In N. Dakota now. Nice that fuel prices are at 3.10 to 3.20. 3.20 to 3.40 in Montana.
Saw two Prevosts yesterday on I94. One all black, other all white with ss bottom. Glad we got out of Ca. when we did. Looks like it's mostly burning to the ground. Pretty smokey when we went through Tahoe. Saw the worlds largest Holstein yesterday evening.lol
about 7:00 last evening, passed a nice utility/refrigerator cart lying on the berm along with a piece of shredded ratchet strap. Quickly pulled off and walked back and retrieved it. Some scratches, but otherwise in nice condition.
:^
Quote from: chessie4905 on September 01, 2021, 10:27:09 AM
In N. Dakota now. Nice that fuel prices are at 3.10 to 3.20. 3.20 to 3.40 in Montana.
Saw two Prevosts yesterday on I94. One all black, other all white with ss bottom. Glad we got out of Ca. when we did. Looks like it's mostly burning to the ground. Pretty smokey when we went through Tahoe. Saw the worlds largest Holstein yesterday evening.lol
about 7:00 last evening, passed a nice utility/refrigerator cart lying on the berm along with a piece of shredded ratchet strap. Quickly pulled off and walked back and retrieved it. Some scratches, but otherwise in nice condition.
A year ago when we bought our house in Nampa, Idaho, regular gas was $1.999 at the Walmart. It is $3.859 today. Good Luck, TomC
Quote from: TomC on September 03, 2021, 03:15:40 PM
A year ago when we bought our house in Nampa, Idaho, regular gas was $1.999 at the Walmart. It is $3.859 today. Good Luck, TomC
In Idaho fuel is always higher because John Jackson (Jackson Food Stores) owns all the oil distributors in the valley he has a large tank farm on Orchard and Emerald.The Maverick owned by the Call family former owners of Flying J gives you a little break here but not much lol I don't care for the 4 bucks a gal diesel here in Boise but I like the cool days and nights
nice here in S Dakota. Fuel in places a little under $3.00 a gallon
Quote from: chessie4905 on September 03, 2021, 04:43:07 PM
nice here in S Dakota. Fuel in places a little under $3.00 a gallon
LOL this beast will get around 170 gals when we get home for $2.80 a gal you can count on that
I am heading west with my bus in two weeks. I was checking fuel prices along the route using Gas Buddy and I noticed that diesel prices start to get really high once you cross into Wyoming. Cheyenne, Wyoming is mostly $3.39 and up. It gets up to $3.79 by the time you hit Rock Springs. Reno, Nevada is $4 and up. A Costco and a Sam's Club in Lincoln, NE are both at $2.73 while everywhere else is $3.19. The problem is it takes two to three gallons to detour off I-80 to Sam's Club.
Minnesota is $3.09 to $3.19. This will be the most expensive trip fuel wise in a number of years. The cost will be at least 50% more than last year.
Dakota are both decent. do the math before you drive far to get cheapest price. mpg vs distance travelled. how much fuel burned and cost vs money saved. Of course, the more fuel added, better chance of saving significant money. We're in a pickup, so we usually only add 25 to 30 gallons average. I have 4 Def jugs, so am filling them at truck islands. that price/ gal varies quite a bit also, but much cheaper than even Walmart.
First time I saw this at fuel pump last night. in Mitchell S.D.
Oh, and Corn Palace was nice.
Chessie I think you got caught in the same time warp as I did...
Yeah, seems pics are coming out upside down. I'll see if I can fix it. Seems this happened before.
seems it is only here. they come out OK on Facebook or email.
$4.09 a gallon here in Ventura, Ca. Jack
Price makes no difference if you travel you pay the prices lol I stopped worrying about it on this trip,it's just not CA Jack I seen a lot of $4.05 prices in Idaho
been using gas buddy. works good. Although a few stations sold that bio crap and went to another one. don't want to risk any issues on the Duramax. I want to get the card. 25 cents off per, but am away from home to get card. Yesterday got fuel across from truck stop the fuel price difference was 3.05 vs 3.76. don't know how much tsd would have saved there.
