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Well now it's official….

Even the cheapest gas is over $4.00/gallon. The highest I've seen thus far is $4.55 and that's a $0.60 increase over the past 7 days.

"Life is tough. Get a helmet." – Candace Owens
"Not today, Satan!" – Blaire White

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Now, just a trip to the grocery store is something we'll have to save up for.

You asked a pretty question; I've given you the ugly answer.
Fasten Your Seatbelts….
It's Going To Be A Bumpy Night!

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Probably why there is a shortage of cat food.

Dendrolagus Uranus

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Hey, I just like it is all! It’s all mine!

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Hey if you love cat food, there is no shame in admitting it.

Dendrolagus Uranus

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A Dollartree tree near me has to keep the cat food behind the cash because people were stealing it and one person was caught eating it while in the store!

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Are you serious?

Dendrolagus Uranus

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That person must've been a real pussy, lol.

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If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana

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😺 Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. 🤨 Let's go, Brandon! 🤨 Try that in a small town.

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In that case, there is no point in that trip to the store!

You asked a pretty question; I've given you the ugly answer.
Fasten Your Seatbelts….
It's Going To Be A Bumpy Night!

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I've been having to do a lot of driving, and I like to keep my gas tank full. It can be half full and still cost me $45 to finish filling it. I also figure, keep it full as much as I can before they raise it even more.

Remember the last time gas was over $4/gallon? I never thought we'd see those prices again. To think, just a year or so ago, gas was $2/gallon.

"Life is tough. Get a helmet." – Candace Owens
"Not today, Satan!" – Blaire White

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I remember when it was under $2 a gallon in 2020.

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I couldn't believe some of the prices today at the supermarket. Some of the items I regularly buy have gone up a dollar or more since the last time I bought them (which wasn't that long ago). There didn't seem to be many items on sale.

One brand of boneless chicken was on sale, and there was none left. Today was the second day of the sale, and I heard a worker say that it sold out the first day of the sale, because they can't keep it stocked enough. There was other boneless chicken available, but some were as high as $4.99 a pound.

Some others mentioned cat food - I had read there was a cat food shortage, so I looked at the cat food shelf when I passed by it today. I noticed a lot of empty spaces on the shelves, but there were still some cans there.

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I feel it too. Everything has gone up. Even Aldi isn't the bargain it use to be. I keep stocking up on soups and canned tuna. That may be the only source of meat we can afford in the future.
We do our best to stretch the meats like hamburger and chicken to make two meals if possible. I am becoming creative leftovers too.

I had heard that canned cat food is hard to find. We always buy the bags of dry for our cat, but his regular brand, Iams, isn't always available, so we end up getting what we can. Rachael Ray food is one of the better brands.

You asked a pretty question; I've given you the ugly answer.
Fasten Your Seatbelts….
It's Going To Be A Bumpy Night!

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I know "supply and demand," blah blah blah, but it still pisses me off that people take advantage of the situation. The current situation reminds me of when toilet paper was hard to find a couple years ago and people online were trying to sell it at insane prices.

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That was so disgusting when people were hoarding TP

If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana

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I agree. On a related note, Charmin recently reduced the number of sheets per roll (I just happened to notice when comparing the old packaging to the new packaging). But of course the price went up instead of down.

I noticed that with some other products too over the past year or so; the price goes up, yet the size of the product is reduced.

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Capitalism, yes?

If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana

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I prefer to call them sneaky dickheads.

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They call that "shrinkflation."

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More like stinkflation!

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Even extra large condoms don't fit anymore.

Dendrolagus Uranus

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That's what Millard says too!

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I don't like shopping at Aldi, never really have. Not the same variety and foreign brands too. I like to support domestic as much as possible.

