Yo .. Bruce .... Ooops,,, I mean **** Head.,,

I didn't ask for a financial analysis of the economics of milk production.
What the F... is your problem?

Just so your feeble mind can absorb this: I am looking for mooring
equipment. A BIG MOORING BLOCK, A CHAIN, A PENNANT. IN AMERICA, WE HAVE A
FREE MARKET SYSTEM. THAT IS WHERE ONE SHOPS FOR THE BEST PRICE. IF THE
FIRST PRICE IS/WAS THE BEST PRICE .. GREAT. BUT IT WOULD BE DARN STUPID TO
ACCEPT ONLY ONE PRICE BEFORE TESTING THE MARKET.

Just so someone totally lacking in the language of economics can understand,
I will give you a lesson ..

Many years ago the milk price which the farmer received was a set price, as
in price control. The farmers, with help from politicians, set this up so
that they would receive a higher price per gallon and therefore avoid
competition. The farmer got more money, and the delivery company got their
same cut, but Mrs Smith paid a higher price than she should have. Did the
farmer re-invest his profit back into the farm? No way. He figured the
politicians would take care of him. Guess what happened, people started
drinking less milk. And cheese, and butter. Oh boy.. not good for business
said the delivery company. Then someone asked the farmer why he didn't
re-invest his profit back into the farm. As you can imagine, there wasn't a
very good answer.

As they say .. the gig was up.

Next thing you know, no price controls. Mr farmer must make his farm work
or go get another job. Many farmers went out of business. But not all.
Some got off their you know what and made their farms work better. And they
produced less milk .. so that the market would take over and keep the price
up. Now, up where I live, there are a lot less farmers producing milk.
But, there is just as much milk being produced. And, the farmers who are
producing milk, and doing it using modern methods, are making money. Not a
lot of money, but a profit. They are businessmen and women. What else?
They use the milk for many other purposes besides what is the traditional
product. Is the system perfect? Nope. But, it is a free market.

Which brings me back to the mooring block. The port auth has a list of
people who can put in moorings. They know these folks, and trust them.
They also told me that anyone can put the mooring in, in fact I can put in
my own mooring as long as I do it per code. Kinda like building a house,
you can do it or get a contractor. What I would like to do is a 1/2 me ...
/1/2 contract mooring placement. I will see about getting the block,
chain, etc and contract out the setting. I might save 1/3 of the original
price this way. And does my contractor care? Nope, in fact he told me I
was smart to look around so that I would understand the construction of my
mooring and therefore will know when it needs maintainence, or service.

There ya go Bruce ,, oops, I mean **** Head.

Now you can go back to washing those dishes and get ready for the lunch
crowd.

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"Bruce Nichol" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:02:55 GMT, "NE Sailboat"
wrote:

If you are in the NH seacoast region .. could you tell me who, where, I
can
purchase mooring equipment.

I need a 6,000 block of granite according to the port auth. What I've
seen
is a big old piece of rough cut granite with a hole through the middle and
a
big old piece of metal through the hole which has a ring/loop on the top.
The mooring chain gets attached to the ring/loop.

Problem seems to be that the port auth sends mooring permit holders to a
couple of mooring setters. That isn't so bad but how can someone know how
much the granite is costing without talking to the supplier.

So, you go out and talk to the farmer every time you want to buy a
pint of milk, just to see if the price you're asked to pay at the shop
is fair, by your (probably not knowing the difference) standards?

I'd have thought that the Authority in queston giving you the contact
details for a couple of suppliers forthe finished product have
actually done you a favour.....

The free-market forces of competition will now come into it.

You could've been left high and dry not knowing where to go, what to
do.....

How much is a pint of milk at the farm gate, asks he, knowing full
well that it doesn't pass through the farm gates as "pints" and
knowing, too, that even lumps of granite will also be subject to
value-adding along the way....?

Regards,

Bruce Nichol