Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Anyone want a Lusso?

[Tom Reynolds (kjtar]

So, you can BE interested, or even interesting, but never PAY interest.  So,
does that mean pay cash for everything?  I only got a B.S. in Economics and
Business Administration.  Inquiring minds want to know.
Tom
Tulsa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jenkins" <steve [at] stevejenkins.com>
To: "Tom Reynolds" <kjtar [at] cox.net>
Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso?


> Scottie gets it right (although mad props to Ken for finding the photo).
>
> Dr. Call was:
>
> - the first professor I met on the first day of grad school
> - the protagonist of my favorite grad-school story
> - the man who delivered the most memorable lesson of my scholastic career
>
> It's 8:00am on an August 1994 morning in Provo, Utah. It's the first day
of
> class for BYU's MBA Class of 1996 Candidates. All 112 of us in Section A
are
> dressed to impress in "business smart" attire. We're sitting in desks that
> are arranged on three levels in a semi-circle configuration, facing the
> front of the class. Our pre-printed name tents are propped up in front of
> us, and we are silently staring around the room sizing up the competition,
> like that scene in Top Gun where Viper reveals the trophy ("I'm just
> wondering ... who's the best?").
>
> In walks Dr. Ivan T. Call (I always wondered if the T stood for
"Tiberius,"
> but regret never finding the right moment to ask). Dr. Call marches down
to
> the front of the room in a very authoritative style, and slams down a 30
> inch-high stack of MBA 509 Managerial Finance texts on the desk. He has a
> very "no-nonsense" vibe about him, and I would have given you 10 to 1 odds
> that this man had zero sense of humor. He barks in an professionally gruff
> and authoritative voice:
>
> "Somebody give me the definition of interest."
>
> 112 hands shoot into the air, eager to show off - not just for Dr. Call,
but
> mostly to the other 111 sitting in the seats.
>
> Dr. Call starts pointing and calling out names printed on the name tents
> that have hands raised behind them.
>
> "Interest is the sum paid or charged for the use of money or for borrowing
> money."
>
> Dr. Call yells "No" and points at somebody else.
>
> "The percentage of money borrowed to be paid over a given period."
>
> Dr. Call again yells "No" and chooses another victim.
>
> This cycle repeats itself a good 10-12 more times, each with the same
> result, with some students getting shot down at least 2 separate times.
With
> no more hands remaining in the air, and the required answer still unknown,
> Dr. Call looks around the room and declares:
>
> "The definition of interest is..."
>
> He pauses here, as if to not-so-subtly communicate that what he's about to
> say is important enough that we should be ready to write it down. 107 pens
> (and 5 laptops) are poised to record what comes next. He repeats:
>
> "The definition of interest is..."
>
> and then his voice changes to the quietly confident and kindly one that
the
> candidates of Section A would listen to for the remainder of the year. No
> pens or laptops would be required to remember as Dr. Call continues:
>
> "Thems that understands it, gets it. Thems that don't, pays it."
>
> The room erupts into laughter and relief, but the lesson is not lost.
>
> Even as Dr. Call led us through volumes of financial analysis of a number
of
> companies throughout the following months, that lesson of Day 1 is still
the
> one that sticks with me, and remains as the single most important business
> principle I have tried to incorporate into my life and career.
>
> SJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferrarisimo [at] hotmail.com [mailto:ferrarisimo [at] hotmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 8:33 AM
> To: Steve Jenkins
> Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso?
>
>
> Some LDS dude that was president of a bank and a teacher a BYU?
>
>
> Scottie
>
> On May 3, 2007, at 11:26 AM, Steve Jenkins wrote:
>
> > Nobody knows who Dr. Ivan T. Call is????
> >
> > (Steve C can't play - I know he knows).
> >
> > Who can tell me why I'd be quoting him?
> >
> > SJ
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Doug and Terri Anderson [mailto:dnt [at] dock.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 6:01 AM
> > To: Steve Jenkins
> > Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso?
> >
> >
> > That I did, that I did.  Yeah, Sarlene - now that would be a name,
