If you were to believe eveything you read in the economic times of the world - any pub that yaks about how a sovereign is doing with its money matters you would conclude that there are a lot of spare wheels lying around.
Take for example the headlines -
Wheels coming off the CHinese economy;
The US employment picture is much worse than you think - the wheels have come off the train;
Indian economy grinds to a halt etc..
With all this braking and wheel coming off activity I suspect that there is going to be a lot of walking around going on? Could that perhaps reduce the pollution and lead to healthier citizenry that is less obese?
Perhaps there is a silver lining to this dark cloud after all?
But then the word MALAISE puts a damper on things. There is a lot of that too going on. Greek economic malaise spreads to Spain and Italy - this one seems to be happening faster than the previously mentioned Hanta epidemic. The entire Euro Zone seems to be on the brink of a serious correction - as they run out of options - no wheel seems to fit their caboose and the engine (Germany) wants no part of this train wreck.
I suppose you cannot sell enough Greek yogurts or Italian Bruschettas or Spanish Paellas to import the Benzes and the BMWs. So something's gotta give...the world can live without yogurt but not the smell of a new German automobile.
Enter the ECB with its promise to lend Euros to those that seek...this with string cheese attached. That makes the Italians furious.
Someone had a bright idea to have 1 currency but 18 different owners forgot that not all trucks use the same set of wheels.
Here is another essay on the subject of first names. As in birth names. Or names provided to an offspring at birth. While the developed world tends to shy away from the exotic like Refrigerator or Coca Cola for their new production there is a plethora of Jims and Johns and Bobs or Robs. Speaking of which I do not think there is a categoric decision point at the time of birth if a child will be hereafter called as Bob. I mean have not yet met a toddler called Bob or Rob for that matter. At some point though the parental instinct to mouth out multiple syllables runs out and they switch from calling the crawler Robert to simply Robbie to Rob. Now speaking of - it is strange that the name sounds like something you would not want Rob to do - i.e. Rob anyone. Then why call someone that? After all Rob Peter to Pay Paul is not exactly a maxim to live a young life? Is it? Perhaps Peter or Paul might want to have a say in it? Then there is this matter of going to the John. Why degrad...
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