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    Cow Patty's will be located in another part of town which will now be known as Cow Pie Town.
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    Welcome to the forum, @margin!
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    I found a link to an article at nps.gov but it's not there now. There is probably a few posts somewhere on this forum about these boats that were made in Nashville early in WW2.
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    Welcome to the forum, @Azarat!
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    In addition to the truckers (activity suggests recession is here) and the sanguine Brinker, we can add Elon Musk (said recession will last 12-18 months) and some VC firms (my SIL shared a YouTube video released last week where a VC firm is telling startups how to survive a recession). Several people in-the-know (including Bernanke) have suggested the Fed has already miscalculated and waited too long to start raising rates. BTW, to fight inflation, the Fed has to get the short term Fed Funds rate above the inflation rate. That is a significant increase from the 1% (top of range) rate today. When short term rates go to 9% or 10%, mortgage rates could easily double from where they are today. I'm wondering if some developers have enough of their own money that they will be less impacted by the higher lending rates.
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    Time to dust off this thread. US GDP in Q1 2022 contracted. If we get two consecutive quarters of negative growth (don't you love that phrase?!), we will officially be in a recession. However, I can tell you that we are already there. Trucking activity tracks almost exactly with realtime GDP and the demand for trucking has dropped significantly. Here is an explanation of spot rates versus contract rates: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-is-the-difference-between-trucking-contract-and-spot-rates Shipping volumes are dropping: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cass-the-freight-cycle-has-downshifted-with-a-thud Spot rates are dropping fast during the early summer when they would normally be peaking: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckload-van-spot-rates-are-falling-even-faster Earlier in May, the spot rate including fuel dropped below the contract rate without fuel. Many companies are renegotiating their trucking contracts in a downward direction. So, how will Nashville fare during this recession? Have we seen any drop in development activity?
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    Welcome to the forum, @14themoney24theshow!
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    Check out Wikipedia's Article Of The Day today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Nashville_Sounds
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    Since MarketStreet bought the BP Golden Sound building, I wonder if BP needs to move from that location to Paseo South Gulch because MS has told them they will have to move at some point in the next few years.
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    Doesn't Tony G. own Premier? If so, this would give him more money to build... Paramount!!!!
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    I've spoken with several homeless people who say that the Rescue Mission is not a good place. While researching this type of attitude, I found an article written by someone at the Nashville Rescue Mission explaining why some homeless say this. There are two main reasons. First, there are many homeless who are stubbornly independent and do not want anyone to put boundaries on them. So they will badmouth the Mission because boundaries are put on them there. Second, anyone who is addicted to alcohol and drugs won't get themselves in a place where they can't get their drug of choice, so they won't go to the Mission. It makes sense that I can't trust the stories told by the obviously drunk homeless man who approached me to ask for money at 6:30 AM on a Tuesday.
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    Spot on, @Armacing.
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    https://classicalbumsundays.com/album-of-the-month-john-coltrane-a-love-supreme/ https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-love-supreme-mw0000187827 Coltrane's liner notes: http://www.albumlinernotes.com/A_Love_Supreme.html
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    After initial drilling for four weeks, the blankets were delivered last week and blasting began on Tuesday. With Harlowe next door, they probably are doing smaller blasts. No rock has been hauled off yet but that could start next week.
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    @titanhog, I'm so sorry to hear that this happened to your parents, you and your family. May you all know comfort, peace and joy today and in the months ahead. Settling estates is never easy and especially so when both spouses pass so closely together. You are in my prayers.
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    I found this website giving information about these ships. Unfortunately, it looks like all of these have been "disposed of." http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/01idx.htm With the exception of the mothballed PC-1590 (ex-Constant, AM-86), which was recommissioned in May 1950 as a Naval Reserve training craft and served in that capacity until October 1954, the survivors were decommissioned quickly postwar and disposed of.
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    This is new and unexpected, right? The changes to NY recently have been on the 'bigger and taller' side and it seems like this falls into that category. How do these two towers compare to Amazon 3 and Pinnacle?
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    Someone from contractor just came by the Terrazzo building to tell our manager that blasting will start in March.
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    I'm not a professional but I would imagine that trading material costs for labor costs would make timber construction more attractive in the current economic environment.
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    Good news! Albion is about to pass the Haven in height which means we'll see less of the Haven, at least when approaching from the west. My, how this view has changed in the last two years.
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    Something's going on here. Is this core drilling or blasting?
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    @Baronakim, I really appreciate your perspective. I have had the same feelings you shared but could not articulate them as much. This forum leads us to talk about the trees, as you said, but the forest is really amazing. To one of your points, @smeagolsfree, the FAA restrictions are really a gift to us. They have forced developers to spread out a little and have pretty much eliminated the competitive spirit to build the next 'tallest' in Nashville. Instead, the focus of developers seems to be on amenities, building a community, and now we're starting to see more green space. As a 30-year resident, this city has always been special and unique. Here is my theory as to why Nashville is so special. Years ago, when the business and old money finally embraced the music community and agreed to work together to make Nashville "Music City", they changed the future. They created a city where money and talent mix easily, where one can be proud to be a Nashvillian and be proud to move here to pursue your dreams, where all are welcome to join us and make this city a place of respect and fun.
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    I'm spending more time in the Alpharetta area on business and think it would be a great place to live. With the post-pandemic, WFH, Great Resignation going on, there have to be pockets of Atlanta and Dallas that are quite appealing to some of the people who might otherwise choose Nashville/Austin/Denver but feel priced out of the market.
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    Spot on, Smeags. It's so easy to be distracted by all the activity. About three years ago, I almost pressed the gas to turn on to an interstate on ramp and happened to glance up just in time to see two tourists walking in front of my car. I'll never make that mistake again. @markhollin, is safety addressed in the study?
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