{"id":36605,"date":"2016-11-16T11:58:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T16:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=36605"},"modified":"2016-11-16T12:13:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T17:13:41","slug":"travel-brings-insights-we-seem-to-be-getting-back-to-business-whichis-still-booming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=36605","title":{"rendered":"Travel brings insights.  We seem to be getting back to business which is still booming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Travel brings insights:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The country seems to be booming. The noise of construction is everywhere &#8212; from outside my New York City window to the zillions of cranes dotting the Portland, Oregon skyline. New Business startups are everywhere. My inbox is suddenly full of companies whose products I love and whose stock are all ten baggers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Airlines are full. My two Alaska Air (ALK) flights were packed. ALK&#8217;s P\/E is still only 10.96. That airline has all the right metrics &#8212; best service, best pilots, best on-time, best friendly and best innovative. They have power outlets at every seat. But &#8212; dig this &#8212; no TV screens. If you want to watch their free offerings tune, in your iPhone, your iPad or your laptop. Or rent a Toshiba tablet from them for the trip &#8212; $10. They have a movie server on the plane and WiFi. So you can watch their stuff flawlessly. GoGo provides expensive Internet, of dubious quality. But heck you&#8217;re up in a plane.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I found these apartments in an area of Portland called St Johns. I love the design of them. Three floors. Walk-up. No elevator. The only things I know about them: They were built to sell as condos. But some owners (investors?) will rent you a one bedroom for $1,200 a month. The one tenant I met loved the tall ceilings, the spaciousness and the all Whirlpool appliances. The management company will take care of your management. That&#8217;s investor friendly. I like that. The colors are brighter than these pictures, but it was a typical Portland day &#8212; drizzling and overcast. Hence, grey skies. Yuch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/STJohns2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/STJohns2.png\" alt=\"stjohns2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/STJohns2.png 500w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/STJohns2-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stJohns3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stJohns3.png\" alt=\"stjohns3\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stJohns3.png 500w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stJohns3-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stJohns4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stJohns4.png\" alt=\"stjohns4\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stJohns4.png 500w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/stJohns4-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The grey clouds hanging over people who voted for Hillary seem to be lifting, albeit slowly. Good idea to stop reading the liberal, left-wing, commie, pinko, coastal media (like the New York Times) which reported this morning:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">The president-elect&#8217;s far-flung holdings present an array of potential conflicts of interest, complicated further by having his children serve on his transition team and run his businesses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">As president, Mr. Trump will be exempt from a federal ethics rule prohibiting government workers from actions that could benefit their financial interests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">Separately, Ivana Trump, his first wife, said she wanted to be ambassador to the Czech Republic, her native country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>I read to Eleanor, age 3.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These days, children&#8217;s books are REALLY creative and huge fun &#8212; specially for me. Here is my pick for the two best ones:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PressHere2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PressHere2.jpg\" alt=\"presshere2\" width=\"350\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PressHere2.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/PressHere2-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Thebookwithnopictures.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Thebookwithnopictures.jpg\" alt=\"thebookwithnopictures\" width=\"350\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Thebookwithnopictures.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Thebookwithnopictures-249x300.jpg 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Monday&#8217;s\u00a0supermoon was gorgeous.<\/span> <\/strong>It was the biggest and brightest since 1948. You&#8217;ll get another chance on the evening of December 14. Don&#8217;t watch it from Portland, Oregon. It&#8217;s raining there until May next year. Here are a few pictures I stole from CNN&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/11\/14\/world\/gallery\/supermoon-november-2016\/\"><strong>site.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This one is Cordoba. Spain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SuperMoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SuperMoon.jpg\" alt=\"supermoon\" width=\"500\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SuperMoon.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SuperMoon-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is Frankfurt, Germany.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/supermoon3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/supermoon3.jpg\" alt=\"supermoon3\" width=\"500\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/supermoon3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/supermoon3-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is Athens, Greece.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Supermoon2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Supermoon2.jpg\" alt=\"supermoon2\" width=\"500\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Supermoon2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Supermoon2-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And this is from Jack Ritch&#8217;s 12-year old granddaughter, Bibi Ritch, in Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/JackRitch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/JackRitch.jpg\" alt=\"jackritch\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/JackRitch.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/JackRitch-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Oih Vey<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctor&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8216;Is it true,&#8217; she wanted to know, &#8216;that the medication You prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8216;Yes, I&#8217;m afraid so,&#8217; the doctor told her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There was a moment of silence before the senior lady replied,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;m wondering, then, just how serious is my condition because this prescription is marked &#8216;NO REFILLS&#8217;.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg\" alt=\"HarryNewton\" width=\"200\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/HarryNewton-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHarry Newton, who loves reading stories\u00a0to grandchildren. That&#8217;s why God made Papi (i.e. me). Here&#8217;s Eleanor, again. Please indulge me.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/EleanorThanksGiving.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36627 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/EleanorThanksGiving.png\" alt=\"eleanorthanksgiving\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/EleanorThanksGiving.png 350w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/EleanorThanksGiving-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travel brings insights: The country seems to be booming. The noise of construction is everywhere &#8212; from outside my New York City window to the zillions of cranes dotting the Portland, Oregon skyline. New Business startups are everywhere. My inbox is suddenly full of companies whose products I love and whose stock are all ten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36605"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36632,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36605\/revisions\/36632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}