The Monkeys

[Tribunus]

The Monkeys………

Once upon a time a man appeared in a village and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each.

[Blairgowrie]

Excellent!

[BadAim]

We also learned quite a bit about the day to day operations of business and government as well.........

[Jediteo]

I thought the thread would be about the band the monkeys...

[Guest DD_Merdog]

~S~ Tribunus

[Klinger]

Its the same here Merdog. I don't ever remember construction projects being mothballed. I hope some of that money starts filtering through to homebuyers soon.

[Tribunus]

Gentlemen,

In my humble opinion, the heart of the real economic problem in the U.S., is that the average worker has not gotten pay increases that have kept up with the REAL inflation (not the screwy inflation figures the government uses) for nearly 20 years.

Pay raises have simply not kept up with real inflation.

[Enforcer57]

Yeah, i'll spare you how my hrs have been cut in half and photography is not in demand at all.

Don't forget the billions that will no doubt go to bail out the auto makers'

[BadAim]

It's on everyones mind, Mate. The vast majority of us are middle class working men, and we are to a man feeling the pinch. I for one appreciate your insight, the monkey story is, while being hyper simplified, quite on target. The root cause of this mess is greed, and the rest of us (myself included) buying into the system that feeds it. Contrary to popular belief Jesus did not say that Money is the root of all Evil. He said "The loveof money is the root of all kinds of evil.

I know that we have had trouble talking about such subjects in the past, but I can't imagine why we should. I've found that this group is comprised of surprisingly passionate people of quite high intelligence, and as that combination is impossibly hard to find "out there". I'd really like to be able to discuss more that aircraft and tits here.

That being said, aircraft and tits at least get our minds off the rest of the crap. :tomcat:

[mctav]

Its a catch 22 Badaim.

[BadAim]

Its a catch 22 Badaim.

[Jabo]

Yep, I find Jack Daniels and AC/DC at unfeasibly loud volume levels seem to help with the blotting out too. My neighbours must love me....

:headbang::headbang:

[Tribunus]

Jabo, mate, it's high time you learned to live a little.

Try Johnnie Walker Black Label and Dead Can Dance. 

[Jabo]

Jabo, mate, it's high time you learned to live a little.

Try Johnnie Walker Black Label and Dead Can Dance.

[Jediteo]

I thought that Johnnie walker black was BG's drink of choice. Well certainly it is mine, along with quite dry martini (with a slight splash of whisky to make it a smoky). Both go well with Ac/Dc I may add (slight culture collision perhaps, but that's me)

[Blairgowrie]

Jabo is partially correct. Johnnie Walker doesn't stay around long in my house. slurp, slurp.

[Tribunus]

Johnnie Walker Black was Winston Churchill's libation of choice.

[Blairgowrie]

I do enjoy a good single malt at special times but as a regular libation I think they are a bit expensive. No JW is my staple scotch.

[BadAim]

$9.00 (for the whole bottle) Bourbon for me, Thank you very much.

[Jabo]

Surprisingly enough Tribunus, I was aware that Churchill was fond of JW, although I wasn't sure about Jim, but you are missing one salient point...

I don't like Scotch

[Tribunus]

~S~ Jabo

I yield to your superior logic Mate.

[erco]

Now that's a squad for you- starts out being pissed at the economy, and ends up with a discussion of various to get pissed.

[Jabo]

As the sole Danger Dog in Egypt, or the continent of Africa for that matter, I have selflessly taken it upon myself to sample some of these beverages.

[Jabo]

Now that's a squad for you- starts out being pissed at the economy, and ends up with a discussion of various to get pissed.