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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
New Poll--Vote, I'm trying to learn something here
Please vote on the sidebar poll--and vote honestly, because I'm trying to learn something with this one. Honest!
We consider buying extra to be a form of savings. Say for instance when potty paper took a hike a few months ago by about 10%. If you had a bunch of extra you just earned 10% on your money. If something is on sale - all the better.
We don't have years worth, but we have a healthy sized pantry. I consider it prudent.
Option not offered: we're, at least this time around, insulated from this scarcity. For now. Our corn yield is 200% of the last few years, and our beef and dairy stocks are high. Due to an early spring and very, very late frosts we had a preternaturally long growing season, so all fresh produce has been bumper. Food prices here have dropped. And we always make a point to have a good 4 weeks of extra on hand, simply because... well, it's the great north. Anything can happen, and it usually does.
Liz--I don't want to be contentious, but Nationally the corn stockpile is estimated to be at 50% of last years, the lowest in 14 years, with a higher demand. And your area participates in the national market--you'll be bidding against other parts of the country. The commodities markets are already tending sharply up.
True, but our food prices already trend dramatically lower than Indiana's, and a lot of that food stays local. We'll see a spike as well, but I don't think it will be as dramatic as elsewhere. It hasn't been in the past.
But I promise to do the "You told me so" dance if I'm wrong. :D
Liz--If I'm right, I will not take any pleasure in your "you were right dance", actually, I'll be embarrassed because I'm trying not to look to much or too hard at pretty girls!
Actually, what i'm concerned about are the families--and there are lots of 'em--that live paycheck to paycheck. I can see it happening that someone runs out of say milk or flour a few days before payday, and can't afford to get any until they get paid. A couple few gallons in the freezer, or powdered in the cupboard could keep the kiddies from going without, or the family having to do without something else so they can buy it. It's sad when dad walks to work because the gas money went for groceries. (Yeah, I've seen it)
I'm wondering how many people are thinking like that, and how many are already tight enough that they can't afford to stock up.
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We consider buying extra to be a form of savings. Say for instance when potty paper took a hike a few months ago by about 10%. If you had a bunch of extra you just earned 10% on your money. If something is on sale - all the better.
We don't have years worth, but we have a healthy sized pantry. I consider it prudent.
Option not offered: we're, at least this time around, insulated from this scarcity. For now. Our corn yield is 200% of the last few years, and our beef and dairy stocks are high. Due to an early spring and very, very late frosts we had a preternaturally long growing season, so all fresh produce has been bumper. Food prices here have dropped. And we always make a point to have a good 4 weeks of extra on hand, simply because... well, it's the great north. Anything can happen, and it usually does.
Liz--I don't want to be contentious, but Nationally the corn stockpile is estimated to be at 50% of last years, the lowest in 14 years, with a higher demand. And your area participates in the national market--you'll be bidding against other parts of the country. The commodities markets are already tending sharply up.
True, but our food prices already trend dramatically lower than Indiana's, and a lot of that food stays local. We'll see a spike as well, but I don't think it will be as dramatic as elsewhere. It hasn't been in the past.
But I promise to do the "You told me so" dance if I'm wrong. :D
Liz--If I'm right, I will not take any pleasure in your "you were right dance", actually, I'll be embarrassed because I'm trying not to look to much or too hard at pretty girls!
Actually, what i'm concerned about are the families--and there are lots of 'em--that live paycheck to paycheck. I can see it happening that someone runs out of say milk or flour a few days before payday, and can't afford to get any until they get paid. A couple few gallons in the freezer, or powdered in the cupboard could keep the kiddies from going without, or the family having to do without something else so they can buy it. It's sad when dad walks to work because the gas money went for groceries. (Yeah, I've seen it)
I'm wondering how many people are thinking like that, and how many are already tight enough that they can't afford to stock up.
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