I can't ever remember having the option of debating whether or not I have to pay my bills. Has anyone out there ever been able to say "Well, spending more money is bad, and seeing as I don't have enough I'm just not gonna pay my bills!"
But apparently that's just the position our government finds it self in. Now I'll be the first to admit (and many will chime in in agreement) that I'm the last to claim I'm an expert on governmental ins and outs, and I can't begin to imagine the level of expenses they are faced with to continue running, but if you break it down to a household level it becomes somewhat elementary. See, they're "debating" the debt ceiling. As the name would intimate it's the limit that they can spend. Some republicans sate that we need spending cuts. Some democrats say we need to raise the debt ceiling? (how do you do that? I'd love to know how you increase your spending limit, if you don't have the cash) The prez's stand point is that America needs to pay it's bill's.
Go figure.
So here's my point (there's a point?!) if at payday you have $400.00 and your bills are $380.00 but your entertainment choices (movies, drinking or whatever) cost $40.00 and that rel cool shirt cost' $50.00....? Well. You pay your bills, stay in for the night and wash your old clothes.
It's that freakin' simple! What's to debate.
Tell ya what. Lets start with a moratorium on governmental salaries. There are 435 members of the house of Representatives with a salary of $174,000.00 each annually. That's a total of $75,690,000.00 a year. Now seeing that by and large their ineptness and impotence as leaders of our nation has in great part contributed to our current stagnant economy we should take that and throw it in the kitty. A small chunk of change in the grand scheme of things, but perhaps just such a penalty should be levied against this body of stagnant, in fighting morons. Honestly! In any other business any employee so incapable of performing their JOB would be fired! Or at the least have their pay docked.
Then get on with the business of running the country. Pay our debt's. Pay our pensioners. Pay or Social Security recipient and trim the fat. And with just a little bit of Internet hunting will reveal just how much fat!
ANYWAY!!!
I REALLY want to thank all the wonderful folk coming in today and dropping off many a repair. So many came in referred to us by many others and left a very happy camper...
Well all but one. A very lovely lady who recently had her bike "serviced" by another local shop (to the tune of $150.00 for a tune up and two used tires (seems it was the cheaper of two estimate the other being $190.00)) brought it in to have a tube check as it was continually loosing air. As we talked she inquired what we would have charged for the same work. She was not to happy when she realized that our cost would have been $49.00 for the same work.
Well at least she knows where she'll be coming from now on.
And thanks to Irene for giving us the chance to work on her beloved Jamis. I can't BELIEVE the other bike shop recommended crapping it and buying new one!
Oh wait.
yea, I guess I can. Takes less effort to sell a NEW bike then fix an old one.
(did you sense the clandestine vitriol in that statement?)
We did manage to get out one new goody today. A sweet Miyata road bike. Slightly scuffed paint but FULLY re-furbed and trimmed with new tires, tubes and cables. Check out pic's below. We also have done some more buying and the gem of the lot is a sweet SunCycle three wheeler I'll be diving into tomorrow so watch the blog for that!
All right, I'd best be off as the hour are waining away!
Night!
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| FULLY RE-FURBED CLASSIC MIYATA ONLY $120.00!!! |
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