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Non-Tech : Kirk's Market Thoughts
COHR 191.72+0.2%Dec 26 9:30 AM EST
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To: the longhorn who wrote (9989)6/22/2020 11:09:56 AM
From: Kirk ©  Read Replies (1) of 26869
 
What people like us need to do is put the screws to the politicians. I go right to their FB pages and say I won't go to their cities because I don't feel safe, or whatever issue I wish to tell them about. I also say I recommend my friends avoid them. For me, this is SF where I say we don't eat there any more because we fear our cars getting broken into and aggressive "pan handlers." For years I've avoided driving through certain cities at night as residents would often shut down streets and even the interstate to do illegal sideshows.
News on the political front is depressing these days! Just read about a shop owner in Ohio who was destroyed in the riots. She and her three employees hid in the back while her store was smashed to bits. She's trying to reopen and is being threatened. "we are going to hit you again".
One good example is we used to drive up to SF for a big banquet and dance in a fancy hotel for a club for those of us with direct French ancestry are entitled to join. The club got a big endowment long ago so it only cost $12 a year in dues and the $15 or $20 price for the banquet for a member and our date is often covered by the drink voucher.... Anyway, SF eliminated smoking in their buildings so my sister-in-law who still smokes would have to travel up several flights to get to street level to go outside and around the corner to have a smoke... which is right in the center of the seedy part of town so smelly, unsavory people would hassle her for money... so my brother would have to escort her... not fun so we stopped going together. It would not surprise me if the club paid $200 a head for this banquet but there are four less going now....
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