No Recession Here
 

....with stuff like this coming in and out of our canal :angry-smiley-038:

LS

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/a...e-img_2674.jpg

I must be in the wrong business and live in the wrong town. our local lake seems to enjoy all of the Pimp of the Nation Eastex bubba powerboating enthusiasts LOL!!!

See ya,
Kelly

of course you have to have the matching sea doo on the back.....

Don't knock Sunseekers owners, we need love too!

Club-Nautico South Florida division really has some great options compared to the other northern branches! :evilb: :evilb: :drink:

Who knows maybe this poor guy had to downsize .
Somehow I doubt it .

recessions very rarely affect the rich, or the poor. its always the middle guys

Thats the guy who won the lottery but still gets food stamps boat:evilb:

I've noticed the poor seem to get richer during recessions... or at least seem to have ZERO ambition to get back to work

well in a recession if your poor, welfare, stamps, etc. just doesnt change. If your rich you might loose out on a few bills here and there, but nothing that your going to lose sleep over

I think some businesses profit from a recession

Yeah, like our Kalfornia firefighters... Avarage wage is up to $225k/year in the Bay Area, retire at 50 with 85% of your last years earnings for their pension. And they get to do labor trades throught their carier so they never use any vacation time then take up to one years un-used vacation as pay in their last year of employment boosting the last years salary.
That takes a retired 50 year old to $382,500/ year for his pension. Not bad in a resetion! :eek: I wonder why the state is going broke.....

INSANE@!$#

I think your numbers are off a little see below. Are you sure you have your facts right? If fire fighters got paid that much everybody would be at the door for them. I know a lot of people sit back and say oh GOVT employees are rich or GM workers are rich and they truely dont know the facts. Below is numbers from San Diego and LA's isnt much different. I find it hard to beleive they make that much. If they do thats crazy. Although Id rather pay a fire fighter that much money instead of a pro athlete.



entry-level firefighters/paramedics to $51,000, up from $44,000 a year.

Top-level firefighters will see pay go from $62,000 to $71,600. Pay for captains will rise from the current $74,000 to $88,000.
Source(s):
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/north…

Yep. I have a good friend who retired as a Captain in the LA area. He sure does not have that kind of pension. Sure he does well, but that is from other investments, not pension. Maybe the Bay area is different, I don't know.

Sam

Im kind of thinking this guy is maybe talking about a chief of the city or some other high ranking individual. Firemen just dont make that much. Some people like to spout off about what they make and frankly will like. But no firefighter is making 285 your talking more than congressmen and almost as much as the POTUS.

Know what you mean. My neighbor just pulled up to his dock with a new Wally 47. Go figure. www.Wally.com

They can make a killing in overtime, but not that much. My buddy in CT is well over 100K after overtime, but he has many cert's, and works OT every time someone takes a shift off.

225k a year is unreal:eek:

i know what you mean state police etc can get upwards of 100k with mega overtime and they worked for it, but 280k Idont think so

Fact Check:
http://www.mercurynews.com/salaries/bay-area

Alameda County Fire Dept. Hoskins, James A Fire Captain

Entity Name
Alameda County Fire Dept.
Base $116,460
Other $70,733
Gross $187,193
MDV $15,585
ER Psn $30,285
EPEPsn $0
DC $1,155
Misc. $281
TCOE $234,499

I'll get the lawn chairs and a cooler, the fireman I know have nice front yards!

Here's the whole list, it's good to be a fireman!


http://www.mercurynews.com/salaries/bay-area/2010

I believe that boat belongs to a friend of mine from TX. Older '80s model? He just picked it up at the Lauderdale boat show.

good facts. I wonder if they get everything in there listed and what is considered overtime. Either way nice job. But living out there isnt cheap. 1000sq ft home in a descent neighborhood will run you 500 grand

LOL! That is a late model Sunseeker, probably a Predator 64.

http://www.sunseeker.com/showboat.php?bid=29

I was wrong. Looks pretty close, but his is some Italian-made boat and from the late 80s.

Would you run in here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tk5D54VI0I

I was thinking the same thing, it makes my Superchicken look like a old panga.

What year is your Superhawk?

I think firemen and policemen are worth every penny they can make. Unlike you, they put their lives on the line in their jobs every day.

Your right they put there lives at risk drinking&doing side jobs while on the clock:evilb:

It's an 02' with triple Yanmars and TriMax surface drives. We get some good use out of it in the Bay Area, we keep her up river but run down to the Bay out the gate to Half Moon Bay and up to Drakes and Tamales Bay for overnights. It's not the best overnight rig since there is no gally.

Then I'll send you my property tax bills but you are correct, the closest I come to puting my life on the line is asking my wife what's for dinner before I finnish breakfast.

You may not be aware of what the public unions are doing in California, please read;
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/may/...g-advances-in/

We also pay 10% sales tax in our lovely state.

I agree, we as a country have no problem paying somebody 30 million a year to play baseball or somebody 10 million to make a movie, and those people provide nothing to society except entertainment and even then is crap half of the time.

I will say this, what they make is all relative. I was down at camp last year and a friend of a friend came out from cali and he basically through out his whole finances and was discussing them. The guy from cali think he was from the LA area made roughly 300 a year and he was amazed at the house and items might friend had who makes less than 100 a year. My friend had a nicer house, a camp and two nice cars, the guy who made 300 had a small home and two older cars and thats all he could afford. Think he had a 12-1300 sq ft home that cost him 700,000 and his payment is like 6-7 grand a month for it.

So its all relative

The good thing is that you don't have to watch baseball, subscribe to the NFL channel, go to the games, etc. You don't have to go to the movies or get the movie channels either so at least you have the choice not to put your hard earned dollars in their pockets.

My problem is with the speculators and hedge funds that are jerking off the public with the oil/gas situation. We have no choice or alternative to go to. F'ers...

Our taxes don't pay Tom Cruise's salary.

You're right about it being relative though. 9 years back I sold my Fountain to a guy from the bay area. He and his wife flew out, had his truck shipped to my house I was in at the time. His truck got delayed and they ended up spending the weekend with us. He wondered what I did to afford a seven figure home. He was shocked when I told him I paid $215K for it.

True but you pay salary by just having cable tv you know what right and thats not even having special channels. say you have comcast or Time warner. Well they in turn pay the big networks who in turn pay the teams for tv contracts. I dont like the speculators either. Soldiers, police, fireman are worth every penny IMO. Maybe because I was a soldier, but there is no pay check worth putting your life on the line, nuff said

Nice! Any pics?

Where the hell am I supposed to land my helicopter on that piece of driftwood? :drink: