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Yeah it made TV news here, they showed it on TV and yes the closing bidder DID cough up the money !!!

So there ya go, she a strainge world we live in eh, now where's that noisy vacume cleaner of mine.....

Hey Kim
Welcome, nice to have a fellow muso on the forum.

Rusty
NZ

Great stuff Kirk
Dont feel bad about the pay to play situation dude, most of the coolest rides and hottest vans etc you see in the USA are built for their owners by professional shops.
Most americans cant fit a stereo let alone overhaul there brakes, there are of course many exceptions to this this, but back yard rod and custom building is something of a tradition and an art in Ausi and NZ.

So when you got to the point of doing it yourself now or later you will feel all the better for it.
In the mean time, you have the most important thing of all "the passion"

Keep the faith brother Beddowyn

Rusty 

I wrote this for another forum I belong too, but flet it needed sharing here too.

I am going to totally over simplify this whole recession process.

"Money is made round to go round" we have all heard that saying I’m sure, well its true in the purist sense.

Over 90% of the damage done in slow economies is done by the media, if you get told folks are going to get laid off, money is tight, banks are not lending etc.

Then you and your neighbour buy into this, you take what little money you have and you stop spending.

You don’t buy that new tyre for the car, the wife doesn’t get that new hand bag, now these seem like small items, but this is where the real money changes hands.

This is where the economy is truly driven, at grass roots, sure there are plenty of millionaires out there and we all blame them along with the company presidents and the governments.

However in reality the economy is driven by the man in the street who decides if he should by that hot dog from the street vendor or not.
The hundreds of billions of tiny transactions that take place every day are what feed our economies the world over.

Let’s look at the circle, if you choose not to buy that new tyre, the tyre shop has now lost a sale, the tyre wholesaler has lost a sale, the tyre manufacturer has also lost a sale and they guy who stands on the shop floor operating the tyre moulding machine has lost his job.

Because that same day you were not the only person who decided not to buy that tyre, because the news paper and radio said, times are tough, money is tight blah blah blah.

Now how many family dinner tables have you effected, well at least 20 of your fellow blue collar workers, just decided not to buy a hot dog from the street vendor because you didn’t buy a tyre for your car.

Oh and I didn’t count the street vendor or the folks that his supply chain supports.

The ability of any nation to rise from an economic downturn does not lie with the politicians or law makers or even the banks.

It lies with you, your family, your friends and neighbours.

If everyone you know decided
"They say there is a recession on I CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE"

I will buy that tyre and that hot dog, now what happens!!

Yes the power is ours should we choose to use it, want to see a change overnight?

Forget lobbying the government to do something, lobby the News Papers, TV and Radio to change the doomsday message.
Change attitudes in the people and if you do this the economy will change.

Anyone heard of self affirmation, it works for each individual so why not a Nation.
When you swim are you thinking "float" or are you thinking sink.

YOU CHOOSE, YOU CAN.

Now before you tell me I have over simplified this, think long and hard about it.
Then tell me I am wrong.

In closing I would like to think you would post this everywhere you can, print it off and share it with your family, friends and neighbours, heck give it to your boss.

Our attitude determines our altitude.

This is an original item from Silverado
I’m no millionaire or anything of that sort, I’m a singer, song writer living full time in a motorhome in New Zealand, I also make a bit of fiberglass componentry and repair motorhomes and I’ve chosen "NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY RECESSION" as a result I have work and I find work.

Kind Regards
Stu Glen
Silverado     

She would make an awesome airbrushing for the side of a van,, ummmmm
Id call it " Wicked Vantasy "

Rusty