© Copyright 1995 thru 2008 - The Mustang Works™. All Rights Reserved.
MustangWorks.com is designed and hosted by Aero3 Media.
MustangWorks.com is designed and hosted by Aero3 Media.
08-30-2006, 08:11 PM | #1 |
I'm slow ...I know.
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: houston
Posts: 518
|
no topic
lets see you guys jack this one.
__________________
When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all... |
08-30-2006, 08:20 PM | #2 |
Factoy Five Roadster
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Sevier Co,Tennessee
Posts: 1,681
|
Re: no topic
Lets see, how about abortion? Theres a topic we can solve on the internet.
Or maybe smoking. The rights of smokers, or lack of.... Ofcourse politics is a good one too. Atleast it ends up with people calling eachother names, ya big dummy. Ford vs Chevy? EFI vs Carb? You know what I hate? You'll hav't to guess.
__________________
Frank |
08-30-2006, 08:34 PM | #3 |
I'm slow ...I know.
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: houston
Posts: 518
|
Re: no topic
Looks like my thread got burned again!
__________________
When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all... |
08-30-2006, 08:40 PM | #4 |
Factoy Five Roadster
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Sevier Co,Tennessee
Posts: 1,681
|
Re: no topic
Bird Flu hits Houston Trailer Park.
LMAO
__________________
Frank |
08-30-2006, 08:49 PM | #5 |
I'm slow ...I know.
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: houston
Posts: 518
|
Re: no topic
LOL i like that.
__________________
When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all... |
08-30-2006, 10:29 PM | #6 |
Factoy Five Roadster
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Sevier Co,Tennessee
Posts: 1,681
|
Re: no topic
Billy Bob Cobra.
__________________
Frank |
08-30-2006, 11:09 PM | #7 |
Moderator
Join Date: Sep 1998
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Posts: 1,001
|
Re: no topic
__________________
Capri306, Moderator The Mustang Works Online 1979 Mercury Capri 1987 5.0L Mustang LX Notchback 1993 5.8L Eddie Bauer Bronco |
08-31-2006, 07:14 AM | #8 | |
Registered Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: South Central PA
Posts: 358
|
Re: no topic
Quote:
A! G! L! E! S! EAGLES!!! |
|
08-31-2006, 12:22 PM | #9 | |
Registered Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: South Central PA
Posts: 358
|
Re: no topic
No takers on the NFL?
How about Fed Chairman Bernanke's speech? Quote:
|
|
08-31-2006, 01:54 PM | #10 |
Conservative Individualist
Join Date: May 1997
Location: Wherever I need to be
Posts: 7,487
|
Re: no topic
I'm sure there is point to this waste of MW's bandwidth - but I have yet to see it.
Here's an idea: If anyone doesn't like what other people post and have nothing to add to the discussion, than simply ignore the thread. I do this quite often. It's a real time-saver. This whining over the alleged 'hijacking' of a not terribly interesting thread (about who 'hates' what) is getting ridiculous. Hey, it's the internet: we're on a public messageboard. This isn't a private text-message exchange. That a (mostly dead) thread about what we supposedly 'hate' received few responses and also generated a few lengthy posts about the pros and cons of being a messageboard moderator (I'm not - by choice) is no big deal. Why all the angst? , Let's keep messageboard exchanges in perspective. I like messageboards and expressing my opinions but I don't take any of this stuff very seriously anymore. Life is just too short.
__________________
5.0 Mustang Owner 1990 - 2005 |
08-31-2006, 01:55 PM | #11 |
Registered Member
Join Date: Nov 1998
Location: Houston, Tx.
Posts: 3,887
|
Re: no topic
I sure hope there's not going to be a "pop quiz" on Bernanke's ruminations about domestic productivity and the subsequent effects on the general economy.
Rev
__________________
'66 Coupe, 306, 350-375 HP, C-4, 13.07 e.t., 104.8 mph, 1/4 mi. O.B.C. #2 '66 coupe |
08-31-2006, 03:03 PM | #12 | |
Registered Member
Join Date: Nov 1998
Location: Houston, Tx.
