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Gasoline prices - another record high/ supply and demand
NOYB wrote: "Calif Bill" wrote in message k.net... "JohnH" wrote in message ... On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:00:21 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote: JohnH wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 13:28:02 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 08:08:44 -0400, JohnH wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 11:35:57 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:24:55 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Bert Robbins" wrote in message . .. ***ME*** shift the conversation? You're talking about mortgage rates while I'm telling that freight rates have increased 30% in 40-ish months*, and you're making like it's a non-event. *A number of months which is not a coincidence, by the way. How much has the cost of groceries gone up at your local grocery store in the last two years? On which products in particular? An average would be meaningless. Well, let me put it this way - about 100%. I'll let you know when we buy our annual "basket". That is to say, we buy the same thing, in one basket, every year just to see how much more we pay year-to-year. We do it every year the weekend after Labor Day. Last year it was just shy of 80%. Tom, were 80% of the items priced higher, or was the total price 80% higher? If the latter, you've gotta quit buying tomatoes at Safeway! Total price. And we don't buy anything at Safeway. :) Boycotting Safeway is a good thing! :) Tell me you don't shop at Giant? Tomatoes at Giant are a dollar a pound cheaper than at Safeway! -- ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** John I paid $0.59 / lb yesterday at the local produce market for tomatoes. Cluster tomatoes on the vine were only $1.19 lb. You getting ripped. Only 2 ripe tomatoes from my yard plants. California has a lot more tomato-pickers (a.k.a. illegals). Uh, guess you've never been to the Ruskin area huh? |
Gasoline prices - another record high/ supply and demand
"basskisser" wrote in message ups.com... NOYB wrote: "Calif Bill" wrote in message k.net... "JohnH" wrote in message ... On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:00:21 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote: JohnH wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 13:28:02 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 08:08:44 -0400, JohnH wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 11:35:57 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:24:55 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Bert Robbins" wrote in message . .. ***ME*** shift the conversation? You're talking about mortgage rates while I'm telling that freight rates have increased 30% in 40-ish months*, and you're making like it's a non-event. *A number of months which is not a coincidence, by the way. How much has the cost of groceries gone up at your local grocery store in the last two years? On which products in particular? An average would be meaningless. Well, let me put it this way - about 100%. I'll let you know when we buy our annual "basket". That is to say, we buy the same thing, in one basket, every year just to see how much more we pay year-to-year. We do it every year the weekend after Labor Day. Last year it was just shy of 80%. Tom, were 80% of the items priced higher, or was the total price 80% higher? If the latter, you've gotta quit buying tomatoes at Safeway! Total price. And we don't buy anything at Safeway. :) Boycotting Safeway is a good thing! :) Tell me you don't shop at Giant? Tomatoes at Giant are a dollar a pound cheaper than at Safeway! -- ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** John I paid $0.59 / lb yesterday at the local produce market for tomatoes. Cluster tomatoes on the vine were only $1.19 lb. You getting ripped. Only 2 ripe tomatoes from my yard plants. California has a lot more tomato-pickers (a.k.a. illegals). Uh, guess you've never been to the Ruskin area huh? John lives in Maryland. The discussion was about the price of tomatoes in Maryland vs. California. |
Gasoline prices - another record high/ supply and demand
On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 19:51:25 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:
"basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... NOYB wrote: "Calif Bill" wrote in message k.net... "JohnH" wrote in message ... On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:00:21 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote: JohnH wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 13:28:02 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 08:08:44 -0400, JohnH wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 11:35:57 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:24:55 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Bert Robbins" wrote in message . .. ***ME*** shift the conversation? You're talking about mortgage rates while I'm telling that freight rates have increased 30% in 40-ish months*, and you're making like it's a non-event. *A number of months which is not a coincidence, by