56 year old Detroit man walks about 21 miles per day to get to work...

[htg designs]

He'll blow that money within 6 months


knew a lady that had a job not making much and she didn't own a car. She won a million dollars, quit her job, and was back at that job within 10 months. 


She at least could've bought some teeth for her mouth because I know her gums hard as hell 

The hell?

what if her man like the hard gums feel....

 

[RIP sleazyy]

Hard gums make a soft ***.

 

[al audi]

damn....that mindset is strong as

 

[htg designs]

dont know if vids been posted

 

[sooperhooper]

Son about to pull up to work in an aston martin.

 

[omariwestafari]

He'll blow that money within 6 months


knew a lady that had a job not making much and she didn't own a car. She won a million dollars, quit her job, and was back at that job within 10 months. 


She at least could've bought some teeth for her mouth because I know her gums hard as hell 

The hell?

my dude got da sloppy top in da breakroom he knows

 

[DB Cooper]

If he can live off only making like $10/hr in this day in age, just take the $ and retire.

 

[Bert.]

 

So he makes $10.55/hour in 2015.  Minimum wage is now $8.15/hour in Michigan.


His car quit running in 2005.  Minimum wage in Michigan was $5.15/hour at that time.


So I guess we can probably throw the "never got a raise" thing out the window, right?  

I mean maybe im missing something. what about his bills? cost of a used car, gas?


hes barely making anything. Im not sure of his living sitiatuon but its gotta be tough regardless. Even buying a old used car, what are you gonna do when its got issues that cost money?


I mean this story is hard to believe but meh

You didn't read any of the articles right?

140k will go a loooooong way for dude if it is managed by someone else, like what is alleged to happen.  The guy is in his 50's.  Get a reliable car and that 140k could easily pay for a car outright, pay insurance until he dies and still leave a grip for maintenance and whatever else came up.  

I can tell a lot of you dudes have never truly lived on your own and have paid for EVERYTHING.  Got dudes still on their parent's cell phone plans and insurance and ****.    

I was referring prior to his gofund crap

 

[$tacy]

I need some snow tires for this Michigan winter.... Anybody wanna fund me?

 

[nazdrowie]

21 miles is 33.7962 kilometers

 

[dman14]

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motor...commute-get-a-surprise-new-car-201755338.html



See the Detroiter with 21-mile walking commute get a surprise new car
Justin Hyde
By Justin Hyde 2 hours ago Motoramic

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James Robertson has been walking 21 miles to commute to work outside Detroit for nearly a decade — until today.

After his story became public last Sunday in the Detroit Free Press, an outpouring of support and donations culminated with Robertson taking the keys to a new Ford Taurus — one that he wasn't expecting to get when he walked into the Suburban Ford dealership in Sterling Heights, Mich., today.

"I don't like it," he told the dealer. "I love it."

Robertson's plight — and his committment to his job despite the hurdles he faced in getting to work — sparked a donation campaign that's raised $300,000 so far. More importantly, it's highlighted the troubles of workers like Robertson have in getting from the Detroit they love to the jobs they need. Already, the city of Detroit has promised to boost a program it has for giving public transit to people like Robertson; it had sat on more than $1 million in federal grants for years without using them until last year.

Several Detroit-area dealers offered Robertson the free use of a vehicle, but he specified a Ford Taurus, telling the Free Press: "It's simple on the outside and strong on the inside – like me."

Upon getting the car and the key, a dealership employee hopped in the passenger seat to help him get re-acclimated to driving (starting with a button now, and such.) Then Robertson left — because despite all the attention, he still had to get to his 2 p.m. factory shift on time, and nothing stops James Robertson.

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[$tacy]

I hate to say it son will be robbed before the year is up. He said he not moving, too many people know how much money he has now. Or that car will disappear.

 

[superb]

I hate to say it son will be robbed before the year is up. He said he not moving, too many people know how much money he has now. Or that car will disappear.

O yea he gonna get robbed you are correctly right, In detroit there isnt nothingbut haters who dont want to see you do well. They will steal that car and or rob him. its almost a given.. Somebody will or he will get shaked down

 

OMG Im hating.. Dude got over 300k in his gofund me and a brand new car!  Im morre heated the a sauna

 

[iDon’tRead]

So this thread is now about counting his pockets since some don't agree on how he hasn't found a semi more efficient way of getting to work?.. He prolly sleeps on the bus so that adds to the 2 )ours

 

[iDon’tRead]

National signing day was this week, and, yes, Snoop Dogg’s son Cordell Broadus announced he’s going to play alongside Diddy’s son at UCLA. To talk about the recruits, the recruitment process, and the Super Bowl, all-time great Michael Irvin hit up the Dan Patrick Show for a quick

Is all I got from that article

 

[thenewjs23]

Glad he got the ride. Dude seems like class act. I wish him the best.

 

[iDon’tRead]

I'm going to be that dude and we should turn this into a white people appreciation thread .. Did u all see the article about the white lady in Texas giving the other lady a car

 

[superb]

Saw on the news this morning dude became a target so they had to move him out of his rooming board house into a safer neighborhood

Dude got well over 300k..  and a brand new ford

 

[antidope]

On a side note GoFundMe should really start some sort of student loan/debt rescue program. All these people offer like 5 dollars to a random person every week and you can free them of debt.

If every NT account did it for the members of the site we could save lives.

 

[aquatic barefoot]

On a side note GoFundMe should really start some sort of student loan/debt rescue program. All these people offer like 5 dollars to a random person every week and you can free them of debt.

If every NT account did it for the members of the site we could save lives.

This is actually a good idea.  

Do you think NT can step up and help each other out?

 

[dman14]

On a side note GoFundMe should really start some sort of student loan/debt rescue program. All these people offer like 5 dollars to a random person every week and you can free them of debt.


If every NT account did it for the members of the site we could save lives.

This is actually a good idea.  

Do you think NT can step up and help each other out?

got dudes putting up their gofundme links on their sigs like their twitter handle

 

[blastercombo]

I see that getting taken advantage of very quickly. Besides, people want feel good stories. Regular folks don't get helped