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- - Robert Perry and all of the guys are designing (http://www.sailnet.com/forums/sailboat-design-construction/40446-robert-perry-all-guys-designing.html)
Robert Perry and all of the guys are designing
a modern classic cruising yacht (classic looks, modern materials) over on a thread at SA. They did this with the Flying Tiger FT-10 and it was a resounding success. They also did it with the FT-7.5 which is going to production soon. Anyway, Bob wants some pics of my boat because he's thinking along those lines. I don't have any good underway shots from another boat so does someone up here near Anacortes wanna meet up with me Sat to take some pics?
Charlie -- That is a terrific thread. And Tad Stevens is throwing in comments as well. I hang out on SA quite a bit but don't post much. I also have a different name on that site, so I have to keep my split personality in check.
Bob Perry is quite a guy to spend so much time posting on SA. His recent book is also terrific. He has such a simple, straight forward approach to explaining things that seem to get all mucked up here. He also can design ANYTHING. Name your style, he can do it. Anyway, it's great to have access to real design professionals.
It's very cool to be able to read posts and follow along with the guy who designed my boat :)
He's a pretty cool guy to hang out and have a beer with too. One of my Sons and I helped him move some heavy stuff into his new beach house/office. He still owes me a line drawing for that. One of these days, I've gotta sail over to his mooring, have dinner and take him sailing on Oh Joy.
Charlie -- I've talked to him at the Annapolis show before. Very nice guy. At some point on SA I'll tell the story of the first time I talked with him at the boat show. It's one of my most embarrasing moments ever -- and Bob just let it slide. Cool guy. And I love his boats. The variety of designs is impressive. Labatt, you need to read his new book!
First contact I had with Perry was when I bought my first boat, a Perry designed Islander 28. He is such an i9nteresting man with many great stories.
I also saw him and talked with him at the Annapolis Boat Show and also at a special open house which Crusader Yachts of Annapolis did featuring him speaking at 2 years ago.
Charlie- we'll be in Anacortes this weekend working on the boat(on the hard). Could take the crabber out to get a few pics, it's in Cap Sante. You keep the boat at Skyline IIRC? Let me know your schedule and maybe we could meet you in Guemes Channel. Winds are supposed to be 15-25+K. I've got a lot to do so don't have much time, Sat. or Sun. would work. PM me for a phone #.
What is SA? I'd like to read that thread. Pls excuse my ignorance....
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What a wonderful night !
John, you've about summed up my thoughts during and after the match in a well crafted sarcastic summary which I truly appreciate and can say for once, am in 100% full agreement with you.
Perhaps you can keep your good journalistic view going and explain to me, or maybe someone else, anyone else, WHY THE FCUK is Jovanovic even on the bench if he's never going to play??????????????????????????
If Meireles was injured and had to come off at half then certainly switching Maxi to the right and putting on Jovan to the left would have made perfect sense... but no, he played Jonjo out there where he looked like a deer in head lights and completed more passes to Wigan and the stands than he did to Red.
AND THEN after dropping a goal, trying to chase one back, we bring on our most worthless, slowest player in the squad to hold I don't know what, instead of bringing on perhaps our fastest player to help aid Gerrard and Torres in attack.....
Why Roy WHY???????
If we had won this one, and drawn to Stoke, I could have said ok..fine 4 pts from 6, 2 away and a very long 2 weeks job well done.. but now our 2 best players were run ragged again, Jovan is collecting dust and FCUK ALL!!
Jason ,
How do you expect Roy to be all things to all people if he stops putting himself & his position first .
Roy has a responsibility to all things & all people & must please them in accordance with the Nature of the Goddess .
How is he expected to do that by behaving masculine & beastly & making single minded decisions that are in conflict with the Moon Child as she enters Aries ?
Surely you cant expect him to sacrifice the Children , Oh Goddess Please wont someone think of the poor poor children !!!? for the sake of points , Goals , Clean sheets , & the dreaded league after so many years avoiding the beastly thing ?
No Jason you must repent your triumph lusting ways that the Evil Shankly & his disciples Paisley , Fagan & Dalglish deceived us into desiring by giving us nights of joy that formed our characters which we will be unable to forget for the rest of our lives at the expense of our inner Goddess !
Repent Jason & Join us in our ever so slow rise , our steadied ship , our safe pair of hands , our all new modern LFC that is free from the past & its sinfully proud & victorious ways .
