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will have to agree to disagree on that one - I think we will know very soon.

any purchases on credit is a moot/disingenuous economic statistic, which will show up - horribly - if i'm correct.

you're not.
You're in Thailand.
I'm on the scene.
who'm I gonna believe
someone ten thouasand miles away
or my lying eyes.

my wife works at one of those MAJOR chain stores
she works in Dot.com
online sales..pick up at the store.
she's busy as a bee constantly.

my local Home Depot is big as a football field or even larger
(smallest in the area)
Home depot has a LOT more stuff online than it stocks in the stores.
I just ordered this.

for working in the boat.

eventually I intend to order several of these.


and one of these

same scenario

cool! - hopefully steem keeps going up! - Happy days.

(I hope I am very, very wrong,btw
I hope we are typing here in a years time, and you are telling me how stupid I was - sincerely! )

not stupid...just mistaken.
besides...I live in Texas.
we don't DO recessions...we didn't do the last one or the one before anyway...no need to start new habits so late in life.

i would never presume to include texas in any hypothesis.. lol

well -hopefully I prefer to be so mistaken, as to be called stupid, I really would.

Here's to no new habits!👍

cheers..

one thing...when Texas talks about secession the rest of the country says Nooooooo!
when california talks about secession the rest of the country says...seeya...

I always remember driving into a place called ( quanah? parker) - named after an Indian who fought for their rights - was a little trippy - I read all about the story the year before in hong kong - completey coincidental!