Dewayne Noel
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No. So during that time, there were years where my income tax return, like for the year, I made $16,000 to $18,000 for the year. Uh, I worked hard, worked two jobs. We were very frugal. I had a guy asked me one time I was working. Um, actually I was working, we were living in temple, Texas and I was working. It used to be Watson electric was an industrial electrical supply.
No. So during that time, there were years where my income tax return, like for the year, I made $16,000 to $18,000 for the year. Uh, I worked hard, worked two jobs. We were very frugal. I had a guy asked me one time I was working. Um, actually I was working, we were living in temple, Texas and I was working. It used to be Watson electric was an industrial electrical supply.
No. So during that time, there were years where my income tax return, like for the year, I made $16,000 to $18,000 for the year. Uh, I worked hard, worked two jobs. We were very frugal. I had a guy asked me one time I was working. Um, actually I was working, we were living in temple, Texas and I was working. It used to be Watson electric was an industrial electrical supply.
And I was working at the counter when the contractors come in. He says, Dwayne, do you, do you get assistance on the side? I'm like, what do you mean? He said, you know, food stamps, welfare or something. I had four kids at the time. I said, no, man, I don't, I don't get anything. He's like, does your wife work? I said, no, my wife is a mother of four kids at home. He said, then how do you do it?
And I was working at the counter when the contractors come in. He says, Dwayne, do you, do you get assistance on the side? I'm like, what do you mean? He said, you know, food stamps, welfare or something. I had four kids at the time. I said, no, man, I don't, I don't get anything. He's like, does your wife work? I said, no, my wife is a mother of four kids at home. He said, then how do you do it?
And I was working at the counter when the contractors come in. He says, Dwayne, do you, do you get assistance on the side? I'm like, what do you mean? He said, you know, food stamps, welfare or something. I had four kids at the time. I said, no, man, I don't, I don't get anything. He's like, does your wife work? I said, no, my wife is a mother of four kids at home. He said, then how do you do it?
He said, I know basically what you're making here. How do you do it? I said, well, it's a very, very difficult, very complex, very mathematical equation. I said, you sure you want to hear it? He said, I want to hear it. I said, you sure? He said, man, I'm sure. How do you do it? I said, we say no. We just say, no, no, we're not going out to eat. No, we don't need satellite TV.
He said, I know basically what you're making here. How do you do it? I said, well, it's a very, very difficult, very complex, very mathematical equation. I said, you sure you want to hear it? He said, I want to hear it. I said, you sure? He said, man, I'm sure. How do you do it? I said, we say no. We just say, no, no, we're not going out to eat. No, we don't need satellite TV.
He said, I know basically what you're making here. How do you do it? I said, well, it's a very, very difficult, very complex, very mathematical equation. I said, you sure you want to hear it? He said, I want to hear it. I said, you sure? He said, man, I'm sure. How do you do it? I said, we say no. We just say, no, no, we're not going out to eat. No, we don't need satellite TV.
No, you don't need a hundred dollar pair of basketball shoes. No, we don't have to have TV dinners. No, my wife can cook. You just say no. No, I bought a 1976 Dodge Dart paid cash for, you know, for $700. I don't need a car payment. I just need a vehicle that'll get me from point A to point B. I said, just say no. Live within your means. It's amazing. I mean, we rented a mobile home.
No, you don't need a hundred dollar pair of basketball shoes. No, we don't have to have TV dinners. No, my wife can cook. You just say no. No, I bought a 1976 Dodge Dart paid cash for, you know, for $700. I don't need a car payment. I just need a vehicle that'll get me from point A to point B. I said, just say no. Live within your means. It's amazing. I mean, we rented a mobile home.
No, you don't need a hundred dollar pair of basketball shoes. No, we don't have to have TV dinners. No, my wife can cook. You just say no. No, I bought a 1976 Dodge Dart paid cash for, you know, for $700. I don't need a car payment. I just need a vehicle that'll get me from point A to point B. I said, just say no. Live within your means. It's amazing. I mean, we rented a mobile home.
We were in a mobile home, you know, $300 a month, whatever it was.
We were in a mobile home, you know, $300 a month, whatever it was.
We were in a mobile home, you know, $300 a month, whatever it was.
Myself, my wife, and we had the three children. We had the three children at the time.
Myself, my wife, and we had the three children. We had the three children at the time.
Myself, my wife, and we had the three children. We had the three children at the time.
Yeah.
Yeah.