tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post697347084633042923..comments2024-01-01T18:48:00.179-07:00Comments on DADA'S DALLY: Life in Whacko World!Dadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17257598218959429347noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-20315444550730894602009-06-15T15:41:38.603-06:002009-06-15T15:41:38.603-06:00Hah, Dada, I probably shouldn't have commented...Hah, Dada, I probably shouldn't have commented at all last night, being too punchy after the long drive home through some wild T-Storms! I captured some cloud pics which I'll post when I get a spare moment. They aren't as weird as the "asparagus" one you posted below, but scary to drive through.<br /><br />While visiting some friends this weekend who are very INto their I-Pod, I had them show me how to use the "keyboard". YEEKS! I don't blame you for not wanting to tackle that! But FYI, that sideways floorplan (sorry about the neck damage) was from BEFORE I re-designed ... some of the things you liked most are GONE (replaced by options that I designed myself and which the builder will now be offering to other buyers, after I did all the design work for them, the story of my life). <br /><br />Re hyperinflation, I hope that CD rates will rise accordingly -- but based on this last cycle of understated inflation, they won't! Because when it comes right down to it, we are screwed no matter which way we turn! Clowns to the left, jokers to the right ...D.K. Raedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-8159033091501312412009-06-15T03:59:07.524-06:002009-06-15T03:59:07.524-06:00Food & energy prices down?
Which planet are ...Food & energy prices down? <br /><br />Which planet are they reporting on???Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198689517878201943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-12015304592721908502009-06-14T22:02:17.698-06:002009-06-14T22:02:17.698-06:00D.K. -- Thanks for checking on the other CPI. I wa...D.K. -- Thanks for checking on the other CPI. I was hoping it would show me a glint of light, an ounce of reason, but thanks for trying anyway. <br /><br />As for hyperinflation: In prepping this blog, I came across an excellent hyperinflation quote. (Of course, it was on some site that wanted to sell me some protection against it, so the quote was extra, extra scary.)<br /><br />**off topic** I've been to your blog a couple of times -- always on the iPod where I refuse to attempt comments, so one is yet to come but will. I love those photos and old Clyde. <br /><br />Just wish I'd captured the pic of your new digs (and rotated it) before my neck got all cricked into a temporary permanent disfiguration most of the day. (BTW, love the floorplan, LOVE that enclosed courtyard, great storage space and four car garage.) <br /><br />More later....(mild spring, huh?)Dadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257598218959429347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-2837072521794316332009-06-14T21:37:30.011-06:002009-06-14T21:37:30.011-06:00Dada, to make sure I just looked up the current Co...Dada, to make sure I just looked up the current Commodity Price Index. It's at the same level at the Consumer Price Index was for March 2006 (yup, somehow we have timewarped back to 2006). So, looking at the Consumer PI for Mar '06:<br />Items in the food basket = up 4.3%<br />Transporation = up 10.5%<br />Energy = up 21.8%<br />All items EXCEPT food and energy = up 2.8% (why do they even bother with that meaningless calculation?)<br /><br />Even if you accept the phonybaloney razzamatazz, 2.8% is still higher than a 2% CD. How does that beat inflation?D.K. Raedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13779951.post-81144042714481199982009-06-14T21:23:21.896-06:002009-06-14T21:23:21.896-06:00apparently we all belong in the loony bin, along w...apparently we all belong in the loony bin, along with our "swindling savings"!<br /><br />The consumer price index is completely out of whack with reality. Epperson should look at the Commodity Price Index (the other CPI) if she wants a better grasp of real inflation. <br /><br />BTW even if they are right about CD's earning more than inflation, most economists are more worried about hyperinflation happening very soon, which is another good reason not to tie up your money too long term. You'll want to take advantage of the increased CD rates that should accompany hyperinflation -- in a sane world!D.K. Raedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451065603615752038noreply@blogger.com