01-13-2015, 09:18 AM
Good morning. We had a bit of rain all day yesterday, that's a good thing around here, but today is iffy. The forecast calls for 10, 20 and 30% chance of rain (dependent on who's forecast you're looking at) in Phoenix, but here in Surprise, 25 miles to the NE, it shows as 0%. I don't really care, rain would be good, lots of rain would be better.
I guess they're getting ready for some of our annual car auctions this week. There are around six of them, the most notable one is the Barrett-Jackson Auction in north Scottsdale. We lived not too far from that one about 15 years ago and so we were going to go there just look around but it was raining and the parking lot was muddy, plus it was full. it took us a half-hour to get out of there without ever getting out of our vehicle. I watch "Chasing Classic Cars" on TV and I have to shake my head when I see a car being auctioned off for millions. I saw one get up to $20,000,000 and it didn't sell since it didn't meet the reserve. Had I known that, I would lave bid on that one since it would have been a steal at $25 million.
Oh yeah, my bid would be contingent on getting a no-interest bank loan to cover the bid and fees. 
Yeah Pete, some officials have figured it out, but we have hoarders and "preppers" that have made ammo scarce. Most calibers are back on shelves now, but for some reason, .22 LR is still hard to find. That's why I was shocked that there wasn't a line yesterday at Walmart to buy what they had. There is a app for iPhones where they can find out specifically what each store is getting delivered that day. Some people buy to hoard, others buy to resell at up to four times what they paid. These people wait in line as early as 1 AM (the sports dep't opens at 7), just to be sure to be first in line. Maybe that market is getting saturated, and maybe the government's ordering 2 1/2 billion (yeah, with a "B") rounds for Homeland Security is not working to keep us from having any ammo for sport.
I guess they're getting ready for some of our annual car auctions this week. There are around six of them, the most notable one is the Barrett-Jackson Auction in north Scottsdale. We lived not too far from that one about 15 years ago and so we were going to go there just look around but it was raining and the parking lot was muddy, plus it was full. it took us a half-hour to get out of there without ever getting out of our vehicle. I watch "Chasing Classic Cars" on TV and I have to shake my head when I see a car being auctioned off for millions. I saw one get up to $20,000,000 and it didn't sell since it didn't meet the reserve. Had I known that, I would lave bid on that one since it would have been a steal at $25 million.
Oh yeah, my bid would be contingent on getting a no-interest bank loan to cover the bid and fees. Yeah Pete, some officials have figured it out, but we have hoarders and "preppers" that have made ammo scarce. Most calibers are back on shelves now, but for some reason, .22 LR is still hard to find. That's why I was shocked that there wasn't a line yesterday at Walmart to buy what they had. There is a app for iPhones where they can find out specifically what each store is getting delivered that day. Some people buy to hoard, others buy to resell at up to four times what they paid. These people wait in line as early as 1 AM (the sports dep't opens at 7), just to be sure to be first in line. Maybe that market is getting saturated, and maybe the government's ordering 2 1/2 billion (yeah, with a "B") rounds for Homeland Security is not working to keep us from having any ammo for sport.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD