BaBaBouy

25 minutes ago, SANDFORME said:

Would like to get this boat sold. Would entertain any reasonable offer.  

Where you is?

Good job guys!

Me thinks fireworks.

14 hours ago, Poule43 said:

@BaBaBouy sited on I5 to San Diego Today!!! Hes proud of that new ride!

should have called me BBB ……i woulda let you ride the Chargers

What the, why I otta…

Awesome!

To truly get a perspective on the world and the good / bad of being an American there’s nothing like living / owning property in another country!

16 hours ago, Crusty said:

I learned Divorce is not an option for me.

 

Although if it did happen, take it all IDGAF and I'll be happy broke and simple in Slab City or Bababouys Goat shed with Burt teh goat 🐐. 

 

#truestory #moneydontbuyhappiness

Jes

Look close at your flight time, make sure it’s not 9:50 PM instead of 9:50 AM.

Happy Newday!

I’m stoked for you, and a tad jealous!

Difficult to “one-up” that, he would have had a .357 in his face in these parts…

22 hours ago, BaBaBouy said:

Ready to roll!

Great day in the snow!

1 hour ago, BaBaBouy said:

Spent yesterday doing maintenance on the snowmachines / trailer, headed out today to do some riding. We’ll meet up with a bunch of friends and check out Mesa Falls / Bear Gulch.

 

Ready to roll!

Spent yesterday doing maintenance on the snowmachines / trailer, headed out today to do some riding. We’ll meet up with a bunch of friends and check out Mesa Falls / Bear Gulch.

My name is Bouy and I approve this message.

Me rikey da vote!

I leaned towards profit sharing as additional compensation along with paying for employee healthcare. After a period of time I picked up the cost of employee’s dependent (family coverage as well.)

Employer benefit cost, including profit sharing isn’t subject to the additional cost of your payroll burden (FICA, FUDA, Worker’s Compensation, SS taxes).

I put “key man” insurance on any employee with over 2 years employment ranging from $100k - $1 million. If an employee beefed their spouse receives 1/2 of the employee’s compensation for 3 years up to the insurance coverage amount.

My “open door” policy encouraged employees to come in and pitch ideas to better run the company, if an idea proved to make us more profitable the employee was entitled to 1/2 of the money in either a check or increased profit sharing.

I looked at it as if I was employing the spouse of an employee as well as the employee him or herself. Retention starts with the wife or husband of the employee, momma isn’t going to allow an employee to quit for an extra $5 an hour “claim” from another company trying to lure an employee away if you’ve locked up your guys / girls with the “golden handcuffs.” Golden handcuffs refers to the “Key man” insurance which not only pays the spouse if the employee dies but is signed over (given) to the employee if he / she stays with you for the agreed upon length of employment. An employee that stays with you for 20 years could walk away with $250 - $500k cash value in their signed over life insurance “key man” policy AND the cost of funding the policy is a business expense.

19 hours ago, dunesteve said:

Your right, they are slime and all that matters is getting reelected. The R's should start playing dirty like the D's have been. Student loan vote buying forgiveness ?. The open border,  welcome  future democrats. How about the R's come up with something like that !. Who cares if it's illegal and unconstitutional.

What we’ve seen in California is the war between two special interest groups (Union Labor & Corporations) being won by Unions.

Some applaud this as a win for the “little guy” while others thrash about on the floor screaming “Socialism!” Reality lies somewhere in between. When either side gets everything they want the stage is set for abuse, abuse that in one way or another will be subsidized by taxpayers.

In exchange for monopolies of taxpayer funded work Unions allow friendly politicians to pursue pet projects in social engineering with the cost passed on to a targeted demographic deemed to have “more than they need.”

The process is now more important than the result because “success” is quantified by the folks making the rules and they have a captive group (California taxpayers) that are forced to buy their products. When enough people / businesses refuse to pay (move out of state) the cost must be redistributed to those remaining who more often than not are not as wealthy as the folks that left.

At some point people are forced to fund the benefits they receive, they’re no longer “free” or subsidized by “the rich.” Some people then start to see the futility in giving government a dollar to get back $.22 in benefit.

The only way this system ceases to perpetuate itself is an uprising by the “new rich,” people making $150K or more, small business owners, people that own their homes and are protected from property tax increases via Prop 13 or pensioners that experience benefit cuts from state retirement programs.

In short, when other people’s money runs out, no matter who you are, eventually it’ll become your problem and the “boogeyman” becomes rightfully identified as the government and not “the rich.” This will happen at some point, history tells us it’s inevitable  and is usually accomplished via overthrowing the existing power structure. In this case the coup won’t be an armed struggle, it’ll be people / businesses engaging in passive resistance via opting not to participate (moving out).

Now get off my GD Lawn!
 

9 minutes ago, dunesteve said:

Agreed but now is not the time to worry about fiscal responsibility. R's have to win the election in November first. The border fiasco, and not funding Arms to Ukraine is fubar and the Dems should own it.

Too late.

If and when fiscal responsibility happens it’ll be because retired state government workers are identified as the new “rich” class that needs to be taxed to buff Unicorn horns and donate some of that money “they don’t need.”

7 minutes ago, Cookie said:

I have been getting involve in Local Politics, let me tell you, most of the people are also slim balls.  All they want is their picture taken and be relevant.  None of them really care about what the people want.  Our system is broken.

I am moving to a third world country and putting my head in the sand (and my toes, haha)

98% of the folks running for office are slime balls, the trick is getting your slime ball elected.

On 2/26/2024 at 7:19 PM, dunesteve said:

It's all the political $ and advertising. The conservatives are out numbered by the dnc steam roller which includes most of the cable stations and major media. IE ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC. NYT  LA Times And all of their socialist programming minion publications.

How does one get it through their heads that they are being lied to and used solely for political and control purposes when the above media is so compliced and clueless in the future of this country ?. No border ? No problem. Really ? 😯

And now after 3+ years and 7 million supposed asilium  seekers prez poo poo pants decides it's time to visit the border ?. What a joke.

In all fairness the GOP has earned their demise, their attempt to be a nicer, inclusive and better smelling “Democrat light” party that ignored core concepts like fiscal responsibility and strong border security is well documented. The best California example of this is Arnold’s second term.

You complete me!

The only way you can do anything that makes any difference is by taking over local school boards, city councils, county seats and water districts. The war is lost, shoring up your local area against the onslaught of state governance is the last resort in the eventual downfall.

Relax, you could be getting cross checked for making shirts for your buddies, Viva Slapahoe!

Like a boat, the best kids are somebody else’s, you can be there for the good times then pull the ripcord and hide out when things go South.

Mrs. Bouy and I are in regular contact with multiple kids we helped raise, I’d say doing more listening instead of advice giving has been a big part of staying in touch as they get older.

I’ve met some great parents through this website, Cookie & Crusty to name a couple, it’s been a pleasure to be part of the village the kids are raised in.

I was pretty much done with the dunes a few years ago, did 95% hard pack only hitting the dunes when friends came up. 
Picking up a PRO-R has rekindled the fire a taste. Being 12 miles from the dunes (Saint Anthony) does make a huge difference though, not sure how much I’d go to Glamis if I was still in So-Cal with a 4 hour drive.

Jes