We are the all new all caring all sharing LFC & mid table stability shall be the battle cry that sees us avoid the blessed relegation which the Goddess in her Kindness has so sweetly tempted us with .
Alas , the way Roy is over performing we shall acquire the dreaded 50 points that will see us remain in the Ghastly Premier League for another season but if we all grow breasts between now & next season perhaps we shall be blessed with relegation & released from the vile pursuit or Trophy hunting .
We can only hope .
God Bless the Children & all who contribute to our cause by scoring against us .....
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Dont forget to spare a thought for the children !!!!!
So if we come out and win at Stoke and thus have the 4 points from these two games will that still be OK?
As for Jova, well he has been just about total shyte a la Babel so why would we be wanting to bring him on the pitch? He seems to be another case of just how many chances do you give the guy to phuck up before you finally realize that he is useless.

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By 2014, when Black Friday sales will start on Tuesday and Christmas carols will begin blaring in October, America's millionaires might become so wiped out by President Obama's scheme to tax the rich they'll be trawling the aisles at Wal-Mart.
Call it an overreaction, but stocks of lower-end retailers are thumping their snootier luxury counterparts. Higher-end retailers racked up twice the gains of discounters during this bull market, but have gradually lost ground this year as investors fret about our stalling economy. Since Obama's victory speech a loose basket of high-end retailers from Nordstrom JWN -2.6178010471204187% Nordstrom Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD42.78 -1.15 -2.6178010471204187% /Date(1469653384075-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3391349 AFTER HOURS USD43.0492 0.269199999999998 0.6292660121552127% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7583 P/E Ratio 15.444043321299638 Market Cap 7618999495.67718 Dividend Yield 3.4595605423094904% Rev. per Employee 199614 More quote details and news » (ticker: JWN) to Tiffany TIF -0.31590586005370397% Tiffany & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD63.11 -0.2 -0.31590586005370397% /Date(1469653321308-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1421266 AFTER HOURS USD63.11 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8763 P/E Ratio 18.135057471264368 Market Cap 7978199610.08636 Dividend Yield 2.8521628901917286% Rev. per Employee 330623 More quote details and news » (TIF) have skidded about 3.5%, five times worse than a group of discounters from Family Dollar Stores (FDO) to Target TGT -1.272631855156127% Target Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD75.25 -0.97 -1.272631855156127% /Date(1469653365867-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3093160 AFTER HOURS USD75.3 0.0499999999999972 0.0664451827242525% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 68608 P/E Ratio 13.897353500655623 Market Cap 44914543080.1697 Dividend Yield 3.1893687707641196% Rev. per Employee 213672 More quote details and news » (TGT).
Are America's wealthiest quaking in their Berluti loafers? If Washington fails to fix our fiscal cliff, those in the top income quintile -- which the folks at the Brookings Institute, who clearly don't pay rent in New York, classify as anyone earning more than $108,000—could see after-tax income shrink by 7.7%. That's a bigger hit than, say, 4.4% for the middle quintile.
Even so, the threats are just as daunting for lower-end consumer stocks. For a start, "the farther down the income scale, the less savings are available to absorb the tax shock," notes Barry Knapp, Barclays Capital's U.S. equity strategist. Expiring payroll tax cuts also have the least impact on top earners, since the maximum earnings taxable for Social Security in 2013 will be $113,700.
Poorer households also have less access to credit. Discounters often see a boost when Washington gooses the economy, so "potential cuts to government stimulus and benefits represent an underappreciated risk to dollar stores and Wal-Mart," notes Credit Suisse analyst Edward Kelly. Eliminating the payroll tax cut could crimp sales at Dollar Stores and Wal-Mart Stores WMT -0.55608300556083% Wal-Mart Stores Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD73.32 -0.41 -0.55608300556083% /Date(1469653212019-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5711205 AFTER HOURS USD73.38 0.0600000000000023 0.08183306055646482% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 66711 P/E Ratio 16.221238938053098 Market Cap 229790391756.322 Dividend Yield 2.727768685215494% Rev. per Employee 210090 More quote details and news » (WMT) by 2% to 4%, he estimates, since this tax hike represents 7% to 8% of controllable expenditures of a household earning $40,000 a year. And let's not forget potential cuts to extended unemployment benefits.
