Jim Smith
Jim Smith
against came chance felt half played second tie
We felt like we played well in the second half against Fairfax. We were down 15 over there and came back and had a chance to tie it up.
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What we're seeing is that most of the compliant product lead times are firming up and creeping out. If the lead time was two weeks, now it's four. If it was four weeks, it's going to six or eight weeks.
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We want them to be ready for whatever they might have to deal with on that first flight; to understand what to do if some of the systems don't do what they're supposed to.
fear problems worth
We have significant problems on the horizon. It's $15 worth of fear and $15 worth of speculation. The only part of the marketplace that's shrinking, profit-wise, is retail.
bid crude fear price street wall worth
The price of crude has $10 worth of fear in it and $10 worth of speculation and when Wall Street isn't afraid, they don't bid the price up so high.
error margin
When you come out and play that well early, it reduces your margin of error a little bit.
act businesses care companies control entire mom move oil pop type
(Major) Oil companies want to move out mom and pop type businesses and control the entire marketplace. (Oil companies) want to act like they care about the consumer, but that's just a crock.
good tanks unusually
We're in good shape. The big tanks are unusually full.
anticipate buffer critical factor impact lead material planners strongly suggest
We strongly suggest that material planners anticipate an impact on lead times and factor that into appropriate buffer inventories on critical components.
rodeo trying
We're not trying to make the rodeo disappear. We're trying to give it a hiatus, so that it can survive.
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When you consider that Mosquito Creek alone paid out over $21,000 in prize money for the 2005 hunt last February, a successful hunter, with one coyote and having entered all three hunts, could really cash in big time.