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Forum: Restaurant Information & Reviews Today, 04:41 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 100
Posted By John Mercier
Toast lists the average as falling between 3-5;...

Toast lists the average as falling between 3-5; which is probably right.

Dick Tower told me that operating margins are slim, and that the profit in a restaurant is building the sales up to the...
Forum: Restaurant Information & Reviews Today, 08:06 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 100
Posted By John Mercier
Most business only net 10% before taxes. That...

Most business only net 10% before taxes.
That is why competent management is so important and so rare.

Because full time year round is a more sought after employment status for many reasons......
Forum: Restaurant Information & Reviews Yesterday, 04:55 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 100
Posted By John Mercier
Not paying them makes them leave... so you don't...

Not paying them makes them leave... so you don't have to worry about laying them off in November.

Seasoned management keeps a cool head, looks at the long term, and seeks out ways to overcome...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance Yesterday, 04:12 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,787
Posted By John Mercier
Rake. Put down repair grass of whatever brand you...

Rake. Put down repair grass of whatever brand you use - usually has a mix of annual and perennial seed. Keep most until the first sign of green. Then water deeply when we don't have a lot of rain.
...
Forum: Restaurant Information & Reviews 05-24-2024, 08:24 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 100
Posted By John Mercier
No. Quite a few businesses fail.

No. Quite a few businesses fail.
Forum: General Discussion 05-24-2024, 08:04 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,168
Posted By John Mercier
Not sure what the extreme weather in this area...

Not sure what the extreme weather in this area would be... but mine seems to roughly track the increases in my property value... not quite but very close.
Forum: General Discussion 05-24-2024, 11:05 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,168
Posted By John Mercier
Insurance companies don't care what we call it,...

Insurance companies don't care what we call it, or what causes it. They use actuarial tables that get adjusted so that in the end the company stays profitable. An extreme event to them may just be...
Forum: General Discussion 05-24-2024, 11:00 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,168
Posted By John Mercier
We don't really have a lot more government...

We don't really have a lot more government regulations than we did a decade ago. They slightly tightened the insulating requirement in our area... but a lot of builders were already beyond the...
Forum: Restaurant Information & Reviews 05-24-2024, 10:50 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 100
Posted By John Mercier
Pay enough and you find staff...

Pay enough and you find staff...
Forum: General Discussion 05-23-2024, 09:10 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,168
Posted By John Mercier
It isn't even really material costs. Base...

It isn't even really material costs. Base material costs are pretty much universal. Base material costs have increased due to the demand on the system... but even a great deal portion of that has...
Forum: General Discussion 05-23-2024, 02:18 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,168
Posted By John Mercier
If it is political, then a waste of time. If...

If it is political, then a waste of time.

If people are serious... the inflation is due to the need to pay much higher wages.

Prices rise when demand is strong...
Forum: General Discussion 05-23-2024, 10:41 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,168
Posted By John Mercier
I don't have a mortgage, vehicle payment, and...

I don't have a mortgage, vehicle payment, and carry no cc debt.
My score has never fallen below 800.
Forum: General Discussion 05-23-2024, 10:38 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,168
Posted By John Mercier
I paid more for gasoliine and pre-buy heating oil...

I paid more for gasoliine and pre-buy heating oil in the summer of 2008.
I currently make more than double the wage for roughly the same work.

I use less gasoline now than then (more efficient...
Forum: General Discussion 05-23-2024, 08:56 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,168
Posted By John Mercier
The inflation is too much demand on labor, and...

The inflation is too much demand on labor, and not enough customer efficiency.
I live with it every day.

We can't find employees... and the customers will not change their pattern to be more...
Forum: General Discussion 05-23-2024, 07:30 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,168
Posted By John Mercier
Our energy position? We have record net exports...

Our energy position? We have record net exports in every category except coal. Coal net exports have yet to return to 2012 levels, but that is world demand... not something the US can control.

Our...
Forum: General Discussion 05-22-2024, 03:35 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 2,168
Posted By John Mercier
Yeah. I saw mine in April. But my valuation...

Yeah. I saw mine in April.
But my valuation also went nuts.
So not sure if that is driving it or what.
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 05-20-2024, 08:44 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,787
Posted By John Mercier
It is possible, but snow mold usually has a...

It is possible, but snow mold usually has a thatch problem attached to it.
Forum: General Discussion 05-20-2024, 08:41 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,919
Posted By John Mercier
CB blooms.

CB blooms.
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 05-20-2024, 03:23 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,787
Posted By John Mercier
It is grub season... Can you use the soap and...

It is grub season...
Can you use the soap and water technique?
It won't kill them, but it should force them to the surface for verification.
Go beyond the edges of the brown patch.
Forum: General Discussion 05-20-2024, 12:21 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 3,273
Posted By John Mercier
Our Motto has not changed... Just the marketing...

Our Motto has not changed...
Just the marketing slogan.

It is ghastly... I mean if this keeps up, there would be so much revenue from tourism that we would need to lower taxes. Egads!!!
Forum: General Discussion 05-20-2024, 10:32 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 3,273
Posted By John Mercier
It is a lot like the old Maine slogan ''Discover...

It is a lot like the old Maine slogan ''Discover your Maine Thing" - which I also thought was lame.

The best one from Maine in my opinion was ''The Way Life Should Be''.

It is why I have...
Forum: General Discussion 05-19-2024, 08:00 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 3,273
Posted By John Mercier
The ''Live Free'' is not the State Motto. It...

The ''Live Free'' is not the State Motto.
It was a slogan for a tourism campaign.

The ''Live Free'' campaign initially saw growth in the number when the ''or Die'' was dropped; so it was...
Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance 05-19-2024, 07:30 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,787
Posted By John Mercier
When was the last time you dethatched it?

When was the last time you dethatched it?
Forum: General Discussion 05-19-2024, 02:46 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 3,273
Posted By John Mercier
Wasn't Lawton only a teenager in 1945? That was...

Wasn't Lawton only a teenager in 1945?
That was when NH adopted ''Live Free or Die'' as the State Motto.

Bob was instrumental into its addition on our license plate... but not its enactment as...
Forum: General Discussion 05-18-2024, 05:33 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 3,273
Posted By John Mercier
But this is a tourism slogan... The Greatest...

But this is a tourism slogan...

The Greatest Generation is not the focus of the effort.

The new tourism slogan is showing deep market penetration, and a huge y-over-y and ROI. It may have been...
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