• Every time I go to the Market ....

    From Paul Popinjay@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 23 22:29:18 2023
    .... I buy less, and I pay more.

    By the way, they say Halloween candy is up 13% this year. That's ok, I'll turn my lights out and pretend I'm not home.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From BTSinAustin@21:1/5 to Paul Popinjay on Tue Oct 24 07:31:51 2023
    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 1:29:22 AM UTC-4, Paul Popinjay wrote:
    .... I buy less, and I pay more.

    By the way, they say Halloween candy is up 13% this year. That's ok, I'll turn my lights out and pretend I'm not home.

    My wife loves Burger King about one a month. We stopped in, whopper with cheese meal and a kids meal (for her) and it was >17 bucks. LOL. Thanks Biden

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Tim Norfolk@21:1/5 to Paul Popinjay on Tue Oct 24 09:58:39 2023
    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 1:29:22 AM UTC-4, Paul Popinjay wrote:
    .... I buy less, and I pay more.

    By the way, they say Halloween candy is up 13% this year. That's ok, I'll turn my lights out and pretend I'm not home.

    The prices of our animal feed are still coming down.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Paul Popinjay@21:1/5 to Tim Norfolk on Tue Oct 24 10:34:56 2023
    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 9:58:44 AM UTC-7, Tim Norfolk wrote:

    The prices of our animal feed are still coming down.

    I can't say how much my animal food has changed because I haven't tracked it. I know it's always cost me a lot, so I just put it out of my mind. But there must be a good reason for yours going down. I would not count on it staying like that much
    longer. We're all going to get buried, like nothing we've ever seen before. Many people do not recognize the signs of what we're facing. Too bad for them, it's going to be a rude awakening.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From RichD@21:1/5 to Tim Norfolk on Tue Oct 24 14:35:50 2023
    On October 24, Tim Norfolk wrote:
    By the way, they say Halloween candy is up 13% this year. That's ok, I'll turn my lights out
    and pretend I'm not home.

    Don't put up a Macy's or Nordstrom sign, whatever you do -

    The prices of our animal feed are still coming down.

    Why is the salmon jerky only stocked in the pet food section?

    --
    Rich

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Tim Norfolk@21:1/5 to RichD on Tue Oct 24 19:29:46 2023
    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 5:35:55 PM UTC-4, RichD wrote:
    On October 24, Tim Norfolk wrote:
    By the way, they say Halloween candy is up 13% this year. That's ok, I'll turn my lights out
    and pretend I'm not home.
    Don't put up a Macy's or Nordstrom sign, whatever you do -
    The prices of our animal feed are still coming down.
    Why is the salmon jerky only stocked in the pet food section?

    --
    Rich

    I don't think it is, in the stores that I go to.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From jack roth@21:1/5 to Paul Popinjay on Tue Oct 24 22:01:44 2023
    On Monday, October 23, 2023 at 10:29:22 PM UTC-7, Paul Popinjay wrote:
    .... I buy less, and I pay more.

    By the way, they say Halloween candy is up 13% this year. That's ok, I'll turn my lights out and pretend I'm not home.

    That is EXACTLY what I was planning this year. And, I'm usually super generous to the kids. I just put a table out there with mountains of stuff and kids take what they want. One year I gave out cases of the pink and white animal cookies. I might
    still get something....but unlikely this year.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From jack roth@21:1/5 to BTSinAustin on Tue Oct 24 22:05:02 2023
    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 7:31:56 AM UTC-7, BTSinAustin wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 1:29:22 AM UTC-4, Paul Popinjay wrote:
    .... I buy less, and I pay more.

    By the way, they say Halloween candy is up 13% this year. That's ok, I'll turn my lights out and pretend I'm not home.
    My wife loves Burger King about one a month. We stopped in, whopper with cheese meal and a kids meal (for her) and it was >17 bucks. LOL. Thanks Biden

    I haven't been out to eat or to the theaters in years. I don't smoke or buy coffee at starbucks, etc. I figure I'm saving a fortune.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From jack roth@21:1/5 to Tim Norfolk on Tue Oct 24 22:36:04 2023
    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 9:58:44 AM UTC-7, Tim Norfolk wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 1:29:22 AM UTC-4, Paul Popinjay wrote:
    .... I buy less, and I pay more.

    By the way, they say Halloween candy is up 13% this year. That's ok, I'll turn my lights out and pretend I'm not home.
    The prices of our animal feed are still coming down.

