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Re: Balog's Bad News thread
« Reply #75 on: June 25, 2014, 12:34:01 PM »
This is why you should regard any statistic the .gov publishes as completely and totally false. "Oh, it shrank %1.0 due to the weather." Next news cycle "Whoopsie, it was actually %2.9!"

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/25/us-usa-economy-growth-idUSKBN0F01CD20140625
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Re: Balog's Bad News thread
« Reply #76 on: June 25, 2014, 01:14:14 PM »
Got granddad's old chainsaw from storage, promptly pulled the start handle right off, and disassembled it on the bench, figuring it probably needs more than just a new cord after 8-10 years in storage.  Cleaned up the carb and lines, and left it stripped down for all the cleaner to dry out overnight.  Landlord came out and cut the tree up the next morning.  No more motivation to work on the chainsaw.  It's probably going to sit there until I really need the bench space.

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Re: Balog's Bad News thread
« Reply #77 on: June 25, 2014, 01:15:11 PM »
Got granddad's old chainsaw from storage, promptly pulled the start handle right off, and disassembled it on the bench, figuring it probably needs more than just a new cord after 8-10 years in storage.  Cleaned up the carb and lines, and left it stripped down for all the cleaner to dry out overnight.  Landlord came out and cut the tree up the next morning.  No more motivation to work on the chainsaw.  It's probably going to sit there until I really need the bench space.

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Wrong thread?
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Re: Balog's Bad News thread
« Reply #78 on: June 25, 2014, 01:19:28 PM »
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Re: Balog's Bad News thread
« Reply #79 on: June 25, 2014, 01:22:10 PM »
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Wrong thread?

Just a followup to the previous "not DIY types" sub-thread.

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Re: Balog's Bad News thread
« Reply #80 on: June 25, 2014, 05:19:24 PM »
This is why you should regard any statistic the .gov publishes as completely and totally false. "Oh, it shrank %1.0 due to the weather." Next news cycle "Whoopsie, it was actually %2.9!"

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/25/us-usa-economy-growth-idUSKBN0F01CD20140625

I like the weather excuse.  Don't they already "seasonally adjust" the numbers.  I mean it's not like this is the first time winter has ever happened in the first quarter of a year.
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Re: Balog's Bad News thread
« Reply #81 on: June 25, 2014, 06:23:01 PM »
This is why you should regard any statistic the .gov publishes as completely and totally false. "Oh, it shrank %1.0 due to the weather." Next news cycle "Whoopsie, it was actually %2.9!"

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/25/us-usa-economy-growth-idUSKBN0F01CD20140625

Economic growth statistics get reviewed several times each quarter. This is not per se a sign of deliberate falsification.
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Re: Balog's Bad News thread
« Reply #82 on: June 25, 2014, 06:47:50 PM »
Economic growth statistics get reviewed several times each quarter. This is not per se a sign of deliberate falsification.

When the statistics are always "overly optimistic" and then revised down as quietly as possible I can't help but view that with suspicion.
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If government is the answer, it must have been a really, really, really stupid question.

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Re: Balog's Bad News thread
« Reply #83 on: June 25, 2014, 08:15:54 PM »
You can trust nothing the government says. Nothing. Get used to it.