We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Tim S saying something like:
Indeed. I recall the last couple of recessions - some large companies realised they'd better start dealing with the small customers pronto. Those ones are still around and many of those smaller customers became larger as time passed. I've come across a couple of companies who wouldn't sell to me in recent months - hell mend them, for this coming downturn might screw their pooches properly.