Sometimes it's important to pay attention to the tax situation - we're in Ohio right now and about to head to Pennsylvania. Tax per gallon will jump about $0.20 once we cross the line. We'll fill up before leaving Ohio. TSD's app is showing a truck stop at $3.18 right now, about $3.75 on the PA side.
With out the cab permit in Oregon the posted price jumps 40 cents a gal for a RV it is a mileage tax there truckers pay it by the month RVers pay at the pump
In Iowa today. Fuel prices hovering around 3.00/gal. Little more, little less.
Saw the worlds largest ball of twine in Cawker, Ia., and the geographical center of the IA. United States near Lebanon, IA.
Go Hawkeyes! :^
western Okla--90 mi west of OKC.
Loves on I-40 3.48 for cash--+ 5 cents for plastic.
4 miles east in town...3.05
Quote from: OKIE9ERS on October 03, 2021, 09:55:00 AM
western Okla--90 mi west of OKC.
Loves on I-40 3.48 for cash--+ 5 cents for plastic.
4 miles east in town...3.05
It $2.82 plastic or cash in Bullhead AZ.$2.82 at Sams $2.76 with the Sams credit card
got back home Friday. 24,000 miles this summer trip all over the US West. Shocked when fueling up here in PA. $3.69. Friend said it jumped here about 2 weeks ago. Wasn't that high for a few states ago.
Quote from: chessie4905 on October 03, 2021, 11:27:04 AM
got back home Friday. 24,000 miles this summer trip all over the US West. Shocked when fueling up here in PA. $3.69. Friend said it jumped here about 2 weeks ago. Wasn't that high for a few states ago.
OK had the lowest taxes on fuel for many years it $.05 till 2018 and now it just keeps going up, it is like $.20 a gal now
Quote from: chessie4905 on October 03, 2021, 11:27:04 AM
got back home Friday. 24,000 miles this summer trip all over the US West. Shocked when fueling up here in PA. $3.69. Friend said it jumped here about 2 weeks ago. Wasn't that high for a few states ago.
I always avoid fueling in PA when possible. Isn't the tax there about the highest in the country?
Quote from: richard5933 on October 03, 2021, 01:59:52 PM
I always avoid fueling in PA when possible. Isn't the tax there about the highest in the country?
thats because the roads are as smooth as silk !!
well not the roads I have had to drive on
dave
They were for about a year, but Ca. jacked theirs again. They didn't care for second place.
Alot of roads out west aren't too great. Even some of the interstates are poor. One road in NM was heaved so bad, had to run 35 to 40 for 30 miles. But the pavement itself was nice.
Michigan has poor non interstate roads all over.
I don't know who finishes the concrete roads out west, but they should be fired. Even new or newer sections rippled or bowed, causing some constant bouncing.
In CA, nobody slows down at all in work zones. Even with signs everywhere stating "No Tolerance" Observed better in other states.
Interstate and US marked hiways the Feds are responsible for the funds not the states,Texas farm to market hiways are better than most fed hiways.LOL the Feds are working on it according to the BS coming out of DC
Interesting thing out there. They break up the concrete during road rebuild and run it through portable crushers for reuse.
Another thing, I think in Kansas, they reversed direction of travel lanes for about 1/2 mile at an interchange they were rebuilding. Really was odd. Never saw that before.
Quote from: luvrbus on October 03, 2021, 05:36:56 PM
Interstate and US marked hiways the Feds are responsible for the funds not the states,Texas farm to market hiways are better than most fed hiways.LOL the Feds are working on it according to the BS coming out of DC
While certainly federal funds are used as part of the highway maintenance budgets, states and local governments are solely responsible for Interstate Highway maintenance.
