bluewaterrider
Senior Member
Oh, I see. You guys were trying to tease him.
Well, Riv's usually been cool with me, and I rather like him, so I'm not going to join in that. Especially not with the amount of censorship going on at other places right now. KMC is not necessarily like that, but the overall national trend is rather alarming.
If you're right, though, I'm sorry about his food truck.
As you seem to realize yourself, owning your own business can be quite rewarding.
Actually, if Riv's reading this, I'd encourage him to do some searching online for government grants, or even visit his local library. I'd have even counseled visiting Matthew Lesko's YouTube channel here, if I could be certain Lesko's was currently updating or podcasting, etcetera:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PNAHI64wiag
A small business or even would-be small business owner who is black, Native American (can't remember, I THINK I once saw Riv call himself part Cherokee at one point) AND and armed services veteran? If I even knew what state Riv lived in, I could probably find Riv a grant in excess of $10,000 in 30 minutes flat.
Call around, Riv. Depending on where you live, a food truck can be a business that will provide for you and your family well past retirement, and even potentially give a young person, or perhaps even young people (or, actually, any age of person now that I think about it), a start/re-start in life.
If the problem was the heat, research for enough grant money to get your truck refurbished. I'd even consider calling up the local ice cream truck vendors/workers/owners/whoever and find out how they keep their vehicles cool enough to comfortably work in.
Truth to tell, Broly, I'm even wondering now if anyone has tried a truck that serves smoothies and/or can simply rotate its food service selection to complement the season: ice cream or smoothies in the summer, hot dogs, hamburgers, whatever during the cooler months. Dry ice or what have you would help with cooling the vehicle's employee compartments in the heat, the flame used to cook the food would keep employees warm when it's cold.
At any rate, I hope Riv gives it some thought and research. From what I'VE seen him share, which I might be missing something he shared that was really important, it sounds like he has a treasure that just needs people to put some work, time, thought, and perhaps a little government grant money investment to re-start and sustain itself.