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  1. Brew
    Didn’t look back, but I think the Murder Hornet is a Malibu. That looks like like an X-45 with the step in the hull. Run your blowers, this stuff happens every year from people not properly running their blowers with inboards. That may not be the cause of this one, but I would put my money on it.
  2. Brew
    There are still only so many boats being put out and very few carry over to the next year in inventory. Those sales are pretty fixed each year, so I think it will be the older used market that crashes. I got a deal on this one versus overpaying by as much as double on the used ones right now. I called on an 06 X-30 and they were firm in the low 50’s. That was the end of my used search. There are ‘17-19 210’s for sale for as much and more than this one.
  3. Brew
    Unless something falls apart tomorrow or a better option becomes available, look like I’m picking this one up on Saturday. Don’t think that drive is what my wife had planned for our 22nd anniversary that day, but shit happens.
  4. Brew
    Made an offer on a leftover new 2020 Nautique 210, we’ll see what they come back with. Don’t want a new one, but I feel a whole lot better offering on it at the price it is than what I’m still seeing in the used market. It will probably crash as soon as I buy something.
  5. Brew

    Truck Nuts

    Brew replied to BurntOrange&White's topic in Hobbies

    Advantage of owning a white truck. It always looks clean from a distance unless you are playing in a mud hole. Here’s my dirty floorboard if it makes you feel better.
  6. Brew
    I’m pretty sure we tried talking you into buying two. The boat market you are looking in isn’t as inflated as the wakeboat market. Pricing has been pretty consistent as the demand is different.
  7. Brew
    Going to be hard to wakeboard behind that thing, but where there is a will there is a way. Electrical is not my area. It generally just involves a checkbook from my experience.
  8. Brew
    Blind and ignorant is much better than knowing what prices of most models were 24 months ago. I’m seeing boats I’ve owned 5-10 years ago selling for 25%+ more than what I bought and sold for back then. I bought and sold an ‘07 Nautique 220 for low $40’s in probably 2012-2013, the ones out there now are priced upper $40’s, low $50’s. The damn thing sold new for upper $50’s 15 years ago. I called a guy about an ‘06 MC X30 with 800 hours and he wouldn’t budge from $52k. He’ll probably get it and someone will have a $30k boat when the market craters. Insanity.
  9. Brew

