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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:12 PM Original message |
*The* Recession was over 16 months ago. Just curious . . . is *Your* recession over? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good grief no. Not for me, my family/friends or community |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 06:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
53. Ditto |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. not for me. not at all. stay job scared -- |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. The last layoff at my co. was 18 months ago so yea, kinda. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not for me, but when I read that headline I DID expect a post by Rod Serling n/t |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. It takes years to recover from recession... |
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TheIdiot (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yeah... discussions about REALITY... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Your post makes no sense... |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Pretty obvious where his inspiration came from. |
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TheIdiot (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. inspire this. n/f |
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TheIdiot (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. Yeah, I'm an idiot... with an opinion. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Again... makes no sense... |
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TheIdiot (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 06:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. maybe i'll try again later when i'm not so pissed off... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. If you don't want to listen to the "whining" people... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. WTF? |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
60. Then why not be SILENT instead of instigating conflict in the first place. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
67. That's simply a false statement of fact |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. hardly |
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thecrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. No.. This household is unemployed |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. Is there anyone based in reality that assumes the day a recession ends |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. Look around this thread... |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #39 |
68. oh, right. n/t |
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TriMera (885 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. Nope, it's not over for me. |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. K&R ! |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. No |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. Recessions don't work that way, but if we're going on anecdotal individual experiences... |
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KILL THE WISE ONE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. not even a drop in investment values ? |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Which accounts for your usual sunny disposition. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. You don't have to be well off to be happy. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Ah yes, ever the dispenser of snappy rejoinders with pithy messages. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. >your usual sunny disposition |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Indeed... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. Except the one of the soul. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. Because you yourself are so full of moral, upright character? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. As compared to you, or just in general? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Either/or. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. You got that right. |
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KILL THE WISE ONE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. yes, the dropping/scary part is over, but the recovery that is going to take me a few years |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. We are underemployed |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. With the exception of one of our sons, this family was not affected by it at all |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
76. If your son and his fiancee decide to go the "grand adventure", route ... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. They are investigating Nicaragua & Panama |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. We never had a recession, but poor Sonny Nay, an electrician, has |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. Nope. My next stop is foreclosure sometime in the future |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. We never had a recession, but poor Sonny Nay, an electrician, has |
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cordelia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
24. No |
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The Northerner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. As if the recession ever ended |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. No |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. No and I don't expect it to be over for years, if ever. nt |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's hard to say. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
32. It was over for the rich 16 months ago but not me. |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. suuurrrrree |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
38. The "recession" is over for the rich. The poor continue to suffer. nt |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
40. Technically I would have to say yes. |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #40 |
77. I know someone who filed bankruptcy |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. Yes |
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emmadoggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. Nope, not even close. nt |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
47. Nope |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
51. Well I am doing a little better, thanks to SS disabiity..it stopped the hemorrhaging. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
54. You need to look at what words mean and how they are defined |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. empathy is more vital than your politics nt |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. *You* need to read what got said in the OP |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
55. I have a job - so there is no recession - ie that's the value of yours and my opinions |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. You, dear poster, need a good chipectomy. |
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FarLeftRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
56. Hells no! |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
61. The fall in the stock market and real estate devastated two of my very good friends. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
62. economists have equations that they judge such things by...doesn't mean it's effects are over. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
63. No. |
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Hatchling (968 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
64. nope |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
65. Nnnnnnnnnope. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
66. We were never in a recession- because our government listened to progressive economists |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. blah, b-l-a-h, b--l--a--h |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Because in Australia for the reasons mentioned there wasn't a recession |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. So How do I emigrate there? Marry me? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Because of the employment situation, points are available for a wide range of skills |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
72. With the exception of my daughter not having a job yet? |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
74. Nope. |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
75. Not just no, but hell no. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-25-10 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
79. Yes. |
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