Friday, November 22, 2024

Not a bad return on his investment...


 

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  1. And just where does a high school senior get accessto $125,000?

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    1. Some savings from high school jobs (in 1974 that was possible), a small local bank willing to take a risk on a proven hard worker, and maybe some family investment. In 1974 I was a few years older, still in college, and had zero debt and around 12 grand to my name. I think I'd have been able to get a loan for the rest.

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  2. The takeaway is expect Jersey Mike's to go to shit

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    1. Yep, ya beat me to it. They're pretty good. Too bad. This time it'll be different, though. /s

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  3. The private equity firm is Blackrock, as it continues to engulf, devour, and destroy everything good in the country...
    Why couldn't they have settled for Subway?

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  4. Two times I got Jersey Mike's subs. Both times the subs were small (nothing like the generously-sized subs I used to get in New Jersey at Mom & Pop sub shops), the contents were skimpy, and the subs were way overpriced. Never again.

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  5. White kid works hard, takes big risk, busts his ass for 50 years: dumb luck and white privilege.

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    1. Sometimes the harder you work the luckier you are...

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