"Peter R." wrote

Hey, Jim, my mother used to live in Lenoir up until three years ago when
she moved to Hickory.

Small world.

At her recommendation I flew down one weekend in 1996 and toured the
showroom of Blowing Rock Furniture store, then bought some Thomasville and
Broyhill products and had them shipped northward to NY. The savings was
close to 50% over our local furniture stores, even considering the two
hundred dollar shipping charges tacked on.

I hear that these types of savings are no longer possible, perhaps due to
the fact that all of those companies are in the process of relocating?

Far as I know, you can still get the big deals. Anyone furnishing a neaw
house would be well advised to come and buy, then ship, for BIG savings.

Speaking of Hickory, that is a nice GA airport there. Too bad about the
airport losing the commercial flights, but it looks as if someone invested
some money into the FBO there. When I flew down in May this year to visit
my mother, the FBO looked brand new and very clean.

I don't know why we could not make the commercial flights go. We had
service, then lost it for a few years, got it back and it flopped. I think
it was one of those things, where they did not have enough flights to make
it convienient to go places, with enough diversity, so nobody used it for
anything.

Yep, the new FBO is a beautiful complex. It was needed; the old place was a
hole.
--
Jim in NC