Often states will get federal money to use to build a stretch of Interstate Highway, which is why special permission is required to add to tolls to an Interstate. It's my understanding that if a state builds the road without federal funding they can put tolls on it without permission.
Don't blame the Feds for the lack of maintenance on highways in a particular state. That blame belongs squarely on the elected folks in each state. Just like here in Wisconsin - we've been struggling with statehouse occupants who have bickered over highway funding for years (decades) and used the money for things other than maintaining the road. Now there are some stretches which are crumbling and they are pulling money from other project to get the repairs done. They'd certainly love to have more federal money to inject into the roads budget, but they'd likely piss it away on nonsense anyhow.
here in Pa. They do it all the time. After the historic gas tax increase for bridge and road rebuilding a few years back, they've managed to repair a dam for the fish commission, fund State police coverage for small communities with local police, projects for mass transit in cities, and anything else to siphon away the monies.
Quote from: richard5933 on March 06, 1975, 03:41:35 AM
They'd certainly love to have more federal money to inject into the roads budget, but they'd likely piss it away on nonsense anyhow.
LIKELY MY @$#!
You know damn well they already have something planned to waste that extra $ on before they even ask for it!
:D BK :D
In Minnesota, the gas tax is dedicated to only highways by the state constitution. This hasn't stopped politicians from trying to slap other taxes on gas that aren't technically a gas tax. Those taxes could be used for anything politicians want to spend them on.
Interstates are FED funded built by Fed specifications the states do maintain the highways as the Fed funds dictate.The Interstate System is a Federal system and always has been,we in AZ and NV are getting another interstate that ties Phoenix to Las Vegas.The Interstate system in AZ went to hell when Obama withheld funds because him a Jan Brewer got into a pissing contest.I know for a fact since I did highway work in Texas and OK not 1 penny of the state money goes to fund interstate maintaince back east it may work different but I doubt it,Didn't they just have problem with Fed on funding for maintaince
I could imagine Fed funding is probably allocated according to which party controls the allocation direction to specific state's interstates.
I could imagine Fed funding is probably allocated according to which party controls the allocation direction to specific state's interstates.
I don't know all the particulars of how and what is allowed toll wise but I do know that I was once told that if the state (or some private source) put up the $ to build the hwy they could charge tolls until the $, plus interest, plus maintenance fees up to that point was paid back.
I was also told that KY was one only a few states that did that honored the deal and took tolls off after the $ was repaid.
I can assure you that the toll $ being collected in the Chicago/N. IN area as well as the OH & PA turnpikes is NOT being spent on maintenance! (or any of the bridges coming out of NJ for that matter)
Now speaking of tolls on the bridges coming OUT of but not going into NJ.
Do you know why they only charge coming out but not going in?
Because NOBODY in there right mind would EVER PAY to go into NJ, but EVERYONE is willing to pay to get the HELL OUT of there!
:D BK :D
Same reason why there are fences & gates around cemeteries because people are just dieing to get in!
Usually, being #1 is great. This, not so much. I avoid it 98% of the time.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/39672/the-pennsylvania-turnpike-is-the-worlds-most-expensive-toll-road-study
https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/why-pa-turnpike-tolls-soared-and-will-continue-rising-for-next-30-years/
Those dump trailers used in Mi would be exorbitant on the turnpike. Yikes!
And the turnpike charges by the axle whether single or dual wheel.
Quote from: luvrbus on October 04, 2021, 07:46:54 AM
Interstates are FED funded built by Fed specifications the states do maintain the highways as the Fed funds dictate.The Interstate System is a Federal system and always has been,we in AZ and NV are getting another interstate that ties Phoenix to Las Vegas.The Interstate system in AZ went to hell when Obama withheld funds because him a Jan Brewer got into a pissing contest.I know for a fact since I did highway work in Texas and OK not 1 penny of the state money goes to fund interstate maintaince back east it may work different but I doubt it,Didn't they just have problem with Fed on funding for maintaince
Maybe in your neck of the woods, but there are many stretches of roads designated as part of the Interstate Highway system here in Wisconsin that were built as state roads originally and only later merged into the Interstate system.