    Truck Nuts

    Brew replied to BurntOrange&White's topic in Hobbies

    Since I got accused not long ago of not using my truck for truck things, I wanted to post up some proof. Moved probably 30 yards of dirt and countless tons of stone out to the farm over the last week. Probably pushed the F150 about as far as it needed to be pushed and now really am considering a 250 again.
  10. Brew
    $&@(, it’s time to suck up my pride and overspend on a boat. I’m not going through the summer without one.
  11. Brew
    We have been buying them for a while. They are the closest I have seen, you just cook them longer than the package shows to get them crispy.
  12. Brew
    Only eat local, skip the corporate owned chains. We’ve seen a number of our local owned places thrive through this as people have done everything they can to support them. I can’t remember the last time we ate somewhere in the City we live that we don’t know the owner. It’s been years, not months. CNN article on what’s going on. Again, there are a bunch of factors. It can’t be pinned on one issue. https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/11/economy/unemployment-benefits-work-incentive/index.html
  13. Brew
    I don’t know what a Taco Deli is, but it would be next to impossible for a fast casual type place to do $2.2M in a month from one location. I do work for high grossing McDonalds, CFA’s, other types and the high side is $550k a month. At a $20 average meal ticket open from 6-3 30 days a month, that is a 7 person a minute average out the door.
  14. Brew
    The economics of a restaurant where they pay $2.13 an hour is typically a restaurant where profitability is low because tables turn slowly, food costs and other costs are higher, etc. The only way for owners to make decent money in those deals is to have one that is ultra popular or own multiple restaurants. Fast casual places pay more because they turn more, employees serve more customers, tips are generally low if any at all, etc. When we eat at a nice restaurant, we typically overtip and we generally also tip at fast casual places that allow it. For those that say increase their pay, don’t complain when the cost of the meal increases proportionately.
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    They are not independent contractors. Tip income is reported through a W-2 and part of your unemployment earnings just like your base pay. If you work for a place that isn’t handling it correctly, you could pick it up like 1099 income I suppose but most are handling it more correctly than not at this point. They have to guarantee a minimum wage, so they have to at a minimum be reporting some tip income.
  16. Brew
    It’s not slorched and it’s not CR, it is a piece of the problem in some cases. People are hard to come by for a multitude of reasons some of which relate to what they are currently getting from the government between unemployment benefits and stimulus payments. Increased hiring demands in other industries are also part of it which is why you see SC/WY cutting off federal unemployment with sub 5% unemployment and labor shortages in their states. Spend any time with someone that owns a restaurant and they will tell you the same thing. Between food price increases, availability of product, and availability of people a lot are having to run limited hours right now. I have several that only open 3-4 days a week now because they can’t staff the rest of the week. Demand is up enough they are doing fine on that schedule, so I’m not sure how many will go back to the old schedule.
  17. Brew
    For the most part it is clearly the best city in the state to go to college in, not the best “college town”. From a college town perspective, they don’t really exist any more. There are still some “college towns” around my area that are built around the schools with Oxford, Starkville, maybe Athens, etc but most major universities have ended up inside larger metropolitan areas as the cities have grown around them. Even with Oxford and Starkville, outside of the main street areas there isn’t much to do there and you’re leaving town if you want to get into anything. I would rather go to a school in a City with something else going on at this point.
  18. Brew
    3 weeks to go until I finally get down to the beach and get some fishing in. I didn’t get to do any spring fishing this year. Sucks to miss the best part of the year, but shit like work occasionally gets in the way.
  19. Brew
    Because this morning I was trying to decide where to dump my Mindmed profits and picked UUUU and RXMD instead of ALPP this time.
  20. Brew
    You have the right plan for a Gatlinburg / Pigeon Forge trip. Day or two of hiking and seeing Cades Cove and a day or two of doing stuff that kids have fun with.
  21. Brew
    Before we bought a house at the beach, we traveled this side of the country a lot. You go NE or West Coast and I’m not good for much, but anything south of the Mason Dixon line I’ve traveled extensively. I also have a lot with meetings for work and kid’s cheer, so we usually tack on a couple extra days wherever those may be which has added quite a bit. With kids, there is nothing wrong with a day or two in Gatlinburg / PF. I’m not going for a week, but we’ll take them for a weekend. There is plenty of hiking in the area, plenty of stuff that kids like to do, etc, it just is what it is. If the wife and I are going, it’s Asheville. If the kids are going, it’s PF.
  22. Brew
    Savannah - we stayed along the port and it was interesting sitting there watching the boats come in and out. We ate at Mrs Wilkes and the Crab Shack on the way out to Tybee, both were good. Past that we walked the downtown area and the waterfront. Gatlinburg - it’s a tourist trap although you can stay in a cabin outside of town that will be nice enough. Main things to do would be hike the big trails, go to the aquarium, go to Dollywood or any number of kid places, etc. it’s fine for what it is, my kids enjoy going every now and then. You can stay at the convention center if you want the kids to have an indoor water park to keep them busy.
  23. Brew
    The older Supra’s were one of the only manufacturers that actually followed the curve of the windshield lines with the tower supports. They kept everything tight together where Nautique (except on the 226) and Mastercraft used the more squared off base. Malibu was into the single supports by the mid 2000’s which started the trend of towers I’m not a fan of. I don’t think Nautique or Mastercraft did a playpen bow that far back either. Supra/Moomba used the rounded off passenger seat in the mid to late 2000’s also where most everyone else used the squared off seating. Lot of subtle differences between boat lines.
  24. Brew
    The best boats for my money came from that era. Electronics had not taken over everything yet, the lines are super clean, the tower/windshield flowed in a clean arc, interiors were simple and clean, etc. I punch myself in the nuts every morning for selling my X-1 last year before the pricing madness took off. I was planning to buy an X-2 or VLX and everything just went stupid before I could get one bought.
  25. Brew
    What kind of shape is the interior in? Any major issues?

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