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Ohio Coin Expo's are finished, UPDATED EMAIL
clevegreg
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Just got his from Ron Nelson and since it went to a large mailing group I thought I would share. I think Ron is loosing it LOL:
Dear Greg,
Aleric the Barbarian, Esq.
By Ron Nelson, B.S. Engr., M.S. Math.
Copyright September 28, 2005
The U.S. has some serious problems that should be obvious to all but
the oblivious by now. Our country's balance of trade deficit, our
government budget deficit, individual credit card debts, are just a
short list of our troubles. We hear very little about the origin and
probable solutions to the current mess.
The balance of trade deficit is the result of our buying more from
China, Japan, Europe, the middle east etc. than we sell to the rest
of the world. Products that were made in America used to lead
the world and were in demand everywhere. What went wrong?
Did we become stupid and lazy? I think not! In my everyday life,
I see many extremely talented and able Americans. Maybe our
costs just got too high. (On a personal note, I have just terminated
the Ohio Coin Expo for that exact reason. My cost to run our Aug.
2005 show exceeded my revenue by $4000+, not good!
Manufacturing the Ohio Coin Expo in India or China and shipping
it to Cleveland is not a practical option, so we closed the show.)
Part of the problem is that foreign products and services are better
or cheaper or both when compared to the American equivalent.
Several months ago, Anita and I were in Shanghai China. While
walking down a street, I passed a Chinese shoemaker repairing
shoes, watchband, belts, etc on the street. He was on a busy
sidewalk with a portable cart that was his shop. He was busier
than a one armed paper hanger. My soles had a hole in them,
and the heels were also in terrible shape. The Chinese
shoemaker fixed shoes and I had shoes that desperately needed
fixing. A match made in heaven. I could have waited 3 weeks
and had my Tony, my Parma, Ohio shoe guy fix them for $35 or
$40 and survived, however, upon showing Mr. China Shoe Guy
my shoes, he wrote on a scrap of paper 20RMB, ($2.50 US$ for
soles and heels, on the spot, job done now, chop chop).
With Tony, my Cleveland shoe guy, the price was 16 times as
high, job finished in a week, two trips, etc. I nodded yes to China
Shoe Guy, he sat me down on a folding chair, gave me an old
newspaper to put my feet on and proceeded to cut and hammer
away at my worn out shoes. China Shoe had about 4 or 5 jobs
going at once. With a calculator I figured he was making the
equivalent of 20US$/hour. In China that is very good money for
no overhead, cash business, fresh air, etc. China Shoe did
a very good job, while not up to the quality of Parma Shoe.
At 1/16 the cost, who cares? Since I am a wild spendthrift,
I offered Mr. China Shoe a 5RMB tip, (which he did not want
to take), but I insisted. You all know that 62 cents doesn't
grow on trees and all us Round Eyes are rich and can
squander 5RMB like it was nothing. When I returned to
Cleveland, I took a different pair of shoes to Tony my Parma
Ohio Shoe Guy; the sales tax alone was 50 cents higher
than the whole job (tax free) at the China Shoe Guy.
Conclusion: Next time your shoes need repair, stop
everything, fly to China and save money. Contact me
and I will tell you where to find his stand, unless he
moved to a better location. My theory about why
(Parma Shoe Repair)/(China Shoe Repair) = 16 is follows:
Arch Duke Ferdinand and his wife were the unhappy
recipients of a couple of 32 cal. bullets and that started
WW-I. Europe was engulfed in a war that killed a generation
of young men. Millions died and the industrial world was
left in worst condition than post-Katrina New Orleans. The
U.S. sold the Allies and probably the Axis guns, bullets, shells,
gunpowder, bombs, clothing, iron, food, etc. etc. My own,
now deceased, Canadian uncle made uniforms for the U.S.
Army, and knowing him, he probably made uniforms for the
Hun at night. He got rich. American farms and factories were
in great shape at the end of WW-I and we were in possession
of almost all the world's GOLD. After a victory party called the
roaring 20's came a hangover called the Great Depression.
With our factories operating at 25% of capacity, 35%
unemployed, all debts liquidated and the companies that
survived in powerful financial condition, we were ready to roll.