True, the Interstate Highway designation is a federal designation, but there are many roads built partially or wholly with state funds that are part of the system.
Federal funding for roads and getting an Interstate Highway designation are not always in sync. When toll roads are in play things get even more confusing, even more so when a state tries to privatize a piece of infrastructure on an Interstate Highway (yes, it happens.)
Quote from: richard5933 on October 04, 2021, 02:58:58 PM
Maybe in your neck of the woods, but there are many stretches of roads designated as part of the Interstate Highway system here in Wisconsin that were built as state roads originally and only later merged into the Interstate system.
True, the Interstate Highway designation is a federal designation, but there are many roads built partially or wholly with state funds that are part of the system.
Federal funding for roads and getting an Interstate Highway designation are not always in sync. When toll roads are in play things get even more confusing, even more so when a state tries to privatize a piece of infrastructure on an Interstate Highway (yes, it happens.)
States are allowed to make parts of the Interstate System a toll road that has always been a option,if they use part of a state hiway which I never saw before you can bet the farm the state was paid big money,they always use a US highway like US 59 or US 75 in Texas became part of the interstate system same here in AZ US 93 and US 95 are part of Interstate 11 now
Ok I hear you about fuel taxes and on the other side I absolutely do not agree with mileage travel taxes and it adds to much of an intrusion and bureaucratic overhead to collect and penalize errors.
States tend to add a licensing surcharge for electrical vehicles, however that doesn't flow to the federal level for when you travel out of state.
However when you are trying to raise a new crop, do you really want to piss all over the seed corn?
Quote from: freds on October 04, 2021, 09:39:31 PM
Ok I hear you about fuel taxes and on the other side I absolutely do not agree with mileage travel taxes and it adds to much of an intrusion and bureaucratic overhead to collect and penalize errors.
States tend to add a licensing surcharge for electrical vehicles, however that doesn't flow to the federal level for when you travel out of state.
However when you are trying to raise a new crop, do you really want to piss all over the seed corn?
I hear you about the privacy issues, but with traffic cams an surveillance everywhere I operate on the assumption that the privacy ship sailed a long time ago.
Most newer vehicles have the ability to automatically record the data necessary to track mileage traveled in each state, just like the commercial truck fleet has been doing for years. Many even have the ability to automatically submit the data wirelessly.
Would obviously not work for vintage vehicles like many of us drive, but for newer vehicles it sure seems a more equitable way to divvy up the costs - use a formula which takes into account the weight of the vehicle, number of tires, etc. and let everyone pay their fare share of road use taxes rather than basing it on an arbitrary number like the number of gallons pumped. Used to be the number of gallons was directly related to the distance traveled, but no longer. Some cars get 10 mpg while others will never pump an ounce.
In Minnesota federal funds certainly aren't paying the full cost of interstate highways. State funds pay for the majority of interstate construction.
Make sense that the people in your state use it more than others..>>>Dan
Not in Nevada, certainly even more so in Southern Nevada. Even at a stop light in the suburbs, half the cars are from out of state. lvmci...
I wonder how they'll get their $$ when we start flying around in George Jetson air transport vehicles. Charge for using air? Going to only get more crazy. And yes, this shall come as plenty of prototypes are working.
Quote from: belfert on October 05, 2021, 07:46:54 AM
In Minnesota federal funds certainly aren't paying the full cost of interstate highways. State funds pay for the majority of interstate construction.
