Yep… we still have a problem around Lilburn and Gwinnett County finding gas.  In fact, the whole Atlanta area is facing the problem.  I have been searching for ways to find gas for my readers.  I have found a couple of ways to keep up to date on where there is gas…
The first way is [...]

Yes, it would be one of the catch-lines from “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy“, but it could hardly be more appropriate to the situation that we are facing both locally and nationally.  And there are two very different situations that we are facing right now…

camper.
I’ve been wanting to buy a camper… just a simple pop-up to take the family out in for a little camping. Instead, I got to buy a new

My normal haunt for gas during the Atlanta area shortages has been the Lilburn Kroger on Rockbridge at Five Forks.
They still seem to be the place that has gas.
But now they are the place for lines as well.  There were 100 people out there today.
I wrote a post earlier this week when there were many [...]

If you haven’t heard, Washington Mutual (WaMu) is the latest and biggest bank to fail.  The had put themselves on the block last week, but many industry folks had been waiting for them to fail for months.  They have been carrying a LOT of bad debt and debt that looked like it would go belly [...]

Driving home this afternoon I was behind a small SUV that had an advertisement for a “credit repair” firm on the back.  And that was specifically what the sign said:
Get the “Good CREDIT” you DESERVE
And as I drove along, I was thinking about that… it brought up a point:
Do you DESERVE good credit?

Ken Cook, not the weatherguy, is one of the Mortgage guys that I call.  He is an outspoken critic of bad practices in the Mortgage Industry… as well as being a veritable library of information for consumers.
Yesterday, Ken posted

For those of you not in the Atlanta area, that might not seem to be a big deal… or might even seem like too much information.
But, for Atlantans right now… it matters.
The Lilburn area does NOT seem to be having the issues of many other Atlanta area communities.  As I drive around, I see

The best thing to do would be to read it before reading the date.
The Trillion Dollar Bank Shakedown That Bodes Ill for Cities
If you get curious, here are the Wiki entries for two of the mentioned entities.  One Two
They aren’t the only cause for the current credit/confidence crisis… but they are a biggie.

I get a kick out of diesel drags. Guys race the tow rigs, or they pull up with