Then more good luck! In what had to be the stupidest
decision in recorded history, the Japanese Emperor decided
to re-decorate Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 and Adolph Hitler
promptly notified the U.S. that he loved the new color scheme
and he intended to give us more of the same. Americans,
being a proud and independent people who at the time
couldn't stand sushi and bratwurst took offence to these
European and Asian tastes. If the world was to be re-arranged,
Americans would do the arranging to suit us. The conclusion
of all this bombing and killing was Europe, Russia, Japan, China
(i.e. the world) in a mess. I mean the whole damn world had
their furniture smashed, physical plant leveled, we even removed
their basements. Russia & China then went into their own
personal revolutions and decided to kill, or deport to slave labor
camps and reeducate everyone with an I.Q. > 0. With the
whole world remodeling, redecorating, reeducating and killing
state enemies, no one had housing, food, carpets, cars, nylons
or hula-hoops and only one country selling food, carpets and
hula-hoops. Guess who sold the best hula-hoops, the only
food and carpets in the world? The Good Old USA.
Everyone buying and only U.S. selling at OUR PRICES--now
there is the perfect way to get rich, I mean Really, Really RICH.
Switzerland was also untouched; however the demand for
cuckoo clocks was quickly filled. So in the fullness of time
the world rebuilt with modern factories, modern machines, and we
(the USA) didn't. The Asians and Europeans were left so insecure
they saved and invested 296.33% of their earnings and we let
the good times roll. Workers could be hired so cheaply in some
parts of the world, it is beyond our comprehension. They are
educated, hard working, and smart. They have modern tools
and factories. We have big houses and swimming pools. They
drive bicycles and frequently live in hovels or dormitories. We
have multiple color TV sets and two cars. They can fix a pair
of shoes at a profit for $2.50 and we can do the same job for
$40. We pay people to make babies and not work.
They let people starve who do not work. Those that work get
to eat. NOW THAT IS AN ORIGINAL IDEA! The squirrels in
my back yard had the same idea; however, a liberal Congress
thinks that not working and eating steak is a God given right.
Asia is graduating hundreds of thousands of engineers and
we are graduating hundreds of thousands of liars, (I mean
lawyers). WE (you, me and America) are going to have to
change. The change will happen whether we like it or not.
Our relative income will fall and our relative costs of living will
rise. Our cost of production must and will fall, that is a fact of
life. Salaries, pensions, welfare payments, etc. are often fixed
by contract and custom and are very difficult or impossible
to change. A union will strike rather than allow a union salary
clause to be rewritten from $25/hour down to $20/hour.
A legal bankruptcy may be required to void the union contract
and then the Judge will set it to whatever he thinks is the
correct number. On a national scale, if the relative value of
the dollar is cut by 50% verses other currencies the effect is
only seen immediately by persons that deal and travel abroad.
All national business and personal contracts are still valid,
however, the intent of the parties has been altered to the
benefit of one party against the other. This directly violates
the U.S. Constitution, yet it happens on a daily basis.
The coming adjustment of prices and values will cause great
pain in the future. We will survive and get thing right again.
It may take 50 or 100 years to fix some of our problems.
The Japanese fixed their busted balance sheet in 21 short
years. It took only two atomic bombs and millions killed to
get rid of 500 years of Samurai tradition and an attitude of
superiority. Italy was in fine fetter after Rome was run by
Aleric and his thrifty, hardworking barbarians for seven or
eight centuries. By Gawd, they even had a Renaissance!
Aleric is long dead, however, our new management will
probably have names like Wong and Toyota. Look at the
bright side. Riding a bicycle is good for the heart and keeps
filthy lucre out of the hands of the Barbary Oil Pirates.
Remember the Alamo and floss regularly.
God Bless America! The South has Risen Again!
Sincerely,
Ronald Nelson, B.S. Engineering, M.S. Mathematics
Former show promoter
Unemployed auctioneer
Dear Greg,
Aleric the Barbarian, Esq.
By Ron Nelson, B.S. Engr., M.S. Math.
Copyright September 28, 2005
The U.S. has some serious problems that should be obvious to all but
the oblivious by now. Our country's balance of trade deficit, our
government budget deficit, individual credit card debts, are just a
short list of our troubles. We hear very little about the origin and
probable solutions to the current mess.
