If Christy Mihos were a Butterball turkey

By adamg on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 8:10am

That little plastic thermometer thingee would be popping up right now.

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And the award for metaphor of

By Pip on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 8:48am.

And the award for metaphor of the day goes to.....

152 convenience stores for $33 million?

By oddjob60 on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 11:50am.

In 1998, he sold 132 of his Christy’s convenience stores to Southland Corp., operator of 7-Eleven stores, which reported paying $33 million for them and for 20 other convenience stores owned by a chain in Indiana...

Sounds like someone got a pretty good deal-- and it wasn't Mihos.

Especially if it came with

By ShadyMilkMan on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 12:36pm.

Especially if it came with the land they sit on, that only comes out to about 250,000 per store. If that included the store, inventory and land that is a steal.

I am always amazed when rich people get into huge financial messes and then expect the rest of us to trust them to run our government for us. I would rather have a slow growing government that does not crash every ten years over a high flying, dazzling government that crashes and burns.

funniest thing I have heard you say

By John on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 6:15pm.

Adam that is the funniest thing I have heard you say since I cannot remember and I am not being sarcastic.