tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21307924.post1706981847381922990..comments2024-01-03T02:37:17.197-06:00Comments on Conservative Commentary: This Has Gone Too Far......Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17457956739752722879noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21307924.post-29336890631968028392008-07-02T23:29:00.000-05:002008-07-02T23:29:00.000-05:00LOL! Sorry but I hate Starbucks coffee! I think it...LOL! Sorry but I hate Starbucks coffee! I think it's awful. I make my own cappuccino at home.rockynchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00772988855661101621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21307924.post-24657216077032349712008-07-02T22:34:00.000-05:002008-07-02T22:34:00.000-05:00"Million Decaffeinated Man March on Washington"!!!...<I>"Million Decaffeinated Man March on Washington"!!!!!</I><BR/><BR/>Robert, don't do it man. For the love of the bean, don't do it. Some days I wish the Nations Capital could be relocated to Columbus or someplace more central...like far, far away from me ;)<BR/><BR/>People from outside of the region tell me I take where I live for granted. I tell them they have never been around to see the ripple effect caused by a large march on DC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21307924.post-1536601924130958292008-07-02T22:25:00.000-05:002008-07-02T22:25:00.000-05:00Guys guys guys...I know the bad years! I will make...Guys guys guys...I know the bad years! I will make a post tomorrow about a story from the bad years...I think I related it a year or two ago.<BR/><BR/>We can and will rise above a recession...BUT DAMMIT, We can't rise above the absence of Starbucks! Imagine the chaos if I organize a "Million Decaffeinated Man March on Washington"!!!!! What will happen? You thought Woodstock was bad...how about a millon guys on the mall with no decent coffee....Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457956739752722879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21307924.post-27613162086479535812008-07-02T18:34:00.000-05:002008-07-02T18:34:00.000-05:00Don't drive...don't own a car, and until my local ...Don't drive...don't own a car, and until my local transit systems start raising fares--and believe me I do know it's coming--I just grin every time I pass a gas station.<BR/><BR/>(How unbearably smug is that?!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21307924.post-41011054850119617742008-07-02T09:56:00.000-05:002008-07-02T09:56:00.000-05:00For those of us who remember the "good" years, 50s...For those of us who remember the "good" years, 50s & 60s & 90s followed by the "bad" years, 70s & 80s and now 2000s with rising costs and gas lines, this becomes not a time to panic but just to batten down the hatches and ride out the storm. Back in the early 80s I had a mortgage at 14% and we were trying to raise four boys! The housing market was in a shambles back then, too.<BR/>I think what concerns me most is that we manufacture so little here now. And, without an export product, recovery may be harder and slower.<BR/>But I am ever optimistic that we Americans will survive and climb back out of the hole as we have always done.rockynchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00772988855661101621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21307924.post-24414438988857965772008-07-02T01:23:00.000-05:002008-07-02T01:23:00.000-05:00LOL I prefer Big Mountain over Starbucks, esp sinc...LOL I prefer Big Mountain over Starbucks, esp since it's closer, but that's beside the point. <BR/><BR/>We are able to absorb the higher costs, too, but aren't happy about it. Still, we gotta eat, gotta have new socks, gotta go to the library, etc. <BR/><BR/>My husband's cycling hobby alone could keep the economy afloat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21307924.post-6973525101019463622008-07-01T22:47:00.000-05:002008-07-01T22:47:00.000-05:00LOLOLOLOL - My wife was worried, but I reminded he...LOLOLOLOL - My wife was worried, but I reminded her that the Starsucks near us is 15 miles from the next closest one.<BR/><BR/>On a more serious note, I b!tch about the gas prices, but I shouldn't. My wife travels a lot for work, and her company reimburses her 100% for all money spent on gas. Combine that with my very light work/travel, and we are paying pretty much what we paid 3 or 4 years ago for gas.<BR/><BR/>I'm completely detached. Like you though, we are able to absorb the higher prices in everything else. I do feel for the other people who can't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com