I doubt that Belfert MN is always asking for grants from the Feds to build highways I read that in the Bridge and Road magazine.They got 1/2 of the 50 million they asked for to rebuild the state highway 14.Here in the Phoenix area we have no Interstate loops the 101,202 and 303 are State highways because AZ didn't won't to deal the Feds laws on loops .I have taken the DOT licensing in 3 different states the Fed part is the same BS in all 3 states ,the state part will vary alot for each state
Quote from: luvrbus on October 05, 2021, 12:18:59 PM
I doubt that Belfert MN is always asking for grants from the Feds to build highways I read that in the Bridge and Road magazine.They got 1/2 of the 50 million they asked for to rebuild the state highway 14.Here in the Phoenix area we have no Interstate loops the 101,202 and 303 are State highways because AZ didn't won't to deal the Feds laws on loops .I have taken the DOT licensing in 3 different states the Fed part is the same BS in all 3 states ,the state part will vary alot for each state
Sure, they get federal grants every year, but they usually cover no more than about 25% of the cost. The current phase of the Hwy 14 project is $108 million while the next phase of Hwy 14 construction starting next year is estimated at $70 to $75 million. MNDOT got a federal grant of $22 million for the next phase of Hwy 14 construction so federal taxpayers are paying about 30% while Minnesota taxpayers are paying the remaining 70%.
MN has $160 million applied for pending grants plus the 50/50 matching funding from the DOT , all states play the game not just MN.Don Laughlin paid 2.8 million out of his pocket for the bridge across the Colorado River,now the new Harry Reid bridge across the River is close to 30 million with Bullhead paying 1/2 and Feds paying 1/2, DC is playing games with the taxpayers
I noticed noticeable percentage of of cars, campers, etc were from Ca. when we were in non Ca. States. Many more than
I would have expected.
In Colorado interstates are built by the state to federal standards and all that comes with it plenty of wasted money on fed regulations. The project is not completely funded by the feds the state also has to pony up. As to concrete roads in the long run concrete is cheaper. The older roads didn't have dowel barsi n the sawed joints thus the movement. Now with dowels both slabz move not as noticeable. They are refining the process all the time. In Colorado all roads are tested for smothness and if out of specs they are ground to be within specs. Short story a few years ago a contractor had to do a bunch of grinding at his expense and to add insult to injury they deducted from his concrete paving for not being thick enough after grinding. He filed bankruptcy.
Wayne
All states I worked in have the same Wayne I have had to ride in the car with the sensors before lol then they screw up the transition to the bridge and let it slide Ok is the worse about it they could never get it right.Sad but diamond grinding and the deduction would cause a contractor to go broke
$3.54/gallon at Maverick in Nampa, Idaho.
Quote from: TomC on October 06, 2021, 09:14:42 AM
$3.54/gallon at Maverick in Nampa, Idaho.
I like the Maverick stations most have 2 grades of diesel fuel the Bio and real diesel for 15 cents more than the bio junk.My ISX likes the real stuff my fuel mileage goes up 1.3 MPG with the good stuff,I filled today for $3.05 /gal at Maverick
Up and up it goes.
This AM Toronto woke up to gasoline at CDN$1.44 a litre, with more hikes to come.
That's US$4.32 per US gallon
Happening around the world, we are not alone...
Better get the tank filled, if you haven't already...
The math:
X 3.78 makes that CDN$5.44 per US gallon
Exchange rate this morning $1.26 :1
US$4.32 per US gallon
Happy coaching!
Buswarrior
Quote from: buswarrior on October 07, 2021, 04:51:24 AM
Up and up it goes.
This AM Toronto woke up to gasoline at CDN$1.44 a litre, with more hikes to come.
That's US$4.32 per US gallon
Hang on for the ride oil is bumping 80 bucks a barrel and rising with winter around the corner.
Happening around the world, we are not alone...
Better get the tank filled, if you haven't already...
The math:
X 3.78 makes that CDN$5.44 per US gallon
Exchange rate this morning $1.26 :1
US$4.32 per US gallon
Happy coaching!
Buswarrior
$4.32? Almost what I paid in CA. this summer.
