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We dont pay much attention to that stuff here in the northeast. I waited on line at home depot for 30 min this weekend and had to wait 10 min while this guy filled up his escalade and talked on his cell this evening. Before his night minutes kicked in!
gunner - I have to agree with you. Every where I go here in the Bay area there is a line and I mean everywhere. This weekend I took the boat to the lake. Got there early so as not to have to wait to long to put in and it was still 45min. We waited nearly an hour and 1/2 to get out. Got home and put $54 gas in the truck and $47 gas in the boat. I would imagine every one of the couple hundred other boats out there did the same.
Last weekend I called a few places to see about getting an estimate for hardwood floors. The average wait for measurement was two weeks. All of them stated it would be about 3 months wait for installation.
Oh, and my employer did well enough in 07 to give me a nice double digit raise, same with my wife. We will be stimulating the crap out of the economy this year.
Horde your money and wait for the sky to fall or enjoy life and what it has to offer. We never know when that last breath will be. I prefer to have not spent it wonder what could have been.
Honestly aldreth. I went through alot of different periods in my life. I grew up pretty humble in a very small apartment. Made some money and lost it. Made it back again ect..... If i had a nice place i would spend more time at home. If not I would be at the beach all day. At the end of the day I was never really happier or felt worse either way. Life goes on....
Last weekend I called a few places to see about getting an estimate for hardwood floors. The average wait for measurement was two weeks. All of them stated it would be about 3 months wait for installation
I hear you on that one. I thought these guys were slow? I thought they would be lining up at my door like a lending tree commercial?
gunner, you are an old man so you dont care. everyone here is more middle aged so they all care about what happens around them. you also sound like a person with lots of cash around. don't waste your time posting here. enjoy your vacation home and beach front.
For all the people that state the CPI is a good measure of "inflation" for the average household, I have not found one yet that can tell me exactly what is in the index, how each item is weighted, and how it compares to their actual spending patterns. My "experience" has consistently been 7% inflation when looking at the same items over a fairly broad time span.
But of course this doesn't reflect market, money policy, and other fluctuations that are provided by the graph presented.
"I have more important things to worry about, plus my daugher is sick"... and yet... takes the time to post SEVEN times on it!!!! what a tool!
Accelerated inflation on basic necessities makes expensive items, like homes, have accelerated depreciation.
I have noticed that once inflation breaks over 15% annually, even the govt can't bring it back under control.
A friend of ours is glad he lost the bid on a fence job. His prices increased for supplies 20% last month.
Last summer it was clocked by me, my hubby's company, and the gold industry at 14-17%. We had a jump in Nov, and another in Jan-Feb-March-April. I cannot believe it's 12%.
Once again - this is a one sided look at inflation.
You have to also look at the other side - deflation. When a house that cost $600,000 2 years ago sells for $300,000 - the effect of that is deflation. Given that gas and food represent less than 5% of the household budget, while the cost of housing represents over 20% - the deflationary effect of the current housing price bust will be seen over the next two to three years.
Regards
He's too busy with his hot girlfriend to answer you, so I'll answer: she's pretty hot. I'm not sure about the degrees or the money, though.
gunner69 = 100's of posts not a shred of information ever... Aldreth and I post graphs, statistics, analysis, things that are valuable for someone thinking of buying a home to consider...
You insult aldreth for his work, me for being more educated than you, my girlfriend etc. That's your level of debate? OK, thanks for contributing... Retard.
You ego is slowing down zillows server!
PS You post the same thing over and over about the Arizona real Estate market. Also, I never claimed to be an expert. Just goofing around on here. Also you teach at community college! LOL
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It Would Be the Epitome of Complacency to Assume Double-Digit Inflation Is Not in the Cards
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