Now that stocks are bouncing back from oversold levels, the next few weeks could be choppy, and government belt-tightening likely will produce some fiscal drag next year. But it helps that sentiment is so fearful, with markets recently pricing in long-term profit growth of -1%, well below the post-war average of 7.1%, notes Nomura strategist Joseph Mezrich. Out in the real world, life goes on, and my mother-in-law expects a real gift under her Fraser fir, fiscal cliff or no. Credit Suisse sees retail sales growing 6.2% this holiday—below the 7.5% pace in 2010, but hardly shabby.
During this bull market, price-earnings ratios of Nordstrom, Macy's M -3.041825095057034% Macy's Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD35.7 -1.12 -3.041825095057034% /Date(1469653327409-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5408984 AFTER HOURS USD35.65 -0.0500000000000043 -0.1400560224089636% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 14138 P/E Ratio 11.516129032258064 Market Cap 11355103401.3687 Dividend Yield 4.2296918767507% Rev. per Employee 168575 More quote details and news » (M), and Tiffany have remained essentially flat as stock prices rose in step with profits. Meanwhile, Family Dollar has seen its multiple swell from 12 to 16.2 times projected profits in the past three years, a sign investors are paying more for each dollar it earns. Despite sporting the thinnest margins, discounters fetch 14.7 times projected profits, a premium to the stock market. In contrast, department and specialty stores slump below their historical median valuations and trade near 12 times earnings. If the gap between high- and low-end retailers keeps widening, you know where to shop.
WHAT ISN'T AN OVERREACTION is the recent rush of companies doling out dividends. No one can predict what the tax rate for dividends will be after 2012, but odds are good it will be higher than 15%. So in the past two months, companies declaring special dividends—a swelling roster that runs the gamut from HCA Holdings HCA -2.10896309314587% HCA Holdings Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD77.98 -1.68 -2.10896309314587% /Date(1469653467542-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3867146 AFTER HOURS USD78.69 0.709999999999994 0.9104898691972301% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 24757 P/E Ratio 14.657894736842104 Market Cap 31151361924.6362 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 172798 More quote details and news » (HCA) to Sturm Ruger RGR 1.1460902364717829% Sturm Ruger & Co. U.S.: NYSE USD69.72 0.79 1.1460902364717829% /Date(1469653322515-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 247126 AFTER HOURS USD69.72 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5987 P/E Ratio 19.081504187421316 Market Cap 1307119550.56015 Dividend Yield 2.7538726333907055% Rev. per Employee 269380 More quote details and news » (RGR) to Wynn Resorts WYNN -1.188750362423891% Wynn Resorts Ltd. U.S.: Nasdaq USD102.24 -1.23 -1.188750362423891% /Date(1469653200399-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2381548 AFTER HOURS USD102.3 0.0100000000000051 0.05868544600938967% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6458 P/E Ratio 35.377162629757784 Market Cap 10532314932.1484 Dividend Yield 1.9561815336463224% Rev. per Employee 191410 More quote details and news » (WYNN)—have jumped fourfold from last year. Others, like Wal-Mart, have pulled forward regular payouts scheduled for January into December.
What do they have in common? Many are cash-rich and have insider owners, since there's no interest quite like self-interest. It also helps if the cash can't be put toward other, more pressing needs.
