tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post7953831943162187663..comments2024-02-17T12:34:01.400-08:00Comments on Illusion of Prosperity: Remembering the Days Before the Great HyperinflationStagflationary Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-46137542953801066422016-05-09T16:43:12.937-07:002016-05-09T16:43:12.937-07:00I really backed the truck up recently on name bran...I really backed the truck up recently on name brand canned tomatoes (49 cents per can). Now just need to eat them faster than the acid eats through the cans!<br /><br />It's always a race with canned tomato products. Lost a race once with canned tomato sauce. Got a bit ugly, lol. Sigh.<br /><br />My staples are doing quite nicely. Chicken has been flat, as has rice, frozen vegetables, and dairy.<br /><br />Beef has been high, but since cattle prices have fallen perhaps there is hope there.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.agriculture.com/content/weekly-outlook-falling-cattle-prices-where-is-the-bottom" rel="nofollow">WEEKLY OUTLOOK: FALLING CATTLE PRICES, WHERE IS THE BOTTOM?</a><br /><br />I like chicken better anyway, most days. No big deal to me one way or another.Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-62500440101993498822016-05-09T16:29:27.884-07:002016-05-09T16:29:27.884-07:00There's odd pockets of inflation, but no broad...There's odd pockets of inflation, but no broad obvious wave except in healthcare and education. Prices for canned soup and canned chili, for example, have escalated significantly in the last 8 years. Canned stew, by comparison, is very close to no change. I have yet to figure a rhyme or reason for which prices have been rising in the grocery versus which ones have held fast.<br /><br />Milk is strongly influenced by freight cost - so no surprise that with gas down, milk is down.Who Struck Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359715705053814488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515247115132134144.post-88518152380086870202016-05-09T15:39:53.201-07:002016-05-09T15:39:53.201-07:00If you can't find a gasoline station owner who...If you can't find a gasoline station owner who is willing to negotiate with you, then I have a tip. I should warn you that it involves a bit if trickery and deceit on your part though.<br /><br />Put 10 gallons of gas in your car. Go in to pay. Hand the person behind the counter $30. Tell him to keep the change. Then run to your car and quickly drive away. Keep in mind that he might try to shout at you as you leave. If you hear "Hey, mister! Thanks!!" then you definitely did it right.<br /><br />This is perfectly legal right now at many, many places all over the country. I can't say it will be legal forever though, if prices do continue to rise.<br /><br />Bad Mark. Bad! Bad! :)Stagflationary Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04568993350246477976noreply@blogger.com