((PKG)) CONNECT WITH – REINARD POLLMANN, MOTEL
OWNER
((TRT: 03:36))
((Topic Banner: Connect with – Reinard Pollmann))
((Reporter/Camera: Deepak Dobhal))
((Map: Smith Center, Kansas))
((Main character: 1 male))
((MUSIC/NATS))
((Reinard Pollmann, Motel Owner))
My name is Reinard Pollmann.
I own this motel here, the Buckshot Inn, here in Smith Center,
Kansas. I also own other motels in other states.
I'm 80 years old. Well, I feel about 25, actually. About 25, maybe
35. I can't remember. It's so long ago, so long ago. But I feel
young.
((MUSIC/NATS))
((Reinard Pollmann, Motel Owner))
People are retired generally don't do anything.
They just wait to die. I wait to do the next project.
My big day is always Monday. I like Mondays. People, "Oh,
Monday." They like Friday. I like Monday. Monday is
when you do things, you know. Things are happening on Monday.
Can't get anything done on the weekend, you know.
((MUSIC/NATS))
But once in a while,
you wake up in the middle of the night and say,
"What the heck am I doing? What the heck am I doing?Why am I
working so hard?” And then you wake up in
the morning, you have a cup of coffee and feel great.
((MUSIC/NATS))
My cancer is stage-four or something like that. One thing
is, I don't get too worried about it. I mean, you're going to
die anyway, Okay. You can’t prevent that from
happening.
And there's medicine out there that can keep you going for
a while. So, you know, if I get another 10 years, that would
be pretty good. And another 20 years, that's really good.
Another 30 years, that would be fantastic. And of course,
in good health.
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I'm not married. I have never been married. Only had girlfriends.
And, you know,
today, I'm just too old. Too old for romance. I just
concentrate on business. It's more stable.
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It's a really good question. What am I
going to do with it when I quit, or
I mean, when I die? Well, I have a sister and she's got two sons,
they’re twins. They are 45.
And I've been trying to get them into the business but
they're engineers that have zero interest, zero.
They didn't want to look at it. So, I worry about it. You know,
I mean if it goes to them, I know what they're going to
do.
They're going to make a couple of calls to real estate
agents and say, “Put it, sell it.” And that's it.
((MUSIC/NATS))
When you look back on your life, I had an interesting life.
I was born in Europe, in
Holland. Then I was there during World War II.
I remember some of that.
((Reinard Pollmann, Motel Owner))
The biggest thing was probably
leaving Holland and going to America when I was 14. That
was tough. You know, you
get a new language. You're 14 years old.
All of a sudden, you have to go to high school and
everybody speaks English and you have to learn it. That was
challenging. But that
was okay. A lot of people go through that and I went
through that.
((MUSIC/NATS))
If I were to do my life again, I probably would get married,
have children.
I'm very happy with my life. I can't complain at all.
My advice to older people is, don't act old. Just keep on going.
Don't retire.
((MUSIC/NATS))
OWNER
((TRT: 03:36))
((Topic Banner: Connect with – Reinard Pollmann))
((Reporter/Camera: Deepak Dobhal))
((Map: Smith Center, Kansas))
((Main character: 1 male))
((MUSIC/NATS))
((Reinard Pollmann, Motel Owner))
My name is Reinard Pollmann.
I own this motel here, the Buckshot Inn, here in Smith Center,
Kansas. I also own other motels in other states.
I'm 80 years old. Well, I feel about 25, actually. About 25, maybe
35. I can't remember. It's so long ago, so long ago. But I feel
young.
((MUSIC/NATS))
((Reinard Pollmann, Motel Owner))
People are retired generally don't do anything.
They just wait to die. I wait to do the next project.
My big day is always Monday. I like Mondays. People, "Oh,
Monday." They like Friday. I like Monday. Monday is
when you do things, you know. Things are happening on Monday.
Can't get anything done on the weekend, you know.
((MUSIC/NATS))
But once in a while,
you wake up in the middle of the night and say,
"What the heck am I doing? What the heck am I doing?Why am I
working so hard?” And then you wake up in
the morning, you have a cup of coffee and feel great.
((MUSIC/NATS))
My cancer is stage-four or something like that. One thing
is, I don't get too worried about it. I mean, you're going to
die anyway, Okay. You can’t prevent that from
happening.
And there's medicine out there that can keep you going for
a while. So, you know, if I get another 10 years, that would
be pretty good. And another 20 years, that's really good.
Another 30 years, that would be fantastic. And of course,
in good health.
((MUSIC/NATS))
I'm not married. I have never been married. Only had girlfriends.
And, you know,
today, I'm just too old. Too old for romance. I just
concentrate on business. It's more stable.
((MUSIC/NATS))
It's a really good question. What am I
going to do with it when I quit, or
I mean, when I die? Well, I have a sister and she's got two sons,
they’re twins. They are 45.
And I've been trying to get them into the business but
they're engineers that have zero interest, zero.
They didn't want to look at it. So, I worry about it. You know,
I mean if it goes to them, I know what they're going to
do.
They're going to make a couple of calls to real estate
agents and say, “Put it, sell it.” And that's it.
((MUSIC/NATS))
When you look back on your life, I had an interesting life.
I was born in Europe, in
Holland. Then I was there during World War II.
I remember some of that.
((Reinard Pollmann, Motel Owner))
The biggest thing was probably
leaving Holland and going to America when I was 14. That
was tough. You know, you
get a new language. You're 14 years old.
All of a sudden, you have to go to high school and
everybody speaks English and you have to learn it. That was
challenging. But that
was okay. A lot of people go through that and I went
through that.
((MUSIC/NATS))
If I were to do my life again, I probably would get married,
have children.
I'm very happy with my life. I can't complain at all.
My advice to older people is, don't act old. Just keep on going.
Don't retire.
((MUSIC/NATS))
