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ArthurSG
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So it's a recovery huh? (there is a watch link)

The word on the street says otherwise.

We read so many reports saying the worst is over and that it may ve a V shaped recovery and markets have rebounded and are on the sure road to recovery, unemployment has slowed.  I for one have always been a bit skeptical but today, I re-acquainted myself with the reality of the masses.

I took a cab to pickup my car today which I sent in for a bumper re-spray (a friend nudged me from behind) and started talking to the cabbie.  And what I have found in the past, if you want the pulse of the masses, the real word on the street, cabbies are proably the best source and they shoot straight without a cre for euphemisms.

What reminded me about the current reality all are facing now and sadly the reality that is affecting the masses more adversely which seems to be the law of the word, is that the lady cabbie chaufering me to pick up my car was wearing a Cartier Tank of sorts.

Now it could be a fake which I have see many but at that point in time when I noticed it, my first thought was... Wow, she could afford a Cartier but now has to drive a cab parttime to get by.  Like I said, it could be a $50 fake but given what has happened over the past year and looks to persists for the ext 6 to 9 months, I reckon its not too far fetched a notion that maybe she could afford a real Cartier not too long ago and perhaps fortunes took a bad turn for her (as it has for many) and she needs to do this on weekends to get by.  don't get me wrong.  Nothing wrong with driving a cab.  Its a good honest living that helps put food in mouths and a roof over the heads but just at that point when I noticed it, it reminded me again of the harsh economic times that the masses of the world (me included) are facing.

Have a great weekend.