Mark Bonnalie
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Podcast Appearances
Like it wasn't going to be an office. It was no longer going to be a cubicle or a computer. I don't want to take away the fact that I got to shoot a lot and get paid for it. I got to travel all over the globe representing the company and doing all sorts of cool things. But the core responsibilities at the job were getting funneled more and more into a computer, telephone, and a cubicle space.
Like it wasn't going to be an office. It was no longer going to be a cubicle or a computer. I don't want to take away the fact that I got to shoot a lot and get paid for it. I got to travel all over the globe representing the company and doing all sorts of cool things. But the core responsibilities at the job were getting funneled more and more into a computer, telephone, and a cubicle space.
The Airstream thing, though, it went from... me having an idea what this business was going to turn out to be to me, I wound up just having a knack for finding them out in, like I said, out, out in the country on these back roads drives. And is that how you would find them as well? Yeah, absolutely.
The Airstream thing, though, it went from... me having an idea what this business was going to turn out to be to me, I wound up just having a knack for finding them out in, like I said, out, out in the country on these back roads drives. And is that how you would find them as well? Yeah, absolutely.
The Airstream thing, though, it went from... me having an idea what this business was going to turn out to be to me, I wound up just having a knack for finding them out in, like I said, out, out in the country on these back roads drives. And is that how you would find them as well? Yeah, absolutely.
Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. It was, it was, I give people the visual of like, uh, American Pickers.
Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. It was, it was, I give people the visual of like, uh, American Pickers.
Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. It was, it was, I give people the visual of like, uh, American Pickers.
Well, cause obviously finding him as the first part, leaving with it attached to your truck is the second part. Absolutely. So the pitch was always, and at the time it really wasn't a pitch. I just was bonkers passionate about these things and the, the history and the, and the separation of what this is versus a 1967 versus, you know, a 1962. Um,
Well, cause obviously finding him as the first part, leaving with it attached to your truck is the second part. Absolutely. So the pitch was always, and at the time it really wasn't a pitch. I just was bonkers passionate about these things and the, the history and the, and the separation of what this is versus a 1967 versus, you know, a 1962. Um,
Well, cause obviously finding him as the first part, leaving with it attached to your truck is the second part. Absolutely. So the pitch was always, and at the time it really wasn't a pitch. I just was bonkers passionate about these things and the, the history and the, and the separation of what this is versus a 1967 versus, you know, a 1962. Um,
I was always, whether I felt like they were going to want to part ways with it or not, I was telling them stories about how this was towed behind an old international pickup across Africa. Not that particular trailer, but this model. Trailer, similar to that, yeah. So it was always kind of a correlation between...
I was always, whether I felt like they were going to want to part ways with it or not, I was telling them stories about how this was towed behind an old international pickup across Africa. Not that particular trailer, but this model. Trailer, similar to that, yeah. So it was always kind of a correlation between...
I was always, whether I felt like they were going to want to part ways with it or not, I was telling them stories about how this was towed behind an old international pickup across Africa. Not that particular trailer, but this model. Trailer, similar to that, yeah. So it was always kind of a correlation between...
the history and nostalgia of what it is that this thing is and that I'm just trying to make a small American dream come true in order to pursue creativity and pursue my version of the American dream at that time. thought it was going to be a restoration company.
the history and nostalgia of what it is that this thing is and that I'm just trying to make a small American dream come true in order to pursue creativity and pursue my version of the American dream at that time. thought it was going to be a restoration company.
the history and nostalgia of what it is that this thing is and that I'm just trying to make a small American dream come true in order to pursue creativity and pursue my version of the American dream at that time. thought it was going to be a restoration company.
What it turned out to be was a rescue and rehoming company where I literally just pulled it out of the field, you know, on flat tires, um, didn't restore the trailer, but I would get it up, up and running, um, enough for safe. Well, just for safe travel and just through, um, you know, connections and, and being, um, passionate about these things, I found,
What it turned out to be was a rescue and rehoming company where I literally just pulled it out of the field, you know, on flat tires, um, didn't restore the trailer, but I would get it up, up and running, um, enough for safe. Well, just for safe travel and just through, um, you know, connections and, and being, um, passionate about these things, I found,
What it turned out to be was a rescue and rehoming company where I literally just pulled it out of the field, you know, on flat tires, um, didn't restore the trailer, but I would get it up, up and running, um, enough for safe. Well, just for safe travel and just through, um, you know, connections and, and being, um, passionate about these things, I found,