Posts by Thruster

Yeah, well,

It's been a while, sadly. We did get to cruise through Highland Park, White Rock, and Bluff View and, although there were some new builds, it looked about the same. Goff's was still around but Campisi's was a completely different joint. The price of success, apparently. Hard to imagine one could buy the Taj Mahal for 100k back in the day. That's probably a tax bill now.

Just read the average home in Dallas is going for just north of a million and a half. I recall when the first million dollar sales occurred back in the 70's.. Time flies.

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Pretty sure I heard Sparks is on tour again..

Now that's a band with integrity.

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Broads and niggers.

Told ya.

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The grocers and junk food producers spent a ton of money getting food stamps to where they are now. Not sure they're just gonna walk away.

...."reciprocity".

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Fact is, there were myriad factors that contributed to our declining manufacturing capacity. In my experience, the two main culprits were the consumer and the producer working towards the same goal. Cheap. And the price of our factories was pennies. A few million here, a few million there..

Customers for the most part have a sweet taste for cheap shit and producers can't leave any zort on the table. Been going on since the 60's.

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I see an alternative to Tesla.

Yeah,

As long as one avoids the falling knife game with leveraged instruments, it seems like an attractive entry point is developing. Or you could just straddle and wait for a reversion to the mean.

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Even a dead cat bounce can produce profit. Smells like a rare opportunity.

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It's not their money so...they likely would default even if they were liquid. They don't really embrace the idea of collateral transactions. Once credit dries up, we'll see how robust their economy really is.

Yep,

And once they separate, they'll be joining a p.d. near you.

Yet,

Constantly disproven..

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As I understand it, the older of the two most common evaluations was originally designed to identify low order intellect. Then they found it works both ways..sorta. They say it's less accurate on the +side.

The other, considered more comprehensive looks at a few more indicators of mental acuity.

All they do is measure cognitive function. Potential only. Nothing is assured.

I've considered grabbing one for the Rhodes but it'll never get played. 2 channels should be footswitch-able. But they sound nice. And the price seems fair.

Heh,

....kicked dog..

Our old Roku t.v. in the master bath is getting pretty slow. Time to move it to the garage and get a new one, I suppose.

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The story is that a cairn was assembled with a nice brass plaque commemorating the event. But somehow, it wound up getting stolen.