Shurado
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ErnDiggity covered it quite well saying it's in-line with inflation but I find this funny. Letters are too expensive but coffee isn't!
One cup of coffee could get you a pizza. The $2000 amplifier could get you 1000! Heck, FOUR letters? That's the amount of what the 45% people said they sent in a month in that poll we just had! 81% of them were in the 0-5 range, sending five letters at $2.05 a month is hardly a staple especially if you can afford a $2k amp.
Biker, prices in general rise due to inflation. I'm not sure about you but when I was a kid, a slice used to be a $1.35, now it's $1.75. A fare through the subway used to be a $1.25, it's now $2. That's seventy-five cents in about ten years. That's much greater than the stamp. 39 to 41 cents, you go nuts about. Knowing that, I wonder how you were acting when the fare was raised to $2 from a $1.50. Assuming you even take the subway.
Edit: Heck, you're 47, you should more than likely know this better than me.
By the way, one can say riding the MTA is a staple if someone doesn't own a car. This definitely holds more prevalence than the stamp since the person needs to get to work without sweating (bosses I believe don't like that plus the smell) along the way biking or walking. I can't imagine walking from where I live across one of the bridges to Manhattan. Plus, it'd take longer.
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I don't understand how this reply changes what Erndiggity said. Could you explain what you're trying to correlate?
Edit: Or maybe you weren't trying to, oopsie. IIRC, it was around $2.50 in my area last fall and yes the stamp was 39 cents at the time as well!
Anyway, with the news that refineries been having problems and need to cut down refining for maintenance as well as there aren't enough refineries in the first place, and with people continue to consume gas at the same or higher rate (not to mention summer is coming soon), gas prices will continue to rise.
| Originally Posted by immtbiker 1/2 dollar (I know it's only $.41) to send one thin envelope is a lot. 4 envelopes is a price of pizza. It's going up faster than cable. Have I been know to drink a cup of $1.89 cup of coffee, which is a lot of money for coffee. Yes. Am I willing to spend $2,000 on a black box that has glass tubes sticking out of the top that glow orange and makes funny sounds after touching a bunch of wires. Yes. But if we rationilized evrything like that, than we wouldn't be able to afford anything. There are certain staples in our lives, that keep things going at an expected rate. Milk, bread, and a postage stamp need to stay as reasonable as possible for life to sustain itself. |
ErnDiggity covered it quite well saying it's in-line with inflation but I find this funny. Letters are too expensive but coffee isn't!
Biker, prices in general rise due to inflation. I'm not sure about you but when I was a kid, a slice used to be a $1.35, now it's $1.75. A fare through the subway used to be a $1.25, it's now $2. That's seventy-five cents in about ten years. That's much greater than the stamp. 39 to 41 cents, you go nuts about. Knowing that, I wonder how you were acting when the fare was raised to $2 from a $1.50. Assuming you even take the subway.
Edit: Heck, you're 47, you should more than likely know this better than me.
By the way, one can say riding the MTA is a staple if someone doesn't own a car. This definitely holds more prevalence than the stamp since the person needs to get to work without sweating (bosses I believe don't like that plus the smell) along the way biking or walking. I can't imagine walking from where I live across one of the bridges to Manhattan. Plus, it'd take longer.
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| Originally Posted by immtbiker Gas was $2/gallon last October just before elections and the price of a stamp was $0.39. |
I don't understand how this reply changes what Erndiggity said. Could you explain what you're trying to correlate?
Edit: Or maybe you weren't trying to, oopsie. IIRC, it was around $2.50 in my area last fall and yes the stamp was 39 cents at the time as well!
Anyway, with the news that refineries been having problems and need to cut down refining for maintenance as well as there aren't enough refineries in the first place, and with people continue to consume gas at the same or higher rate (not to mention summer is coming soon), gas prices will continue to rise.