Some interesting information:
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/gasoline-prices-adjusted-for-inflation/
When adjusted for inflation, we've paid much more at points in history for fuel.
Quote from: richard5933 on October 07, 2021, 08:34:29 AM
Some interesting information:
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/gasoline-prices-adjusted-for-inflation/
When adjusted for inflation, we've paid much more at points in history for fuel.
There is no inflation I know it is true the people in DC said so, a 100$ bill will not fill my pickup anymore
Quote from: luvrbus on October 07, 2021, 09:27:36 AM
There is no inflation I know it is true the people in DC said so, a 100$ bill will not fill my pickup anymore
Not sure if you're joking or not.
It's true that the dollar & cents we pay for fuel is more than we paid in the past, but so are our salaries/wages. Adjusting things out to compare buying power then vs. buying power now we used more of our buying power in the past to buy fuel than now.
Thanks, I feel so much better now.
Quote from: chessie4905 on October 07, 2021, 06:47:42 PM
Thanks, I feel so much better now.
I didn't know the goal here was to make everyone feel better. Somehow I thought a bit of an historical perspective would help - guess not.
Fuel has always been subsidized since the 50's or we would be paying 8 bucks a gal now,Oil is traded in American dollars when our dollar is worth less the higher the price becomes so life goes on,My granddad became a wealthy man selling oil for $2.50 a barrel
I just paid $900 and change for a replacement timing actuator for the fuel pump for the Cummins ISX. It is really just a solenoid valve, about 2" cube. Makes the price of fuel seem trivial to keep the thing running...
Quote from: lostagain on October 08, 2021, 06:52:44 AM
I just paid $900 and change for a replacement timing actuator for the fuel pump for the Cummins ISX. It is really just a solenoid valve, about 2" cube. Makes the price of fuel seem trivial to keep the thing running...
Cummins told me the turbo needs to be changed at no more than 150,000 miles wait till you price it from Cummins, I bought a WAX valve for the fan just to have in case mine ever failed that gizmo was $700.00
Quote from: richard5933 on October 07, 2021, 03:42:22 PM
Not sure if you're joking or not.
It's true that the dollar & cents we pay for fuel is more than we paid in the past, but so are our salaries/wages. Adjusting things out to compare buying power then vs. buying power now we used more of our buying power in the past to buy fuel than now.
Interesting enough to divert for a couple clicks in the Internet. So many sources but here is one from US Govt. https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/fact-915-march-7-2016-average-historical-annual-gasoline-pump-price-1929-2015
Seems to say inflation adjusted, gas costs about the same. What is not reported is what percentage fule was of average consumer budget. I'd venture to say a fair number of consumers in 1929 had a zero in the fuel budget, same as cell bill, same for cable, etc. LOL
Quote from: windtrader on October 08, 2021, 08:18:18 AM
Interesting enough to divert for a couple clicks in the Internet. So many sources but here is one from US Govt. https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/fact-915-march-7-2016-average-historical-annual-gasoline-pump-price-1929-2015
Seems to say inflation adjusted, gas costs about the same. What is not reported is what percentage fule was of average consumer budget. I'd venture to say a fair number of consumers in 1929 had a zero in the fuel budget, same as cell bill, same for cable, etc. LOL
Interesting question - how much the average consumer spends as a percentage of overall family budget. Lots of things we pay for now which were not in the budget back then, and it's pretty easy to see how we've nickled and timed ourselves with all these things to the point where our money doesn't seem to go as far as it used to even though we may have more of it.
We've been on a mission to reduce some of the parasitic drain on the budget, but it's not easy.
I know the people that are still working keep up with inflation.
But us old retired people have i hard time trying to keep up.
The main reason you see old retired people being greeters at Walmart and doing jobs that used to be high school kids.
Social security is now just about a joke. and saving account interest is a bigger joke.
If you were not smart in your working years and hide money from your favorite uncle it
would be tough to even eat.
Much less to own a money pit bus.
