Economical is great – but so is Performance !

tony | May 14, 2012

Do Something … Get ‘er done … stop talking about it and do it …

I promised myself I would stay away from posting anything political – that’s hard to do.

I can remember gas at 28 cents a gallon … folks would freak out when it went over 30 cents.

If you think about it – everything is around 10 times the price it was in 1970 … that’s not a good way to judge things these days – but it’s almost accurate.

The average new family car was around $1900 bucks … a brand new Corvette was around $6000 …

People were concerned about gas mileage even way back then. There were always “alternative” fuels being experimented with. And 100 years ago – when gasoline was still a worthless by-product of producing oil, electric cars were all the rage.

Economical is fine – but SO IS PERFORMANCE !

There is really nothing new going on – if something is “cool” it doesn’t matter how practical it is.

We also still have folks who think if they LOOK like they are doing something – then that’s enough.

OR – if something feels good – that’s better than DOING well.

It’s just cycles coming back around again.

Business cycles and trends repeating. Fashions coming in and out of style.

I find a lot of humor in watching fads come and go.

Today, eye glasses have become very horizontal and rectangular … I see young women wearing clothing that looks like they bought their clothing at a Joann Worley yard sale (SOCK IT TO ME !!!)

Back in 1970 – we were taught in G’ment school that by now we would be well on our way into an ICE AGE … and then just 10 years ago they taught in the same G’ment schools that by now the ice would be melting and the polar bears would be dead … NOW it’s about “CHANGE” … har-dee-har-har …