1:22:00
I can see that.
What can I tell you ?
Do you have kids ?
1:22:03
Uh, actually, yes.
Two of them. Good ones.
1:22:07
Great, great.
Why don't you have a seat ?
1:22:10
Peter mentioned to me
that you're an avid
CN BC watcher.
1:22:14
But he didn't say
whether you had any actual
Wall Street experience.
1:22:21
Um, I was a sales associate
at E.F. Hutton.
1:22:24
A broker, really ?
1:22:27
And now you're in
the tire business ?
1:22:29
That's right.
And auto supply.
1:22:31
In the retail end,
I understand.
1:22:33
We get about 60 percent
of our business
from automotive service.
1:22:38
And do you mind me asking
what kind of sales you did
in the last year ?
1:22:41
Just ball park.
We did 1.7 million
in total revenue.
1:22:45
1.7. That's great.
1:22:47
And what do you project
for this year ?
1:22:49
I think we're gonna have
a banner year.
1:22:51
Sales are up
almost 20 percent
in the first quarter,
1:22:54
and we just landed
a major trucking company
account.
1:22:56
You did ? That's great.
So that puts you just a tad
over two million ?
1:22:59
That's right.
And that would make us
number one in our market.
1:23:03
Excuse me. I'm gonna get
a glass of water.
1:23:15
Look, I know our paltry
little $2 million in sales...
1:23:20
is about what you spend a year
on office supplies.
1:23:23
And some regional
trucking company account
is nothing compared...
1:23:26
to a multi-billion-dollar
merger.
No, no, no.
1:23:29
- I'm not trying to knock
the tire business.
- It's okay. I get it.
1:23:32
I'm in your shoes,
I'm thinking the same thing,
but here's the deal.
1:23:35
Business is business.
Wall Street, Main Street.
1:23:38
It's all a bunch of people
getting up in the morning,
1:23:40
trying to figure out
how they're going to send
their kids to college.
1:23:43
It's just people,
and I know people.
1:23:47
- Oh, I'm sure you do.
- Take you, for instance, Alan.
1:23:50
You have
a certain energy about you,
an active kind of energy.
1:23:52
I wouldn't be surprised
if you drank about 16
Diet Cokes a day.
1:23:55
You're an excellent father,
but you feel guilty about the
time you spend away from home.