Posted on 10/24/2021 8:25:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Welcome to Bidenzula!
Further proof that half the population (and probably 90% of J-schoolers) are below the median IQ.
Whatever COLA they get, it’s usually eaten up by higher Medicare premiums.
Repeat after me....Cost. Of. Living. Adjustment.
This spreads to everyone. We got a 4% raise in June and still end up with a paycut.
Gas alone up from $2.79 to $5.39 since the Biden regime was installed.
Good and restaurant prices rising very rapidly too. Prices not going up by just a couple percent. Some going up 25 percent some 50 and done even more.
And it’s only a few months into this new regime.
Insurance premiums and prescription costs will do me in eventually. I’ll cut wood to heat with as long as my health holds out. A pox on Biden will be on my dying lips.
I learned a few years back that your SS benefit can be temporarily lowered, in my case around $200 a month for 24 months ($4,800 by bye). My crime was reporting a large capital gain to the IRS. And yes I paid the federal and state income taxes on time and in full.
Anybody known q good way to increase thermal insulation on windows? I used to buy plastic stuff to put on windows. Didn’t help much.
Number four is the one that concerns me the most. I already took care of number three by moving to a place where the “starting” property tax is absurdly low. 32 USABLE acres and a new house and large old barn, $248 a year. And after I added a 30x60 shop/office building, they jumped up to a whopping $435 a year. That’s fine.
But number four is not so fine. I put a wood burning stove in the new building (I have 26 acres of woods to supply it) but none in the house. It’s fairly small so I’m considering a “tent” wood stove with pipe running through a panel that replaces a top pane of one of the windows. Not to completely heat, but to augment. i.e. only use it when we are home and awake. And we’d only need it for a month or two when it gets really cold. We might get a bit warm in the summer though if we need to cut back on AC. But it would have to really go up to be that much of a problem. e.g. go up times six or ten with no offset in SS rate.
did you use the shrink fit plastic and get a good airtight seal?
and if we need to do any repairs to the house or rental unit- lumber is through the roof-
We have a large upright freezer in our garage. Probably about 75% of the meat we buy is bought on sale. Actually it could be closer to 90%. I imagine the cost of the freezer has long since been covered by the savings from being able to stock ahead with food purchased on sale.
I’m sure we’re going to get creamed with homeowners insurance because the replacement cost of the house is going through the roof
I’ve recently tried bubble wrap, applied
with double sided tape. Noticeable
difference.
When we retired we left ourselves a sizable cushion between monthly income and monthly outlay. As we get older and the gap narrows we’ll consolidate down to one house, two vehicles and one travel trailer. With no long-term debt we should be able to make it comfortably for the rest of our lives, as long as we don’t have hyperinflation. If we go full Weimer Republic then all bets are off.
And clothing and fuel.
Inflation ranges from 10-42%. 5.9% is a couple of drops in the bucket. Make it 20% and now we are talking.
For FUNCTIONALITY I use Foilfoam Board cut to fit each window inside the house.
Yes it will block out the light and vision.
Yes it will save massively on the Heating/Cooling Bills.
Yes many will call it: Tacky, Uncouth, Hillbilly; Butt Ugly, Etc.
Have some Artistic Kid paint some scenes on it like a Train exiting a tunnel, some Birds in a Tree, a Herd of Camels at an Oasis l, Etc.
ha food has already shot up again, just checked prices compared to a week ago...lets go brandon..
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