Saturday, November 17, 2007
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Cool Weather, the price of Gas & Motorcycles
It's cool today, not real cool, but cooler. Rained last night and regular John J sent me a note that yesterdays motorcycle ride was 497 miles, the last 100 in rain. But the rest of the autumn has been unusually warm, most days jutting into the 80's by midday and bright sunshine. Most would think that is great, but a guy like me that sells motorcycle leather, is looking to really nippy days and nights. Why would you want a motorcycle jacket or pair of chaps if you are just going to sweat? Antoher week until Thanksgiving and I hope by then we can get a frost, if for nothing else but to knock the torrent of flies out of the air that congregate outside my store in the chilly evening hours and rush inside every time the door opens.
Price of gas at Chevron hit $3.43 a gallon last week and it appears that UP is the only direction gas is going to move. So, now is the time to trade that SUV that get's 14 MPG in on a nice Motorcycle that get's 35 to 40 or more MPG. Of course, then you need gear and you'll drop by the store or website, www.discount-leather.net to get the great quality and prices everybody knows I've got. I've got a Honda Shadow 750 sitting in front of the store, fully dressed with all the features, including custom pinstripe for just $6200. It's not mine, but a customers. Only has 1300 miles on it. Want to see, check it out at http://modesto.craigslist.org/mcy/474809921.html for the next 44 days.
I got in some real nice Deerskin Gloves Friday. Man are they soft! A little more expensive than my normal gloves, but in my mind, worth every penny. Look for them on the website soon or come in and try them on. The ones I brought in are wrist cut gloves, unlined. I also brought in glove liners made from Thermax (Dupont) so you can use your gloves both winter and summer. I'm probably going to be replacing most of my cowhide gloves with the deerskin variety, just because the dexterity and softness is well worth the extra $5 in the price.
Does it seem like your paycheck doesn't go as far as it used to? Everyone who lives in the middle class knows that inflation really isn't 2% a year like they've been telling us for the last 15 years. The following are a couple of articles about this: I guess the government really does believe that we are stupid...and since we as a population haven't done anything to dispute it, I guess the government is right. Anyway, enjoy: http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_04/paulos090904.html & http://www.financialsense.com/stormwatch/2005/0624.html
The second article is a little better than the first, but both bring home the point.
Anyway, slow day in the shop, but I got stuff to do.
Price of gas at Chevron hit $3.43 a gallon last week and it appears that UP is the only direction gas is going to move. So, now is the time to trade that SUV that get's 14 MPG in on a nice Motorcycle that get's 35 to 40 or more MPG. Of course, then you need gear and you'll drop by the store or website, www.discount-leather.net to get the great quality and prices everybody knows I've got. I've got a Honda Shadow 750 sitting in front of the store, fully dressed with all the features, including custom pinstripe for just $6200. It's not mine, but a customers. Only has 1300 miles on it. Want to see, check it out at http://modesto.craigslist.org/mcy/474809921.html for the next 44 days.
I got in some real nice Deerskin Gloves Friday. Man are they soft! A little more expensive than my normal gloves, but in my mind, worth every penny. Look for them on the website soon or come in and try them on. The ones I brought in are wrist cut gloves, unlined. I also brought in glove liners made from Thermax (Dupont) so you can use your gloves both winter and summer. I'm probably going to be replacing most of my cowhide gloves with the deerskin variety, just because the dexterity and softness is well worth the extra $5 in the price.
Does it seem like your paycheck doesn't go as far as it used to? Everyone who lives in the middle class knows that inflation really isn't 2% a year like they've been telling us for the last 15 years. The following are a couple of articles about this: I guess the government really does believe that we are stupid...and since we as a population haven't done anything to dispute it, I guess the government is right. Anyway, enjoy: http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_04/paulos090904.html & http://www.financialsense.com/stormwatch/2005/0624.html
The second article is a little better than the first, but both bring home the point.
Anyway, slow day in the shop, but I got stuff to do.
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