tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1428786213779428155.post6832755976444645943..comments2022-11-09T23:58:50.843-08:00Comments on Ten Mile Island: Too MuchTen Mile Islandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06030532586953950296noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1428786213779428155.post-72224795417224082642012-05-06T22:16:36.194-07:002012-05-06T22:16:36.194-07:00Oh, what a mess! On the bridge. I wonder if the gu...Oh, what a mess! On the bridge. I wonder if the gulls that fly alongside were a distraction. Poor fella.<br /><br />I've crossed so many times going to and coming from Astoria and have yet to witness an accident. Scratch that, a wreck.<br /><br />Your client who was priced out by high rents, must have been in Astoria or Warrenton. Same click controls both. My partner & I were all set to move our business up there. We had arranged to lease a street level space in the old Elks Building downtown. It had housed a commercial printing business owned by the Daily Astorian that they closed down. The deal was set up as a sub-lease through them, until their original lease expired. Sweet deal. 2,000 sq/ft, heated, for $800 a month for 3 years. But the Elks, read good ol' boys of Astoria, thought they could squeeze a couple from California, prior lease be damned. Wouldn't allow us shipping/loading access that they controlled from a side street without a signed 5 year lease at $2,000 p/month from expiration of old lease.<br /><br />It was like that everywhere in the area. Real estate showed us property next to a tide flat in Warrenton with an old dairy barn. You could see the water marks 4 ft. up on the side walls. Then there was the dilapidated building under the Astoria Bridge on West Marine Drive. Real bargain there, only needed about $20,000 in electrical upgrades, a new roof, insulation, and zero offstreet parking. Oh, and it leaned to port.<br /><br />Now you have another mess there. The Columbia Land Trust. They want to force out most private land holdings on all sides of the estuary. Stalking horse for a future Lewis & Clark National Park? <br /><br />Real nice area. Except for the locals. And the Land Trust communists.You Betchanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1428786213779428155.post-43808310584644435802012-05-03T16:48:14.136-07:002012-05-03T16:48:14.136-07:00Man, I'm surprised anybody survived that wreck...Man, I'm surprised anybody survived that wreck. And it's not an accident, btw - accidents are rare; wrecks are not. An accident is when the glass of milk slips from your fingers. Wrecks are caused by somebody being an a**hole.<br /><br />I assume that your client of 25 years has bolted not because of any issues with your services, but because some idiot landlord thought it'd be a good idea to raise the rent in the midst of a recession; blood from turnips and all.<br /><br />Your friend of 30 years seems to be getting a raw deal; this is precisely why I passed several times on the "authorized dealer" approach - it never seemed like an especially stable model to me. And stability's kind of important, if you plan to support yourself (and possibly others).<br /><br />My next-door neighbor has two boats. Not only do I not think it's unfair, and not only am I decidedly not envious, I feel sorry for him. But only to a degree - he is, after all, a die-hard leftie. But I've always regarded a boat as a hole in the water into which one pours money. If that's what he chooses to do with his cash, more power to him.MAX Redlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12040240474444763721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1428786213779428155.post-47621658394656823852012-05-03T12:34:01.179-07:002012-05-03T12:34:01.179-07:00My sympathy to your friend and client. That's...My sympathy to your friend and client. That's tough. Not knowing any details, I wonder how bright it is for a supplier to try to be the retailer. First, quite different skill sets. Second, unless you're able to take over in all the local markets, you start to burn bridges with your other retailers who learn what a scumbag you are.<br /><br />The following applies to scumbags too.<br /><br />Do not fret because of evildoers Or be envious of the wicked; For there will be no future for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked will be put out.<br />Prov. 24:19-20T. D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11952394767212085011noreply@blogger.com