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Seems my brother-in-law was in need of a vehicle. Now I had tried in the past to help him out by selling him my hail damaged Mustang for what I bought it back from the insurance company for but if you remember he was in need of a true hooptie and I guess car payments are the thing to have when you are young with kids and can’t keep a job. Well he went through a few vehicles before he ended up at the point where my assistance was requested. Each was last seen on the back of a rollback with the words “Recovery Service” on the side. Apparently if you do not pay the note they take your stuff. Who woulda thought?
Now it seems that it isn’t completely his fault. See, he has several kids with a gal who took him to court in search of child support. That seemed to dip into his unemployment a bit and made paying the truck payment a bit tough. I understand though, it is hard to pay for silly things like rent, truck payments, your kids and food when the important things like tattoo’s, getting drunk and going out to eat at Applebee’s seems to take all the money my tax dollars are giving you.
So as it was explained to me by the mother-in-law her son needs a vehicle to find a job so he can pay his bills. I agreed and the mother-in-law had a big grin. Then I said “I wish him luck on that”. The grin disappeared. “Well how can he pay for one, no one will loan him the money” she said. “You are right, guess he’s shit out of luck” I told her. Well the subtle hints began and lasted about a week. All of a sudden a miracle happened. A friend of a friend knows a guy with a car that he will sell him with $1,000 down. I looked at both of them and said “OMG what a deal. Jump on that right away before he changes his mind”. The B-I-L said “uh yea like I need the $1,000 first”. I said “maybe you can find a friend of a friend who knows a guy that will lend it to you”. Somehow I was the ass for making that statement. I’m not sure how but it seems I was insensitive. I beg to differ. This is me being insensitive. “FK OFF AND DIE YOU LEACH ON SOCIETY”. See the difference? Anyway the wife said “He is willing to put our names on the title as lean holder”. “Lien holder to what?” “Some POS that isn’t worth the $1,000 that he, I mean I put down?” “No thank you, I d rather invest in starting up a country and western night at the Apollo”. “Well he can’t get a job without a car and no one helps him.” She said. “No one helps him?” “That’s all people do.” “Maybe that is why he lives off handouts now.” “Hell, I have a guy at work that rides his bike every day whether rain or shine.” “I’ll go to Wal Mart right now and get him a 10 speed.” I blurted out. Again, I’m being sarcastic and unreasonable it seems.
It was at this moment that my sister-in-law and her hubby stepped up to the plate. They have a ’98 Durango that the dealer was offering $1,800 as a trade. They would sell it to my B-I-L and payments would be handled by him working off the debt. Now there is an answer to a prayer if I have ever heard one. For once I was off the hook.
But by now you all know better than that…………………………
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