I don't buy meat, so at least I save on that aspect, but fresh produce like fruit and vegetables fluctuate in price too. Even eating out is difficult from many places, because they have supply issues I'm finding and have to cull the menu. We've had flooding though here in Oz over the past week and some roads have been impassable.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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I heard about that flooding, terrible

If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana

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Similar happened about 11 yrs ago. This was pretty much the entire east coast.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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That's so devastating when that happens. I can't imagine

If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana

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Aldi is convenient for us, being that it's only 3 blocks from where we live. I actually like the store brand, particularly the cereals. IMO, they are better than the brand names. There are certain items you can't get there though, so every other week, I call in and order to Walmart and have my husband pick it up on his way home from work. I'd like to think that we use less gasoline and money this way.

Sorry to hear about the flooding. If it isn't one thing, it's another… This old world gets crazier each day.

You asked a pretty question; I've given you the ugly answer.
Fasten Your Seatbelts….
It's Going To Be A Bumpy Night!

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Convenience is key especially when one gets older. If you enjoy what you are buying and eating, that is all that matters.

Australia is like any other country and Mother Nature likes to take extreme dumps on her earth from time to time. This one was just a massive wee. I wasn’t personally affected myself, although I live next to a canal that was swollen, it is coastal and runs off thru to the seaway estuaries.

I was helping friends last week though who were and had flooded carpet. We had to hire one of those wet vacuums to sop it up. It’s drying now, but as you would be aware, wet carpet gets that damp sweaty sock smell. Might have to shampoo it.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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It's good to have a fan blowing on it as well. If it gets hot it will smell even worse

If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana

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We have fans blowing and the weather is humid sticky….🥵

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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Are you acclimated to the humidity there?

If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana

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I’m not sure! I’m apparently not in Oz according to the twit, schizo, retard sock trolls…..

One just grins and bears it. The cooler months are coming on too.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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Oh really? 😝

What's your favorite time of year there?

If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana

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Pretty much all year round, but the middle months are the most comfortable.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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I prefer mild temps

Anything in the 70s is ideal

If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana

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I don't think I could handle your extreme cold months.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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The cold is hard to get used to

The part of WA that I live it does get down to freezing overnight, but it's not as harsh as other parts of the state

Not a fan of very cold weather

If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana

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Cheeky said... The cold is hard to get used to

The part of WA that I live it does get down to freezing overnight, but it's not as harsh as other parts of the state

Not a fan of very cold weather
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Not a fan of very cold weather
I may feel like I'm sweltering here, but I doubt I would be able to function at all in the freezing climates.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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ToastedCheese said...
Not a fan of very cold weather
I may feel like I'm sweltering here, but I doubt I would be able to function at all in the freezing climates.
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When I moved here from SoCal I acclimated fast. When I would go back and visit, I didn't like the heat

I was looking for shade at the beach ~ I like it in the shade

If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana

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Cheeky said... When I moved here from SoCal I acclimated fast. When I would go back and visit, I didn't like the heat

I was looking for shade at the beach ~ I like it in the shade
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Well shade from heat is always ideal, but you must be resilient to cope quickly with the cold.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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ToastedCheese said... Well shade from heat is always ideal, but you must be resilient to cope quickly with the cold.
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When we've lost power when it was snowing and had no heat in the house, I would just stay in bed under the covers

If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana

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Cheeky said... When we've lost power when it was snowing and had no heat in the house, I would just stay in bed under the covers
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…I would just stay in bed under the covers
That's the thing, its too darn cold to get out from under them and even the most mundane tasks become a trial of frozen suffering.

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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ToastedCheese said...
…I would just stay in bed under the covers
That's the thing, its too darn cold to get out from under them and even the most mundane tasks become a trial of frozen suffering.
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Yes, rest and hopefully sleep

If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana

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Cheeky said... Yes, rest and hopefully sleep
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And going to the bathroom is a chore, to have to expose warm skin to biting air just to tinkle….

Norman! What did you put in my tea?

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ToastedCheese said... And going to the bathroom is a chore, to have to expose warm skin to biting air just to tinkle….
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If we take the time to see with the heart and not with the mind, we shall see that we are surrounded completely by angels ~ Carlos Santana

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Cheeky said... When we've lost power when it was snowing and had no heat in the house, I would just stay in bed under the covers
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You have no fireplace, Nettie?
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