Recent content by Old Bird

You've gotten some great advice so far. I'm in real estate and I've seen virtually every business there is over the past 20+ years. There are two that I wouldn't go into: restaurant and small hotel. The main reason is long hours and little pay. Since you've worked in restaurants I'm sure...

Yeah, geography isn't my strong suit! :biggrin: Hell, I'm from the west, anything east of the rockies is "back east" to me! :wink:

Do you remember seeing the bridge collapse in Michigan? Do you think any of the folks driving on that bridge thought the bridge was weak? At least half of our nation's major bridges are in need of major repair or replacement. Our electrical grid is woefully behind the times. Our infrastructure...

What I took exception to was that it was being used to prove a point. As if it were fact. Yes, you are smart enough to look at it and distinguish the difference, as am I. Many, however, aren't. Which is why the proliferation of 24 hour news channels that are nothing more than opinion is scary...

Actually, I work in a private industry supported primarily by government spending. In fact, a very large percentage of small business survives solely on government contracts. Ever look at the legals section of your local newspaper? A huge percentage of those legals are "requests for proposals"...

So you were attacking me by repeating exactly what I said? I don't think you understand. My point was exactly what you just stated, that the opinion comments were treated by the person who linked to it as an article. My first post on it stated "it's not an article." Where did you ever get the...

??? No, there's nothing wrong with reading another person's opinion, or even agreeing with it. But quoting it as fact when it's clearly opinion? There's no citations to information that has clearly been disproven. So yes, I still think it's meaningless. And thanks for proving my point.

But it's not an "article." It's an editorial. In this internet age we seem to have forgotten the difference. That "article" is so full of opinion and conjecture that it's meaningless. Much if it contrary to the facts, but people view it as if it were a fact checked news article simply because...

I'm ready. They've been doing work on the spaceport here for a couple of years. The RFPs for construction just went out:

I know, can you imagine that some people still think that cutting taxes more and more deregulation is the way to save the economy that was . . . uh . . . sent into the tank by excessive deregulation and the failure of tax cuts to help anything at all? :rolleyes:

New Mexico was very slow to feel the effects, but it's starting to hit us now. Low energy prices have been more of an impact to us than the rest of the economy was. Some areas home prices are down as much as 20-25%, others are pretty stable. Our unemployment rate has nearly doubled in the past...

yeah, I bought a 1950 Ford on ebay and the seller just thought the box referred to the state inspection for registration. Ask the question first, and definitely order an independent inspection.

Make friends with a local jewelry repair shop. Not a retail chain store. I had one that would alert me to good deals when he came across them, and show me stones that really worked for me. My ex wife walked away with a 2 1/2 carat d color pear shaped stone that I paid $2,500 for :eek: It was...

How big does your cardboard box need to be?

Great, now someone will post a video of a Bugatti that crashed into the water on the moon :rolleyes: :biggrin: When do we get to move up there? I'm ready, we need another planet to mess up too!