.09% raise this year.
uncle ned
Thanks for good ole NC spring water.
Quote from: uncle ned on October 08, 2021, 09:01:05 AM
I know the people that are still working keep up with inflation.
But us old retired people have i hard time trying to keep up.
The main reason you see old retired people being greeters at Walmart and doing jobs that used to be high school kids.
Social security is now just about a joke. and saving account interest is a bigger joke.
If you were not smart in your working years and hide money from your favorite uncle it
would be tough to even eat.
Much less to own a money pit bus.
.09% raise this year.
uncle ned
Thanks for good ole NC spring water.
S/S is a joke Ned the politicians probably have never been in grocery in years,it is nothing to those nuts to pay $100.00 for lunch and a couple of drinks.lol interest on savings is past history now you pay a bank to use your money,things are not going to get better with the elected nut cases we have in DC for sure, no mason jars with spring water here just old JD
Quote from: uncle ned on October 08, 2021, 09:01:05 AM
I know the people that are still working keep up with inflation.
But us old retired people have i hard time trying to keep up.
The main reason you see old retired people being greeters at Walmart and doing jobs that used to be high school kids.
Social security is now just about a joke. and saving account interest is a bigger joke.
If you were not smart in your working years and hide money from your favorite uncle it
would be tough to even eat.
Much less to own a money pit bus.
.09% raise this year.
uncle ned
Thanks for good ole NC spring water.
Ned the world is crazy, we have several accounts with Chase bank ,when traveling this year I ordered some check for the travel account I got a bill for 20 bucks,then I got a $12 charge for service because the account fell below 5K on the 1st of the month.Took me a couple of minutes to recoup that $32.00 it really pissed me off laws that allow credit card and banks to change a agreement one has had for 20 years
Here's another reason Fuel costs are gonna go through the roof. Yestarday out of the Outhouse with the Clowns running the chit show,,,
"The White House said Thursday they will not act immediately to alleviate high gas prices in the United States, citing the need to shift consumption to green energy."
You can run that Vehicle on Wind and Solar Energy.
Quote from: muldoonman on October 08, 2021, 10:08:41 AM
Here's another reason Fuel costs are gonna go through the roof. Yestarday out of the Outhouse with the Clowns running the chit show,,,
"The White House said Thursday they will not act immediately to alleviate high gas prices in the United States, citing the need to shift consumption to green energy."
You can run that Vehicle on Wind and Solar Energy.
Yep we need a vaccine for stupid CV-19 is not the problem
SS increase is purported to be one of the largest on record. around 6%
https://www.investors.com/etfs-and-funds/retirement/social-security-cola/
you can go and buy a couple of extra gallons of diesel to go to the grocery store.
Quote from: windtrader on October 08, 2021, 01:24:51 PM
SS increase is purported to be one of the largest on record. around 6%
https://www.investors.com/etfs-and-funds/retirement/social-security-cola/
you can go and buy a couple of extra gallons of diesel to go to the grocery store.
I doubt it when they increase payments on S/S they raise the premium on Medicare to offset the increase
At least prices are coming down a bit. At Maverick in Nampa, Idaho Diesel is $3.49.9.
Quote from: TomC on October 08, 2021, 03:11:44 PM
At least prices are coming down a bit. At Maverick in Nampa, Idaho Diesel is $3.49.9.
When we were in Boise during the summer fuel was close to 4 bucks a gal it has come down ,around here the highest I saw has been $3.19 Sam's was $2.92 so was FastTrip ,now FastTrip has a new deal they charge you a one time fee of $.35 for plastic good thing it is not 5 or 6 cents a gal
The price of fuel is not a problem you can make it work,where does FOOD come in our Government calculations on inflation ? no way people on S/S can keep up with the price of food now and pay their property taxes,insurance ,car maintaince and insurance.I feel for people trying to live on just S/S
There are as many ways to calculate inflation as there are people doing the calculating.