the way. How much has the cost of groceries gone up at your local grocery store in the last two years? On which products in particular? An average would be meaningless. Well, let me put it this way - about 100%. I'll let you know when we buy our annual "basket". That is to say, we buy the same thing, in one basket, every year just to see how much more we pay year-to-year. We do it every year the weekend after Labor Day. Last year it was just shy of 80%. Tom, were 80% of the items priced higher, or was the total price 80% higher? If the latter, you've gotta quit buying tomatoes at Safeway! Total price. And we don't buy anything at Safeway. :) Boycotting Safeway is a good thing! :) Tell me you don't shop at Giant? Tomatoes at Giant are a dollar a pound cheaper than at Safeway! -- ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** John I paid $0.59 / lb yesterday at the local produce market for tomatoes. Cluster tomatoes on the vine were only $1.19 lb. You getting ripped. Only 2 ripe tomatoes from my yard plants. California has a lot more tomato-pickers (a.k.a. illegals). Uh, guess you've never been to the Ruskin area huh? John lives in Maryland. The discussion was about the price of tomatoes in Maryland vs. California. I live in Virginia. Harry lives in Maryland, maybe. -- ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** John |
Gasoline prices - another record high/ supply and demand
"JohnH" wrote in message ... On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 19:51:25 GMT, "NOYB" wrote: "basskisser" wrote in message roups.com... NOYB wrote: "Calif Bill" wrote in message k.net... "JohnH" wrote in message ... On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:00:21 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote: JohnH wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 13:28:02 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 08:08:44 -0400, JohnH wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 11:35:57 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:24:55 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Bert Robbins" wrote in message . .. ***ME*** shift the conversation? You're talking about mortgage rates while I'm telling that freight rates have increased 30% in 40-ish months*, and you're making like it's a non-event. *A number of months which is not a coincidence, by the way. How much has the cost of groceries gone up at your local grocery store in the last two years? On which products in particular? An average would be meaningless. Well, let me put it this way - about 100%. I'll let you know when we buy our annual "basket". That is to say, we buy the same thing, in one basket, every year just to see how much more we pay year-to-year. We do it every year the weekend after Labor Day. Last year it was just shy of 80%. Tom, were 80% of the items priced higher, or was the total price 80% higher? If the latter, you've gotta quit buying tomatoes at Safeway! Total price. And we don't buy anything at Safeway. :) Boycotting Safeway is a good thing! :) Tell me you don't shop at Giant? Tomatoes at Giant are a dollar a pound cheaper than at Safeway! -- ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** John I paid $0.59 / lb yesterday at the local produce market for tomatoes. Cluster tomatoes on the vine were only $1.19 lb. You getting ripped. Only 2 ripe tomatoes from my yard plants. California has a lot more tomato-pickers (a.k.a. illegals). Uh, guess you've never been to the Ruskin area huh? John lives in Maryland. The discussion was about the price of tomatoes in Maryland vs. California. I live in Virginia. Harry lives in Maryland, maybe. OK. So the discussion was about Virginia vs. California. I'm not sure what Ruskin has to do with it. |
Gasoline prices - another record high/ supply and demand
"NOYB" wrote in message
nk.net... I paid $0.59 / lb yesterday at the local produce market for tomatoes. Cluster tomatoes on the vine were only $1.19 lb. You getting ripped. Only 2 ripe tomatoes from my yard plants. California has a lot more tomato-pickers (a.k.a. illegals). Uh, guess you've never been to the Ruskin area huh? John lives in Maryland. The discussion was about the price of tomatoes in Maryland vs. California. I live in Virginia. Harry lives in Maryland, maybe. OK. So the discussion was about Virginia vs. California. I'm not sure what Ruskin has to do with it. I think he meant that your blanket statement about illegal workers was either one of your typical attempts to sabotage a discussion, or was based on "information" given to you by the mother ship. So, he asked whether you'd been to a certain area in order to test your imaginary knowledge. |
Gasoline prices - another record high/ supply and demand
On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:36:25 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:
John lives in Maryland. The discussion was about the price of tomatoes in Maryland vs. California. I live in Virginia. Harry lives in Maryland, maybe. OK. So the discussion was about Virginia vs. California. I'm not sure what Ruskin has to do with it. Me neither. -- ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** John |
