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…
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Dirty things you can do to your…
- Sunday, 28 September 2008 23:18
- Written by Lane Bailey
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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
What a pain in the gas!
- Saturday, 27 September 2008 23:41
- Written by Lane Bailey
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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 fewer people.
But, I’ll repeat what I said beofre. DON’T PANIC. Don’t get gas every time you get down to 3/4 tank. People getting into line and buying $10 in gas is kind of stupid. And that is what one of the people in front of me did…
In a couple of days, or maybe a week, this will all be behind us… I think a few days.
Did you get Whammed by WaMu?
- Friday, 26 September 2008 15:19
- Written by Lane Bailey
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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 up. They had a HUGE percentage of mortgages that were sub-prime, escalating and/or negative amortization… as well as Adjustable.
Get the good credit you deserve…
- Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:53
- Written by Lane Bailey
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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?