Shady

(oh yikes, that's awful >.> I didn't realize they were still showing footage. Well, I will say that the first year or two especially people went absolutely wild with patriotism ...

OOC

(That's insane to me xD I mean I was very young -- like 6 I think -- and don't really remember much pre-9/11 but I definitely remember the fallout from ...

(Absolutely no preference whatsoever ^^ what are you feeling? Wait shit are you younger than 9/11?) Esmond pulled out his Blackberry and flicked through the few texts he'd gotten from ...

"Yep. You too." He nodded to her and walked back to the bar, sitting down as the barkeeper popped the top off a Modelo and slid it across to him. ...

"Anyhow." He was starting to feel unwelcome in this conversation. And he wasn't particularly interested in this turning to her calling him a greedy bastard or whatever it was that ...

"Yeah." Esmond nodded, glancing up as the barkeeper came over for his order. "Modelo, please." Then glanced back at Marie. "It's a vicious cycle -- less money so fewer products ...

"True," he agreed, then shook his head. "I guess we'll see how it all plays out."

“Mm… dunno about that,” Esmond disagreed. “But who knows. Maybe you’re right. Guess we’ll see. I’d be surprised if natural gas or logging doesn’t sweep in to scoop up displaced ...

"Glad to hear it." He inclined his head to her. "Even if I'm sorry for the miners."

"Is your business hurting that bad you're thinking of moving?"

(Good news the pizza was absolutely incredible and worth the phone call lol) "Eh, I don't think I'm in danger of going out of business anytime soon," he said with ...

"That they are," Esmond agreed with a nod and another sigh.

“…yeah,” Esmond agreed with a sigh. “It’s getting old. The kids are all taking off when they graduate. It’s a shame.”

"Alas." He glanced down at the menu. "Might be worth it to you to make it up there, come to think of it. Cheap beef's better on your end of ...