I was driving my favorite stealth vehicle; a white
minivan with the seats removed, and picked up the mount. Driving away I got
stopped for speeding. The officer was older and had that cynical cop look about
him. He came up to the window and saw a bison behind me staring at him. He
jumped away then came back.
My papers were in order. He wanted to know about the
bison mount. After hearing my explanation, he just waved me on with the usual
warning and walked back to his cruiser.
A once in a career moment for him?
As always, YMMV
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