Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

[CrealCritter]

I knew it was possible. I have a couple books that talk about doing that. They don't produce as much of either as a normal plant because the energy is split on where it's stored.

Still is a fun experiment.

OK I'll try it. Why do I find myself intrigued by trying crazy plant stuff?

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[flowerbug]

TWELVE degrees when I got out of bed at 7:30. Never in my time here has it been this cold. My power bill is gonna be astronomical and I don't even care. I need to be warm in my own home.

we went out for lunch (a pre-planned thing that we really didn't want to get out of because we don't really want to schedule something else again as it took us three weeks to get this afternoon set up as it was) and when we got home i decided to keep my coat, hat, scarf and long sleeved sweatshirt on so that i can see how warm it feels. it's not bad. the heat certainly has been running a lot, but the wind-chills today are ick so that is why.

 

[Hinotori]

Food prices are going to skyrocket. Sure lets put large tariffs on a country we depend on for a huge chunk of our food.

We simply dont produce food like we used to when there were small farms all over the country that fed their region. And it cant come back because subdivisions have now been built on that prime farmland. Doesn't help that small farmers have been getting the shaft for decades.

 

[murphysranch]

I just read a Reuters report that Procter & Gamble, after a year of flat prices, will most likely raise their household goods prices due to the new tariffs. Time to stock up on dish soap, dishwasher stuff, and laundry detergent.

 

[Mini Horses]

Prices may be flat but they've used a LOT of shrinkflation. Yeah, same as price I crease. They must think we're stupid.

 

[Hinotori]

https://www.mouseprint.org/

Follows shrinkflation, false advertising, and misleading labels

 

[The Porch]

What would be nice is if we made more of what the people of USA need and we can buy her and not from countries that have slave labor,, I try and buy as much as I can local and USA made ,,

 

[Hinotori]

Too many aren't willing to pay that price for items. I can buy Tshirts for the same price or cheeper now than I could in 1990

 

[baymule]

TWELVE degrees when I got out of bed at 7:30. Never in my time here has it been this cold. My power bill is gonna be astronomical and I don't even care. I need to be warm in my own home.

It dropped further yesterday morning to 16F degrees. No fun. I have a Propane heater for keeping the electricity bill down. It sure keeps it warm and toasty in here. Carson goes outside with me, but is happy to park himself in front of the heater and let me carry buckets of boiling water out the sheep! LOL

 

[baymule]

What would be nice is if we made more of what the people of USA need and we can buy her and not from countries that have slave labor,, I try and buy as much as I can local and USA made ,,

That’s the objective of the tariffs. We used to have factories here that made our own products. I worked in a welding shop in my 20’s building oil field pumping units. I made good money and a good living. That place is gone now, buildings gone, only a patch of concrete to suggest there was once a thriving industry there, covering acres and acres, employing over a thousand workers.

We went from a production country to a consumer country. We lost good middle class factory jobs and enriched China, a communist country that hates us but gladly takes our money. They have become a world power with nuclear missiles that we paid for.

WE pay tariffs to export our goods to other countries. Other countries are wise enough to protect their workers and products.

I don’t have all the answers, but I do know we need to make more of our own and stop depending upon other countries that can cut us off and we are screwed. For those whose lives depend upon pharmaceutical drugs, where exactly are those made and produced? A glitch in the supply chain can be life threatening.

Over my lifetime I’ve seen companies fold up and shut down due to cheaper imports. Companies have moved overseas to survive, then got with the game, cheaper labor and raised prices to pad their profits. CEOs make obscene wages and that’s our money that we have to carefully budget and run out of until the next paycheck. I’m not mad or envious of a CEO making millions, but I do think it’s gotten more than a little outrageous.

Ok rant over.