 |
|
05-28-2008, 06:51 PM
|
#61
|
|
Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 433
|
"I noticed while driving on the freeway last weekend that no one was driving 70 mph even though that's the limit. Everyone had reduced their speed."
This is REALLY bad news for the state and municipal governments should the practice catch on. They depend on speeding violations as a significant source of revenue and have stepped up enforcement in a number of localities to goose up the bottom line as other income streams, such as taxes, continue to contract.
It would be a grand joke if every driver absolutely obeyed all traffic laws for, say, the next month.
Politicians, bureaucrats and police officers would be livid!!
__________________
Consult with only myself as your adviser or representative. My thoughts should be construed as investment advice of the highest caliber. Past performance is but a pale shadow and guarantee of even greater results in the future.
|
|
|
 |
Join the #1 Early Retirement and Financial Independence Forum Today - It's Totally Free!
Are you planning to be financially independent as early as possible so you can live life on your own terms? Discuss successful investing strategies, asset allocation models, tax strategies and other related topics in our online forum community. Our members range from young folks just starting their journey to financial independence, military retirees and even multimillionaires. No matter where you fit in you'll find that Early-Retirement.org is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally FREE!
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest so you have limited access to our community. Please take the time to register and you will gain a lot of great new features including; the ability to participate in discussions, network with our members, see fewer ads, upload photographs, create a retirement blog, send private messages and so much, much more!
|
|
05-28-2008, 09:27 PM
|
#62
|
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Where the stars at night are big and bright
Posts: 2,847
|
 Quote:
Originally Posted by barbarus
It would be a grand joke if every driver absolutely obeyed all traffic laws for, say, the next month.
|
I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for that to come about.
__________________
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it. - Andrew Jackson
|
|
|
|
|
05-29-2008, 01:14 AM
|
#63
|
|
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Oahu
Posts: 26,853
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Leonidas
I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for that to come about.
|
Our kid's had her learner's permit for nearly three weeks.
For that entire time we've been driving below the speed limit, coming to a full stop behind the stop sign's white line, yielding the right of way, not trying to beat the yellow light, signaling for turns, and generally following every freaking rule I can remember everything she's learned from the driver's manual.
It's driving me crazy.
__________________
*
Co-author (with my daughter) of “Raising Your Money-Savvy Family For Next Generation Financial Independence.”
Author of the book written on E-R.org: "The Military Guide to Financial Independence and Retirement."
I don't spend much time here— please send a PM.
|
|
|
|
|
05-29-2008, 07:13 AM
|
#64
|
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawn chair in Texas
Posts: 14,183
|
Bully for her! Hopefully, she remain one of the 0.00001% of drivers who do those things...
__________________
Have Funds, Will Retire
...not doing anything of true substance...
|
|
|
|
|
05-29-2008, 08:17 AM
|
#65
|
|
Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 332
|
On CNBC (gag) this morning this fellow When Tom Petrie talks, oilmen listen (Dealscape)
said he has no quarrel with oil coming to $200-$300 barrel and that Peak Oil theory is real, here and starting to be reflected in the price of oil. Everybody will soon be yakking about peak oil. He said the Saudi's were fooled by the oil companies 40 years ago, when the Saudis understood little about own oil, and the oil companies told them they had so much oil that they could never run out. That is why the Saudi's always still act like they have lots of excess oil.
|
|
|
|
|
05-29-2008, 10:13 AM
|
#66
|
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 2,395
|
The Saudis lie lie & lie. Up until 1978, ARAMCO (the ARab AMerican oil COmpany) was a US/Saudi joint ownership company. Production and field details were published to meet US financial requirements. After the Saudis nationalized it (now Saudi ARAMCO), it became secret. And with no significant exploration, they magically did a major increase to their "proven" reserves (this after many years of oil production). It is all political.
The Saudi house of cards will crumble once the world see's that they can not significantly increase production, because their super giant field is following the curve of all oil fields. Nothing lasts forever, no matter how much spin is used.
The future looks bleak for Saudi Arabia - Declining oil production, rapidly increasing very young population without enough jobs for them, most people are poor. They heavily subsidize oil products for their restive population to try to stay on top of them. A cooker for terrorism.
It ain't gonna be good when it hits the fan...
__________________
-- Telly, the D-I-Y guy --
Two fools dancing on the hands of time
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Threads
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
» Quick Links
|
|
|
