economic chaos...

On 08/30/2022 06:28 PM, John Larkin wrote:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 18:16:18 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
wrote:

On 08/30/2022 10:05 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:53:06 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
wrote:

On 08/30/2022 08:07 AM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 23:50:16 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com
wrote:

On 08/29/2022 10:29 PM, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:19:45 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com
wrote:

On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:

I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.

Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...

The surface is convex, anti-focussing of sunlight to the ground. There
have been concave surface buildings that cooked parked cars.

The top six floors are a giant LED array that displays artsy junk at
night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84sZh8htqrc


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock_Tower

Hideous.

In engineering school, we made fun of artsy architects who couldn\'t
build a reliable doghouse.

Several of my friends were architects. I\'d hang around when they were
pulling their all-nighters in the Greene building doing grunt work and
making runs to McDonalds for nourishment.


Architectural critics love those awful glass boxes. \"Ugly\" is simply
not in their vocabulary.

\'From Our House to Bauhaus\' by Tom Wolfe. Fledgling architects in the
\'60s worshiped Mies and Le Corbu. \'Form follows function!\' was the
battle cry. Ironically their nest was a 1931 pile of brick.

https://archives.rpi.edu/institute-history/building-histories/greene-building




Yes, Bauhaus didn\'t want to work in a Bauhaus building.

\"Form Follows Function\" is ironic, when those glass monsters sway and
tilt and drop slabs of glass on the sidewalk.


It\'s now the \'Signature Room at the 95th\' and I forget what it was
called at the time but it\'s the 95th floor of the John Hancock in
Chicago. My wife and I dined there and the sway was noticeable.

It was \'72 or \'73 since the Sears Tower was still under construction. To
calibrate my personal inflation index when the bill came for the dinner
and a couple of bottles of champagne I put a hundred dollar bill on the
tray that covered the cost and a generous tip.


Bourbon Street about that time, oysters were 10 cents each and a draft
beer was 25.
Click to expand...

I went to a local event last weekend that had an area set aside for food
trucks. I wasn\'t hungry but I noted that what had been $7 meals
pre-covid were now $18. Even earlier in the summer the prices had only
crept up to $8.

The operators may be getting a schooling in economics. I don\'t know what
the price elasticity of a shawarma plate is.
 
On Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 8:43:02 PM UTC-7, rbowman wrote:
On 08/30/2022 06:28 PM, John Larkin wrote:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 18:16:18 -0600, rbowman <bow...@montana.com
wrote:

On 08/30/2022 10:05 AM, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:53:06 -0600, rbowman <bow...@montana.com
wrote:

On 08/30/2022 08:07 AM, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 23:50:16 -0600, rbowman <bow...@montana.com
wrote:

On 08/29/2022 10:29 PM, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:19:45 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whi...@gmail.com
wrote:

On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:

I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.

Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...

The surface is convex, anti-focussing of sunlight to the ground. There
have been concave surface buildings that cooked parked cars.

The top six floors are a giant LED array that displays artsy junk at
night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84sZh8htqrc


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock_Tower

Hideous.

In engineering school, we made fun of artsy architects who couldn\'t
build a reliable doghouse.

Several of my friends were architects. I\'d hang around when they were
pulling their all-nighters in the Greene building doing grunt work and
making runs to McDonalds for nourishment.


Architectural critics love those awful glass boxes. \"Ugly\" is simply
not in their vocabulary.

\'From Our House to Bauhaus\' by Tom Wolfe. Fledgling architects in the
\'60s worshiped Mies and Le Corbu. \'Form follows function!\' was the
battle cry. Ironically their nest was a 1931 pile of brick.

https://archives.rpi.edu/institute-history/building-histories/greene-building




Yes, Bauhaus didn\'t want to work in a Bauhaus building.

\"Form Follows Function\" is ironic, when those glass monsters sway and
tilt and drop slabs of glass on the sidewalk.


It\'s now the \'Signature Room at the 95th\' and I forget what it was
called at the time but it\'s the 95th floor of the John Hancock in
Chicago. My wife and I dined there and the sway was noticeable.

