Our sales were up 15% in '07 over the previous year and the first
quarter of this year was just as good.
We're selling stuff all over the world, and actually getting paid for a
change, because the dollar is weak and people can afford to buy our stuff.
The imported junk that would normally "compete" only on price... is getting
relatively more expensive, and all the bad publicity surrounding Chinese
toys, food, and drugs is giving "Buy American" a boost (even if it's not for
patriotic reasons).
The foundries and machine shops that we buy from all have long lead
times and all of the hourly people that I know are complaining about too
much "mandatory" overtime.
I'm working on buying my first house... one that's newer and bigger than
I could afford a year ago; because some D.I.N.K.s bought more than they
could afford during the "boom".
Food is as cheap as it's ever been in the history of man. An hour of
work feeds the four of us for a day or two; which is ridiculous when you
stop and think about it.
The share value of my IRA is down a little since it's November peak; but
it's still up 23% since January '07 and 37% since January '06; so somebody
there obviously knows which stocks to avoid. LOL
Every day I read about this supposed "recession" the media has been
hyping and say, "God, please let it last!"
The liberal news media would like nothing better than to convince
everyone that we're in a Republican created recession, going into the
elections. Hopefully the economy will take off again and that plan will
backfire on them!


"Gunner" wrote in message
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I was at Westec yesterday

http://www.sme.org/cgi-bin/get-event...7-020727--SME-

and watched sales of somewhere in the order of $14 million..million
dollars worth of machine tools, most to small machine shops

They are claiming they are so busy right now, that they need more
capacity.

If the economy is in the ****ter, who is buying all the parts?

Most of the guys I talked to are NOT doing military stuff

Gunner