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  • From: bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org, cayadopi AT yahoo.com
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] hyper v depr debate continues
  • Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:05:24 -0800 (PST)

You drive a scooter at 100 mph? Make sure you keep your mouth
closed.............

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--- On Thu, 12/18/08, Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] hyper v depr debate continues
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 1:00 PM
> Can't argue w/bankruptcy.  Effects will be
> widespread.  I'd bet a lot of government
> (local/state/federal) pensions are invested in their bonds
> and paper, not to mention other pension plans & mutual
> funds.  They should play the music "Wipe-out" in
> the background if they announce bankruptcy filings....
>
>
> I basically haven't looked at new cars in 2 decades, so
> I don't know what is being put out now.  I do know I
> would never buy a Ford truck again, as mine has been a
> headache for the duration, as have been the Ford dealerships
> I've dealt with.  18 years later, discovered a tranny
> problem was actually a warranty item from about 1 year after
> I bought the truck, and I had the truck in constantly for
> tranny problems.  Ditto on other issues.  Another problem
> - I had the truck in numberous times - something wrong in
> the front end, none of the Ford dealers could find the
> problem.  Local NM mechanic found it in 5 mins,,,, a $40
> part.  The list of issues is long.  If I hit the lotto,
> and if Toyota or whomever, makes a big enough truck/engine I
> switch in a heartbeat.  Although I rarely drive, and use my
> scooter whenever possible for local driving.  That actually
> is fun, and at 90-100mpg,,,  I like even better.
>
>
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 12/18/08, bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> From: bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] hyper v depr debate continues
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org, cayadopi AT yahoo.com
> Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 2:34 PM
>
> It's all BS. All three companies make good trucks.
> Ford makes one good car
> of which I am aware (Fusion). Let them (all 3) go Chap 11,
> refit to build
> trucks and maybe one 2 or 3 total cars that could compete
> with the quality of
> the forreign cars. And, if workers want a Union , they
> need to dump UAW , and
> start one without the financial and political corruption.
> Some enitites are
> just beyond help..................................
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> --- On Thu, 12/18/08, Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Leslie <cayadopi AT yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Homestead] hyper v depr debate continues
> > To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 12:25 PM
> > I always get doubles from you too... but I'm
> wondering
> > now if it is only somehow related to a reply, since
> you
> > don't always have doubles.  Clearly you
> aren't with
> > yahoo.
> >
> > I'm replying to this one email of two; this one
> came in
> > from homestead lists...............  the other came
> in from
> > your email.  Let me know if you receive one or two
> replies.
> >
> >
> >
> > I suspect Ford is plagued by the same problems as the
> other
> > three, although maybe they can delay for a while. 
> >
> > Wall Street has been cannabilizing itself for about a
> year,
> > maybe this is just a similar move on Car Street...
> Ford
> > maneuvering itself to cannabilize the others, although
> how
> > all that works out is beyond me, a handout from the
> Fed to
> > buy up the other 2 ????
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 12/18/08, EarthNSky
> > <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Homestead] hyper v depr debate continues
> > To: cayadopi AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 1:39 PM
> >
> >
> > Leslie wrote:
> > > In other news.... Bush considers an "orderly
> > bankruptcy" for the
> > Big
> > > 3............ Chaulk that one up that for the
> > depression camp....
> >
> > Two, not three. Latest is that Ford will be okay
> unless the
> > economy
> > really tanks... They are doing what they should be
> doing,
> > tightening the
> > belt and selling assets for cash.
> > The Chevy dealership in town is rumored to be closing
> the
> > first of the
> > year. The Dodge dealership has been gone for a while
> > now..then, only
> > Ford will remain, and on shaky ground at that. If
> that
> > holds true for
> > the larger scale of things(I suppose I should know
> better
> > than to
> > upscale local events), Chrysler, GM, Ford..in that
> order.
> >
> > Interestingly, Leslie's email also pops up in my
> To:
> > box, the same way
> > Bob's doesn..
> >
> > Bev
> >
> >
> > --
> > The true significance of Sacajawea's involvement
> in the
> > Lewis & Clark
> > expedition is that it was the first documented trip in
> > history where men
> > asked a woman for directions and followed them,
> allowing
> > them to arrive
> > at their destination.
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