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Thank you, Madam Speaker. You're doing a bang-up job.



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$3.07/gallon average.



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Thank you, Madam Speaker. You're doing a bang-up job.





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On May 7, 7:15�am, "NOYB" wrote:
Thank you, Madam Speaker. *You're doing a bang-up job.


Actually, the percentage of your net worth required to purchase a boat
is probably plummeting. A softening retail environment for boats (the
little and some of the middle guys can't do the fuel costs) as well as
rampaging securities market put upper income professionals, like
dentists, into a pretty good position to buy right now.

"Boating is more affordable than ever!"

If you're going to blame Pelosi for the price of refined petroleum
products, don't forget to thank her for the very nice uptick in your
stock portfolio. She has as much to do with one as with the other. Zip
in both cases.






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Chuck Gould wrote:
On May 7, 7:15�am, "NOYB" wrote:
Thank you, Madam Speaker. �You're doing a bang-up job.


Actually, the percentage of your net worth required to purchase a boat
is probably plummeting. A softening retail environment for boats (the
little and some of the middle guys can't do the fuel costs) as well as
rampaging securities market put upper income professionals, like
dentists, into a pretty good position to buy right now.

"Boating is more affordable than ever!"


Nice rationalizations! Need a larger shovel?



If you're going to blame Pelosi for the price of refined petroleum
products, don't forget to thank her for the very nice uptick in your
stock portfolio. She has as much to do with one as with the other. Zip
in both cases.








Our national energy policy, whatever it is (it's a secret) was
established by Dick Cheney in 2001 during a series of meetings with oil
industry executives.

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On May 7, 7:43�am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On May 7, 7:15?am, "NOYB" wrote:
Thank you, Madam Speaker. ?You're doing a bang-up job.


Actually, the percentage of your net worth required to purchase a boat
is probably plummeting. A softening retail environment for boats (the
little and some of the middle guys can't do the fuel costs) as well as
rampaging securities market put upper income professionals, like
dentists, into a pretty good position to buy right now.


"Boating is more affordable than ever!"


Nice rationalizations! Need a larger shovel?


Not at all.

The market is soft right now. Everybody used to laugh when somebody
would make a ridiculous offer on an older boat with a pair of 350-HP
gas engines and use the excuse, "I need to buy it that cheaply so I
can afford to repower with diesels". That line of logic isn't as
ridiculous these days.

Prices and demand for relatively fuel efficient boats both seem to be
holding up somewhat so far, but if you want something that will cost
$2000 to fill up for an ambitious 3-day weekend you can pick it up
pretty cheaply. Many of the guys who felt their boat didn't sell last
year because of high fuel prices and who thought this year might be
better are looking at the calendar, (mid May), and starting to chop
prices pretty aggressively.



*If you're going to blame Pelosi for the price of refined petroleum
products, don't forget to thank her for the very nice uptick in your
stock portfolio. She has as much to do with one as with the other. Zip
in both cases.





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Chuck Gould wrote:
On May 7, 7:43�am, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On May 7, 7:15?am, "NOYB" wrote:
Thank you, Madam Speaker. ?You're doing a bang-up job.
Actually, the percentage of your net worth required to purchase a boat
is probably plummeting. A softening retail environment for boats (the
little and some of the middle guys can't do the fuel costs) as well as
rampaging securities market put upper income professionals, like
dentists, into a pretty good position to buy right now.
"Boating is more affordable than ever!"

Nice rationalizations! Need a larger shovel?


Not at all.

The market is soft right now. Everybody used to laugh when somebody
would make a ridiculous offer on an older boat with a pair of 350-HP
gas engines and use the excuse, "I need to buy it that cheaply so I
can afford to repower with diesels". That line of logic isn't as
ridiculous these days.

Prices and demand for relatively fuel efficient boats both seem to be
holding up somewhat so far, but if you want something that will cost
$2000 to fill up for an ambitious 3-day weekend you can pick it up
pretty cheaply. Many of the guys who felt their boat didn't sell last
year because of high fuel prices and who thought this year might be
better are looking at the calendar, (mid May), and starting to chop
prices pretty aggressively.



Ahh, so as dumb as a boat purchase was previously, it's even dumber
down. Boats...the world's fastest depreciating asset? Fortunately,
Parkers are still a hot commodity.
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On May 7, 8:09?am, HK wrote:

Fortunately,
Parkers are still a hot commodity.


I wonder if they call them "parkers" because that's where they spend
their time, parked. (Just kidding!!)



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On Mon, 07 May 2007 11:09:17 -0400, HK wrote:

Fortunately,
Parkers are still a hot commodity.


Are you still trying to sell yours Harry?

For how long, a year now?

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HK wrote:



Ahh, so as dumb as a boat purchase was previously, it's even dumber
down. Boats...the world's fastest depreciating asset? Fortunately,
Parkers are still a hot commodity.


Keep telling yourself that, Hank.
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HK wrote:


Our national energy policy, whatever it is (it's a secret) was
established by Dick Cheney in 2001 during a series of meetings with oil
industry executives.w



what i love about this is, when ira magaziner and hilary clintion
tried to get us universal health care, the right wing (bill kristol)
went ape ****, screaming about secret cabals.

when dick cheney hands the country, and 3000 dead troops....over to
his oil buddies, no one said a damn thing.



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