aug 15 2023
You will not believe this one....
Couple years ago.....I had a phone call the Friday after thanksgiving—I recognized the name of the caller as well known.. like “Henry Ford” kind of name.
After the ***hi how are you ***conversation.. he said “ is there any chance you can help us by spending $50,000 before Jan 1st “
in issuing of grants his foundation had an extra $50k.. to “get rid of”. ( God forbid that kind of problem) .. I assured him I would take care of that for him and asked if there was anything else I could help with?? he mentioned something about being helpful to others ..
I hung up the phone—called the tractor place and asked them to put aside the tractor we now have-and as soon as the check cleared we would take it.. the check was good... I added $5000 and called lu picard (ecad service dog outfit in conn) AND ASKED IF SHE WANTED MY NOT TOO OLD TRACTOR.- probably value of $20,000.. which I think was mine 100%.. but by giving that to her i was fulfilling the “do something helpful to others” that this man had mentioned.—no paperwork... no laywers... no accountants... no problem- just my word & his word.
I was thrilled ( and also $50,000 richer) because somehow my reputation of unflappable and honest preceeded me. Please... thank you... handshake...Done.
Skip ahead many years....so who owns the tractor?------ I dunno----
And there is an awful lot of stuff around here that is exactly like that...made complicated by charities must donate stuff to charities
It must be treated with a bit more care ... respect if you want to call it that.
“oh, my uncle harry needs some of that and you don’t.. so I will just take it....” is not going to happen on my watch.
I must preserve my reputation in case someone else has another $50,000 to get rid of.
