With all of the buzz about the new “Facebook” initial public offering or IPO, I started to dig a little deeper into my own personal usage of this online media. I use the term online media instead of social network because I’m not convinced that people are really socializing  when using these networks.

When I socialize with friends and family, our topics range from things that happened in the past, current events and what the future will bring.  Depending on whom I am with, the boundaries and privacy of the conversation can expand or contract.  Who or what we talk about can be good, bad, or just plain gossip and hearsay. Many times, we even give and take advice from our friends and family on some very personal subjects.  But the online media is different; I rarely hear anyone complain or ask for personal advice. What I do see (and post) are “look what I just did” pictures or a quick phase of the day.

The report cites the address of one mobile home being used on tax returns claiming four families live there with 20 children. However, the station gets the resident of the home to admit that not one of the children listed in the tax returns has ever lived at the home. The workers received a refund of $29,608.

Well... It finally happened.  I have seen more than a couple of stores with more revenue in the shop than from sales of units.  Wow, huh!? 

I’ve spent a lot of time mouthing words into dealers’ ears that they don’t have enough technical capacity; that is, too few techs.  Not having enough techs can cause a whole raft of issues.  I regularly hear complaints from dealers who don’t want to invest more in technical capacity.  Who’d have thought that the point would be made by the lack of sales in the recent downturn? 

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Although I no longer own the domain www.americasrvmall.com, the fact that the Chinese are seeking to register similar names with a .cn extension leads me to believe they are going to start holding American companies hostage in cyberspace. Imagine the chaos that would be created if a Chinese company registered www.blueox.cn or www.fantasticvent.com.cn.

A few weeks ago, the RV Industry Association announced it was opening an office in China.

According to an official press release submitted by RVIA March 6, "The office will coordinate the association’s efforts to work with Chinese governmental agencies and the country’s developing RV and campground industries to remove regulatory barriers impeding the United States RV industry’s growth in China."

Impeding the RV industry's growth in China? For some reason, I think it will work the other way around. The office will be a communications portal to ensuring that Chinese goods and services find their way into American RV dealerships.