My cars both have 1.9l engines, no scandal...
Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From:"archer75--- via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Date:Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 10:13 AM Subject:Re: [MBZ] OT - GEORGE TALES - THE SCROUNGER No inflation means you never "need" a raise. You might get a raise for various reasons, but the dollar is always worth a fixed amount of gold and always has the same buying power. BTW: What are you and Don going to do with the $1000 Volkswagen is sending you? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-09/vw-giving-1-000-payments-to-owners-in-diesel-scandal Gerry Curt wrote: > No inflation means you never get a raise... > If wood has only doubled in price in the last 20 years that's pretty good, > look at the price of cars... > > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 12:45 AM, archer75--- via >Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > GEORGE TALES - THE SCROUNGER > > > By Wilton Strickland, Lt Col, USAF (Ret) > > > > > > .... > > > The boys were terribly embarrassed that a friend might see > > > them helping Dad scrounge salvaged material. I told them, "Your > > > friends are not even near this area, so don't be concerned about it, > > > and think about this. For every stud you put in the van, that's 50 > > > cents we're getting for nothing." > > > > Boy, don't we all wish studs were still 50 cents now! > > Craig > > So true! Bought them for a dollar 20 years ago. $2.00 now. > When the U.S. was on the real gold standard there was no inflation, but that > was around 80-100 years ago. I think Switzerland is still (sort of) on the > gold standard. > Gerry > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.6173 / Virus Database: 4460/10974 - Release Date: 11/10/15 -- arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