Last month, UBS analysts highlighted 20 stocks likely to pay special dividends, and several have done so since. Other names on its list include Cablevision (CVC), Dish Network DISH -0.3065134099616858% DISH Network Corp. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD52.04 -0.16 -0.3065134099616858% /Date(1469653200337-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1567773 AFTER HOURS USD52 -0.0399999999999992 -0.07686395080707148% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6755 P/E Ratio 27.828877005347593 Market Cap 24265650801.9811 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 840662 More quote details and news » (DISH), Gap GPS -0.6987577639751553% Gap Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD25.58 -0.18 -0.6987577639751553% /Date(1469653410095-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6916705 AFTER HOURS USD25.58 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 28064 P/E Ratio 12.919191919191919 Market Cap 10251552454.368 Dividend Yield 3.596559812353401% Rev. per Employee 110482 More quote details and news » (GPS), Lear LEA 1.3402959094865101% Lear Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD116.44 1.54 1.3402959094865101% /Date(1469653320349-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1381127 AFTER HOURS USD116.44 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 12393 P/E Ratio 10.55666364460562 Market Cap 8476747787.89521 Dividend Yield 1.0305736860185504% Rev. per Employee 134737 More quote details and news » (LEA), Monster Beverage MNST -0.6997856512419619% Monster Beverage Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD157.51 -1.11 -0.6997856512419619% /Date(1469653200340-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 658047 AFTER HOURS USD157.51 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4710 P/E Ratio 44.24438202247191 Market Cap 32206679552.4024 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1253820 More quote details and news » (MNST), W.R. Berkley WRB -0.6129746296611612% W.R. Berkley Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD58.37 -0.36 -0.6129746296611612% /Date(1469653322857-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 316417 AFTER HOURS USD58.37 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2438 P/E Ratio 15.32020997375328 Market Cap 7202764503.4903 Dividend Yield 0.89086859688196% Rev. per Employee 969238 More quote details and news » (WRB), and Willis Group (WSH). Tronox (TROX) recently raised $900 million in the bond market and is mulling a special payout, while the CME Group CME 1.2019704433497538% CME Group Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq USD102.72 1.22 1.2019704433497538% /Date(1469653200339-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1294925 AFTER HOURS USD102.55 -0.170000000000002 -0.16549844236760125% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 41149 P/E Ratio 27.102902374670183 Market Cap 34372265986.8164 Dividend Yield 2.336448598130841% Rev. per Employee 1352410 More quote details and news » (CME) often pays a fifth dividend in the first quarter that might be pulled forward.
Over Thanksgiving, we asked the good people at Bespoke Investment Group to screen for Standard & Poor's 500 stocks with more than $5 billion of cash and declining return on capital, and where insiders own more than 5% of shares. We weeded out those that have just declared special payouts, like Franklin Resources BEN 0.7516623301532235% Franklin Resources Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD34.85 0.26 0.7516623301532235% /Date(1469653395605-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3851202 AFTER HOURS USD34.85 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 27890 P/E Ratio 12.626811594202898 Market Cap 20232764426.4116 Dividend Yield 2.065997130559541% Rev. per Employee 767558 More quote details and news » (BEN). Bespoke's list includes Oracle ORCL -0.024425989252564728% Oracle Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD40.93 -0.01 -0.024425989252564728% /Date(1469653246700-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 9487878 AFTER HOURS USD40.93 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 79155 P/E Ratio 19.77294685990338 Market Cap 168784559738.683 Dividend Yield 1.4659174199853409% Rev. per Employee 272404 More quote details and news » (ORCL), Dell (DELL), Charles Schwab SCHW 0.2094240837696335% Charles Schwab Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD28.71 0.06 0.2094240837696335% /Date(1469653420036-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10041501 AFTER HOURS USD28.71 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 49871 P/E Ratio 25.07861635220126 Market Cap 37866447792.934 Dividend Yield 0.9752699407871822% Rev. per Employee 455425 More quote details and news » (SCHW), Yahoo! YHOO -0.2579979360165119% Yahoo! Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD38.66 -0.1 -0.2579979360165119% /Date(1469653200393-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 12097865 AFTER HOURS USD38.6 -0.0599999999999952 -0.1551991722710812% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 50568 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 36818859091.6276 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 434922 More quote details and news » (YHOO), eBay EBAY -0.28662420382165604% eBay Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD31.31 -0.09 -0.28662420382165604% /Date(1469653200360-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 11801802 AFTER HOURS USD31.47 0.16 0.5110188438198658% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 57827 P/E Ratio 19.135802469135804 Market Cap 35451197518.5322 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 757586 More quote details and news » (EBAY), and Microsoft MSFT -1.0042283298097252% Microsoft Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD56.19 -0.57 -1.0042283298097252% /Date(1469653200403-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 31735229 AFTER HOURS USD56.18 -0.00999999999999801 -0.01779676098949991% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 592248 P/E Ratio 27.409756097560976 Market Cap 443182066894.531 Dividend Yield 2.5627335824879873% Rev. per Employee 723051 More quote details and news » (MSFT).