Usually the people at the helm choose a basket of goods which will produce the results they are looking for, so if the decision is whether or not to grant a COLA (cost of living adjustment) often they'll include/exclude items to provide the results they want depending on if they are pro or con the increase.
Long-term inflation calculations generally include a much wider variety of goods in their calculations and are not as restricted as the COLA baskets. These long-term calculations are reward projecting and trying to see how much buying power a dollar actually had at any given point in history.
I read all the charts and rates and have no idea where they get their information when a $.50 loaf of bread back in the 90's cost you over $3.00 now and hamburger cost $6.00 a lb.I hate going to a grocery store you get nothing for a $100.00.It's sad to see seniors with a basket full of Ramen noodles because a spouse has passed away and S/S only gives them their S/S or the dead spouses S/S but they cannot draw both.Then you see young people with shorts hanging down showing their @$# buying $20.00 a lb steak with a government issued card.Rant is over I am starting to get pissed over the whole deal
A couple of weeks ago I bought 85% ground beef from Aldi for $3.50 a pound (not a sale price) for my trip with my friends. One of my friends said ground beef was too expensive and not to buy it, but I bought it anyway. We spent about $60 per person for groceries for eight days which is a bargain for how well we ate. That $60 included some large shrimp and other stuff that wasn't inexpensive.
A lot of the groceries I normally buy have jumped pretty good.
every one I buy " stuff " from uses covid as an excuse . whether to jack up the price or use it because you will wait months to get what you ordered or only 1/2 your order cames in
everything is stupid today, even the local tim hortons coffee shop as they had to close the doors and only let you go through the drive through as every store or business has a help wanted sign as no one wants to work because of the covid money they are getting from the gov.
there must have been a sale on help wanted signs as they are every where
price on everything has gone up
this sucks
dave
Most here all agree that prices are going up but Jerome says no and keeps interest at near zero and buys as many bonds the Treasury can print. And the stock market drinks his Kool-aid as everyone still piles on on the dips. And Joe is banging the drum to print another 3 trillion in phony money. When this one crashes, let's just hope the fatalities don't break the calculator.
Quote from: luvrbus on October 09, 2021, 07:24:37 AM
The price of fuel is not a problem you can make it work,where does FOOD come in our Government calculations on inflation ? no way people on S/S can keep up with the price of food now and pay their property taxes,insurance ,car maintaince and insurance.I feel for people trying to live on just S/S
Widow or widower, full retirement age or older—100 percent of your benefit amount. Widow or widower, age 60 to full retirement age—71½ to 99 percent of your basic amount. Disabled widow or widower, age 50 through 59—71½ percent. Widow or widower, any age, caring for a child under age 16—75 percent.
And the price of Ramin is 2.47 for a case and it goes far with tuna or ground beef in it too...
It sucks Dave when a woman worked as hard as the spouse and if one dies I think they should get both of the S/S benefits not just the one or the other.We have a friend that lost his wife he draws on her S/S because it was more than his, cutting income in 1/2 does create a hardship on some people,the DC idiots have it figured out you pay for 50 years and they bank on paying you for 10 years
Well in talking to SS they say that they if both are retired and over 60, you add the two together and it is split down the middle. D makes 600.00 a month more than me because I was mostly self employed and she got it higher because on being disabled
Quote from: Dave5Cs on October 10, 2021, 04:27:11 PM
Well in talking to SS they say that they if both are retired and over 60, you add the two together and it is split down the middle. D makes 600.00 a month more than me because I was mostly self employed and she got it higher because on being disabled
I think you will find out different god forbid if you need to,our friend dodged S/S for years he was only drawing $288.00 a month she was drawing around $1600.00 and that is what he draws now.I stiil think the living spouse is entitled to both myself without question.The way rules changes on S/S yours may be different than ours but ours is one or the other no splitting.At one time till the 70's the living spouse did get both that changed along with Ronnie taxing S/S