On Sep 5, 11:46*am, Tim wrote:
On Sep 5, 8:43*am, hk wrote:

Jobless rate soars to 6.1%
Unemployment surges to 5-year high as employers cut workers for eighth
straight month, bringing '08 job losses to 605,000.

Y'know. For the economy being in such pits, my wife made an
observance. she said"

"For the economy supposedly being so bad, it seems that people eat out
a lot, and like to drive their suburbans to grocery shop 30 mi. away,
and the movie theaters seemed to be full....."

i could go on.

Actually, restaurant business is way down, as is almost any retail,
including grocery stores. My wife works for YMCA and they are laying
off employees because people aren't spending money to exercise.

On Sep 5, 10:52*am, wrote:
On Sep 5, 11:46*am, Tim wrote:

On Sep 5, 8:43*am, hk wrote:

Jobless rate soars to 6.1%
Unemployment surges to 5-year high as employers cut workers for eighth
straight month, bringing '08 job losses to 605,000.

Y'know. For the economy being in such pits, my wife made an
observance. she said"

"For the economy supposedly being so bad, it seems that people eat out
a lot, and like to drive their suburbans to grocery shop 30 mi. away,
and the movie theaters seemed to be full....."

i could go on.

Actually, restaurant business is way down, as is almost any retail,
including grocery stores. My wife works for YMCA and they are laying
off employees because people aren't spending money to exercise.

Really! maybe I ought to take my rose colored blinders off. LOL! But
I've noticed that on especially a week end that it's hard to find a
parking spot at Olive Garden TGIF Ruby's Outback Cracker Crumble
Applebee's and almost all the steak houses.

three weeks or so ago, Outback had an hr. and 1/2 waiting list.

and even though one really doesn't need a co-signer to go in those
places, that's not what you really call cheap eating, either.

On Sep 5, 10:52*am, wrote:
My wife works for YMCA and they are laying
off employees because people aren't spending money to exercise.


Sorry to hear of that Loog.

But objectivly speaking I wonder if that's actually because of a
summer/ outdoors exercising crave that will pick back up in the fall
and winter? or it's it;s actually hard economy?

On Sep 5, 1:56*pm, Tim wrote:
On Sep 5, 10:52*am, wrote:

My wife works for YMCA and they are laying
off employees because people aren't spending money to exercise.

Sorry to hear of that Loog.

But objectivly speaking I wonder if that's actually because of a
summer/ outdoors exercising crave that will pick back up in the fall
and winter? or it's it;s actually hard economy?

Nah, hasn't happened previously. My wife is okay, as she works in the
after-school kids programs.
How's the wife doing, Tim?

On Sep 5, 1:56*pm, Tim wrote:
On Sep 5, 10:52*am, wrote:

My wife works for YMCA and they are laying
off employees because people aren't spending money to exercise.

Sorry to hear of that Loog.

But objectivly speaking I wonder if that's actually because of a
summer/ outdoors exercising crave that will pick back up in the fall
and winter? or it's it;s actually hard economy?

It is the Pelosi premium on gasoline, and the Democrats refusal to
admit it has gone up as much since they took over congress, than it
did in the whole of the previous Bush administration...