They're buying trucks in Normal, Mn.: the Russians are buying Porsches: Tales from Normal, Mn.: FICTION

Just got the tweet from the bass fishermen at Betty Lou's...where they have put up a new flashing display of the exchange rates for the Ruble and the Euro and the dollar right above the coffee bar....this was done so they can be like all the rest of the world where the first thing folks do is to check the exchange rate and then decide what physical things to buy that day...gone are the ideas of financial investment...its about food, cars and trucks and luxuries etc.... For americans...gone are the ideas of fugality and gas economy....the citizens are following the Russians and buying big trucks...or for fishermen...big boats...stay tuned....