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Speaking of Mr. Card

Big Muddy rancher said:
Soap did you ever get that water Wagon bought for $20 from that old Skin flint? :???: :cowboy:
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No, John Fairhead and I didn't get that accomplished. I am laughing at Mr. Card for being so close to Snake Falls, but not willing to spend the 50 cents required to actually walk down to the Falls. He was standing on principle, and missed out.

With the water wagon deal, when the old bugger reneged, John and I didn't buy the wagon because we were also "standing on principle." We also missed out. Sometimes this "standing on principle" turns out to not be in a person's best interest, but it seems the right thing to do at the time. It's the cowboy way. :cboy:
 
The principle thing.

One time, quite a while ago while I was still young and idealistic, I contacted a lawyer about a "breach of principle" that occurred to my hurt.

I don't remember what it was anymore.

But what I do remember is that after explaining it to the lawyer, he pointed out a few things that indicated that while I was right, it would be a significant battle to find remedy for it.

To which I commented "But it's the principle of the thing!"

To which he replied, "Yes, but principle can be damned expensive..."
 
The reason John and I were going to buy the wagon together was because we both wanted it. Probably not buying it saved a ruckus later over fighting for full ownership. John and I are only three months apart in age. Our great friendship has stood the test of time, but maybe a fight over a $20 water wagon fifty years ago might have severely tested this friendship. Sometimes things have a way of working out for the best. :-)
 
burnt said:
The principle thing.

One time, quite a while ago while I was still young and idealistic, I contacted a lawyer about a "breach of principle" that occurred to my hurt.

I don't remember what it was anymore.

But what I do remember is that after explaining it to the lawyer, he pointed out a few things that indicated that while I was right, it would be a significant battle to find remedy for it.

To which I commented "But it's the principle of the thing!"

To which he replied, "Yes, but principle can be damned expensive..."
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When I owned the Ameritec cellular dealership for east central Indiana I had a store manager who was stealing customer credit information and when I got proof of his actions I fired him - - - but he sewed me claiming that he owned the dealership. He then offered to drop the suit for $5,000.00.

My lawyer advised me to pay him to go away. I stood on principle and fought him for 3 years in court then he died. I was out over $38,000.00 in legal fees and many days of my time but I stood on principle!!!!
 
8-9 years ago, on an extremely windy winter day, some dopers living 1.5 miles west of us burnt trash. Of course, it got away from them. There was 160 acres of CRP waiting. From there, it jumped the road and came east towards us. It burnt my entire winter hay supply and set our silage pile on fire. Fire trucks watered the roof of the house and told me to remove whatever I wanted to keep. :help: When it was all over, I wanted to go after those morons who started the fire. I was advised they would extract revenge many times over and I would be wise to walk away. That was really hard to do but I did. I haven't forgiven nor forgotten. Fortunately, they trashed the house and it was torn down which eliminated their kind close by.
 

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