Economy

Low Cost Housing

In an effort to placate restless protesters over the perceived injustice of police shootings, the government decided to offer low-cost housing to any and all comers. There didn’t seem to be many takers . . .

By |December 16th, 2015|Categories: Economy, India, Politics, Urban scenes|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Low Cost Housing

Flower Delivery

Jack (pictured, center) found that one of the problems with applying for a job on line is getting a sense of the actual task; he had gotten the flower delivery job on line, but there were some logistical concerns . . .

By |December 11th, 2015|Categories: Economy, Flowers|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Flower Delivery

More Bull

In spite of government assurances to the contrary, most German and other EU citizens did not think they were headed into a “Bull Market . . .”

By |November 12th, 2015|Categories: Economy, Politics|Tags: , , |Comments Off on More Bull

Beer Money

It was just proving to be too tough–Hans had been trying to get the wire loose for three days so that he could sell the copper for beer money–but it was just really nailed down , , ,

By |October 12th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Economy|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Beer Money

Starter/Fixer-upper

Joaquin thought that the Realtor may have been just a bit optimistic in describing the country home she was showing  him and his wife as a Starter/Fixer-upper.  He also had reservations that it would be 2700 square feet when done . . .

By |October 4th, 2015|Categories: Architecture, Economy|Tags: , |Comments Off on Starter/Fixer-upper

No Shortage

In spite of dire predictions a few years back about petroleum shortages, there didn’t seem to be any in the near future

By |September 27th, 2015|Categories: Economy, Politics, Texas|Tags: , |Comments Off on No Shortage