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Post by Sandbur on Apr 10, 2020 16:08:04 GMT -6
I have concerns that some people won’t want to go back to work. My daughter has a friend who is a waitress and is making more on unemployment with the bonus check added in. I'm starting to hear a lot of what Art mentions here... Some are being offered reduced hours but won’t work. They would make more on unemployment. My wife is on the reduced hours. |
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Post by Reagan on Apr 10, 2020 16:56:13 GMT -6
30 Hmong sitting on the dock side by side on knife lake catching crappies today. Must not have got the social distance memo down in the cities...... Maybe they all live in the same residence. |
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Apr 10, 2020 16:57:19 GMT -6
30 Hmong sitting on the dock side by side on knife lake catching crappies today. Must not have got the social distance memo down in the cities...... Maybe they all live in the same residence. Ya ok. |
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Post by biglakebass on Apr 10, 2020 17:07:21 GMT -6
I say let em congregate.... if u get my drift
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Post by kooch on Apr 11, 2020 6:07:39 GMT -6
30 Hmong sitting on the dock side by side on knife lake catching crappies today. Must not have got the social distance memo down in the cities...... You should have seen all the fishermen on forest lake right where you go by on I35. There was at least three dozen on the bank, along with kayaks, canoes and other fishing boats just off shore. |
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Post by wklman on Apr 11, 2020 7:23:47 GMT -6
I have concerns that some people won’t want to go back to work. My daughter has a friend who is a waitress and is making more on unemployment with the bonus check added in. I have just witnessed this. I helped one of my clients read through the filing process out here, as well as the details of the $600/week federal add-on. Her weekly take home is going UP 60%. Throw in some deferred payments, interest abatement, and grocery assistance, there will be an even higher level of agitation out there due to the increase in discretionary income with no place to blow it. Believe me, they're finding a way to blow it. It's been christmas in March and April so far at work the way people are ordering shit. Unreal. |
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Apr 12, 2020 11:45:18 GMT -6
Slowest weekend in April I have had in a long time since doing this business. One customer yesterday and only one today so far. Last year we had 21 customers for these two days. Sales are off 20% for the first 3 months of the year over last year. I have been telling the old lady to start looking for jobs at breakfast this morning. She gave me the fuck you look, you go look for a job. Lol, too funny.
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Post by batman on Apr 12, 2020 12:31:36 GMT -6
Slowest weekend in April I have had in a long time since doing this business. One customer yesterday and only one today so far. Last year we had 21 customers for these two days. Sales are off 20% for the first 3 months of the year over last year. I have been telling the old lady to start looking for jobs at breakfast this morning. She gave me the fuck you look, you go look for a job. Lol, too funny. Are we not way ahead of last year for frost, ground temp etc? Were your sales higher earlier this year? Did you miss sales being out of town? |
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Apr 12, 2020 12:36:35 GMT -6
Slowest weekend in April I have had in a long time since doing this business. One customer yesterday and only one today so far. Last year we had 21 customers for these two days. Sales are off 20% for the first 3 months of the year over last year. I have been telling the old lady to start looking for jobs at breakfast this morning. She gave me the fuck you look, you go look for a job. Lol, too funny. Are we not way ahead of last year for frost, ground temp etc? Were your sales higher earlier this year? Did you miss sales being out of town? Ground seems to be shaping up faster, and will if we miss some rain this year verses last year.
Sales have been steady down 20-30% for the past 3 months.
Didn't miss anything from being out of town for seed and chem sales because its all prebuy over the phone. I think farmers are undecided as to which crop will lose them the least amount of money.
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Post by batman on Apr 12, 2020 12:42:25 GMT -6
20 - 30% over 3 months is big swing. The last few years I was in the archery industry the sales always bumped hard just before the need hit, but sales lowered every year. Wonder if small farming would echo that.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Apr 12, 2020 12:48:37 GMT -6
20 - 30% over 3 months is big swing. The last few years I was in the archery industry the sales always bumped hard just before the need hit, but sales lowered every year. Wonder if small farming would echo that. Farming is all based on what pays the best in the end. Cattle are down, hogs are down, milk is way down. Corn is down, Soybeans are down, Wheat is down. Hay is the only thing making money. My hay seed sales were great last year and great this year so far. |
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Post by smsmith on Apr 12, 2020 12:56:23 GMT -6
A small business south of L.P. doing well today was Rohde's Midway Bar and Grill (and gas). They put together ham and turkey Easter dinners. My wife had turkey, I had ham. Both came with corn, dressing, mashed taters, coleslaw, roll, gravy, and a piece of pie. $10.50. I finished mine but shouldn't have. My wife couldn't finish all of hers. 5 other folks were there picking up dinners when I was, and the phone was ringing while we were waiting. I'm sure his take out business is barely a fraction of what he was making before, but I hope he's at least keeping the bills paid.
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Post by batman on Apr 12, 2020 13:17:44 GMT -6
20 - 30% over 3 months is big swing. The last few years I was in the archery industry the sales always bumped hard just before the need hit, but sales lowered every year. Wonder if small farming would echo that. Farming is all based on what pays the best in the end. Cattle are down, hogs are down, milk is way down. Corn is down, Soybeans are down, Wheat is down. Hay is the only thing making money. My hay seed sales were great last year and great this year so far. Is the hay for new essential horses and trophy goat farms or actual livestock needs? |
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Post by batman on Apr 12, 2020 13:19:48 GMT -6
A small business south of L.P. doing well today was Rohde's Midway Bar and Grill (and gas). They put together ham and turkey Easter dinners. My wife had turkey, I had ham. Both came with corn, dressing, mashed taters, coleslaw, roll, gravy, and a piece of pie. $10.50. I finished mine but shouldn't have. My wife couldn't finish all of hers. 5 other folks were there picking up dinners when I was, and the phone was ringing while we were waiting. I'm sure his take out business is barely a fraction of what he was making before, but I hope he's at least keeping the bills paid. I dont know how such a business can survive without somebody artificially propping it up? Bars make money on booze if I am not mistaken and everyone has always claimed gas stations make no money on gas? Guessing in a pure capitalist sense he is bleeding enough red right now to make it fatal if it were to happen every 15 months for 6 weeks. |
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Post by Bwoods11 on Apr 12, 2020 14:10:12 GMT -6
A small business south of L.P. doing well today was Rohde's Midway Bar and Grill (and gas). They put together ham and turkey Easter dinners. My wife had turkey, I had ham. Both came with corn, dressing, mashed taters, coleslaw, roll, gravy, and a piece of pie. $10.50. I finished mine but shouldn't have. My wife couldn't finish all of hers. 5 other folks were there picking up dinners when I was, and the phone was ringing while we were waiting. I'm sure his take out business is barely a fraction of what he was making before, but I hope he's at least keeping the bills paid. I think that bar will do well after the shutdown. They seem to have a loyal following. |
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