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by yellowrose of Texas on 25 June 2008 - 03:06
KalibecK: Same preparation here...no mortgage just taxes and some of mine get frozen , at least the raising of the value does , this year...I will buy and stock some ammo and start saving for a roto plow...if I have to buy a donkey to pull it...so be it...My father in law left me one knowledgeable point before he died...He used a 2x4 , and he always said ,,,you got to get its attention before it will Gee Haw.......lol
He died shortly after that conversation...I think the conversions are pretty expensive.
My son says he will build a buggie , light weight , and we will train two males and two females to pull it and go to town...Dont think we need insurance or tags or inspection stickers on that...Maybe the state will want a POOP Check ., by the time many others start the same thing......ha ha ha
Ill dye my hair, put on a turban , and wrap my face and tell them , Im from Schutzhundville,,,USA,,,..they wont know where that is.
by srilankagsd on 25 June 2008 - 05:06
The economy is bad all over the world and even in little Sri Lanka, lots of companies have released people but are still running at a smaller scale mainly as we are export oriented. If the major stores close in the US then we dont have business.
Dog breeding is sucking by the day. I was chatting yesterday with a family that wants to start breeding bullmastiff as they were the dog few months back and they hoped to stay ahead of the game but sadly since last months fuel increase nobody is buying dogs so prices have dropped almost by half. I dont think that this family can make a living from it but break even they may long as the bitches produce puppies that go at half the price tehy should.
I was lucky as a GSD breeder, got an all record price when i sold my pups in April. This was my last litter this year, not planning to breed until situation is better. I dont want good dogs going cheap to back yard breeders who will eventually exploit them. People are now asking for females in hope to breed them.
Lots of breeders are closing up operation, even pet dogs are getting difficult to maintain so lots of good dogs are free to grab but nobody wants them. Some who are under 2 are taken to be trained as service dogs but only after they are passed from premilary testings.
I knew a aquarium shop, the know says that sales are so low that its difficult to pay his electricity bills... what is happening to the world
by BabyEagle4U on 25 June 2008 - 08:06
Just the tip of the iceburg is right.
I can't believe how much strawberry jam I canned this year. 13 bucks for 40 pounds ... hell ya !!!
America is coming back muther phuckers !!!!
by gsdfanatic1964 on 25 June 2008 - 13:06
My husband and I did get our stimulus checks at $600 each and the $300 for our son...and, we got them at the time they said we were supposed to.
We have already purchased a handgun for my husband and one soon to come for me. I truly believe times will become hard enough that you will have to protect what you have as others try any means they can to obtain what they will need. The days of easy living will soon be past memories as we see everything going up and up.
People who have had it so good for so long will have to learn how to live with less. Now is the time we could learn something from our ancestors.
We grow a garden every year...this year it is as large as our the small spot of land would allow us.
We're crunching figures and really thinking of parking the beast of a truck I now drive and purchase a small car to help some with the price of gas. We're only running the air conditioner when we feel the heat is unbearable. We never go out to eat but once every couple of months anyway so, that is not hurting us. We're filling the freezers with deer meat in the winter and hopefully will get a half a side of beef this year. Stock up on as many non-perishibles as possible.
My job (retirement home) cut out all the overtime a few months ago (it cost me $1,000 a month), no raises this year, and has cut most of the nonessential staff down to 37.5 hrs a week and looking at going down more. There have been rumors that this place may close down if it gets much worse.
Things don't look good at all and I'm not a doom and gloom type of person. I do believe anyone willing to work will always be able to find work, it just may not be exactly what you want or where you'd like. You may have to drive further.
My husband works in a lumber yard and the logs are just not coming in. They've cut the guys down to 4 - 10hr days to try to save on fuel coming and going. We've both worked at least 15 hrs overtime each per week (my husband usually doing 20) and that is not possible at our jobs anymore as they are trying to scale back. So, we are both looking for second jobs to keep things going. They are getting harder to come by also.
Things do look and sound bleak but, I'm sure there is a way...we just have to rethink how we live.
by Uglydog on 25 June 2008 - 13:06
Are these people on crack? Don’t they read the news?
And this list is by no means exhaustive!
Either these people are hopelessly stupid, or they think that WE are.
"The economy fired on all cylinders in January," said economist Sung Won Sohn, president of Hanmi Bank.
"There's no question we're getting back to better days for job creation," said Ken Mayland, economist at ClearView Economics.Payrolls grew by 193,000 in January, up from 140,000 in December.'
Yeah, right. Tell that to the 24,175 applicants who were turned down by Wal-Mart last Friday!
So, why are these people lying through their teeth? Cui bono?
Americans have expressed anxiety about the economy, polls indicate. President Bush, coping with relatively low job-approval ratings, is seeking to ease those fears.
"I think keeping taxes low is an important way to make sure this economy continues to grow." The president wants Congress to make his tax cuts permanent.
The President's plan: convince us that his dumb-ass tax cuts for the rich are increasing jobs, just long enough to make the tax cuts permanent. But who else stands to gain from these made-to-order employment figures?
While wage growth is good for workers, big increases -- if sustained -- would be troubling to investors and economists who fret about inflation. To fend off inflation, the Federal Reserve on Tuesday boosted a key interest rate to its highest point in nearly five years.
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