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Oct 23, 2008 - Rome
Hi there everyone Woke up in Roma today and travelled down to Roma yesterday and caught up with my cousin Frances and that was so cool. 16 years she has been living here and this is the first time any of my family have been here to see her neck of the woods. So we headed for the metro and found ourselves at the Spanish steps and then continued on all day going around the sights. We hopped on the tourist bus and went all round the major ones and Frances has taken the day off tomorrow to take and guide us to the real important ones. We hopped...Jump to full entry
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Oct 15, 2008 - Rome
The slow pace quickens as we leave Tuscany and head to the bustling city of Rome, the center of the world. We dock at the "Surprising in Rome" and hit some of the highlights, Colleseum, Forum, etc.. After our first evening we get a stifling full day to take in Rome. It's probably all we'll be able to handle. We'll make sure to hit the Vatican in full and try some neopolitan pizza. See...Jump to full entry
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Oct 9, 2008 - McRomed
We arrived in Rome on Tuesday and have been going non-stop since. The first day we arrived we walked around to a few places near our hostel and saw the Coloseam (sp?). That night Kathleen went out with her Australian guy, while I ate the free pasta at the hostel, went to the call center, talked to David and then went back a read til I feel to sleep. On Wednesday, we got up really early and met up with the Canadian girls (Chera & Andrea) and their new friend Andre, to head over to the Vatican. On Wednesdays the pope speaks, so we got to see...Jump to full entry
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Oct 8, 2008 - Rome
To some of you this has probably been like the never ending story but finally folks a conclusion. We have had two more hectic days in Rome. The train ride from Venice was lovely. We were lucky enough to have double seats with no neighbours so were able to really stretch out and relax. I have become a huge fan of train travel – although next time we will definitely travel more lightly. A welcome change from our Paris experience meant that we got a cab straight away at the Rome terminus. As usual though we got nothing from the taxi driver...Jump to full entry
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Oct 3, 2008 - Roma!
Randy Rome exudes excess. It is city of contrasts. Coming from the farmlands to the north, the city's enormity was my first impression. Noisy, smoggy, indescribably chaotic driving, graffiti, litter, it's all in your face from the moment you get off the train. My generally casual nature about my environment gets put on hold rolling into a new big city. I imagine thieves and worse lurking everywhere around the station exit. I've seen them before in places I no longer can put names to and my mind screams caution as I try to keep an eye on my...Jump to full entry
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Sep 16, 2008 - Still in Rome
Angels & Demons Tour Up first today was the Angels & Demons tour . ***Spoiler alert!!!*** If you haven't read the book and don't want certain details to be ruined, skip this section. I won't reveal the ending or anything, though. Knowing that we would be coming to Rome, I bought the book so we could re-read it, the locale now having more meaning; then, we found out that an official Angels & Demons tour is actually offered, so we booked it! To get to the meeting point, we had our first Rome subway experience, which went pretty well, with the...Jump to full entry
Sep 15, 2008 - Explore Rome
European breakfast Today was the first day we were able to enjoy the buffet breakfast included at our hotel. The Europeans really know how to do breakfast. Our favorite was definitely the stuffed crossiants, and for Bob also the espresso. Too delicious. We were surprised at how many non-English, non-Italian speaking participants joined us at breakfast. Lots of Germans. I guess the Germans like to visit Italy. I just expected most of the tourists to be American. The amazing thing is that the front desk staff speak all of the languages....Jump to full entry
Sep 14, 2008 - Arrive Rome
Buon giorno from Roma! We made it! Time Zones Impaired We flew through Cincinnati, which is an airport where we have spent significant time. The last time we were there, I nearly scratched my eyeball out. This time, my eyes behaved, but my brain did not. My history of not being familiar with time zones is well documented, and nothing has changed. I thought we had about an hour to kill between flights, but, just in case, asked Bob, "This is still the Central Time Zone, correct?" Luckily he knew, because of his dealings with people in...Jump to full entry
Sep 12, 2008 - Ciao Venézia, Ciao Roma (Italian translation: Goodbye Venice, Hello Rome)
Friday – A drive down from Venézia to Roma drove through the flat plains around Venézia before entering the mountains at Bologna. The mountains weren't too high but lots of tunnels. Past some of the hill top villages/towns that were settled after the fall of Rome. Checked in at the hotel and off to the Spanish Steps, Pantheon, and Piazza Navona. Lots of people in Roma, and on the steps. The Pantheon is amazing that a building built in the first century is still standing. A large dome that is perfectly positioned so that if the sphere was...Jump to full entry
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Sep 11, 2008 - Roma Bellisimo!
