Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It?s officially cheaper to fly round trip Charlotte-Denver mid July than the round trip drive and parking from home to Charlotte. Crazy!!!! Cheers to the ladies who visited their grandmother. On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 1:51 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > An admiral goal. My daughter had two friends who just wanted to visit a > grandmother before she passed. Drove in an RV from Seattle to upstate NY > sheltered in place for two weeks then drove to the retirement home. > > The Pacific northwest closed parks. You can't stay 2 meters apart in a > humongous park? The crazy is driving me crazy. > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 12:28 PM Wayne Torry via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > Whew! Don, you wore me out. > > I just want to go backpacking somewhere between The Tetons and Mt. Robson > > British Columbia. While I can still spell those names. ?? > > > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 1:02 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > > > That is an interesting experiment we are running. The young and > healthy > > > have been disproportionately affected by the layoffs. > > Disproportionately > > > missing rent payments etc. So, will they choose to vacation or catch > up > > on > > > bills as they return to work. Then let's look at the other side: the > > rent > > > seekers who own the properties earning rent whether residential or > > > commercial. They are being hit pretty hard by missed rent payments; > will > > > they have the cash flow to travel at any price? > > > > > > Then there are the older compromised individuals; will they get on a > > plane > > > of more than themselves as passengers risking getting the virus? > > > > > > Underlying assumptions would be no vaccine and only very limited > > > therapeutic options to limit the spread of the disease. > > > > > > If we assume MMT then the government can just create money and > distribute > > > it with no consequences as to inflation or expectations of better > > > lifestyle. Then we just fund accounts and people live their life. > What > > > about the producers? If they can get an acceptable living doing > nothing > > > will they continue to farm, ranch, manufacture? What percent of > decrease > > > in initiative can be compensated for by overall better living by the > > > majority? > > > > > > If we don't assume MMT then the money spent to support people will go > > into > > > the debt structure and will be financed/repaid. Then standard of > living > > > will fall due to greater taxation and or inflation. Again, what is the > > > balance point between economic pain today vs long term costs defined > > > loosely. > > > > > > Many on this list have made good/great decisions and don't have to > worry > > > about where there next meal is coming from or losing their shelter. If > > we > > > believe the statistics in the US more than 60% of the population don't > > have > > > $500 in ready cash to spend in an emergency. The mandated shut down > has > > > hit these people very hard even with the increased unemployment > insurance > > > payments; then there are the hustlers with no reported income but their > > > income is down considerably. Will these people go out into the market > > and > > > spend like they used to? Animal spirits is a thing if you are in the > > > entertainment business loosely defined. > > > > > > Then there is the developing world that has been largely unaffected by > > this > > > virus. Can their economic efforts be turned to the more local > economies? > > > If so then their world gets much better as economic prospects open up > as > > > they spend their local economy upwards and they money rotates > internally > > > instead of externally. > > > > > > It will be an interesting several years. > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 11:33 AM Wayne Torry via LUG < > > lug at leica-users.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I took a look at airfare from Greensboro, NC to Kalispell, MT > > yesterday. > > > > Normally Kalispell is in the same price range with Jackson, WY during > > the > > > > summer season: Obscenely Expensive. > > > > I was shocked! <$300 round trip in August. If those prices hold, the > > > > Rockies will be busy this summer. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 12:00 PM Don Dory via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Things should start opening up next week, perhaps you could take > that > > > > trip > > > > > to Paris... > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 10:40 AM Lluis Ripoll via LUG < > > > > lug at leica-users.org > > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Social distance > > > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200425_L1020551.jpg.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Empty Streets > > > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200428_L1020561.jpg.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Confined Streets > > > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200430_L1020562.jpg.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Let?s Go! / VAMOS! > > > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Abstracts/20200430_L1020564.jpg.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Leica Monochrom (CCD), Noctilux 50, Green filter > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome > > > > > > > > > > > > Saludos cordiales > > > > > > Lluis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > > information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Don > > > > > don.dory at gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Don > > > don.dory at gmail.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information