Things are not very much OK right now Lots of wars, revolutions all over the place, Japan in a heap of trouble, unrest on any number of fronts here and an economy that is only making a few percent of the public happy.
On of the Fed Reserve guys announced that gas at about $4.00 a gallon was no big deal as inflation was non-existent and that has kinda set me off this morning. This fellow rakes in big bucks and drives around in a limo so I guess inflation hasn't really hit him yet...or not that he would notice.
I live on eastern Long Island where there are very very few east to west roads...just two on our side of the bay that run parallel about a mile apart. One goes through the country side and the other goes through the villages. Traffic counts are down about 20% year over year and almost 30% month over last month. The big "box stores" are 25 miles away and with traffic it is about $10 worth of gas. One used to make the trip for the weekly "big grocery" buy but with inflation in the stores that isn't the promise it once was and adding on the cost of the trip, well, there go the savings. Joy riding is out so at least the teenagers aren't out as much as normal - nor are the retired folks on fixed incomes.
I write about OK this morning because things just aren't...maybe for Federal Reserve types and wall street types but for the ordinary "rural" Joe Schmo, things are very tough. Traffic counts mean not only less travel but for towns that depend on people cruising to wineries and stopping here and there for lunch or dinner and some nice little shops for shopping, this is just not good at all. Not OK as the locals say it. NOK...
NOK. there you read it here first...but lets spell "not" with a "k" as in "KNOT OLL KORRECT"...got it you knotheads in Washington?