On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 21:57:37 -0500, "Proctologically Violated©®"
wrote:

Maybe the problem is extending credit to liberals.
Mebbe put in a li'l questionaire as part of the credit app:
Do you believe in Prayer in school?
Ebonics?
God?
Bush?
Death Penalty?
Or, if Cliff had any input, WMD's?
Or, require a written paragraph: Printed, or scrawled, w/ at least 5
grammatical errors, instant credit.
Typed w/ no grammatical errors, instant denial.


Chuckle..there are few Liberal machine shop owners. Not even in So.
Cal.

The problem is...is that work is coming in pretty good for my clients,
particularly after a long slow period we have had. And most have to
upgrade or repair their plant, buy materials and so forth.

Cash flow is slow for them. They managed to survive the recession of
the last 5 yrs..by tightening up. And that includes letting machines
sit without PM or repair. Now they need em to get the work done..and
their reserves are small or non existant. And they get paid in drips
and drabs from THEIR customers..and of course payroll, taxes and so
forth come first (sigh) so the vendor tends to get pushed off to the
edge of the payment sheet. Some survived by borrowing money, or in one
case..the GM bought the business from the owner..now he is making
payments...though the work is steadily increasing.

Everyone that owes me money has been a very long time friend as well
as client..and they are not lying to me. This I know.

Once their receivables start coming in in significant amounts..Ill get
mine. In the mean time..I struggle to keep or get their machines
running and only lean on them nicely. And they keep calling me back,
bad times or good times. I always get my money..and sometimes I get
nice toys to take home too..like that HLV-H I just turned off a few
moments ago.

California has been slow to recover from the recession..last one
out..last one to recover. Its always been this way. Shrug
Now spindles are turning again and its a matter of time before we have
a little Shining Time again. We can only hope it will be a Big Shining
Time...but I think those glory days are long gone. Sadly.

If I had any brains...Id pitch my tent and go elsewhere..but at 52,
with two back surgeries behind me (pun intended) and having had a
heart procedure..not too many HR people are going to give me a second
look..least of all with no college degree of any note.

So I can age in genteel poverty, and die early, or age in genteel
poverty and live to be a ripe old age as a ward of the State. Though
I suspect Ill die on the job as a very old man, fixing
toasters..chuckle.

In the mean time..shrug..to quote the Duke.."a mans gotta do what a
mans gotta do"

Gunner

The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose
and for someone else to pay when things go wrong.

In the past few decades, a peculiar and distinctive psychology
has emerged in England. Gone are the civility, sturdy independence,
and admirable stoicism that carried the English through the war years
.. It has been replaced by a constant whine of excuses, complaints,
and special pleading. The collapse of the British character has been
as swift and complete as the collapse of British power.

Theodore Dalrymple,