Ill tell you a story thats very interesting for me. When I was young there was a man named William Levitt. You have some here. You have some in different states. Anybody ever hear of Levittown?
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And he was a very successful man, became unbelievable he was a home builder, became an unbelievable success, and got more and more successful. And hed build homes, and at night hed go to these major sites with teams of people, and hed scour the sites for nails, and sawdust and small pieces of wood, and they cleaned the site, so when the workers came in the next morning, the sites would be spotless and clean, and he did it properly. And he did this for 20 years, and then he was offered a lot of money for his company, and he sold his company, for a tremendous amount of money, at the time especially. This is a long time ago. Sold his company for a tremendous amount of money.
And he went out and bought a big yacht, and he had a very interesting life. I wont go any more than that, because youre Boy Scouts so Im not going to tell you what he did.
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Should I tell you? Should I tell you?
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Youre Boy Scouts, but you know life. You know life.
So look at you. Who would think this is the Boy Scouts, right? So he had a very, very interesting life, and the company that bought his company was a big conglomerate, and they didnt know anything about building homes, and they didnt know anything about picking up the nails and the sawdust and selling it, and the scraps of wood. This was a big conglomerate based in New York City.
And after about a 10-year period, there were losing a lot with it. It didnt mean anything to them. And they couldnt sell it. So they called William Levitt up, and they said, would you like to buy back your company, and he said, yes, I would. He so badly wanted it. He got bored with this life of yachts, and sailing, and all of the things he did in the south of France and other places. You wont get bored, right? You know, truthfully, youre workers. Youll get bored too, believe me. Of course having a few good years like that isnt so bad.
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