Hi Chuck,
Good to hear people still dine out. Sorry to hear there is a crowd ou
there though ;-)
Wiliam
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Verzonden: zaterdag 4 april 2009 0:56
> Aan: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Onderwerp: Re: [OM] Trip to the US?
>
>
> Well, the mid-priced furniture stores were rather empty. But
> I didn't
> say anything about Nicks, our favorite Friday night pizza place. We
> usually go a little bit after 7 pm so that we have no wait
> or, at most,
> only a very brief wait. Last Friday it was jammed at 7 pm.
> I've never
> seen that many people there before. We even had to take an
> undesirable
> little table back in a corner. I'd say maybe those folks were moving
> down from the higher end restaurants around here... but, it
> can't be...
> we don't have any. :-)
>
> I guess pizza is comfort food.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Moose wrote:
> >
> > My own experience around my area is that things are pretty
> normal in a
> > day to day way. Cars and people are out keeping the streets
> busy, people
> > are eating out, buying things, etc. Yes, unemployment is up, from a
> > normal 5-6% to 10-11%, but most people still have work to
> do, lives to
> > live. And indeed, business is slower, more so in some segments than
> > others. Chuck's report was on furniture stores. That's pretty
> > discretionary spending. I was in Costco about 10 days ago,
> mid day, mid
> > week, the parking lot was normally busy, as was the store,
> and it seemed
> > pretty much business as usual. Low priced basics and
> consumables are
> > still moving.
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