Re: Back in the Good ole US of A

[Deanna Schneider]

See, the economy is bad, but that means that interest rates are low. So, everyone with those shiny new vehicles has a shiny new debt to go with them. ;) -d ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erika L Walker-Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 8:46 AM Subject: Back in the Good ole US of A > Well, Georgia is definitely cool! (not literally of course ;) ) > Phil and our friend Adam are amazed at the amount of stores and shopping > centers and malls packed in and around Marietta. > > Also, I thought the economy was bad? Every other vehicle is some > $20,000-$60,000 SUV or huge pickup truck fully kitted with a cab, etc. > Monster vehicles all shiny and you can practically smell the newness > streaming off of all the vehicles. I've never seen so many Ford and > Chevy trucks and SUV's in my life. Not even up in the tri-state area. > > Also, it seems everyone's favorite pastime is shopping. Thursday and > Friday all the shopping centers were in full stride. I am afraid to see > what they are like on a Saturday. > > Here I am, an American, completely amazed by America ... Maybe I've been > gone too long ... :D > > > Cheers, > Erika > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
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