... US$9 bux, for a pound of bacon?

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  1. asjoseph

    asjoseph Samuel, '04 Ruthiemobile

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    Dear Priuschat,

    ... the question of the day: How do you definitively know, your markets are rigged?

    ANSWER: Whensoever price fluctuates, a function of current events (e.g., as opposed to demand, which is relatively constant). US$5 bux a gallon for cheap, crappy 91 octane premium unleaded? They don't bend over, not one iota, affording us humble 93 octane.

    Always about US$10 bux a gallon -- been that way, for decades -- ever notice how price never fluctuates, on 100 octane racing unleaded?

    Unleaded Race/Racing Fuel at the Pump in California

    We're being punished. America's southern border, the grocery store, the filling station, at the prescription counter, some reason, our policy community is bent on punishing us, every which way from Sunday. A 28-day supply of my better-half's Tobramycin, a cool US$9 thousand bux.

    The government in Washington DC is out of control. No one knows who's really running the thing -
     
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    I hear your frustration

    Hold on to your pants - inflation is taking off in our country.

    Anyone who regularly does the grocery shopping for their family can tell you prices have been steadily creeping up for some time and will probably continue to escalate.

    Unfortunately our country has been printing monopoly money for some time to prop up the economy and we are currently beginning to experience some of the effects. This situation coupled with supply chain issues, inflated stock prices, trillions of dollars in debt as a country, negative trade imbalance, pandemic after effects and now some instability in the world are combining to really throw a curveball at consumers
     
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    You might consider joining 'Fred's House of Politics' to carry on. The moderators do a good job of keeping politics out of our technical forums.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    even pancake mix has gone through the roof
     
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    asjoseph Samuel, '04 Ruthiemobile

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    ... but! Have no fear! I hold the key to solving this perplexing dole-enema. Toggle here, and flush:



    Wanna see it, Again?

     
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    "Premium" toothpaste has been around for years, and those tubes were $10 or more before this inflation. This is just Colgate cashing in on that market with a new, expensive product. Your plain tooth paste is still available for around $2 a tube on Amazon.

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-24/luxury-toothpastes-from-aesop-marvis-theodent-hello-buly-1803
     
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    I just bought the white box bacon $2.99/lb, very fatty just the way I like it, lots of free cooking oil to fry my green beans and stir frys.
     
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    I know American medicine is expensive, but are you talking about the eye drops here? Aren't they priced at between US$6 and US$25?
     
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    You need to toss the pancake more gently - you just need to flip it over.

    If it goes through the roof, you're tossing it too hard.
     
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    This is true in so many areas of life....
     
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    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    If COVID didn't have you doing that already, then perhaps Darwin had a point..... ;)
     
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    sky is falling...
     
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    I FOLLOWED YOUR ADVICE AND NOW I CANNOT GET TO MY FOOD.

    hedge.jpg

    THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT. THANKS A LOT.
     
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    ... quick, try 'n get your old cars temporarily registered here, in California:

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/newsom-wants-give-400-debit-cards-california-car-owners-because-putin-invaded-ukraine

    Vary your name, slightly, on each car you register! Crazy old guy across the street's got 9 cars in his backyard; 5 in his front yard. He's going to try hitting the space bar between letters, syllables; put numbers, hyphens, underscores in his name, see if he can round up enough stimmy for a free resto-mod on his old Dodge Power Wagon; perhaps an FB STi engine mod for his roller chassis 911.

    heh-heh - Samuel, '04 Ruthiemobile
     
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    pandering to his base
     
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    I'm really struggling to understand the point of this thread.
     
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    I was lured by the smell of bacon, myself.

    The good stuff from my local german butcher was $7/lb years ago, it's $9 now. It's still worth every penny of that. I just buy less now. Worst case, I live longer.
     
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    it's a commercial for zerohedge
     
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