My new favorite leading economic indicator.

Skidmore

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Sun May-04-08 06:04 PM
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My new favorite leading economic indicator.

Edited on Sun May-04-08 06:17 PM by Skidmore

Toilet paper.

I bought a 24 pack of the toilet paper we get. Not that feels-like-cotton stuff you can make a tee-shirt out of. We buy basic stuff made to break down quickly so it doesn't muck up the drain or the local lagoon. Anyway, I bulk buy, meaning that I get toilet paper about every two months. Well, I was putting the new purchase in the cabinet and pulled out the last roll of the old stuff. A roll of my new purchase was a full half-inch narrower than the old and three-fourths the girth of it.

I guess the economy is in the proverbial sh*tter.

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Fridays Child

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Sun May-04-08 06:08 PM
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1. Smaller in the height of the roll and the diameter?

I'll bet the price was the only thing that grew.

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Skidmore

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Sun May-04-08 06:10 PM
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5. You got it.

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Muttocracy

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Sun May-04-08 06:08 PM
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2. had a similar thing with cereal box size recently

I glanced at my receipt to check the price on something and noticed two lines for the store's brand of shredded wheat, using different abbreviations. Other things I bought more than one were clustered (2 X or 2 @...) I thought, that's odd, maybe they have different UPCs for some reason. They did - and the newer one was 16 ounces instead of 17. No price change on the tag, but a 6% increase in fact.

I would have gone back to the store to protest but with the cost of gas I don't make trips to that particular store very often.

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Love Bug

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Sun May-04-08 06:09 PM
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3. It was the same brand?

Bastards!

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canetoad

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Sun May-04-08 06:10 PM
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4. Happens to a lot of stuff

Price increase by stealth. Here in Oz, standard loaves of bread went from around 1kg to 800 grams - same price. They must think we don't notice.

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Skidmore

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Sun May-04-08 06:27 PM
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8. Bread slices are thinner too.

I bought some lunch meat last week and the slices were so thin you could see through them.

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Turbineguy

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Sun May-04-08 06:14 PM
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6. I saw some

"economy" swiss cheese.

The holes were smaller.

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DemReadingDU

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Sun May-04-08 06:23 PM
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7. 1/2 gallon ice cream?

no longer 64 oz, usually 48 oz (1 1/2 qt)

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Ichingcarpenter

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Sun May-04-08 06:28 PM
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9. I've been trying out these two brands

This one I use with Trolls

This one has a long shelf life and is reusable

Actually I noticed the price went up
since I buy a mega box of TP about once every 3 months.

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Canuckistanian

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Sun May-04-08 06:33 PM
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10. I use the "John Wayne" brand

It's rough and tough and it don't take shit off nobody.

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uppityperson

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Sun May-04-08 07:58 PM
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11. That is a funny post. Thank you. nt

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