I don't think some people have the sense to know when they have enough stuff. That's why they have so many yard sales. And not only do they buy new stuff, they buy other people's stuff. It's crazy.

It's sometimes called hoarding.
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is Jordon's Salvage in Fayetteville. A unique emporium if I ever did see one. My father, bless his soul, would have loved that place. He had just as much "merchandise" but it was spread out over a much larger area, and he also had a lot of cars around to store stuff in. Out of curiousity, I stopped and asked an employee at Jordon's who was in charge of doing the inventory, and I was told that it was done by volunteers.

that this is the best time to be developing more commercial buildings? A reasonably prudent person may think otherwise. Hardly anything looks worse than a lot of empty commercial space.

What is fixing to happen is that the Southside of Fayetteville is going to experience a boom in building while perfectly good vacant buildings with a less 15 years of average age are going to sit dormant North of 54. I'm not an anti growth type but I do have a common sense growth mindset. And it makes no sense to keep building these mega square footage hulls for business models that seem to have a life span of only 5 to 15 years.

Am I the only one that gets the sense that perhaps we're going to see a commercial real estate bust in our near future?

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I think we're seeing the beginning of it right now in Fayette co. Overdeveloped during the good times and now it's going to suffer as the economy isn't as strong and there is simply too much that isn't economically viable. The trend in Fayette is on the other side of 54, not the side with the Pavillion and also closest to wonderful Clayco.

I was in sports Authority last weekend and it looked like a place about to be going out of business. No customers and the store looked half-stocked. No way there is enough biz for both SA and Dick's and Dick's being bigger, nicer, newer will likely put SA out shortly.

That side of 54 is seeing the hurt. Restaurants failing in pretty large numbers(Mcallisters,Carino's,Backyard Burgers,Onnyx :)and now the retail merchandise stores are following.

So why are we still building as wrecklessly as we are? They signs are in place that indicate that PTC may be right on the heels of Fayetteville.

It also makes me wonder when the bubble is going to bust for nail salons, tanning beds, dry cleaners, Chinese and Mexican restaurants. I suppose the demand is pretty strong for tattoo parlors, body piercing joints, liquor stores and check cashing joints, followed by a boom in Autosmith franchises.

Our waste is going to kill us. Instead of holding strong on zoning issues that make the redevelopment and use of existing sites not only profitable but practical we're polluting our communities with a bunch of concrete block empty hulls (graffiti targets). Talk about being poor stewards of our resources.....

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that it is who we choose to elect...those people who, in positions of authority, are given the responsibility for controlling these sorts of things...Oh, I forgot...it is not government's responsibility to tell businesses where and when they can build...that is up to the "market"...my bad. Keep the faith.

Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

Been Caught Stealing

this was actually not all that recent as the actions of the CEO and the CFO behind all that fraud were several years ago. After they were gone in 2005, Freidman filed bankruptcy to re-organize. Guess they haven't recovered yet.

Always enjoy people that are not in the indusrty ,voicing their opinions and have all the fixes.
I've personally taken 4 paycuts in the last 5 years so that people can fly round trip to Cal. for $25.00. Seeing jobs outsourced, out of the country, where your Federal Gov. does not have the oversight over work done there ,as they do here.
A car mechanic, now, makes more than an aircraft mechanic ! But I guess thats ok !
Think about that next time your 30,000 ft.in the air, complaining about the price of your ticket !

I don't mean to criticize most airline workers for the airline problems. One particular group of employees, who are unionized, have in the past been the primary cause of airline failures and losses. They know who they are.

My daughter just went to California and she certainly didn't get there for $25, round-trip! More like 10 times that in coach. Soon, if prices continue to rise that will be her last trip on a plane. I don't really think some employees care about whether or not tourists fly on their airline. They will only go if it is a bargain and aren't influenced by fancy seating and food. Can't pay tip-top wages and put up with that!
When an airline mis-plans and is put out of business, or can't pay their employees as much as they want--no matter what the reason, it is not my fault! I'll fly if I can afford to and if I can't, I'll not fly. I'm just not sure there are enough corporations out there anymore willing to pay huge ticket prices for their employees to fly as they used to do!
What do you say about the discount airlines who currently have a lot of the tourist trade--some even making money? If I thought that the major airlines were maintaining their planes better, hiring more efficient people, training better, on time better,etc., I wouldn't mind paying some premium for a ticket. I'm not sure they do however.

Now, as to an auto mechanic being paid better than an airline mechanic, I don't see where that is the problem. First I don't think it is true on the whole. In a few cases, I think.
Secondly, the auto mechanics are much more efficient (get more done in a short time) than do the airline employees.
Thirdly, they make the auto dealerships more profitable than do the car salesmen!
Fact is, costs must be cut to survive. Maybe airlines should have bought planes that didn't use expensive fuel, which I do think is now about even with labor expenses for an airline.

I expect that our government will soon subsidize fuel costs for airlines as a necessary thing for our safety--just as Europe does, and many other countries. Will the "conservatives" buy that?

However with such costs the glory days of high ticket prices and half empty planes is over. Also, large airlines may be allowed to buy out all of the discounters, which of course will end ordinary people flying very much.

I'm afraid it is the capitalist way! Make money or go out of business. We simply don't plan well anymore!

thanks for validating "southwind's" point.
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Always enjoy people that are not in the indusrty ,voicing their opinions and have all the fixes.

I noticed this when I was a kid on the farm. Everyone who stopped by, especially the ones who did not farm, had advice for us on how to farm better. Us kids came up a saying (which we thought was pretty original): "Everyone thinks they're a farmer".

don't worry about Sage. He just likes to hear himself talk. BTW, welcome fellow A&P.
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Airlines are right now pricing themselves out of regular customers instead of cutting expenses and salaries. All they will soon have are a few business customers. That also may die out greatly.

I don't know if you are keeping up with current events but the price of oil has driven ticket prices up. Fuel is now the biggest expense eclipsing labor a few years back.
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I remember such arguments from Eastern and others. Never wanted to cut all costs. Had bargained themselves into a corner.

I suppose it is time to have only about five airlines with common pilots. Some bigger planes for "important" people, and the rest of us could fly reasonable to red-nek Riviera on puddle jumpers!

I remember changing planes twice to get to Grand Rapids or Muskegon, MI!
Never got over 10,000 feet and flew through weather.
When leaving or going to Appalachia---walk.

I guess you haven't kept up with current events; and you never got above 10,000! Was that when the airlines were only flying DC3's or before that?

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Of course before those comfortable DC3s.
Had two wings on each side also--very safe---could land in a field easily. Did too. Carried mail.
A young feller---Lindy or something, was one of the pilots.

in the early days air mail was the profit; that is until FDR signed Executive Order 6591 ordering the AAF to take over air mail. That killed a lot of AAF pilots.
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