The balance of trade deficit is the result of our buying more from
China, Japan, Europe, the middle east etc. than we sell to the rest
of the world. Products that were made in America used to lead
the world and were in demand everywhere. What went wrong?
Did we become stupid and lazy? I think not! In my everyday life,
I see many extremely talented and able Americans. Maybe our
costs just got too high. (On a personal note, I have just terminated
the Ohio Coin Expo for that exact reason. My cost to run our Aug.
2005 show exceeded my revenue by $4000+, not good!
Manufacturing the Ohio Coin Expo in India or China and shipping
it to Cleveland is not a practical option, so we closed the show.)
Part of the problem is that foreign products and services are better
or cheaper or both when compared to the American equivalent.
Several months ago, Anita and I were in Shanghai China. While
walking down a street, I passed a Chinese shoemaker repairing
shoes, watchband, belts, etc on the street. He was on a busy
sidewalk with a portable cart that was his shop. He was busier
than a one armed paper hanger. My soles had a hole in them,
and the heels were also in terrible shape. The Chinese
shoemaker fixed shoes and I had shoes that desperately needed
fixing. A match made in heaven. I could have waited 3 weeks
and had my Tony, my Parma, Ohio shoe guy fix them for $35 or
$40 and survived, however, upon showing Mr. China Shoe Guy
my shoes, he wrote on a scrap of paper 20RMB, ($2.50 US$ for
soles and heels, on the spot, job done now, chop chop).
With Tony, my Cleveland shoe guy, the price was 16 times as
high, job finished in a week, two trips, etc. I nodded yes to China
Shoe Guy, he sat me down on a folding chair, gave me an old
newspaper to put my feet on and proceeded to cut and hammer
away at my worn out shoes. China Shoe had about 4 or 5 jobs
going at once. With a calculator I figured he was making the
equivalent of 20US$/hour. In China that is very good money for
no overhead, cash business, fresh air, etc. China Shoe did
a very good job, while not up to the quality of Parma Shoe.
At 1/16 the cost, who cares? Since I am a wild spendthrift,
I offered Mr. China Shoe a 5RMB tip, (which he did not want
to take), but I insisted. You all know that 62 cents doesn't
grow on trees and all us Round Eyes are rich and can
squander 5RMB like it was nothing. When I returned to
Cleveland, I took a different pair of shoes to Tony my Parma
Ohio Shoe Guy; the sales tax alone was 50 cents higher
than the whole job (tax free) at the China Shoe Guy.
Conclusion: Next time your shoes need repair, stop
everything, fly to China and save money. Contact me
and I will tell you where to find his stand, unless he
moved to a better location. My theory about why
(Parma Shoe Repair)/(China Shoe Repair) = 16 is follows:
Arch Duke Ferdinand and his wife were the unhappy
recipients of a couple of 32 cal. bullets and that started
WW-I. Europe was engulfed in a war that killed a generation
of young men. Millions died and the industrial world was
left in worst condition than post-Katrina New Orleans. The
U.S. sold the Allies and probably the Axis guns, bullets, shells,
gunpowder, bombs, clothing, iron, food, etc. etc. My own,
now deceased, Canadian uncle made uniforms for the U.S.
Army, and knowing him, he probably made uniforms for the
Hun at night. He got rich. American farms and factories were
in great shape at the end of WW-I and we were in possession
of almost all the world's GOLD. After a victory party called the
roaring 20's came a hangover called the Great Depression.
With our factories operating at 25% of capacity, 35%
unemployed, all debts liquidated and the companies that
survived in powerful financial condition, we were ready to roll.
Then more good luck! In what had to be the stupidest
decision in recorded history, the Japanese Emperor decided
to re-decorate Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 and Adolph Hitler
promptly notified the U.S. that he loved the new color scheme
and he intended to give us more of the same. Americans,
being a proud and independent people who at the time
couldn't stand sushi and bratwurst took offence to these
European and Asian tastes. If the world was to be re-arranged,
Americans would do the arranging to suit us. The conclusion
of all this bombing and killing was Europe, Russia, Japan, China
(i.e. the world) in a mess. I mean the whole damn world had
their furniture smashed, physical plant leveled, we even removed
their basements. Russia & China then went into their own
personal revolutions and decided to kill, or deport to slave labor
camps and reeducate everyone with an I.Q. > 0. With the
whole world remodeling, redecorating, reeducating and killing
state enemies, no one had housing, food, carpets, cars, nylons
or hula-hoops and only one country selling food, carpets and
hula-hoops. Guess who sold the best hula-hoops, the only
food and carpets in the world? The Good Old USA.
