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FS. Lincoln Tig 250/250
"Gunner" wrote in message ... 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 Gee, I don't get it. It sounds like the economy has not been so great. But how can that be? I thought all the Bush tax cuts have brought about a tremendous economic boom. That's what he says all the time, the economy is booming due to the tax cuts. Either the economy isn't booming or it is and your customers are stiffing you, which is probably the case if they are Republicans. Either way you're SOL. Hawke |
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