Janet Yellen blames Americans' 'splurging' for record-high inflation

[SamSpade]

For me, the bread usually molds before I get half way through a loaf.

Just not a bread person I guess.

Fresh vegs go quickly. Cukes turn into pickled cucumbers with onions for the fridge.

We tend to freeze our loaves until they're ready for consumption. I usually have one or two frozen, once the bread fiend is ready for it.
My son LOVES bread. MANY times, he eats bread sandwiches. You might call them "air" sandwiches, because it is literally two pieces of bread with nothing in between. If he eats a muffin or biscuit, it will be with NOTHING on it. And he will eat them like candy.

Unlike my youngest, who will toss the bread and eat the hot dog or hamburger or really, any kind of sandwich. She's huge on declaring how much she hates bread - and cheese - and tomatoes.

Until I mention she loves pizza, Then she changes the subject.

 

[Kyle]

I keep bread in the fridge too. Never molds, lasts a long time.

Can't do that.

It would take up as much space as two six packs.

 

[Sneakers]

Can't do that.

It would take up as much space as two six packs.

I have 3 fridges. I can always find a space.

 

[SamSpade]

BTW - some perishable items, we do tend to buy at ALDI. Because unlike Giant or HT - THEIR prices will fluctuate. Sometimes their eggs will be seriously cheap - and then bounce up the next day. Milk, cheese, butter, likewise.

 

[SamSpade]

Can't do that.

It would take up as much space as two six packs.

Until I think about it - we have serious freezer space. A large French door in the kitchen with freezer on the bottom.
A larger freezer only in the pantry - big enough to STAND inside -
Another one in the garage.

And an extra old fashioned type fridge downstairs with the small freezer on top.

And then there's - during winter months - the GIANT freezer on the back porch otherwise known as OUTSIDE.

 

[Kyle]

And then there's - during winter months - the GIANT freezer on the back porch otherwise known as OUTSIDE.

That used to be my Beer fridge when I lived in Leonardtown.

 

[RoseRed]

When I buy bread, it gets stored in the microwave for a few days, then moves inside the fridge.

 

[Sneakers]

When I buy bread, it gets stored in the microwave for a few days, then moves inside the fridge.

Um...ok.


Why?

 

[RoseRed]

Um...ok.


Why?

Because my cat tends to chew through the plastic to eat the bread. Fullretard.

 

[Sneakers]

Because my cat tends to chew through the plastic to eat the bread. Fullretard.

Could be worse. Apparently lots of cats like loaves of bread.

 

[RoseRed]

Could be worse. Apparently lots of cats like loaves of bread.

Mine did it stealth so she wouldn't get caught in the act. She also did it at the neighbors house.

 

[SamSpade]

That used to be my Beer fridge when I lived in Leonardtown.

Years ago when I lived in upstate New York, at college, MY beer fridge was the window sill outside my dorm room.
Until someone got themselves a free six pack by benefit of a well placed snowball.

 

[Gilligan]

I put 3k into my 2004 just last spring to ensure it's good for the next 10 years.

After shopping around a bit and kicking some tires of new trucks, wife decided it was a much wiser chocie to keep her 2002 F-450. Hill's in Bushwood got over 8 grand to perform what was essentially a "make it like new" work list.

 

[Hijinx]

Hills is a great garage, they do it right, but they aint cheap.

 

[vraiblonde]

And absolutely NO ONE is able to admit they were wrong.
And absolutely NO ONE can handle it when they are called on their BS.

:

How do you not understand that you're being a toddler when you go on these silly rants?

Who is stopping you from speaking your mind?

Who is stopping you from disagreeing with others?

Are you seriously that thin-skinned and immature? Now you want to force everyone to admit they're wrong when you disagree with them?

WTF, dude?

 

[vraiblonde]

(can't breathe)

Serious. It would be funny if it weren't so disturbing.

 

[vraiblonde]

I agree 100%. My argument is that if the inflation is hurting ALL of us so badly, then you would see abysmal to near nothing as far as luxury sales. Apparently, there are still those that have enough for the new cars, luxuries, and inflated prices at the grocery. As long as that is occurring, then the pricing will not change very much.

AGAIN, what is 1% of 335,000,000?

 

[Kyle]

Serious. It would be funny if it weren't so disturbing.

you can only hope one day they’ll reflect, and cringe.

My money says they won’t.

 

[Bird Dog]

Smart move to walk away with your tail between your legs.

Says the man with no balls......

 

[LightRoasted]

For your consideration ...

That's because TECHNICALLY, inflation is measured as a currency attribute. What we all experience as inflation is "technically" something else, except that the result is the same - stuff costs more. In the case of things like groceries and gas - a LOT more.

Technically, inflation is a monetary phenomenon caused by the expansion of the money supply.

In your comparison of cucumbers to bread. ~ Cucumbers; plant seed, yada yada yada, harvest, maybe a bumper crop, package and off to market, requires less human labor.

Bread; flour, yeast, sugar, salt, water, eggs, oil; needs industrial equipment to process, bake and package. Requires more human labor.

One of these has a much lower cost to produce than the other.