Just another responsible gun owner, Krugman making a lot of sense, and an open carry movement I could actually support...
This morning, listening to a food program on the BBC, I heard that the largest employer in Mexico happens to be WalMart and it got me thinking about how the world is changing. More importantly how those changes are going to impact the whole sailing and cruising gig.
Now, admittedly, being able to provision and buy stuff at an American super store does have its advantages but at a cost we don't often think through or even notice till it's too late to change.
As many of you know we have a charter business but unlike most of the people who do what we do we don't offer bareboats because, in our view, the bareboat industry is bad for the economies and ecology's they're selling. Having been in the Caribbean long enough to have met some of the folks who actually invented the concept of the bareboat industry and listening to their opinions of the current state of affairs is a lot like listening to a loving parent trying to sort out why the child they raised and nurtured is currently doing 15-20 in prison for robbing banks...
Which brings me to a book I've meant to read for a long time which has zero to do with chartering or big box stores in third world nations but a lot to do with how stuff happens and gets out of control because we don't pay attention to what's going on or think things through. World War Z has a lot to say and it really is a riveting read. While not horrible, the recent film of the book did not do it justice at all though it was entertaining.
Well actually when you come to think of it, bareboaters and zombies do seem to have a lot in common...
Listening to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
So it goes..
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This morning, listening to a food program on the BBC, I heard that the largest employer in Mexico happens to be WalMart and it got me thinking about how the world is changing. More importantly how those changes are going to impact the whole sailing and cruising gig.
Now, admittedly, being able to provision and buy stuff at an American super store does have its advantages but at a cost we don't often think through or even notice till it's too late to change.
As many of you know we have a charter business but unlike most of the people who do what we do we don't offer bareboats because, in our view, the bareboat industry is bad for the economies and ecology's they're selling. Having been in the Caribbean long enough to have met some of the folks who actually invented the concept of the bareboat industry and listening to their opinions of the current state of affairs is a lot like listening to a loving parent trying to sort out why the child they raised and nurtured is currently doing 15-20 in prison for robbing banks...
Which brings me to a book I've meant to read for a long time which has zero to do with chartering or big box stores in third world nations but a lot to do with how stuff happens and gets out of control because we don't pay attention to what's going on or think things through. World War Z has a lot to say and it really is a riveting read. While not horrible, the recent film of the book did not do it justice at all though it was entertaining.
Well actually when you come to think of it, bareboaters and zombies do seem to have a lot in common...
Listening to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
So it goes..