    Hey you dumb motherfucker. The ONLY reason your feed price has come down a little....and I mean a little since the price is still higher than anything Pre-2022 is because some state governments have temporarily set aside their biofuel requirements in
    order to ease feed prices. But, just imagine what'll happen to the feed prices again once they add biofuel back into the gas mix....ttps://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PCU311119311119H

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From BTSinAustin@21:1/5 to jack roth on Wed Oct 25 08:59:11 2023
    On Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 1:05:07 AM UTC-4, jack roth wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 7:31:56 AM UTC-7, BTSinAustin wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 1:29:22 AM UTC-4, Paul Popinjay wrote:
    .... I buy less, and I pay more.

    By the way, they say Halloween candy is up 13% this year. That's ok, I'll turn my lights out and pretend I'm not home.
    My wife loves Burger King about one a month. We stopped in, whopper with cheese meal and a kids meal (for her) and it was >17 bucks. LOL. Thanks Biden
    I haven't been out to eat or to the theaters in years. I don't smoke or buy coffee at starbucks, etc. I figure I'm saving a fortune.

    Being an ex-smoker I always check ou the prices, I was in DC last year and a pack of cigs was 14 bucks at a Safeway. Ouch

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From jack roth@21:1/5 to BTSinAustin on Wed Oct 25 11:38:02 2023
    On Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 8:59:16 AM UTC-7, BTSinAustin wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 1:05:07 AM UTC-4, jack roth wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 7:31:56 AM UTC-7, BTSinAustin wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 1:29:22 AM UTC-4, Paul Popinjay wrote:
    .... I buy less, and I pay more.

    By the way, they say Halloween candy is up 13% this year. That's ok, I'll turn my lights out and pretend I'm not home.
    My wife loves Burger King about one a month. We stopped in, whopper with cheese meal and a kids meal (for her) and it was >17 bucks. LOL. Thanks Biden
    I haven't been out to eat or to the theaters in years. I don't smoke or buy coffee at starbucks, etc. I figure I'm saving a fortune.
    Being an ex-smoker I always check ou the prices, I was in DC last year and a pack of cigs was 14 bucks at a Safeway. Ouch

    When I was in high school, smokes were $1.15/pk $8.30/case Any highschooler could get a job for about $3.50/hr back then, so 3 packs/hr Equivalent would be a highschooler getting $42/hr today, so ya, cigarettes went up a lot I guess.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From VegasJerry@21:1/5 to Paul Popinjay on Wed Oct 25 12:04:57 2023
    On Monday, October 23, 2023 at 10:29:22 PM UTC-7, Paul Popinjay wrote:
    .... I buy less, and I pay more.

    By the way, they say Halloween candy is up 13% this year. That's ok, I'll turn my lights out and pretend I'm not home.
    .

    Heh. Your 'lights' have ALWAYS been off. You're NEVER home...
    .
    .
    .
    .
    .

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From VegasJerry@21:1/5 to jack roth on Wed Oct 25 12:12:09 2023
    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 10:05:07 PM UTC-7, jack roth wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 7:31:56 AM UTC-7, BTSinAustin wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 1:29:22 AM UTC-4, Paul Popinjay wrote:
    .... I buy less, and I pay more.

    By the way, they say Halloween candy is up 13% this year. That's ok, I'll turn my lights out and pretend I'm not home.
    My wife loves Burger King about one a month. We stopped in, whopper with cheese meal and a kids meal (for her) and it was >17 bucks. LOL. Thanks Biden
    I haven't been out to eat or to the theaters in years. I don't smoke or buy coffee at starbucks, etc. I figure I'm saving a fortune.
    .

    Move to Norther Mississippi, way back in the boondocks (I have a relative in there), refuse electricity and Internet and all utilities.
    You'll save a LOT more money. (And we'll be rid of your stupidity...)

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Paul Popinjay@21:1/5 to jack roth on Wed Oct 25 12:24:30 2023
    On Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 11:38:06 AM UTC-7, jack roth wrote:

    When I was in high school, smokes were $1.15/pk $8.30/case Any highschooler could get a job for about $3.50/hr back then, so 3 packs/hr Equivalent would be a highschooler getting $42/hr today, so ya, cigarettes went up a lot I guess.


