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Old 10-11-2008, 6:46 PM
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We have a new Chuy's Restaurant close to us. To celebrate being by ourselves we figured we try it and have an early dinner at Chuy's. We arrived at 5:45 PM and guess what, the waiting time was one hour and fifteen minutes.

We were not in the mood to sit that long at the bar, so we went to our favorite Italian Restaurant. We did not have a reservation and they had a waiting time of close to an hour.

Forget it. We came home and I whipped up some sandwiches.
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Old 10-11-2008, 8:53 PM
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Ah, and there is the point. I noted that most restaurants tonight were full. Even the mall and Best Buy appeared busier than usual.

A key indicator of a bad economy is a reduction in discretionary spending. I haven't noted that going on at all.
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A key indicator of a bad economy is a reduction in discretionary spending. I haven't noted that going on at all.
Well no kididng you haven't noticed it. It's hard to notice anythin gthat only occurs at a rate of one part in a hundred. Fact is consumer discretionary spending has been down the last quarter (or is it two now?). It's no coincidence that economists record changes quantitatively that are too small to recognize with the eye.
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Discretionary spending in the USA is done on credit. Therefore, it's a SCAM.
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Could be, slow downs can and do happen slowly.
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