US Gypsum to close. Gerlach to dry up and blow away?

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:36 am

That is fucking sad! They are in a prime spot, why doesn't USG build a wind farm? Or is it just easier to uproot families?

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:58 am

TomServo wrote:That is fucking sad! They are in a prime spot, why doesn't USG build a wind farm? Or is it just easier to uproot families?

Sence when has anyone though of other than thair self

Post by **Elderberry** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:04 pm

It is sad, but it's also life. Lots of people put all their eggs in one basket. All was lost, including the basket.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:08 pm

jkisha wrote:It is sad, but it's also life. Lots of people put all their eggs in one basket. All was lost, including the basket.

And you make one hell of a basket liner.. Would sure hate to lose mine.. Still trying to fine something for you.. Thanks again..

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:14 pm

jkisha wrote:It is sad, but it's also life. Lots of people put all their eggs in one basket. All was lost, including the basket.

I feel a deeper connection to the folks in Empire, than those in Gerlach. Mainly, the store.

I think the biggest problem with our country, is that no one is looking at OPTIONS! Bush is gone, its time to get smart again!

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 2:41 pm

why doesn't USG build a wind farm? Or is it just easier to uproot families?

Because United States Gypsum (USG) is in the business of building supplies and not wind farming or any other type of energy generation. One might as well have asked why GM/Ford/Chrysler didn't switch over to organic dairy farming or manufacturing women's lingerie when the stock market was tanking a few years back.

It's easy enough to sit back and ask all the 'whys' you want and opine on all the 'you shoulds' until one's blue in the face. Fact is the business had to make some hard choices during a dismal economic decline. Painting them as the bad guy because they choose to operate without a staggering and unsustainable debt load is a bit unfair.

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:23 pm

Isotopia wrote:
why doesn't USG build a wind farm? Or is it just easier to uproot families?
Because United States Gypsum (USG) is in the business of building supplies and not wind farming or any other type of energy generation. One might as well have asked why GM/Ford/Chrysler didn't switch over to organic dairy farming or manufacturing women's lingerie when the stock market was tanking a few years back.

It's easy enough to sit back and ask all the 'whys' you want and opine on all the 'you shoulds' until one's blue in the face. Fact is the business had to make some hard choices during a dismal economic decline. Painting them as the bad guy because they choose to operate without a staggering and unsustainable debt load is a bit unfair.

we already discussed buying Empire. I'm the town butcher if you haven't read it. They are a corporation, they should be smart enough to utilize their idle property! Or not...

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:33 pm

Don't have to buy the whole town. Different people buy different pieces, and pretty soon it's a burner retirement community. I could live with that.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:35 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:Don't have to buy the whole town. Different people buy different pieces, and pretty soon it's a burner retirement community. I could live with that.

Logging towns around here were dozed so people couldn't buy them.. Dog in the mainger style..