    35 to 40 cents a pack when I was 21 years old.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From RichD@21:1/5 to Paul Popinjay on Wed Oct 25 13:57:23 2023
    On October 25, Paul Popinjay wrote:
    When I was in high school, smokes were $1.15/pk $8.30/case Any highschooler could get a job
    for about $3.50/hr back then

    35 to 40 cents a pack when I was 21 years old.

    How much was a bag of weed?
    How much today?

    --
    Rich

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From jack roth@21:1/5 to RichD on Wed Oct 25 16:50:44 2023
    On Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 1:57:27 PM UTC-7, RichD wrote:
    On October 25, Paul Popinjay wrote:
    When I was in high school, smokes were $1.15/pk $8.30/case Any highschooler could get a job
    for about $3.50/hr back then

    35 to 40 cents a pack when I was 21 years old.
    How much was a bag of weed?
    How much today?

    --
    Rich

    Guessing everyone grows it themselves these days, though I do hear the mexican cartels have thousands of giant grow farms in California.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Paul Popinjay@21:1/5 to Bradley K. Sherman on Thu Oct 26 06:24:11 2023
    On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 6:19:11 AM UTC-7, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
    |
    | US GDP expanded in the July-through-September period at its
    | fastest pace in nearly two years, defying expectations in
    | the aftermath of the spring banking crisis that the US
    | economy would slip into recession by now. Not only have US
    | consumers continued to open up their wallets, but other
    | parts of the economy are also displaying some resilience.
    | ... <https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/26/economy/us-economy-third-quarter-gdp/index.html>

    --bks


    They are opening up their wallets, and pulling out their credit cards. Just the fact that you continue to listen to CNN proves you have poor judgement. You are stupid.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 26 13:26:52 2023
    | US GDP expanded in the July-through-September period at its
    | fastest pace in nearly two years, defying expectations in
    | the aftermath of the spring banking crisis that the US
    | economy would slip into recession by now. Not only have US
    | consumers continued to open up their wallets, but other
    | parts of the economy are also displaying some resilience.

    One year ago:
    |
    | Forecast for US Recession Within Year Hits 100% in Blow to
    | Biden
    | ... <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-17/forecast-for-us-recession-within-year-hits-100-in-blow-to-biden#xj4y7vzkg>

    --bks

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Oct 26 14:04:14 2023
    Paul Popinjay <[email protected]> wrote:
    ...
    They are opening up their wallets, and pulling out their credit cards.
    Just the fact that you continue to listen to CNN proves you have poor >judgement. You are stupid.

    Where do you get your financial news, Poppy?
    |
    | U.S. Economy Grew 4.9%, Powered by Consumers
    |
    | Gross domestic product grew at a seasonally and
    | inflation-adjusted 4.9% annual rate in the third quarter,
    | much stronger than economists were anticipating just a few
    | months ago.
    | ... <https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/us-gdp-economy-third-quarter-f247fa45>

    --bks

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 26 13:19:03 2023
    |
    | US GDP expanded in the July-through-September period at its
    | fastest pace in nearly two years, defying expectations in
    | the aftermath of the spring banking crisis that the US
    | economy would slip into recession by now. Not only have US
    | consumers continued to open up their wallets, but other
    | parts of the economy are also displaying some resilience.
    | ... <https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/26/economy/us-economy-third-quarter-gdp/index.html>

    --bks

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 26 14:55:18 2023
    |
    | U.S. Economy Grew 4.9%, Powered by Consumers
    |
    | Gross domestic product grew at a seasonally and
    | inflation-adjusted 4.9% annual rate in the third quarter,
    | much stronger than economists were anticipating just a few
    | months ago.
    | ...
    <https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/us-gdp-economy-third-quarter-f247fa45>

    |
    | Trump in 2018: "You look at GDP at 3.2 percent, we're doing
    | so well... Nobody would have believed it"
    |
    | GDP just hit 4.9 percent under @JoeBiden.
    |
    | [12-second video of TRump at URL]
    |
    <https://twitter.com/BidenHQ/status/1717537085937098781>

    --bks

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From VegasJerry@21:1/5 to Paul Popinjay on Thu Oct 26 12:01:11 2023
    On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 6:24:17 AM UTC-7, Paul Popinjay wrote:
    On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 6:19:11 AM UTC-7, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
    |
    | US GDP expanded in the July-through-September period at its
    | fastest pace in nearly two years, defying expectations in
    | the aftermath of the spring banking crisis that the US
    | economy would slip into recession by now. Not only have US
    | consumers continued to open up their wallets, but other
    | parts of the economy are also displaying some resilience.
    | ... <https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/26/economy/us-economy-third-quarter-gdp/index.html>

    --bks
    They are opening up their wallets, and pulling out their credit cards. Just the fact that you continue to listen to CNN proves you have poor judgement. You are stupid.
    .

