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Brad,<br>
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Give Slim my best, I think about him all the time.<br>
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Been meaning to get in touch but couldn't find the time.<br>
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I will as soon as I can.<br>
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B.<br>
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<pre wrap="">Ed,
>From what I've heard from the truckers I know, business is way off.
The business report from here in China is that the US economy is
expected to be negative 2.8 per cent for 2009, negative 6 per cent for
Europe, and positive 3 per cent for China.
Speaking of China, we flew into Shanghai this year to spend some time
with friends and make some side trips before heading to Beijing. I
pulled-up my e-mail and, lo and behold, one was from Steve Alm (Slim)
telling me he was visiting his friend in Shanghai (hadn't heard from
him since shortly after Mary Ann died). I replied, "Steve, you ain't
gonna believe this, but I'm in Shanghai!" Our schedules didn't allow
us to meet-up in Shanghai but he and his friend already had an
excursion planned to Beijing. Tomorrow morning I'm meeting them at
the train station and Fan and I are hosting them for a few days.
Small world, huh?
Brad
On 7/6/09, Ed Kroposki <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ekroposki@charter.net"><ekroposki@charter.net></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">How is the economy doing? Having made the trip from Greenville, SC to the
northeast many times in various econmic conditions, I have come to
appreciate the traffic on Interstate I-81 as an indicator of conditions.
Consider that I made this trip many times since 1970. Some of the times
were recession, other times the news reported as undeterminable and other
times the news reported as good.
I have made the trip on all days of the week and all hours of the day.
I have learned to just look at the 18 wheelers to get an accurate feel for
the economy.
One 1000 mile trip up and one 1000 mile trip back to Greenville.
Here is what I saw. On Friday June 26th many trucks. Too many to say
severe recession. Friday is not a big truck day for long haul trucks
because there is often no one to unload on Saturday. So what I saw was too
many trucks on a Friday for a severe recession.
Return trip on July 5th. Sunday morning a few trucks, noticeably many from
Canada? Well consider I-81 connects Canada with New Orleans. Mid
afternoon, light to moderate trucks. And as afternoon progressed, many more
trucks. I term the number moderate. This would be correct for truck travel
on this long haul route for good economic conditions. The loaded trailers
would be positioned to unload Monday morning.
So, my opinion based on amount of trucks is that things are not really very
bad.
Now Sunday after according to AAA the traffic was supposed to be moderate.
Well, they were wrong. The traffic on this more remote route and I-77 to
Charlotte was heavy. From Charlotte to Greenville on I-85 it was very heavy
and some delays heading north!
In summary, the highway traffic was heavy for the 4th.
Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
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