Posts: 3,887
|
Re: no topic
Quote:
I thought Billy Bob only had one tooth, LOL. Rev
__________________
'66 Coupe, 306, 350-375 HP, C-4, 13.07 e.t., 104.8 mph, 1/4 mi. O.B.C. #2 '66 coupe |
|
08-31-2006, 03:12 PM | #13 | |
Conservative Individualist
Join Date: May 1997
Location: Wherever I need to be
Posts: 7,487
|
Productivity
Quote:
Yes, it is. While I don't pretend to be an expert on economics I can agree with Ben Bernanke's comments that tie 'technology' (mostly, the heavy use of computers and computerized machines) to increased productivity growth in the U.S. That's a no-brainer. Maybe I missed it but he apparently left out the fact that as corporations and even some smaller businesses shrink their workforces through natural attritrion, mergers and lay-offs there are less people doing more work in some instances. That naturally leads to increased 'productivity'. If history is a guide, the newly raised minimum wage, when it kicks in, will probably shrink the lower paid end of the workforce a bit (although, some low-end employees receiving the new minimum wage will be promoted to more responsible positions to justify their mandated increased pay) and further increase productivity as employers will let some minimum wage employees go.Then, fewer workers will be required to do more work for a tiny (if any) raise in pay. However, a higher federal minimum wage usually doesn't have that great of an impact, overall. Many states have mandated minimum wages higher that the federal minimum so this is a moot point for workers in those states. The big-name employers usually pay better than the federal minimum wage, anyway. Even Wal-Mart, that punching bag of the anti-capitalists, supposedly pays it's sales clerks about $8.50 per hour. In a store famous for low prices and scant 'service', how productive are they? Productive enough to be worth over $17,000. (pre-tax) dollars a year to Wal-mart. A business (Big Box retail) that is not known for its high pay - or efficient employees. Productivity is often relative. If employers can keep productivity at current levels and better, even if it involves some spending on newer technology, that's fine. If they have to cut workers and raise prices, negatively affectiing all of us, that's not good.
__________________
5.0 Mustang Owner 1990 - 2005 |
|
08-31-2006, 05:04 PM | #14 | |
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Re: no topic
Quote:
lol then it would look like that 'tow mater' truck on the pixar cartoon 'cars'. |
|
08-31-2006, 06:22 PM | #15 |
Factoy Five Roadster
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Sevier Co,Tennessee
Posts: 1,681
|
Re: no topic
Anyone have a extra Donkey they don't need. Its a bitch towing my car with only one.
__________________
Frank |
08-31-2006, 09:45 PM | #16 |
I'm slow ...I know.
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: houston
Posts: 518
|
Re: no topic
you cant top the bird flu one. the donkey is sub par
__________________
When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all... |
08-31-2006, 09:51 PM | #17 | |
I'm slow ...I know.
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: houston
Posts: 518
|
Re: no topic
Quote:
__________________
When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all... |
|
08-31-2006, 09:59 PM | #18 |
Factoy Five Roadster
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Sevier Co,Tennessee
Posts: 1,681
|
Re: no topic
?
__________________
Frank |
08-31-2006, 10:52 PM | #19 | ||
Registered Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: South Central PA
Posts: 358
|
Re: no topic
Quote:
Quote:
An increase in the minimum wage will ultimately result in less employment at the minimum wage level as employers will cut underperforming, and newly cost inefficient employees... While those opposed to a hike in the minimum wage say that it will lead to rampant inflation... they are wrong because of the competition from the big box stores which already pay well above the Federal minimum wage. These stores will not have to change their practices, but rather the "mom and pop" stores will be forced to eat the impact on margins, or risk being non-competitive with their better capitalized and more efficient competition. Those who are in favor of minimum wage hikes are generally wrong because while they try to use the dynamics of higher wages, they fail to recognize that a U-Scan doesn't get a paycheck... They also fail to recognize that wages are not the only form of compensation. If you mandate a rise in the wage, the employer can just as easily take the difference out of benefits (if you ever worked in a restaurant, think about the "employee meal" that you took for granted... if that is a $5 meal, and it is taken away, you've effectively lost 63 cents per hour of compensation for an 8 hour shift). More for less... you produce more goods with less man hours. Productivity gains are often at their best as the economy takes a downturn and through its early recovery, and layoffs and low capacity utilization allow for investments in efficiency to take hold and newly found synergies as a result of acquisitions and mergers and other consolidations cut through the bureaucratic redundancies, which allow for better margins and better return on capital... As the economy/industry recover... the new highly productive firm expands their production capacity through overtime, outsourcing, adding shift work, and maximizing shift work... This is done using existing machinery on existing floorspace... it is only after all of these are exhausted, does the company resort to expansion plans of increased floorspace and increased machinery. This is extremely important to our business cycle and has become increasingly evident as to its effects. This is exactly why employment figures are a lagging indicator, and why the "jobless recovery" that we kept hearing about in 2003 and early 2004 turned into 4.6% employment that the Fed WAS worried might spawn future inflation. As productivity increases... as logistics continue to improve... as world trade continues to prosper, expect this not to be the anomaly, but the rule. |
||
09-01-2006, 11:44 AM | #20 |
Knuckle-Basher
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Stockton, CA
Posts: 249
|
Re: no topic
HAHA! As if the Burger King wasn't creepy enough already.
__________________
Matt's '65 Coupe http://s178.photobucket.com/albums/w277/deltamustang65/ If Nissan Motorsports = NISMO, wouldn't Honda Motorsports = HOMO? |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
way off topic | ralph s | Classic Mustangs | 6 | 07-23-2005 06:18 AM |
Off the mustang topic but wanted to get your opinion | RoushRacing6N17 | Windsor Power | 2 | 02-13-2004 10:47 PM |