Text 23096, 91 rader
Skriven 2011-11-27 14:51:52 av Nicholas Boel (2441.fidonews)
  Kommentar till text 23091 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
Ärende: See what I mean...
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  Re: See what I mean...
  By: Roy Witt to Nicholas Boel on Sun Nov 27 2011 12:04 pm

 > TXDOT, the Texas Department of Transportation awards those contracts
 > to the lowest bidder. I wouldn't do that because over the years I've
 > learned that the lowest bidder is not necessarily the best one for the
 > job. Too often the low bidder low-balled the bid just to get work and will
 > never be able to meet the contract progress or due dates. I always tended
 > to award to the next higher bidder. Especially if his bids are in the ball
 > park with the other bidders.

Definitely. You never want to go with the lowest bidder. Not only will they
never be able to meet the due dates, but they will also be the company to hack
stuff together to at least _try_ and make the dates, while still missing them.

 > With Walmart leading the low prices for fuel, at least one of them is
 > American owned. A prime example of what you've been saying about non-union
 > low paying entities. Here, they lead the low price field in fuel and the
 > competition on the same corner has to comply with those low prices or go
 > under.

Yep, while Walmart reaps in the cash, their employees can't even get their
health insurance honored when they have chest pains.

 > I specifically don't buy there because there is a Exxon/Mobile gas
 > station owned by a local (Mexican side of town) and his prices are
 > normally lower than Walmart's by at least one penny, And surprise of all
 > surprises was last Wednesday when I had to drive up the freeway to San
 > Marcos and the TA truck stop at the top of the hill at the edge of town
 > had a 4 cent lower price than the Exxon/Mobile.

Unless I completely forgot to fill up and there's nothing in the remote area, I
make it a habit to stop at Kwik Trip or Shell. Usually American owned, and
competitive, if not better prices than most other gas stations.

Here Mobil and BP gas stations are a complete ripoff, whether it comes to gas
or convenience store items. Soda/juice is usually about $0.20 more right along
with the gas per gallon. The odd part about that is those are usually the ones
owned by middle easterners or Indians (not the tribe indians).

 > Heh...I said that when I got rid of my 1953 Dodge Red Ram hemi powered
 > D500 in 1960...replaced it with a 59 El Camino with a 283 that got 18mpg.

I think the only decent dodge I've ever come across was back when I was a kid
my old man had one of those original Ramchargers (believe it was late 70s
models?). I don't ever remember him working on it, or trying to fix it. :)

I must say, the El Camino was always treated as the "runt" of the litter, but
the people that do or have had them, praise them like crazy. Personally, I
always thought they were pretty cool, except for the fact I was never really
interested in 2 seaters unless it was a Vette. :)

 > Negotiations began on NAFTA in 1986, reps from all three countries met
 > here in San Antonio in 1992 (Prez GHW Bush was present) to sign the
 > agreement. It then went to each countries legislative bodies for
 > ratification.

Yeah, that's where I was going with that. Clinton just ended up getting all the
blame for it failing.

 > Clinton while signing the NAFTA bill stated: "...NAFTA means jobs.
 > American jobs, and good-paying American jobs. If I didn't believe that, I
 > wouldn't support this agreement."

Eh.. American jobs for foreigners?

 > I also remember it dropping back to normal (under $3, even in California)
 > while Bush was in his first term.

 >  NB> They all are the same.. they just preach a different line of BS.

And right about now we're looking at ~$3.18/gallon here, which it's been going
down slowly for the past couple months. Every president does this, it's nothing
new.

 >  NB> They all are the same.. they just preach a different line of BS.

 > None of as much as the O'bama. I no longer pay any attention to him
 > because he is such a liar.

As goes the same for the workplace. People with action end up sticking around,
whereas people that can't, but can BS their way through anything, end up in
management. :)

Then again, "Read my lips, no new taxes" was a hell of a line as well. LOL

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