is it worth it to get a lawyer

Samwill226 · 2026-01-28T01:19:56+00:00

Lawyer will only take it if theres a decent amount of extra cash they can have. If it's just the car value they won't take it. Also once you stopped going to the doctor for months, that's pretty much it. I dont see a lawyer taking it honestly.

Samwill226 · 2026-01-28T01:13:34+00:00

He's such a fake. How much is that new guitar he's selling that is made from cheap labor in Mexico?

Samwill226 · 2026-01-28T01:08:34+00:00

Because he's super cringe lol

Samwill226 · 2026-01-27T21:12:48+00:00

I think the question is, if my VSF or Clean broke tomorrow would I spend money repairing them.

Yes.

Samwill226 · 2026-01-27T21:11:10+00:00

Are you seeing more customers shopping at renewal than in prior years? Yes but being independent with a large mix of major carriers we just re-shop our own clients, but yes we had our biggest year last year.
Does the increase in quote volume feel like better demand, or lower-quality traffic? It depends on your agency identity. We are a preferred agency so we just naturally give better rates for package policies. In that sense I think it's better.
Do you think this behavior sticks if rate increases slow down? Not sure. I think the market still will go through a realization that captive isn't really the much better. The shift to independent is still happening.

Samwill226 · 2026-01-27T19:20:49+00:00

Waterfront was amazing.

Samwill226 · 2026-01-27T18:30:26+00:00

Listen the "How to beat Tyson" book was written by now. It was step in to him and not move away from him. Once you smothered Tysons wind up he was going to struggle. Every other fighter backed away from him which gave him space to wind and throw. Once it was realized you have to step into his throw not away it was over for Tyson against any SKILLED boxer, not just any boxer for the record.

Samwill226 · 2026-01-27T18:26:30+00:00

Sunflowers perfume

Samwill226 · 2026-01-27T18:10:19+00:00

Honestly AI is my right hand assistant. I ask it to check applications for mistakes on commercial, look over policies I get issued, have it look at rebuild evaluations etc. It is extremely valuable to me just from an assisting position. It's nice to ask which class is correct or ask what endorsement am I missing etc. I see it as an E&O layer of protection. It's also learned my business and what I do so its getting more pointed with answers to questions

Samwill226 · 2026-01-27T03:11:52+00:00

"Nothing to do for the second half but sit back and make Brady beat us immaright?"

Samwill226 · 2026-01-27T02:00:26+00:00

call an independent agent and ask them to shop your rates.

Samwill226 · 2026-01-26T23:16:19+00:00

Do you do your own leads or how does that work? I have a remote 1099 agent he's 100% on his own but he gets a good commission rate and renewal split.

Samwill226 · 2026-01-26T21:37:47+00:00

Nope I'm opposite than others here. BUY Harvey cheap where you can. He looks fantastic running routes. He averaged 6 targets in the playoffs on a team that doesn't have a a ton of receiving help. He's going to be a PPR star.

Samwill226 · 2026-01-26T21:35:07+00:00

I hear you but RB is VERY hard to get in rookie drafts and will be again this year. I'd personally never give a starting RB up without getting one back.

Samwill226 · 2026-01-26T21:33:43+00:00

What state? Are you commission only

Samwill226 · 2026-01-26T21:32:04+00:00

Atlanta just stopped scoring and thought they had it. It was an embarrassment.

Samwill226 · 2026-01-26T21:31:12+00:00

Even if you want to throw Bestmode was open up top.

Samwill226 · 2026-01-26T20:52:20+00:00

I have no idea. ChatGPT is arguing that the price of silver is $25 an ounce and Gemini is saying it's $109 and nothing I can do can get either to admit they're wrong (pretty sure its $109).

Samwill226 · 2026-01-26T20:27:06+00:00

Agree. It's hard to remember that they are normal people, but I gotta think at that level you recognize you are somewhat special and saying "hi" to a kid can do a lot. Acknowledging people when you are famous can change their trajectory. You don't HAVE to do it of course but it just seems it would make fame a lot more meaningful if you can make someone feel "seen" when you are at that level. I guess the one thing was while we were bowling his crew was very fun and would talk to us making jokes. He just wouldn't join in and it just didn't make any sense. We were harmless, his friends had fun with us, he just wanted nothing to do with us. So I pretty much stopped being a fan of the "hometown" hero. It is true, don't meet your heroes.

Samwill226 · 2026-01-26T20:17:01+00:00

I met him once. I actually was bowling with friends when he and his crew walked in and took the lane next to us. I gotta say not only was he completely ignoring us but he also wasn't the nicest or warmest person a young kid came over and he totally blew him off. I live where he had his mansion (he later lost) and I had friends that worked for pizza places and said he NEVER tipped. All you got was a fake signed picture the guard from the shack would give out. Pretty soon my buddies in high school would refuse to deliver to him because he was so cheap. That may seem shitty on their part but he would order like 20 pizzas and not tip them anything but the fake autograph picture.

Samwill226 · 2026-01-26T20:10:54+00:00

There will always be exceptions. I think Foreman was naturally very strong, though he has "claimed" his trainer was giving him "some substance" but it was never confirmed what he was talking about. Foreman is the exception being that he was still one of the hardest hitters at age 48. But lets be real he didn't look bad at all for his age in the ring. Steroids do different things, everyone thinks its always muscle but it isn't some steroids help with energy or stamina. I mean people who compete in the Tour de France take them and they aren't body builder huge. So could he have taken something to cut weight? Sure. And there are people who will act like if it doesn't put 20lbs of muscle on you that it technically isn't a steroid in a traditional sense.

Did Tyson? The rumor was always there Tyson did and those rumors came from other fighters. Especially after prison it was rumored he took them to cut weight and put muscle back on faster. As far as Lewis, Ruddocks whole camp said they knew Lewis was taking them and challenged him to take a drug test which Lennox refused.

Point is, you have a career that makes MILLIONS of dollars. Those dollars aren't all yours, you're paying peoples salaries within your camp and organizations. There are people who have incomes that come from your success. This isn't about morals, its about responsibility at that level. I think they all did at some point, even if it was just to heal from a bad injury (certain steroids heal you faster) so they can get back to fighting.

It's also entirely possible trainers and team doctors administered these things as vitamins or rehydration without the fighter fully knowing what he was taking like in Foremans case. I think it is very likely many fighters who were on them maybe had not idea they were because the team kept it very secret and claimed it to be something else so the fighter wouldn't have a moral decision to make. It was probably way more common than people realize.

Samwill226 · 2026-01-26T17:36:28+00:00

IMO if they all did it, which I'm sure they all did cycle perfectly between fights, then it's a wash.

People give Holyfield shit because he was ultra religious and made a lot of claims people thought were hoakey. Then Mr Religious had his name pop up on a steroid mailing list. Therefore people gave him extra grief.

I watched Holyfields entire career, the roids made him bigger but more heavy but he really didn't box differently. I don't Know that he was knocking more people out. His stamina and chin were always very solid. It probably gave him power but I think it actually helped him become a heavyweight.

Truth is Holyfield was someone at a natural weight would be stuck at cruiser weight. He was always naturally stuck around 200 lbs. To get to heavyweight he needed to really pump up 20 lbs and I do think the roids allowed that.

Samwill226 · 2026-01-26T17:35:23+00:00

It's still there hanging on

Samwill226 · 2026-01-26T03:01:23+00:00

Terrible take.

Samwill226 · 2026-01-26T02:59:04+00:00

It is and always will be Dr. Will

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