It was \'72 or \'73 since the Sears Tower was still under construction. To
calibrate my personal inflation index when the bill came for the dinner
and a couple of bottles of champagne I put a hundred dollar bill on the
tray that covered the cost and a generous tip.


Bourbon Street about that time, oysters were 10 cents each and a draft
beer was 25.

I went to a local event last weekend that had an area set aside for food
trucks. I wasn\'t hungry but I noted that what had been $7 meals
pre-covid were now $18. Even earlier in the summer the prices had only
crept up to $8.

The operators may be getting a schooling in economics. I don\'t know what
the price elasticity of a shawarma plate is.
Click to expand...

In a few years, you will look back and say:

\"Gee, can\'t believe it was so cheaper at only $18\".

The student loan forgiveness is expensive and inflationary, with upward of 500 billions to 1 trillion.

The next program, auto loan forgiveness, will even be better. Everybody is entitled to a free Tesla.
 
On Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:12:46 -0700 (PDT), Ed Lee
<edward.ming.lee@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 8:43:02 PM UTC-7, rbowman wrote:
On 08/30/2022 06:28 PM, John Larkin wrote:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 18:16:18 -0600, rbowman <bow...@montana.com
wrote:

On 08/30/2022 10:05 AM, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:53:06 -0600, rbowman <bow...@montana.com
wrote:

On 08/30/2022 08:07 AM, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 23:50:16 -0600, rbowman <bow...@montana.com
wrote:

On 08/29/2022 10:29 PM, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:19:45 -0700 (PDT), whit3rd <whi...@gmail.com
wrote:

On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 11:58:56 AM UTC-7, John Larkin wrote:

I can see Salesforce Tower aka The Corncob from my office. It\'s grey
and metallic looking, but it\'s at least curved.

Sounds good, but... depending on the sun\'s angle in the sky, does that
curved metallic surface dazzle drivers or scorch vegetation? Insurers
want to know...

The surface is convex, anti-focussing of sunlight to the ground. There
have been concave surface buildings that cooked parked cars.

The top six floors are a giant LED array that displays artsy junk at
night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84sZh8htqrc


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock_Tower

Hideous.

In engineering school, we made fun of artsy architects who couldn\'t
build a reliable doghouse.

Several of my friends were architects. I\'d hang around when they were
pulling their all-nighters in the Greene building doing grunt work and
making runs to McDonalds for nourishment.


Architectural critics love those awful glass boxes. \"Ugly\" is simply
not in their vocabulary.

\'From Our House to Bauhaus\' by Tom Wolfe. Fledgling architects in the
\'60s worshiped Mies and Le Corbu. \'Form follows function!\' was the
battle cry. Ironically their nest was a 1931 pile of brick.

https://archives.rpi.edu/institute-history/building-histories/greene-building




Yes, Bauhaus didn\'t want to work in a Bauhaus building.

\"Form Follows Function\" is ironic, when those glass monsters sway and
tilt and drop slabs of glass on the sidewalk.


It\'s now the \'Signature Room at the 95th\' and I forget what it was
called at the time but it\'s the 95th floor of the John Hancock in
Chicago. My wife and I dined there and the sway was noticeable.

It was \'72 or \'73 since the Sears Tower was still under construction. To
calibrate my personal inflation index when the bill came for the dinner
and a couple of bottles of champagne I put a hundred dollar bill on the
tray that covered the cost and a generous tip.


Bourbon Street about that time, oysters were 10 cents each and a draft
beer was 25.

I went to a local event last weekend that had an area set aside for food
trucks. I wasn\'t hungry but I noted that what had been $7 meals
pre-covid were now $18. Even earlier in the summer the prices had only
crept up to $8.

The operators may be getting a schooling in economics. I don\'t know what
the price elasticity of a shawarma plate is.

In a few years, you will look back and say:

\"Gee, can\'t believe it was so cheaper at only $18\".

The student loan forgiveness is expensive and inflationary, with upward of 500 billions to 1 trillion.

The next program, auto loan forgiveness, will even be better. Everybody is entitled to a free Tesla.
Click to expand...

To paraphrase Everett Dirksen: a trillion here, a trillion there, and
pretty soon you\'re talking real money.
 
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