How's bidness in your neck of the woods?

[Richard Cranium]

Home elevators???? Really? What happen to stairs?

At first glance, that's what most people think. And while we do work in some pretty big houses where the elevator is just another gizmo in the house, the aging population & planning for the future is really where it's at for us right now. Being able to stay in one's home when a person gets old and/or has some kind of medical issue is always better than moving out at that age. Think about your own relatives; stairs do present challenges to many as they grow old.

For the most part, it's a pretty interesting business, but of course, we do see some real hard luck cases as well with handicapped children and wheelchair-bound people which makes one appreciate good health.

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It took me a while but I finally figured out you are much more intelligent man than you portray yourself to be.

If I wasn't in this occupation, surely I'd be a rocket scientist or brain surgeon.

 

[super-bee_ski]

"BTW, My Dad served in the Army Air Corps in the Big One. (as Archie Bunker would have called it).
He was stationed on Saipan and was a radio tech for the B-29's. I have a photo album of shots from the island where he went into the Jap caves and found some crispy enemy remains."

Wow!
Pretty neat "Finallygotmine"
I've been to Saipan and Guam (Team Anderson)
Saipan was involved with the Enola Gay & Bockscar missions...The Roswell N.M squadron.
Lots of logistics set up.
Final launch Island was Tinian...9 miles from Saipan, Enola Gay first, then Boxcar
That was a diffucult time for our Navy and Arym Air Corps, the Japanese Imperial Army was "ruthless"

Anyway, yeah...thanks "Finallygotmine"
I was being sarcastic about the "current regime".

 

[Budnicks]

D.O.D / Air Force
Bidnes: "Not good" due to George W. Bush..

"Get my drift?"

as in

 

[super-bee_ski]

But "Bidness" GOOd for Obama and his constituents...!
Yup, he had a "BLAST" this year, Golfing, $4 million dollar Hawaii V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N, fund raisers here and there.
And his LOYAL constituents received more food stamps and welfare benifits than the previous past 10 years accumulated!

Yup, "bidness" has been very good to the welfare group!

S.N.A.P (Food stamp) program 2012: 82 Billion dollars!
Bailout GM, "WE" lost 10.5 Billion dollars
Extend welfare benefits for another 6 months...
Bidness is good!

 

[Photon440]

I have spent 30 years in the Chemical Industry, supplying Products for Food Processing sanitation, Waste Water Treatment and Ultra Filtration. Employed by a Multi national Company, Profits are lower since the Obama Recession. Many customers closed or down sized and the customer base is smaller. My experience and reputation keeps me going. I play with cars and read Cranium for sanity.

And how's that working out for you?

 

[64BEL]

That's pretty interesting, Richard. My grandfather had an elevator in his house in NJ back in the late '60s/early'70s. It was just a 2 story house and it was an open car that just came down out of the ceiling from the second floor - no special elevator shaft or anything. It was already in the house when he bought it. I'm sure the previous owner was either elderly or disabled - it certainly wasn't a luxury item in that house. That was the only time I've seen an elevator in a residential house. I think there are home movies of me and my sister using that thing - such a unique sight at the time.

 

[Budnicks]

RC/DH I saw a few elevators in houses in a Gated Golf community, where I lived for 10+ years Rancho Murieta/eastern Sacramento County... most were for the elderly & mobility reasons, not necessarily for prestige or because they were necessarily wealthy, which most people on the North side of the river were pretty well off, I lived on the South side of the Consumness River with all the younger families, allot more child/youth friendly... still wasn't cheap... I had a friend Bob Marsh, that owned a Elevator repair Bus. in San Jose, that died racing @ Freemont raceway, anyway his wife sold it for a pretty penny...

 

[MoparMitch]

RC/DH I saw a few elevators in houses in a Gated Golf community, where I lived for 10+ years Rancho Murieta/eastern Sacramento County... most were for the elderly & mobility reasons, not necessarily for prestige or because they were necessarily wealthy, which most people on the North side of the river were pretty well off, I lived on the South side of the Consumness River with all the younger families, allot more child/youth friendly... still wasn't cheap... I had a friend Bob Marsh, that owned a Elevator repair Bus. in San Jose, that died racing @ Freemont raceway, anyway his wife sold it for a pretty penny...

My good friend Charlie here in Maryland own Century Elevator. Does everything from commercial installs to commercial service. And has just in the past few years begun to install residential elevators. Of course he has one at his own place !! Pretty Cool!!

 

[Richard Cranium]

We've sold/installed elevators in houses that ange from simple split level ranches that only travel less than 10 feet, to 6 stop brownstones (in Boston) that travel 55 feet to 20,000 square foot homes. When we get into the big houses, it amazes me to see that these places can take up to 2 years to build & an any given week, they may have 50+ people working there. That's one hell of a payroll, plus when you factor in all of the materials & people who manufacture everything that goes into the home,; you can see how trickle-down economics works. I don't know what most homeowners do to earn their money, and I don't understand why anyone would want a house that large, but I am certainly happy to get my little piece of the pie.

Ironically, with all the nice houses we work in, I haven't run across anyone with any decent car collections.

 

[Budnicks]

We've sold/installed elevators in houses that ange from simple split level ranches that only travel less than 10 feet, to 6 stop brownstones (in Boston) that travel 55 feet to 20,000 square foot homes. When we get into the big houses, it amazes me to see that these places can take up to 2 years to build & an any given week, they may have 50+ people working there. That's one hell of a payroll, plus when you factor in all of the materials & people who manufacture everything that goes into the home,; you can see how trickle-down economics works. I don't know what most homeowners do to earn their money, and I don't understand why anyone would want a house that large, but I am certainly happy to get my little piece of the pie.

Ironically, with all the nice houses we work in, I haven't run across anyone with any decent car collections.

Yeah most of the wealthy people I know, don't really consider cars a good investment, they think of them as a status symbol & transportation mostly... there are the exceptions to the rule too... Seen quite a few Ferrari's, Hummers, Bently's, Rolls Royce's, Jags, etc., in the gated communities I frequented &/or lived in... I do know a few people with wealth, that do own quite a few collector cars, but most are in the automotive industry or dealership owners or sports figures &/or young money thou... Seen a few Pro Golfers with some nice collections , Kenny Perry, Fred Couples, Bruce Lietzke all muscle car guys, Stuart Appleby is more of a Beamer/Benz & SCCA racer type guy, even Bubba Watson & many others...