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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:53 PM Original message |
$4.08 for an 11 oz box of 'Nilla Wafers at the store today. What? Really? How? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Part of it is fuel prices. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Precisely |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. That's what they want you to think. Why doesn't it require more gas to get all the groceries home |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. It doesn't require more gasoline, however |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Sorry, meant more $ in gas. Not more gas. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. I'm not buying that excuse anymore. a 50% increase in diesel does not equate to a 50% increase in a |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Western Family Brand Vanilla Wafers were almost half the price and1 oz bigger box |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Well see they have a lot of execs who need to make hundres of millions of dollars each year so. nm |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
82. Industrial ag -- which gives you cookies -- is built on fossil fuels: fertilizers, pesticides, herbi |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. Never thought of it that way...but I totally agree!! |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. Be careful when gobbling 'Nilla Wafers in the hot tub |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. Time to learn to bake cookies. They're better, too. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. home baked cookies are the best |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. I LOVE to bake, however, in the summer it heats up the house to much |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. It is all greed. And the politicians will continue to say there is no inflation |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. If we go to the streets their next step will be claiming civil disobedience, taking |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. ANd then they'll just TAKE our 'nilla wafers. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. Yeah!!! That's why you gotta start making your own & keep em hidden! LOL BTW, that |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
67. Hubby, who is Major, USAF, Retired (forced by being Berry planned |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #67 |
75. Yep, he has been here for many years. They have so many cameras around here |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's probably that damn genetically modified nilla, too. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. thank you for a reason to feel better about things.... they probably don't taste very good anyway |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. you noticed that too? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Just finished a box of low fat Nilla wafers--$4.39 / 11 oz. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. "Nilla Wafers are not a LUXuRY ITEM! Why are they priced like it? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Just checked the box in the recycle bin to see what ingredients could be so precious |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thank Helicopter Ben Bernanke and his endless money printing |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. I have been screaming about this for weeks (please mods leave this thread in GD, NOT The Lounge) |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I agree, prices are horrid. Please leave this in general discussion! :) |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. I have to shop tomorrow. I dread it. I'm now going to the store |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I'm sorry roses... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. The prices here just keep going up and up. My friend does all of the |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. i always read the price per oz in the fine print and shop by those... |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #22 |
64. Me too. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #64 |
76. i always get good coffee and fat free half and half for it....no compromise there |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. cuz it used to be 16 oz, then it was 13 oz for awhile, and now they've sneaked it in |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
87. Naw, not inflation. Chained CPI... |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. The drought wiped out much of the 'Nilla crop. nt |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
40. + :) |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'd be amazed if there was a more, ah, Type A grocery shopper on DU than me. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Our paper is so right that I can't buy it anymore...no coupons for me |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. Hope this helps! :) |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. You are my new best DU friend!! Thank you! |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I just wish I could give you time and energy to make them...I'm sorry the nilla wafers went up |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. No "Nilla " wafers, no banana pudding. |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. me too |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
23. I know. It's ridiculous. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
26. Wow, are you ever late. n/t |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. I've noticed the creeping up for months but it seems there was just another big jump |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. "11 oz. size." Corps cutting costs and finding profit in just about every imaginable way. |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. veggie burgers up to $7.00/box from $5.17 in ONE week... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. I don't know where you shop, but in my local |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
54. HOLY COW! (hormone free cow, of course) |
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Kceres (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
33. Honey Nut Cheerios are a staple for us and going up like crazy!! |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. I bought the store brand of Honey Nut Cheerios |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
34. Everything that used to be less than dollar is five bucks now. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
39. The Fascists won...haven't you been watching? |
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phusion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
42. look into the "Subscribe and Save" program at amazon.com |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. I paid almost $12.00 for 3-1/2 lbs of grapes. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #45 |
71. Holy Crap - Where do you live? |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. It was at Wegman's in Ithaca. |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
46. I've learned to love store brands |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Yes, and the store brands are comparable in taste to the name brands. n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. Might I suggest going to some place like Ocean State Job Lots? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. I also go to bakery outlets like Webers and Orowheat |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Me too. It's not that close, but I go once a month. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 03:01 AM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Be sure to check the dates on those cans |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #47 |
90. Shop at Big Lots quite a lot, but often, |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
53. We have four places to buy groceries in my small town - four other than |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
55. And yet every shopping trip shows us all the NEW/IMPROVED |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
60. I have a bright spot. Last week I saw a 1.75 L bottle of whiskey on sale for 18.99 and stocked up. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. Two of them? Uh, I think I would have bought more. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. They were the last two on the shelf. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:46 AM Response to Original message |
61. Good thing Democratic leadership wants to reform entitlements |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Exactly... |
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rusty fender (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
63. $4.58 for Hellman's mayo at Smith's(Kroger)! |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #63 |
78. best foods mayo is just as high.... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
65. Try Trader Joe's Ultimate Vanilla Wafers |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #65 |
79. Trader Joe's prices have been jumping here in oregon |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. They're up in SoCal too, but I just want to mention that I rarely go to "mainstream" supermarkets |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
69. still only $1 for a frozen pound of taco-seasoned ground turkey at Walmart |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
70. Are you sure that wasn't the "mini" kind? |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-02-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
74. 2 boxes of Triscuit wheat crackers and a jar of Cheese Whiz - $15 |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #74 |
81. no way... time to switch to real cheese, I guess |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
77. Everything's up, except wages, employment and outlook. |
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LondonReign2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
80. Not to pile on, but.... |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
83. Nabisco is owned by RJ Reynolds tobacco |
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katnapped (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
86. Ground beef is WAY up |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
88. If you're fortunate enough to have an ALDI near you, that store is a lifesaver |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-03-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
89. Now you know why gold is $1666 an ounce the dollar is becoming worthless but there is not inflation |
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