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[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Jace

now eventually http://www.opranoamateurs.com/ will point to that forum, right?

Yup.

I been having a quality fuck off day,

[softball]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Yup.

I been having a quality fuck off day,

Me too, except mine has not been quality. The US dollar has crashed and burned. It is now worth LESS than the Canadian dollar. To me that means that in two years I have lost fifty per cent of my effective income. So, what that means,to put it in perspective. That if I had been making 700K, I am now making 300K. Do you think this might have an impact on your lifestyle?
And it all trickles down. I am much less likely to spend large amounts without first thinking about the consequences, which never happened in the past. The business still makes the same revenue, or slightly more, but the disposable income plummets. Fuck me I hate GW Bush.

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

Me too, except mine has not been quality. The US dollar has crashed and burned. It is now worth LESS than the Canadian dollar. To me that means that in two years I have lost fifty per cent of my effective income. So, what that means,to put it in perspective. That if I had been making 700K, I am now making 300K. Do you think this might have an impact on your lifestyle?.

It's good for me! I'll get more orders from Canada!

And if you were EVER making 700K, Not Only would the world be flat, I'd be a tire.

[softball]

Originally Posted by EmporerEJ

It's good for me! I'll get more orders from Canada!

And if you were EVER making 700K, Not Only would the world be flat, I'd be a tire.

I never said I was and you will never know. It is just an observation of the impact of the plummeting dollar.

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

I never said I was and you will never know. It is just an observation of the impact of the plummeting dollar.

Relax Chicken little. The sky isn't falling. The good 'ole American dollar has a way of rebounding.
It was the rampant housing industry sloshing money around 2 years ago that started it. Then the government, in their infinite wisdom, thought it might be a good idea to raise interest rates. Thereby putting hundreds of thousands of Adjustable rate borrowers into negative cash flow hell.
Result: Foreclosures are at an all time High.

[softball]

Originally Posted by EmporerEJ

Relax Chicken little. The sky isn't falling. The good 'ole American dollar has a way of rebounding.
It was the rampant housing industry sloshing money around 2 years ago that started it. Then the government, in their infinite wisdom, thought it might be a good idea to raise interest rates. Thereby putting hundreds of thousands of Adjustable rate borrowers into negative cash flow hell.
Result: Foreclosures are at an all time High.

I am sure it is nothing to do with bleeding billions and billions and billions into Iraq with no end in sight. If those who bought houses they can't afford are now in trouble, no amount of financial hocus pocus will help them. Now, what impact does this have on porn, and why are we discussing it here? Well, we are not immune to the ebb and flow of the market. But I will damn sure guess that pornographers, like every other sector, are feeling the fallout. Soon, all that stuff from China is going to get more expensive and disposable income will tighten. The good news at the moment, is that European business is picking up because we are becoming relatively cheap.

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

I am sure it is nothing to do with bleeding billions and billions and billions into Iraq with no end in sight. If those who bought houses they can't afford are now in trouble, no amount of financial hocus pocus will help them. Now, what impact does this have on porn, and why are we discussing it here? Well, we are not immune to the ebb and flow of the market. But I will damn sure guess that pornographers, like every other sector, are feeling the fallout. Soon, all that stuff from China is going to get more expensive and disposable income will tighten. The good news at the moment, is that European business is picking up because we are becoming relatively cheap.

Well, there is that....the war. But we'll pay for that later.
The people that are in trouble are artificially in trouble. The government didn't have to raise interest rates and put those people in trouble. Sure, they shouldn't have qualified for those loans. But they did, and they were surviving. The rise in rates killed them for no good reason, other than the government wanted to screw with people.

It has EVERY impact on Porn. This is one of the first places people run to for an easy money making snack.
And one thing I've learned in my 25 years in the Porn Biz....people will always find money to buy their porn. When I was in the video Biz, some of the busiest rental times was when the local factory had people on layoff.
It's cheap entertainment.

And fortunately, I'm in a recession proof end of the Biz. So it doesn't affect us.