Well, I must have been very tired as I slept in. Could have done with the no wake up call too. Gerry had to come and get my bag, so I rushed downstairs. After a bit I fell asleep on the bus in the aisle seat. We were going around a corner and I must have jolted awake, as I grabbed poor Paul sitting across from me and I'm sure I almost drew blood! After a quick stop at the autogrill for a bathroom break, we're off again and I fell asleep again, but very deeply. When were were getting off for the lunch break at the 2nd autogrill, no one could...Jump to full entry
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Sep 1, 2008 - Rome
We left the hotel at 8:30 to catch the underground to go to the Colleseum where we took the Colleseum and Palatino tour. Afterwards we had lunch and caught the underground back to the Central Train Station and shopped for awhile. In the evening we took the Rome at Night tour which was very nice. We saw all the lights of the city.Jump to full entry
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Sep 1, 2008 - Rome Trip
Hello, Well I am back from Rome. What to say? Well first off..it was beautiful...there is no denying that. It was to say the least a very interesting trip. My whole take on Italy thus far is hit and miss. I think it is beautiful (I have only seen 2 cities) and a definite experience, but I do not think I am crazy about the people or the organization of the country. I will explain further. But first...I should start at the beginning. Silke and I left 11pm on the Luna Express Train headed to Rome. OMG! It was super cramped! We were in a 6...Jump to full entry
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Evergreen Park, Ill., a suburb contiguous with Chicago's western edge, is 88 percent white. A large majority of the customers of the Wal-Mart that sits here, less than a block outside Chicago, are from the city, and more than 90 percent of the store's customers are African-American. One of whom, a woman pushing a shopping cart with a stoical 3-year-old along for the ride, has a chip on her shoulder about the size of this 141,000 square-foot Wal-Mart. She applied for a job when the store opened in January and was turned down because, she said, the person doing the hiring "had an attitude."
So why is the woman shopping here anyway? She looks at the questioner as though he is dimwitted and directs his attention to the low prices of the DVDs on the rack next to her.
Sensibly, she compartmentalizes her moods and her money. Besides, she should not brood. She had lots of company in not being hired: More than 25,000 people applied for the 325 openings.
Which vexes liberals like John Kerry. (He and his helpmeet last shopped at Wal-Mart when?) In 2004 he tested what has become one of the Democrats' 2006 themes: Wal-Mart is, he said, "disgraceful"and symbolic of "what's wrong with America."
By now, Democrats have succeeded, to their embarrassment (if they are susceptible to that), in making the basic numbers familiar: The median household income of Wal-Mart shoppers is under $40,000. Wal-Mart, the most prodigious job-creator in the history of the private sector in this galaxy, has almost as many employees (1.3 million) as the U.S. military has uniformed personnel.
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Low prices, but always to packed to grocery shop. We grocery shop at Kroger or Schnucks instead.
The DUcraps cannot run on issues so they run against capitalism. Wal Mart isn't perfect but what is the DUthug's alternative. They never give any.
Wally ping.
Bet yer glad this week is almost over :)
The fight over WalMarts seems to be a matter of wealthy folks trying to pull down the preferred merchant of the less affluent people. LET THEM SHOP AT TIFFANY'S!
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Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry said at the outset of a trip to Iowa today that the nations voters are more open now than two years ago to the message he campaigned on as the 2004 Democratic nominee for president.
Although a decision about whether he will mount a second bid for the White House is down the road, conditions in the country have worsened since his narrow loss to President Bush, he said in a telephone interview.
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On this one Savage is right - liberalism is a mental disorder.
Can you get a mental image of Will and Kerry shopping together at WalMart? How about at WhoeFoods?
Class warfare as every warfare requires two sides. The pressure to lower wages or "cost of labor" in order to increase profits is also a form of class warfare.
George Will should get out of DC for a couple of years. Like a blind squirrel this time he found nuts.
great pic!
Rush was discussing this article this week, and was so absolutely worked up that he spluttered into 3 commercials...
Kerry et al. are floundering terrible, looking for the right hook...
Yep!! You're right. It's right up there with Islam.
Can Wal-Mart and our trade-deficit with China be traced to the Ozark Caligula administration's decision to allow our satellites to head up in space via China rockets(Lorel)? As an adolescent in the 70's and 80's, I never heard of Wal-Mart until the 90's. It was always K-Mart, etc. I personally don't shop at Wal-Mart.
Not speaking for the DUmmies but where I live we have a fine alternative to stuff from off-Island. Capitalism, as it is practiced in these United States, panders to DUmmies their market. Capitalism, to be a force for good, must include the intelligently greedy in its market, otherwise it is mere commercialism (q. v., W7NCD not some post-modern version dictionary).
