[Rhodes22-list] Andrew, a special comment on your post... (non sailing)(somewhat political)

[Andrew Collins]

Ed

What we are actually doing is preparing a whole range of additional
services, including energy modeling of buildings, which will hopefully bring
in additional business, as well as cutting fees.

We have never used the credit line to date, but it seemed that it might be
nice to have it, and poof, it was gone.

A

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:

>
> Andrew,
>
> You said that I should put in a good word with the Polish government for
> your contract.  The problem is that when my grandparents left Eastern
> Europe
> there was no Poland.  One side came here on Austrian passports and the
> other
> on Russian passports that indicated what is today Lithuania.  The surname
> came from Vilnius, Lithuania.  So best you try for a contract with the
> Lithuanians.  Even after the Russian repatriations there are apparently
> some
> with the original surname in the area.
>
> What is interesting about surnames is that there were variations for
> whatever language was in power and use.  When my grandfather registered for
> the draft for World War One, he spelt his name two ways on the document and
> his brother, who was next in line spelt it a third way.  Why would this
> happen?  Because he spoke and wrote all the languages in use in Vilnius at
> the time:  Russian, Polish, Lithuanian, German, Byelorussian, Ukrainian,
> and
> who knows how many more.  I do not think that he spoke English until he got
> here, but?
>
> I encourage you to sit down and make a business plan that allows you to
> exist without credit.  You need the challenge.  More importantly, you have
> to do it.
>
> I was asked by a European Business person to access the impact of our
> economic situation.  I replied that do not expect much resolution in the
> next 3 or 4 months.  I further told him to plan to exist under current or
> worsening economic conditions for the next 3, 4 or 6 years.
>
> I am sorry but Obama cannot wave a magic wand.  The damage to the credit
> industry has been done.  It will take years to recover.  Thank Congress for
> using the credit industry to achieve social goals and not equally demanding
> oversight and controls.
>
> This guy that I commented to does business in Germany and Eastern Europe.
>  I
> suggested he make great efforts to find many small local projects, loss of
> any of which would not destroy his business.  For the next couple of years
> the object will be survival.
>
> I would say good luck, but it will take more than luck.
>
> Ed K
>
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