> > eh?  heh
> > heh
> > DOUG
> > Still wonder who that happy little group is that they need to
> > provide public
> > record of their holdings?  Or gads, is this just another example of
> > no one
> > sleeps alone anymore?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Steve  <mailto:steve [at] stevejenkins.com> Jenkins
> > To: 'Doug and Terri Anderson' <mailto:dnt [at] dock.net>
> > Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 7:47 AM
> > Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso?
> >
> > Oh - your first email said "Sarlene" = without the H. :)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Doug and Terri Anderson [mailto:dnt [at] dock.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 11:56 AM
> > To: Steve Jenkins
> > Cc: ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso?
> >
> >
> >
> > I dont know who this Ivan T Call is but Sharlene is listed is
> > listed as an
> > indirect owner on 28,000 shares of common stock
> >
> > Common Stock 28,062 ( 2 )   I  by Sharlene R. Call, Trustee of
> > the Ivan
> > T. Call & Sharlene R. Call Revocable Trust
> >
> >
> >  <http://www.secinfo.com/d141Nx.uNEm.htm> SEC Info - Call Ivan T - 3 -
> > Americanwest Bancorporation - For 4/1/07
> >
> >
> > Call Ivan T . 3 . Americanwest Bancorporation . For 4/1/07. Filed
> > On 4/5/07
> > 12:24pm ET . SEC File 0-18561 . Accession Number 1181431-7-24025 ...
> > www.secinfo.com/d141Nx.uNEm.htm - 20k -
> > <http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:MuA9M4VH3YEJ:www.secinfo.com/
> > d141Nx.uN
> > Em.htm+ivan+t.+call&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us> Cached -
> > <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=related:www.secinfo.com/
> > d141Nx.uNEm.ht
> > m> Similar pages
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Jenkins" < <mailto:steve [at] stevejenkins.com>
> > steve [at] stevejenkins.com>
> > To: "'Doug and Terri Anderson'" < <mailto:dnt [at] dock.net> dnt [at] 
> > dock.net>
> > Cc: < <mailto:ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 8:59 AM
> > Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso?
> >
> >
> > Not even Google could explain that to me!
> >
> >  <http://www.google.com/search?q=%22sarlene+call%22>
> > http://www.google.com/search?q=%22sarlene+call%22
> >
> > Sarlene Call?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Doug and Terri Anderson [mailto:dnt [at] dock.net]
> > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 11:15 PM
> > To: Steve Jenkins
> > Cc:  <mailto:ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso?
> >
> >
> > I wonder what Sarlene Call thinks about it?  heh heh
> > DOUG
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Jenkins" < <mailto:steve [at] stevejenkins.com>
> > steve [at] stevejenkins.com>
> > To: "DOUG" < <mailto:dnt [at] dock.net> dnt [at] dock.net>
> > Cc: < <mailto:ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 8:25 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso?
> >
> >
> >> You've got a GT4, Jim. Why would you want to step down to a Lusso,
> >> even at
> >
> >> a
> >> favorable interest rate? ;)
> >>
> >> And this is a perfect time to remind everyone of Dr. Ivan T. Call's
> >> definition of interest:
> >>
> >> "Thems that understands it, gets it. Thems that don't, pays it!"
> >>
> >> SJ
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: jim [mailto:jimshadow [at] verizon.net]
> >> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 8:06 PM
> >> To: 'Steve Jenkins'
> >> Cc: 'The FerrariList'
> >> Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Sure, wanna float me a loan, say 0% at $500/month?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> :-)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On second thought, I'm just gonna put another 500 miles on my GT4
> >> this
> >> week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Ciao
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> JIM
> >>
> >> Over 500 miles in 2 weeks on my little Dino.
> >>
> >> I'm drivin' it like I stole it!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Steve Jenkins [mailto:steve [at] stevejenkins.com]
> >> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 10:59 PM
> >> To: JIM
> >> Cc: The FerrariList
> >> Subject: [Ferrari] Anyone want a Lusso?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18366408?GT1=9246>
> > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18366408?GT1=9246
> >>
> >>
> >
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