Hey All,

I've noticed a new popular topic of conversation for people: the "here's an example of the recession" story.

I find it pretty interesting, and they seem to preceed the actual hard news that confirm the stories by at least a few months.

I'm sure you've all had this conversation as well so I was wondering what signs of the recession all of you have noticed.

I'll start: I noticed two things this past week, both relating to golfing. For starters, the local courses I play emailed me coupons for BOGO golf. Not for twilight or midweek play, but for the friggin' Memorial Day weekend. I've never seen that, let alone on what should be a crazy busy weekend. Then I drive past the course Sunday and Monday and notice the parking lot is filled about 2/3rds of what it usually is. And this was with nice weather.

And P.S. - I know we aren't technically in a recession since the economy basically stayed the same last quarter instead of contracting, but that figure fails to account for population growth which means we need a slightly larger figure just to remain the same. So lets stay away from that semantic argument.