tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post6395511352392668174..comments2024-02-09T12:12:37.636-08:00Comments on best minimum wage job a middle aged guy ever had: June results, 2010.Duncan McGearyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-59943419420068211402010-07-02T11:05:42.930-07:002010-07-02T11:05:42.930-07:00Some of the downtown businesses probably are hobby...Some of the downtown businesses probably are hobby businesses run by rich men's wives looking for something to do, but I don't think this is as common as it was back in the old days when you really COULDN'T make any money with a shop downtown.<br /><br />The other reason for having a small business that doesn't make money, of course, is to be able to run your personal expenses through it to make them deductible. This is the practical aspect of many hobby businesses.H. Bruce Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14613347512240617956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-42758094343971683492010-07-02T06:15:59.801-07:002010-07-02T06:15:59.801-07:00'The Distinction' ... well as HBM and HOME...'The Distinction' ... well as HBM and HOMER and et-al have said many a time, Bend is about turning 'great fortunes' into 'small fortunes'. The 'distinction' seems to be that an endless supply of kept-women keep arriving with daddy-warbucks in tow to dump their life-savings into Bend.<br /><br />"But where are the old established biz the child asks??" Shsssh move along, .. High turnover fresh faces and the 2-3 year old biz quietly files chapter 9,11, 13, ... and great fortunes become small. Someday somebody will write a book about this phenomenon of Bend. All you ever hear of the BULL or SORE is the new & fresh, ... maybe somebody ought to talk about the death of biz and the hardship that having a biz in Bend and the downtown triple-net-lease, ... how its an anchor around so many folks neck who have actually survived here for more than 5 years.<br /><br />No doubt that Bend continues with COVA, CORA, COBA to lure new sheep to be sheered by those that OWN this town.<br /><br />But where are the small proprietor's yachts?? Where do all these dead folk go when they lose all in Bend? USA is about winning, and losers are never mentioned or cared about, ... only winners, trouble is there are no winners in Bend, just new fresh faces headed for the gallows, and the BULL&SORE continues to paint them as winners.Mrs Sally Heatherton Esqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03308845806362377942noreply@blogger.com