Same old

The country's finances are in the last throes of the flush cycle in the economic toilet bowl, but you would think people would at least continue to eat.   Maybe they are, but it must be pizza and beer, since veg sales seem to be slow to nonexistent at the moment.  Of course, my observations are limited to the North Country, but at least two restaurants have closed in my immediate area in the last few weeks; a high end dining establishment and a southwest themed fast food chain entry.  So I guess both ends of the economic spectrum are hurting.  A mid price UNO restaurant opened recently and is still doing land office business, but I guess we'll see what happens when the novelty wears off.  What all this means in the short run is open to interpretation.  In the long run, we'll all be dead.