Interesting that silver ratio is $1562 per once and gold is $12,632 per once. Also wage median is 36k and in 2000 it was 32k, but house and car median has almost tripled in that same time frame.
My wife and I have been lucky so far in that inflation has only affected our food prices and we both work OT when available. November marks our second year in the house we rent, but I asked for a 2 year extension after the first year so we have the same rate for the next 14 months. I quit driving, and my wife has never driven. Her Employer is a major hospital which donates enough to mass transit so that she rides the bus for free while I had a discount disabled ID and now am 65 so I ride the bus for 33 bucks a month and I probably spend 50 a month average on Uber going to work when the weather's bad and coming back with groceries I don't want to lug on the bus. Heating gas went up a bit, but manageable.
I do feel bad for the people having to make tough choices because of the inflation though. Gas is 3.79 a gallon here, cars and homes are crazy expensive, and interest rates on debt has soared.
We were affected by the COVID lockdowns, living in my wife's country and being separated because they stopped passenger travel between Islands and my wife had a family emergency. We basically came back to the USA with a few suitcases and a moderate amount of savings left.
I'm sure things are going to get worse before they get better, and the only advice I can give is to earn as much as you can and cut out all luxuries. A 10 dollar meal at home costs 50 going out. If you have more than 3-4 pair of shoes, 10 shirts, and pants, maybe don't buy more. there's 168 hours in a week. At 40 hours you are working less than 25% of your time. OT, Side gigs, hobbies you can make money from are ways to boost income. Stock up on food!
Praying that God will reach out and stop the demons soon. Things have picked up pace significantly since the mid-terms and many more are awake.
They lowered the quality of diesel by refining the sulfur out, but now they are spraying sulfur dioxide straight into the atmosphere to fight "climate change". It's pure insanity
Interesting that silver ratio is $1562 per once and gold is $12,632 per once. Also wage median is 36k and in 2000 it was 32k, but house and car median has almost tripled in that same time frame.
My wife and I have been lucky so far in that inflation has only affected our food prices and we both work OT when available. November marks our second year in the house we rent, but I asked for a 2 year extension after the first year so we have the same rate for the next 14 months. I quit driving, and my wife has never driven. Her Employer is a major hospital which donates enough to mass transit so that she rides the bus for free while I had a discount disabled ID and now am 65 so I ride the bus for 33 bucks a month and I probably spend 50 a month average on Uber going to work when the weather's bad and coming back with groceries I don't want to lug on the bus. Heating gas went up a bit, but manageable.
I do feel bad for the people having to make tough choices because of the inflation though. Gas is 3.79 a gallon here, cars and homes are crazy expensive, and interest rates on debt has soared.
We were affected by the COVID lockdowns, living in my wife's country and being separated because they stopped passenger travel between Islands and my wife had a family emergency. We basically came back to the USA with a few suitcases and a moderate amount of savings left.
I'm sure things are going to get worse before they get better, and the only advice I can give is to earn as much as you can and cut out all luxuries. A 10 dollar meal at home costs 50 going out. If you have more than 3-4 pair of shoes, 10 shirts, and pants, maybe don't buy more. there's 168 hours in a week. At 40 hours you are working less than 25% of your time. OT, Side gigs, hobbies you can make money from are ways to boost income. Stock up on food!
Praying that God will reach out and stop the demons soon. Things have picked up pace significantly since the mid-terms and many more are awake.
I drive my diesel truck everywhere out of spite
LOL great! Diesel engines are very long lasting. Diesel fuel should be cheaper than gas as its less refined, it used to be.
They lowered the quality of diesel by refining the sulfur out, but now they are spraying sulfur dioxide straight into the atmosphere to fight "climate change". It's pure insanity