Fireworks from New York last night were awesome, Macy's' Parade at Thanksgiving and fireworks on the 4th. Retailing must be up if they can afford a display like that. Maybe the got some stimulus money.
I always admired McNair, he seemed to be a "professional" athlete. Just did his job as best he could, with no fanfare. Murder, suicide, wife and kids elsewhere. Not hard to figure. I think they said he had multiple wounds, she had one.
Michael Jackson .... as many, or more, people want to see his funeral, as wanted to see his shows. At least he has money, now. He is selling more records now, than when he was alive. I'm sure the family will see to that, all coming in, and with him gone, not as much going out. I have a hunch they will find ways to spend it.
Elvis is still making money. Seems like something is wrong when your memory can make more money than you can, with no expenses. A Babe Ruth autographed ball can be worth more that he made, salary, a year.
You had to be a very elite "star" of some kind to have that reaction. Most people just die, and that's the end. Only a few "live on."
Amazing, in a way, our society, pays more, in some cases, for something old, than for something new. Just look at the Antiques Roadshow. I sit there enthrall led at some of the values put on things. The antique car auction from Phoenix, and now Florida .... an old car ... worth a million or more. What is it that adds that wealth to an object.
A car, is basically used for transportation. I remember years ago, Charles Kettering, who invented the "electric starter" for cars, and had many patents and a lot of money. Each year, General Motors would send him down a new Cadillac .... he would go out and buy a little Chevy, and have his chauffeur drive him around in that.
Perception .... why is an old table worth thousands of dollars .... a top, four legs, used to eat on, or play cards on, it is just a table. When and where, did RARE make something more valuable? And why.
