Comments on: Friday Musings

By: Quartermaster

Quartermaster — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:47:45 +0000

Not too bad an area (I was born at Savannah when Hunter was an AFB). Dripping humid, fire ants, high density altitudes. Beaches aren’t bad, slower life style, and cheaper to live than Dago. Plenty of pine trees to cushion your bad landings.

Looks like a Gulfstream. You wanna be a bus driver?

By: badbob

badbob — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:27:07 +0000

Peter W,

Obviously you’ve never heard of Earl “The Pearl” Monroe. I’ll bet Strickland’s (great billiards player) handle came fron Monroe’s. He was pure silk and the quickest l to R jump shooter the game ever developed..product Winston-Salem and NY Knicks if’n I remember right. He had big gap in his front teeth he kept a chunk o’gold in.

I can’t see him wanting a flight that comes with a sickbag though…maybe though.

By: OldRetiredChief

OldRetiredChief — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:36:40 +0000

I live in a small town very near to the state capital. I can tell you that living in this state is not like living anywhere else I’ve ever been. There are some real drawbacks to living here, just as I’m sure there are to everywhere else. But the positives? I just moved into a new construction home on 1/2 acre. 3000 square feet, 3 1/2 baths, two car garage, every amenity… the builder even threw in a 42 inch hdtv! Less than 250k. I defy anyone in Southern California to match that deal. Less than $2.00 for gas right now… and the Gamecocks are 7 and 2. And as has been mentioned in these very pages, how can you not love a place where the flowers of Southern culture can be found in a stadium on Saturday afternoons cheering for their Cocks?

By: bullnav

bullnav — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:32:54 +0000

US car companies going under and all that. I am torn.

On the one hand you have the line of logic that says, “The banks are getting it, we should too. After all, we actually make a product and will effect hundreds of thousands of workers who work for the suppliers who make the parts for us.”

On the other hand you have the fact that a year ago, the industry was on the verge of turning things around if not for the trifecta of steel prices doubling, gas prices going to $4.00/gal, and then the mortgage/banking crisis. If given a loan, how can you guarantee that it will help you survive? What forces outside of your control will contribute to your failure to make any money in 2009?

All this has to be weighed. CAREFULLY. Michigan has had its own recession going for about the last six years. If even one (GM, Ford, or Chrysler) goes down, the others will soon follow. You see, all three share the same suppliers and if, say GM and Ford had parts made by supplier X and GM goes under, X will not be able to sustain its Ford product. Then X will go out of business, forcing an emergency re-sourcing in an environment in which dozens of suppliers will be in the same situation. Realize, too, that the US automotive industry is the largest industrial base in the country. Do we really want to lose that? Think about WWII and who made our planes, tanks, and guns.

Admittedly, I am biased, for I have a job at stake, but I do believe these issues are potentially as serious, if not more so, than the whole mortgage/banking fiasco.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:06:34 +0000

You mentioned a job in Texas the other day Lex… I live near Ft. Sill in SW Oklahoma, we haven’t paid $2 for a gallon of gas in a couple of weeks… I was in Bartlesville OK the other day and paid $1.83

Just sayin’…

By: MissBirdlegs in AL

MissBirdlegs in AL — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:32:30 +0000

It doesn’t take too long to adjust to the humidity, although it’s never too pleasant and bou has a point about the a/c. Having lived South, West and Northeast, South is still my fav, but it’s also home which counts a lot for me.