There is a Wal-Mart Supercenter around 15 miles from us. The prices are so much lower than the local grocery stores and a wider variety! Their produce and meat departments are excellent too. The folks who work there are friendly and very helpful.Just my experience, of course. I refuse to buy at Target any more than necessary. Their lack of community values and higher prices irk me. :)
Good point.
I manage to do coupons and specials and rob the local grocery store every week, so traveling to the nearest Wal-Mart for groceries isn't something I do...but in my experience, grocery stores in inner cities are way over-priced and if people can travel to a Wal-Mart and find lower prices, good for them.
That 70 percent is a complete and total fabrication.
They included in the 70 percent uninsured by Wal Mart young people who still were insured by their parents, people who work there as a 2nd job and are insured at their FT job and people who are married and covered by their spouses which covers a high percentage of those uninsured by Wal mart. Also PTers who are ineligible to be insured as they would at 90 percent of companies.
Union stoolie you probably are.
What gets me is the morons who actually think unions want to help Wal Mart workers. NO THEY WANT THEIR DUES!
Around here, the lowest prices for food are found at WinCo. Prices are about 25% cheaper than WM. WinCo is 100% employee owned. The best prices for drugs and general sundries are offered by Bi-Mart (another employee owned store). CostCo and WM are about the same price. Target stores in Oregon are much cleaner and offer a better shopping experience than WM.
You said:
"About 70% of WM employees (and their children) are dependent upon upon government for Medicare or Medicaid."
Got proof for that statement? I think your wrong, and your bias is showing....
But why let a good lie get in the way of bashing a large company right?
Hard to believe the rest of your rant when you can't get your facts straight, huh?
I guess you would be happy when the unions come in and take over walmart huh?
How about this one?
"The truth is that WM's food prices are higher in many cases than other local merchants. "
Got proof for that one too?
I doubt it......
WM sells 20% of the groceries sold in the country. The average grocery shopper at WM saves 17% over shopping elsewhere.
Recent study,released in the last week or so. I'll try and find it.
You allegation is pure nonsense. I have never been a union member in my life.
My sister the angry commie HATES WalMart. Never passes up a chance to put them down. But where did she take me shopping when I was visiting her in April? WALMART. And there were other stores there, in Tulsa, OK.
Big, big ping.
[Class warfare as every warfare requires two sides. The pressure to lower wages or "cost of labor" in order to increase profits is also a form of class warfare.]
Just like it takes two people to lie; one to lie and the other to listen.
I put myself through college by working at Liberty Glass in Sapulpa Ok. I had to be a member of the union. Glass Bottle Blowers of United States and Canada. That was 1969-1971. It was 106 outside in the summer and 110 inside the plant. YUCK. Paid well.
OK, that's fair enough, we all have to adjust our lives to our local conditions.
What threw me off was you quoting what I assumed to be nation average assertions about the number of WM EEs who needed welfare etc.
Are those numbers unique to your local area, or are they national numbers?
WinCo 25% cheaper than WM? They'll be bankrupt soon. That's impossible. There is a razor-thin profit margin on groceries.
Are you sure you don't mean that, for instance a house brand can of vegetables is 25% cheaper than a name brand at WM?
I enjoy reading your housing bubble threads, but now you've cast a lot of doubt on their veracity.
Respectfully yours,
That lady who didn't get hired is an idiot...
I remember reading about the many applicants at the ev park store, and if they hired only 325 out of 25,000, I would guess many of them would be ticked standing in line without any chance of getting hired.
I used to work on 95th Street near Western on the Chicago Side. The mall there was a cesspool of gang bangers, crime, etc.....
That is what the south side, excluding Mt. Greenwood, brought you.
The attitude was probably from the applicant in this case. Of course she then goes to wal-mart to shop anyway.
And the walmart near me has no shortage of BMW's, Merecedes, and big fat SUV's on any day of the week, IMHO.
Oh well, I guess the communist unions have to continue their rants while the rest of the USA contuines supporting our economy.
BTW - No one is forced to ever work at WalMart. They volunteer to apply, get it, they made a choice.
And if it is so bad to work there, why do they stay.
Why don't they apply somewhere else like target, or Costco after they have some experience then?
Why can't walmart employees share that responsibility of making a choice of applying and working there, as well as choosing which benefits to accept ro use?
I'll tell you why, becuase it dilutes the rants and raves of communists and unions who would rather drag the workforce down with them, IMHO.
