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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2805261, member: 27832"]We can try to nail down some numbers, but we need goalposts to aim for, not squirrel tails. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Say what you want about "official inflation figures", but at at least they <i>publish</i> their basis of measurement, instead of saying "well, everything, except things that shouldn't count".</p><p><br /></p><p>At the risk of going TMI, I'm paying about the same for toilet paper as I did five years ago. Bread is probably a bit higher. Boneless chicken breasts are lower. Milk -- five years ago (and for most of the time around then), I was paying $3/gallon when it was on sale, $3.50 or so regular price; for the last couple of weeks, I've been getting it for $1.19/gallon at Aldi, and I'm guessing it'll go up when enough dairy farmers go bankrupt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cars? The last time I bought a car was in 2003. I can't help you there. But I think we can all agree that gasoline pricing picks its own roller-coaster path.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, if you aren't willing to accept someone else's shopping basket for inflation measurement, and aren't willing to <i>rigorously</i> define your own...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2805261, member: 27832"]We can try to nail down some numbers, but we need goalposts to aim for, not squirrel tails. ;) Say what you want about "official inflation figures", but at at least they [I]publish[/I] their basis of measurement, instead of saying "well, everything, except things that shouldn't count". At the risk of going TMI, I'm paying about the same for toilet paper as I did five years ago. Bread is probably a bit higher. Boneless chicken breasts are lower. Milk -- five years ago (and for most of the time around then), I was paying $3/gallon when it was on sale, $3.50 or so regular price; for the last couple of weeks, I've been getting it for $1.19/gallon at Aldi, and I'm guessing it'll go up when enough dairy farmers go bankrupt. Cars? The last time I bought a car was in 2003. I can't help you there. But I think we can all agree that gasoline pricing picks its own roller-coaster path. So, if you aren't willing to accept someone else's shopping basket for inflation measurement, and aren't willing to [I]rigorously[/I] define your own...[/QUOTE]
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