Day: June 17, 2009

Letter Re: Escape From (Fill in Your City Here), 2009

Mr. Rawles, Concerning the article: Escape From (Fill in Your City Here), 2009, by Bill in Chicagoland, I would like to add to these comments. My 20 years experience driving the county roads and the farmer ranch roads with the Soil Conservation Service have given me a perspective of the potential for choice this road system presents. I have a considerable amount of experience driving cross country. I have driven from the Northern Texas panhandle across the Oklahoma Panhandle into southeastern Colorado and north to the Colorado Springs area on mostly gravel and dirt roads. Several times I have driven …



Economics and Investing:

F.G. sent this: Restaurants on the Ropes Thanks to for this link: Airlines adjust as demand slides. “Nevertheless, IATA expects passenger yields to fall by 7% this year and cargo yields to decline 11%” The manufactures also expect fewer orders for planes. Also from F.G. comes this Wall Street Journal piece: Retailers Flee a Dying Detroit KAF flagged this: U.S. likely to lose AAA rating: Prechter Items from The Economatrix: German Newspaper Article Thinks [Ponte Chiaso] Bonds May Be Real. Timeline of Events and Updates as they Happen Weisenthal Talks the $134.5 Billion Bond Seizure on Glenn Beck Treasury: Can’t …


Odds ‘n Sods:

Heather H. sent this: A ‘time bomb’ for world wheat crop    o o o Gordon sent a link to a video clip on the enormous Cold War bunker beneath the Greenbriar Hotel.    o o o Shelf Reliance (one of our advertisers) is giving away a Harvest 72″ food rotation system in a free drawing. Visit the Shelf Reliance blog to enter. The Harvest 72″ is valued at $459 and can hold up to 600 cans, making it perfect for a healthy food storage supply. The winner will be announced on Friday, June 26th.    o o o Greg …