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WCDT Strips 3416 to 3420 (13th to 17th February 2017)
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: explicit on 13 Feb 2017, 21:35 ---I think part of the problem with any repair shop is getting the money, neither of them has any "legitimate" experience. Realistically, a bank would never loan out to them; doubt any of their friends have enough capital to put up; and you couldn't just run the business out of the apartment or on the street as that would be breaking a decent amount of laws as well. Guess someone could give them a job, but now we're going back into that "legitimate" experience thing.
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I don't see it that way. If you're going to start a business, you need to identify a market. May already did that (see panel 2) for them. As for funding, Punchbot & Punchbot are no strangers to investing, and it's a business they know. Hanners has already been mentioned as a potential investor as well.
To anchor this in our world, I think we're talking about an investment comparable to a largish auto repair shop. Too small to interest Beatrice as an investment, but large enough to salve what conscience she has by writing Hannelore a check and telling her to go amuse herself.
That takes care of planning and funding. As for staffing, Jeremy, Bubbles, and Faye are there for a core, and Bubbles was presumably a squad NCO or maybe even a platoon level officer (lieutenant). Once you get past the PTSD stuff, those leadership skills do carry over. Bubbles'd know how to hire well. Likewise for directing and controlling the operation once it's up and running. Even if something happens to send Faye off on another toot, I suspect Bubbles would develop a plan to deal with it in advance. ("Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other." William Tecumseh Sherman)
It's certainly doable.
WareWolf:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 14 Feb 2017, 07:33 ---There is someone they know who does have the money to front for a repair shop. Hannelore. It was long established that she has no lack of money, being the sole heiress of two large fortunes. She only works to give herself something to do and work on her anxiety issues. And it's even likely that if she found out there were AI out there who needed repairs but can't afford to go to more established shop that she would immediately want to help them out. Setting up and funding a low cost or charity repair shop and getting all the needed permits and licenses would be easy for her. Now if only she knew some people who could do the actual repair work.... hmmmm.
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Lest we forget, Station himself is so rich he gave away millions as an apology to the Lt. whose name escapes me right now. And he's expressed an interest in Bubbles' plight.
EDIT: Potter. Lt. Potter.
DSL:
--- Quote from: Sullivan on 13 Feb 2017, 21:35 ---
--- Quote from: DSL on 13 Feb 2017, 21:00 ---We really could have used a spoiler alert.
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You should be flamed for that.
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THANK you. Would've hated to see a good setup go to waste.
David F:
Is this the first time we've seen Bubbles walking outside without her coat? That's a big step for her...
explicit:
When it comes to Hannelore I don't think Faye would want to ask her for money seeing as Faye is pretty prideful. However, if Hannelore were to actually own the business instead of just ponying up the money I can see that.
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