Gasoline prices - another record high/ supply and demand
"JohnH" wrote in message
... On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:36:25 GMT, "NOYB" wrote: John lives in Maryland. The discussion was about the price of tomatoes in Maryland vs. California. I live in Virginia. Harry lives in Maryland, maybe. OK. So the discussion was about Virginia vs. California. I'm not sure what Ruskin has to do with it. Me neither. John Did you not get enough sleep last night? You're usually a little sharper than this. Today, you seem like....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..... |
Gasoline prices - another record high/ supply and demand
On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 21:24:16 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote: "JohnH" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:36:25 GMT, "NOYB" wrote: John lives in Maryland. The discussion was about the price of tomatoes in Maryland vs. California. I live in Virginia. Harry lives in Maryland, maybe. OK. So the discussion was about Virginia vs. California. I'm not sure what Ruskin has to do with it. Me neither. John Did you not get enough sleep last night? You're usually a little sharper than this. Today, you seem like....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..... Had to get up early after staying up to watch the primary results. -- ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** John |
Gasoline prices - another record high/ supply and demand
"NOYB" wrote in message ink.net... "Calif Bill" wrote in message k.net... "JohnH" wrote in message ... On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:00:21 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote: JohnH wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 13:28:02 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 08:08:44 -0400, JohnH wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 11:35:57 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:24:55 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Bert Robbins" wrote in message . .. ***ME*** shift the conversation? You're talking about mortgage rates while I'm telling that freight rates have increased 30% in 40-ish months*, and you're making like it's a non-event. *A number of months which is not a coincidence, by the way. How much has the cost of groceries gone up at your local grocery store in the last two years? On which products in particular? An average would be meaningless. Well, let me put it this way - about 100%. I'll let you know when we buy our annual "basket". That is to say, we buy the same thing, in one basket, every year just to see how much more we pay year-to-year. We do it every year the weekend after Labor Day. Last year it was just shy of 80%. Tom, were 80% of the items priced higher, or was the total price 80% higher? If the latter, you've gotta quit buying tomatoes at Safeway! Total price. And we don't buy anything at Safeway. :) Boycotting Safeway is a good thing! :) Tell me you don't shop at Giant? Tomatoes at Giant are a dollar a pound cheaper than at Safeway! -- ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** John I paid $0.59 / lb yesterday at the local produce market for tomatoes. Cluster tomatoes on the vine were only $1.19 lb. You getting ripped. Only 2 ripe tomatoes from my yard plants. California has a lot more tomato-pickers (a.k.a. illegals). They may or may not be illegal, but they are the same ones picking most of the crops. As to tomatoes, we do grow a lot of them. And you have never seen tomatoes commercially picked with your comment. When picking for canning, and maybe even for market, they spray the field 3 days before picking with a ripening agent. 3 days later, 95% are red. They then drive a machine through the field, that rips up the plant, sends it along a conveyer belt, and the workers along the belt, pick out the tomatoes and they are sent along another chute to a hopper on a trailer next to the picker. They the go off along the highway, spilling some small percentage. You can get all the tomatoes you want at some curves and onramps. Every once in a while a truck turns turtle, normally when I want to take the boat somewhere and causes a huge traffic jam, while they bring in the skip loader to clear the highway. One cannery near where I used to duck hunt, did tomato paste for American Food's (Franco-American brands) and the smallest container was 5 gallons, largest: tank car. UC Davis developed the tasteless tomato with the heavy duty skin that can be machine picked. |
Gasoline prices - another record high/ supply and demand
