So I am driving through South Georgia earlier this week thinking about all kinds of different things. Don’t talk on the cell phone while driving anymore, so this frees up some time for random thoughts. Yes, I am focused on the road but one’s mind cannot help but wander even with all the natural beauty of South Georgia countryside passing by the window.
Earlier this year the National Safety Council (NSC) declared that driving while talking on a cell phone puts drivers at four times greater risk for an accident and should be banned. The first time I ever heard of such a concept as cell-phone free driving was when I visited Hong Kong in 2001.
Flush with cash and highly successful, the behemoth Exxon Mobil does not know what they sell or who their customer is. Of course I am not qualified to make such an outrageous statement, but this is my blog, dammit, and I can pontificate if I feel like it.
The Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Association of Georgia (RASMCA), some Georgia roofing contractors, and an Atlanta television reporter have gotten together to put some light on the dangers of dealing with unscrupulous individuals putting themselves forward as roofing contractors.
I keep thinking about the expression “The New Normal” as I try to determine which way the wind is blowing in this rapidly changing economy. There are opportunities in any economy; you just have to figure out where they are and how to position yourself to take advantage of them. No solutions here, just sharing some random thoughts and dreams.
Spring has got to be my favorite time of the year. This despite having spent the first 44 years of my life in Florida where they say the seasons are barely detectible. Fact is, when I lived in the Sunshine State, spring was still my favorite time of year.
I have been on a rampage trying to kill the fax for years. And I am not so feeble that I can’t remember being on a rampage to get my boss to buy our first fax back in the early 80s. If you do not recall, the fax machine changed everything once it hit that “tipping point” where everyone in business had one. It was great and we could hardly wait to get one.
Heard a new one the other day. Seems a commercial roofing contractor, confident of having won a sizable retrofit roofing project (over $1 million), was surprised when a large national contracting firm slipped in with a lower price coupled with the offer of 24-month financing.
The news that two mega-builders, Centex and Pulte, are moving toward a merger was not surprising but could signal a new direction in the homebuilding sector.
