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    LuFins Dad
    wrote on 22 Nov 2022, 03:00 last edited by
    #193

    By the way, do we feel better if birds are free range? I mean, they are living their best lives when somebody cuts their lives short with an axe…

    Birds living in those overcrowded pens? When death comes for them it’s a release… Freedom from their pain and suffering…

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      Jolly
      wrote on 22 Nov 2022, 06:11 last edited by
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      The ultimate would be to raise your own free-range turkey.

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        22 Nov 2022, 06:11

        The ultimate would be to raise your own free-range turkey.

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        wrote on 22 Nov 2022, 12:12 last edited by
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        @Jolly said in Inflation:

        The ultimate would be to raise your own free-range turkey.

        Or just shoot one of the many dozens that roam our area.

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          Jolly
          wrote on 22 Nov 2022, 12:15 last edited by
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          Wild turkey is good.

          The bird ain't bad, either.

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            Axtremus
            wrote on 20 Dec 2022, 21:12 last edited by
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            https://www.pncchristmaspriceindex.com/#gifts

            The Christmas Price Index: 'For 39 years, PNC has calculated the prices of the 12 gifts from the classic song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas."'

            Long story short, PNC estimates that the index will go up by about 10% from 2021 to 2022.

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              20 Dec 2022, 21:12

              https://www.pncchristmaspriceindex.com/#gifts

              The Christmas Price Index: 'For 39 years, PNC has calculated the prices of the 12 gifts from the classic song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas."'

              Long story short, PNC estimates that the index will go up by about 10% from 2021 to 2022.

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              LuFins Dad
              wrote on 20 Dec 2022, 21:28 last edited by LuFins Dad
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              @Axtremus said in Inflation:

              https://www.pncchristmaspriceindex.com/#gifts

              The Christmas Price Index: 'For 39 years, PNC has calculated the prices of the 12 gifts from the classic song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas."'

              Long story short, PNC estimates that the index will go up by about 10% from 2021 to 2022.

              Eight Maids-A-Milking
              $58.00

              (0.0%)

              Where were you on July 24, 2009? The Eight Maids-a-Milking were fresh off of their last pay raise. The Federal Minimum Wage hasn’t changed since that date and neither has the cost of this gift..

              Labor costs aren’t simply driven by Federal Minimum Wage… Farm Labor is up 8% year over year. https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming-news/news/farm-workers-see-highest-pay-increase-in-10-years/article_12bb7ae6-dcfb-11ec-81da-0790fc782bb6.html

              The Brad

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                LuFins Dad
                wrote on 20 Dec 2022, 21:40 last edited by
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                Eleven Pipers Piping
                $3,021.40

                (+2.6%)

                Live music is once again tuned up after its pandemic lull. The Eleven Pipers grew in cost by a modest 2.6 percent – reflecting rising compensation in 2022..

                Musicians pay rates went up about 12% from 21-22. It really isn’t hard to google this shit…

                The Brad

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                  LuFins Dad
                  wrote on 20 Dec 2022, 21:56 last edited by
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                  It’s a fun measure of inflation, but the article has several major flaws. First of which, it’s by PNC, which gets it two middle fingers from me right off the bat.

                  The Brad

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                    LuFins Dad
                    wrote on 11 Jan 2023, 15:33 last edited by
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                    Wonder what we will see today?

                    While CPI was 7.1% last month, most of the items important to most people on a daily basis were much higher.

                    https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/13/heres-the-inflation-breakdown-for-november-2022-in-one-chart.html

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                      89th
                      wrote on 11 Jan 2023, 17:28 last edited by
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                      Yeah saw a dozen eggs for $8 the other day. Luckily I'm pro-life and don't eat unborn chickens.

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                        LuFins Dad
                        wrote on 12 Jan 2023, 21:27 last edited by
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                          LuFins Dad
                          wrote on 12 Jan 2023, 21:32 last edited by
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                          Don’t forget, that’s stacked on top of record setting inflation in December 2021. Compare those prices with December 2020….

                          The Brad

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                          • 89th8 89th
                            11 Jan 2023, 17:28

                            Yeah saw a dozen eggs for $8 the other day. Luckily I'm pro-life and don't eat unborn chickens.

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                            Jolly
                            wrote on 13 Jan 2023, 01:04 last edited by
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                            @89th said in Inflation:

                            Yeah saw a dozen eggs for $8 the other day. Luckily I'm pro-life and don't eat unborn chickens.

                            Uh, you can sit on them store-bought eggs until Hell freezes over and the Devil takes up figure skating, but you ain't gonna hatch no chickens.

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                              11 Jan 2023, 17:28

                              Yeah saw a dozen eggs for $8 the other day. Luckily I'm pro-life and don't eat unborn chickens.

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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on 13 Jan 2023, 09:48 last edited by
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                              @89th said in Inflation:

                              Yeah saw a dozen eggs for $8 the other day. Luckily I'm pro-life and don't eat unborn chickens.

                              I get that it’s a large percentage increase, but really, my morning egg now costs me 67c.

                              The bagel is 5x that.

                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                                13 Jan 2023, 09:48

                                @89th said in Inflation:

                                Yeah saw a dozen eggs for $8 the other day. Luckily I'm pro-life and don't eat unborn chickens.

                                I get that it’s a large percentage increase, but really, my morning egg now costs me 67c.

                                The bagel is 5x that.

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                                wrote on 13 Jan 2023, 12:36 last edited by
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                                @jon-nyc said in Inflation:

                                @89th said in Inflation:

                                Yeah saw a dozen eggs for $8 the other day. Luckily I'm pro-life and don't eat unborn chickens.

                                I get that it’s a large percentage increase, but really, my morning egg now costs me 67c.

                                The bagel is 5x that.

                                Great. And the bagel now costs 40¢ more than last year and close to 75¢ more than it did in 2019. Partly because of the egg increase…

                                The Brad

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                                  Jolly
                                  wrote on 13 Jan 2023, 13:58 last edited by
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                                  Don't forget the price of bacon, should you suddenly have the wild urge to temporarily live like the rich and famous.

                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                  • J Jolly
                                    13 Jan 2023, 13:58

                                    Don't forget the price of bacon, should you suddenly have the wild urge to temporarily live like the rich and famous.

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                                    Doctor Phibes
                                    wrote on 13 Jan 2023, 14:00 last edited by
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                                    @Jolly said in Inflation:

                                    Don't forget the price of bacon, should you suddenly have the wild urge to temporarily live like the rich and famous.

                                    -3.7%. They're practically giving it away!

                                    I was only joking

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                                      12 Jan 2023, 21:27

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                                      Axtremus
                                      wrote on 15 Jan 2023, 04:42 last edited by
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                                      @LuFins-Dad

                                      The top item, egg, the extraordinary price hike is attributed not to general inflation but to an avian flu outbreak:

                                      https://www.kktv.com/2023/01/05/whats-causing-dramatic-increase-egg-prices/

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                                        Jolly
                                        wrote on 15 Jan 2023, 13:05 last edited by
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                                        That's part of the story, but it ain't all of it.

                                        Buy a bag of feed lately? A gallon of diesel?

                                        It's not just the flu driving prices. But if you look at the parrots we have in the MSM, that seems to be the chant.

                                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                          George K
                                          wrote on 15 Jan 2023, 13:24 last edited by
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                                          I just looked at our expenses, year-to-year. We've been very consistent with respect to these items - and we haven't really changed our spending habits. We still order out, drive, and heat/cool the same way as we did in 2021.

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                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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