Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
Written by John Packard
December 4, 2013
My apologies to our readers – As we prepared this evening’s newsletter we discovered that we had a bug in our new website which created a problem with the “Read Full Text” link in the newsletter. The link was not taking us to the correct place to allow us to read the full newsletter and have access to the interactive graphics contained in the newsletter. The repair was made late this evening and the Read Full Text link is now working properly.
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Nature threw us a curve today (Thursday) as I attempted to fly from Atlanta to LaGuardia in New York City. As I listened to the various airlines cancelling flights all around me I had a sinking feeling that I wasn’t going to make the lunch, cocktails or dinner that I was suppose to attend. My inability to get to New York has also impacted my agenda for Friday. My apologies to the many folks with whom I was supposed to meet either this evening or tomorrow. I will rebook my trip to New York very soon.
Now I have to just hope the weather is better in Phoenix and the planes are running on time. I think the presentation I am doing for HARDI will be interesting to those in attendance.
As always we thank you for your business which is truly appreciated by all of us here at Steel Market Update.
Sincerely,
John Packard, Publisher
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