My mother is a Democrat in OK. She USED to be a very conservative Democrat. Okies used to be all conservative Dems. Now they are a red state. Most of the conservative Dems switched parties. Now she talks bad about Christians and religion. And she still goes to church every Sunday. The Dem party has her so screwed up that it is hard to talk to her. She believes every LIE they tell. She believes there is a Social Security Lock Box, etc.
He He!
Yep, first hand knowledge of that. My mother (in OK) is appalled at the idea of abortion. She is very conservative and Christian, but she grew up believing the democrats are the party of the little people.
In fact, they are the party of keeping the people little. The dems never pose any solutions to helping people out of poverty, just throwing them a few crumbs whilst keeping them in poverty.
If that tale is to be believed, and it DOES come across as pretty credible, then Sam Walton built Wal-Mart on some very basic, even simplistic principles: buy your goods at the cheapest possible price, cut your margins, and sell your products cheaper than your competitors. "The less you charge, the more you make."
Wal-Mart is the perfect example of a better mousetrap.
What the Dems hate about it is that its philosophy is quintessentially capitalistic, and many of its donations go to conservative causes.
Then she's a typical Democrat. They tend to be uninformed, to put it mildly. The media relies on Democrats to buy their totally left-biased "news" papers, and watch their completely biased TV "news", and pay to see movies which are nothing but left-lunatic propaganda.
The Democrat/Jackass Party continually spreads deliberate lies to fuel class warfare, to undermine capitalism and freedom. The Democrats are anti-American neo-Stalinists.
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The Welch Center administrative group has once again committed to participating in this year's Adopt-a-Family/Adopt-a-Senior Program. The present state of the economy makes the need for such programs especially acute. Elisha Rhodes is spearheading the effort this year and invites everyone in the Welch Center family to participate.The family the Center has "adopted" has two young children, a boy six years old and a girl four years old. To qualify for the program, the parent or guardian is required to volunteer in some capacity at the agency or institution that has sponsored their "adoption."The children have each submitted a short wish list, and the details will be found below. They understand that they may not receive all items on their list and will be grateful for what they receive. If purchasing clothing, please include a gift slip just in case a size is incorrect.
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Christopher (DP117)
Christopher (Japanese: ユウサク Yūsaku) is an anime character. He made his main appearance in Noodles! Roamin' Off!.
He was an underclassman at the Team Rocket Academy during the time Jessie and James were attending. He struggled with training and was invited for ramen by Jessie and James to cheer him up. Christopher was inspired by the kind gesture and decided to go back to Sinnoh and open up a ramen shop, "Jessie and James's Noodle Shop". With the success of the first one, he was able to make a chain of shops. With eleven of them so far in Sinnoh, his had become the most popular ramen shops.
Christopher made a brief cameo in Dressed for Jess Success! where he watched Meowth and James (disguised as Jessilina) participating in the Performance Stage of the Lilypad Town Pokémon Contest. He was in tears as he watched Meowth prepare ramen noodles as the appeal.
Upon seeing the expertise with which Meowth could cut noodles, Christopher offered Meowth a job in one of his ramen shops with a view to taking over the business eventually. Although Meowth reluctantly refused at first, after yet another blasting off courtesy of the twerps he decided to take Christopher up on the offer.
Although Meowth's future looked bright, he quickly realized he couldn't just abandon his long-time team-mates. Upon hearing they were in trouble on Metagross Mountain he quickly quit the job and left to help his friends.
|Pokémon Emergency!
|Voice actors
|Inuko Inuyama
|Billy Beach
Voice actors
|Members of Team Rocket
| Giovanni (anime • Adventures • Pocket Monsters)
| Archer • Ariana • Petrel • Proton
| Trios:
| Jessie, James, & Meowth (JJM)
Koga, Lt. Surge, & Sabrina (Triad*)
Ken, Al, & Harry (TRET)
Carr, Sird, & Orm (T3B)
|Butch & Cassidy • Attila & Hun • Annie & Oakley*
| Others:
| Executives • Scientists • Grunts • Rocket Brothers • Gideon • Dr. Fuji
Domino • Iron-Masked Marauder • Tyson • Wendy • Dr. Namba
Sebastian • Viper • Mondo • Pierce • Dr. Zager • Christopher
Miyamoto • Rocket Scout • Matori • Kaede • Blaine*
|This article is part of Project COD, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each one-time character of the Pokémon anime.
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