Everyone buying and only U.S. selling at OUR PRICES--now
there is the perfect way to get rich, I mean Really, Really RICH.
Switzerland was also untouched; however the demand for
cuckoo clocks was quickly filled. So in the fullness of time
the world rebuilt with modern factories, modern machines, and we
(the USA) didn't. The Asians and Europeans were left so insecure
they saved and invested 296.33% of their earnings and we let
the good times roll. Workers could be hired so cheaply in some
parts of the world, it is beyond our comprehension. They are
educated, hard working, and smart. They have modern tools
and factories. We have big houses and swimming pools. They
drive bicycles and frequently live in hovels or dormitories. We
have multiple color TV sets and two cars. They can fix a pair
of shoes at a profit for $2.50 and we can do the same job for
$40. We pay people to make babies and not work.
They let people starve who do not work. Those that work get
to eat. NOW THAT IS AN ORIGINAL IDEA! The squirrels in
my back yard had the same idea; however, a liberal Congress
thinks that not working and eating steak is a God given right.
Asia is graduating hundreds of thousands of engineers and
we are graduating hundreds of thousands of liars, (I mean
lawyers). WE (you, me and America) are going to have to
change. The change will happen whether we like it or not.
Our relative income will fall and our relative costs of living will
rise. Our cost of production must and will fall, that is a fact of
life. Salaries, pensions, welfare payments, etc. are often fixed
by contract and custom and are very difficult or impossible
to change. A union will strike rather than allow a union salary
clause to be rewritten from $25/hour down to $20/hour.
A legal bankruptcy may be required to void the union contract
and then the Judge will set it to whatever he thinks is the
correct number. On a national scale, if the relative value of
the dollar is cut by 50% verses other currencies the effect is
only seen immediately by persons that deal and travel abroad.
All national business and personal contracts are still valid,
however, the intent of the parties has been altered to the
benefit of one party against the other. This directly violates
the U.S. Constitution, yet it happens on a daily basis.
The coming adjustment of prices and values will cause great
pain in the future. We will survive and get thing right again.
It may take 50 or 100 years to fix some of our problems.
The Japanese fixed their busted balance sheet in 21 short
years. It took only two atomic bombs and millions killed to
get rid of 500 years of Samurai tradition and an attitude of
superiority. Italy was in fine fetter after Rome was run by
Aleric and his thrifty, hardworking barbarians for seven or
eight centuries. By Gawd, they even had a Renaissance!
Aleric is long dead, however, our new management will
probably have names like Wong and Toyota. Look at the
bright side. Riding a bicycle is good for the heart and keeps
filthy lucre out of the hands of the Barbary Oil Pirates.
Remember the Alamo and floss regularly.
God Bless America! The South has Risen Again!
Sincerely,
Ronald Nelson, B.S. Engineering, M.S. Mathematics
Former show promoter
Unemployed auctioneer
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Comments
if he wants a simple explanation why his crappy show bombed.....greed on his part.
Maybe he should have raised admission to 20 bucks a head to counter his alleged 4K deficit.
I would like to see some actual numbers and explanations before I believe he "lost" a dime.
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
-Daniel
-Aristotle
Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas. Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.
-Horace
I can't afford to run my shows anymore, and cherry pick all of the nice coins from all the dealers I charged an arm and a leg to rent a table and the collectors who i charged to enter. Woe is me, and the world is to blame for my downfall.
<< <i>Can someone summarize in like 3 sentences? I don't want to read all that.
I can't afford to run my shows anymore, and cherry pick all of the nice coins from all the dealers I charged an arm and a leg to rent a table and the collectors who i charged to enter. Woe is me, and the world is to blame for my downfall. >>
and REMEMBER THE ALAMO and FLOSS REGULARLY!!
<< <i>Former Show Promoter
Unemployed Auctioneer >>
I'm thinking for the good of the hobby this is a good thing.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
<< <i>Not an English major. >>
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
Check my ebay BIN or Make Offers!!
and Greg, you're right about one thing---------Ron is definitely loosing it, as in letting it all go.