    Says the fool that STILL doesn't know that Rupert Murdoch has admitted, in a court document, that, "Fox News lies to its viewers."

    (And that's because he told his Fox News talking heads NOT to report it).


    LOL!

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From jack roth@21:1/5 to Paul Popinjay on Thu Oct 26 23:51:21 2023
    On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 6:24:17 AM UTC-7, Paul Popinjay wrote:
    On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 6:19:11 AM UTC-7, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
    |
    | US GDP expanded in the July-through-September period at its
    | fastest pace in nearly two years, defying expectations in
    | the aftermath of the spring banking crisis that the US
    | economy would slip into recession by now. Not only have US
    | consumers continued to open up their wallets, but other
    | parts of the economy are also displaying some resilience.
    | ... <https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/26/economy/us-economy-third-quarter-gdp/index.html>

    --bks
    They are opening up their wallets, and pulling out their credit cards. Just the fact that you continue to listen to CNN proves you have poor judgement. You are stupid.

    Don't forget, Paul, the numbers they report are always bullshit numbers that get revised lower in following months. It's just all a make believe fairy tale at this point.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From VegasJerry@21:1/5 to jack roth on Fri Oct 27 11:43:24 2023
    On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 11:51:26 PM UTC-7, jack roth wrote:
    On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 6:24:17 AM UTC-7, Paul Popinjay wrote:
    On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 6:19:11 AM UTC-7, Bradley K. Sherman wrote:
    |
    | US GDP expanded in the July-through-September period at its
    | fastest pace in nearly two years, defying expectations in
    | the aftermath of the spring banking crisis that the US
    | economy would slip into recession by now. Not only have US
    | consumers continued to open up their wallets, but other
    | parts of the economy are also displaying some resilience.
    | ... <https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/26/economy/us-economy-third-quarter-gdp/index.html>

    --bks
    They are opening up their wallets, and pulling out their credit cards. Just the fact that you continue to listen to CNN proves you have poor judgement. You are stupid.
    .

    Don't forget, Paul, the numbers they report are always bullshit numbers

    No, they're estimated estimates.

    that get revised lower in following months.

    No, they get revised up or down.

    It's just all a make believe fairy tale at this point.

    No, actually it's not, And that proven.

    But thanks for entertaining us with your obvious ignorance, once again,,,

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From RichD@21:1/5 to BTSinAustin on Sat Oct 28 12:10:53 2023
    On October 25, BTSinAustin wrote:
    Being an ex-smoker I always check ou the prices, I was in DC last year and a pack
    of cigs was 14 bucks at a Safeway. Ouch

    https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/thieves-target-delivery-trucks-steal-shipments-of-cigarettes

    --
    Rich

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From RichD@21:1/5 to RichD on Sat Oct 28 12:13:23 2023
    On October 28, RichD wrote:
    Being an ex-smoker I always check ou the prices, I was in DC last year and a pack
    of cigs was 14 bucks at a Safeway. Ouch
    https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/thieves-target-delivery-trucks-steal-shipments-of-cigarettes

    You've heard of organized crime and the mafia? You know when
    that started? See a connection here?

    --
    Rich

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From jack roth@21:1/5 to RichD on Sat Oct 28 14:42:03 2023
    On Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 12:13:27 PM UTC-7, RichD wrote:
    On October 28, RichD wrote:
    Being an ex-smoker I always check ou the prices, I was in DC last year and a pack
    of cigs was 14 bucks at a Safeway. Ouch
    https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/thieves-target-delivery-trucks-steal-shipments-of-cigarettes
    You've heard of organized crime and the mafia? You know when
    that started? See a connection here?

    Sounds like the opening scene to Goodfellas, but they are stupid. They should be in CA where teams have timed delivery trucks to stores and just openly hit them when they show up for a delivery and the driver does nothing about it. It's so blatant
    that they will then have peddler carts out on the sidewalk near the stores selling those same goods. LA and SF are at the time of the retail theft charts each year...and why not....no one gets in trouble for it. Even if they police arrest you, they'
    ll just cite and release you and then the prosecutor doesn't file charges. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)