NOYB wrote: "basskisser" wrote in message ups.com... NOYB wrote: "Calif Bill" wrote in message k.net... "JohnH" wrote in message ... On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:00:21 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote: JohnH wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 13:28:02 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 08:08:44 -0400, JohnH wrote: On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 11:35:57 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote: On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:24:55 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Bert Robbins" wrote in message . .. ***ME*** shift the conversation? You're talking about mortgage rates while I'm telling that freight rates have increased 30% in 40-ish months*, and you're making like it's a non-event. *A number of months which is not a coincidence, by the way. How much has the cost of groceries gone up at your local grocery store in the last two years? On which products in particular? An average would be meaningless. Well, let me put it this way - about 100%. I'll let you know when we buy our annual "basket". That is to say, we buy the same thing, in one basket, every year just to see how much more we pay year-to-year. We do it every year the weekend after Labor Day. Last year it was just shy of 80%. Tom, were 80% of the items priced higher, or was the total price 80% higher? If the latter, you've gotta quit buying tomatoes at Safeway! Total price. And we don't buy anything at Safeway. :) Boycotting Safeway is a good thing! :) Tell me you don't shop at Giant? Tomatoes at Giant are a dollar a pound cheaper than at Safeway! -- ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** John I paid $0.59 / lb yesterday at the local produce market for tomatoes. Cluster tomatoes on the vine were only $1.19 lb. You getting ripped. Only 2 ripe tomatoes from my yard plants. California has a lot more tomato-pickers (a.k.a. illegals). Uh, guess you've never been to the Ruskin area huh? John lives in Maryland. The discussion was about the price of tomatoes in Maryland vs. California. That's odd, the topic header says nothing about tomatoes anywhere! |
Gasoline prices - another record high/ supply and demand
JoeSpareBedroom wrote: "NOYB" wrote in message nk.net... I paid $0.59 / lb yesterday at the local produce market for tomatoes. Cluster tomatoes on the vine were only $1.19 lb. You getting ripped. Only 2 ripe tomatoes from my yard plants. California has a lot more tomato-pickers (a.k.a. illegals). Uh, guess you've never been to the Ruskin area huh? John lives in Maryland. The discussion was about the price of tomatoes in Maryland vs. California. I live in Virginia. Harry lives in Maryland, maybe. OK. So the discussion was about Virginia vs. California. I'm not sure what Ruskin has to do with it. I think he meant that your blanket statement about illegal workers was either one of your typical attempts to sabotage a discussion, or was based on "information" given to you by the mother ship. So, he asked whether you'd been to a certain area in order to test your imaginary knowledge. Bingo! |
Gasoline prices - another record high/ supply and demand
"basskisser" wrote in message
ups.com... JoeSpareBedroom wrote: "NOYB" wrote in message nk.net... I paid $0.59 / lb yesterday at the local produce market for tomatoes. Cluster tomatoes on the vine were only $1.19 lb. You getting ripped. Only 2 ripe tomatoes from my yard plants. California has a lot more tomato-pickers (a.k.a. illegals). Uh, guess you've never been to the Ruskin area huh? John lives in Maryland. The discussion was about the price of tomatoes in Maryland vs. California. I live in Virginia. Harry lives in Maryland, maybe. OK. So the discussion was about Virginia vs. California. I'm not sure what Ruskin has to do with it. I think he meant that your blanket statement about illegal workers was either one of your typical attempts to sabotage a discussion, or was based on "information" given to you by the mother ship. So, he asked whether you'd been to a certain area in order to test your imaginary knowledge. Bingo! Another reading comprehension disaster, crushed. |
Gasoline prices - another record high/ supply and demand
"basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... That's odd, the topic header says nothing about tomatoes anywhere! Sounds like a very unique experience........and, of course, described uniquely by a very talented writer. Are you keeping a log of musings? It would make quite a volume. |
Gasoline prices - another record high/ supply and demand
"marika" wrote in message ... "basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... That's odd, the topic header says nothing about tomatoes anywhere! Sounds like a very unique experience........and, of course, described uniquely by a very talented writer. Are you keeping a log of musings? It would make quite a volume. Not as large as his gaffes. |
Gasoline prices - another record high/ supply and demand
John, how's the tomatos holding out?
JohnH wrote: On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:34:52 GMT, "Calif Bill" wrote: I had five green tomatoes on my plants. But then one day they got all wrinkled, like they turned 85 years old. Strange as hell. I've got a neighbor down the street with a good sunny area. She keeps me in good supply of green tomatoes. Plus, my wife has a guy at the farmer's market in Alexandria bring in half a dozen big green ones every Saturday. Safeway is a rip off. We need to boycott them! -- ****************************************** ***** Have a Spectacular Day! ***** ****************************************** John |
Gasoline prices - another record high/ supply and demand
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