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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stevearino, post: 5176883, member: 74571&quot;]In my work as a tour guide in the USA, Canada and Scandinavia I&#039;ve had the pleasurable duty of studying the history of lands, people, art, culture, industry, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>A little tidbit from research a couple of years ago for bus tours of the Red River Valley of the North.&nbsp; In the late 1800s and early 1900s &quot;Bonanza Farms&quot; flourished in the Valley.&nbsp; While homesteaders often farmed their 160 acres, Bonanza Farms (corporate entities, often managed by East Coast agents) consisted of 8,000, 10,000 or even 12,000 acres.&nbsp; Enormous farms for that age.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the 1920s the Bonanza Farms had all but disappeared.&nbsp; The smaller farmers knew how to weather the ups and downs of hail, insects, market uncertainty, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Who would have ever guessed the &quot;big guys&quot; would fail?&nbsp; We need only see how the pandemic has accelerated some trends, literally dooming some businesses.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not a professional gambler.&nbsp; But even as a penny-ante poker player I would never bet that the large TPGs are too big to fail.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Steve[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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