to remember about stocks is you have these feels about them and they don t care about you. you bought the stock at 20 and now it s 18 and you hate it. the stock doesn t know what you paid. it has no feelings about you. the reason i asked you, when you were young you sold coca-cola and are a huge holder in coca-cola. when we asked the family involving you, as well, what the rider would be for the dressing room requirement, there was one request, anything coca-cola related. so i thought this man actually drinks this stuff? five a day. no, here is the other thing i want to do for viewers, a little moment in the break which made me laugh so loudly i nearly couldn t come back from the break. we were discussing cell phones. i m a blackberry relics. i hang on the blackberry. it turns out hwb has two. yes. howard didn t bring any at all and warren has something i haven t seen since grandfather clock. this is the one alexander ball gave me.
he said he would get me $5,000. back then it was quite a bit of money. still is. [ laughter ] see the problem i deal with? big problem. the cost of the pennies that s right. and so when i graduated, i had $5,000 and i had a summer job so i earned another $2300 and i bought a new car with it. i thought it was a good deal. warren, you stuck rigly to the terms of the deal. no, it was a deal. it s interesting the two incentives, one worked and one didn t. do you regret the weight incentive you laid down with your son? i would say it was dumb. we re still talking about it today. do you lay these down on hwp? no i don t think i ve ever done that. sometimes i would tell him he s going on a trip to some country he doesn t want to go to.
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remembered? a teacher. a teach. well, actually i d like to be remembered as the oldest man that ever lived. not sure that s in the cards. might happen. [ laughter ] if there was one moment i could relive in your entire life again for you which time would you choose? a time with my dad. some moment, any moment. just to see him again. absolutely. warren and howard, hwb, i m sorry. thank you so much. they invited me to become part of 40 chances, terrific cause. love the book. love the interview. here it is, howard u. buffett with howard w. buffet, 40 chances. it s been a great honor for me. don t forget the stock tips at the end. [ laughter ] it will be a dated tradition. howard i want to thank you. you were good to your word. you brought back your old man and your son.
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