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Thank you Earl for your recommendations to help keep inflation in check on
my hard-earned income. Along those same lines I am considering drying my
dental floss on the towel hanger overnight for re-use the next day. Why I
bet I could save several dollars a year doing this.................
All the best,
Harry
----- Original Message -----
From: "EarlA" <earl.a@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [RT] Stocks
> Hi Harry,
>
> There are simple solutions to these inflation problems which will keep
your
> budget intact:
>
> 1) downsize to a smaller cat, it will eat less cat food (and, as an added
> bonus use less cat liter which will save even more money)
>
> 2) get a face lift ... this will tighten anything which sags ... depending
> on your circumstances, you may be able to cut the facial tissues in half
> before using them
>
> 3) go on a diet ... this will not only reduce the amount of spaghetti
sauce
> you require, but may potentially reduce medical costs which are rising
much
> faster than spaghetti sauce
>
> 4) remember that you are saving taxes courtesy of the new CPI! Without the
> "adjustments", the costs of social security, Medicare, government
salaries,
> government pensions, et al, would be much higher. You should be even
happier
> to learn that AG has proposed some additional "adjustments" which, he
> assures Congress, will cut the CPI further.
>
> Earl
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "H&M Feld" <ariel@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 2:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [RT] Stocks
>
>
> In regards to inflation. One of the things I have noticed over the last
> couple of years..........it seems to be accelerating, especially food
> shopping, is that the price will stay the same but you get less in the
> package. My cat food used to be 20 lbs. it's now 18, and I noticed one is
> down to 16 lbs. The facial tissues I buy used to be a 175
> count..........it's now down to 145........same box though. Two ounces are
> now missing from my favorite spaghetti sauce. Many canned goods used to be
> 16 ounces.....no more. I guess they figure most people just look at the
> price. I wonder if the government takes this kind of price increase into
> account when they figure cpi? Not that I believe those figures anyway.
> Harry
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ira
> To: REAL TRADERS
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 4:13 PM
> Subject: [RT] Stocks
>
>
> In looking for something to do I started to scan my stock list. All I
can
> say is that things look real ugly right now. In many instances price
> didn't rally much in the face of good news, short covering and bargain
> hunting. With expiration tomorrow it appears that a lot of puts might get
> exercised. If that does in fact occur there will be more downside
pressure
> on the markets. Monday's price action should be interesting.
>
> The inflation report today didn't help things any. Another move in gas
> prices to over $2 per gallon in my area reinforces what I have been saying
> for months. The government may not realize that there is inflation by
their
> numbers, but by mine, the cost of living has been increasing across the
> board for a couple of years.
>
> Have a good week end. Ira
>
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