Calif Bill wrote:
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On 15 Jan 2007 12:07:38 -0800, "basskisser"
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How long ago was this? It must have
been before concrete went to $125 a yard

It's still not $125 per yard here.


Maybe that is part of the confusion. $125/yd is just a metaphor for
all of the prices that spiked in places where the housing boom,
boomed. Everything got very expensive, including labor.
The funny thing is, it has not really got much cheaper and things are
slow.

Of course you Hotlanta guys have the cheap gasoline too.



It is more than $125 a yard here to most buyers. More like $150. And I am
30 miles from Pleasant Hill.

Is that the stuff that weighs two tons as you tried to tell everyone
here a year or so ago? Remember? Then when I called you out on it, you
said that was with the water added?? Remember that? Remember when I
proved to you that a yard of concrete WITH water was only approx. a ton
and a half?
Do you want me to put you in touch with my in-laws so that you can get
your pool done without getting screwed?

Concrete here is less than $90 right now.