Covid virus- prices sky rocketing

[missmuffet]

Have you noticed how the prices have gone sky high since the virus?

[johnthebaptist]

1 hour ago, missmuffet said:

Have you noticed how the prices have gone sky high since the virus?

That's what happens when the government spends money it doesn't have, as it has in dealing with the virus.

[one.opinion]

1 hour ago, missmuffet said:

Have you noticed how the prices have gone sky high since the virus?

Here is an article with several good reasons for this.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/food-prices-skyrocketing-blame-4-120000614.html

Edited July 25, 2021 by one.opinion
oops, forgot to post the link!

[Starise]

1 hour ago, missmuffet said:

Have you noticed how the prices have gone sky high since the virus?

Yes I have noticed. A gallon of regular unleaded fuel is $ 3.25 a gallon in PA. I filled up on the way home in Delaware for 2.99.

Lumber prices are high. I need to buy some pressure treated wood for a platform and I'm afraid to look at the prices. I expect to pay double what it was last year. The price of food seems to be slowly climbing here if you buy it from a grocery store. There are still decent buys to be had if you shop around. 

Some are  predicting hyper inflation on the horizon. It would not surprise me. As others have said, you can't pay people more to stay home and expect the economy to reboot.

[Sower]

On 7/25/2021 at 4:09 PM, Starise said:

Yes I have noticed. A gallon of regular unleaded fuel is $ 3.25 a gallon in PA. I filled up on the way home in Delaware for 2.99.

Lumber prices are high. I need to buy some pressure treated wood for a platform and I'm afraid to look at the prices. I expect to pay double what it was last year. The price of food seems to be slowly climbing here if you buy it from a grocery store. There are still decent buys to be had if you shop around. 

Some are  predicting hyper inflation on the horizon. It would not surprise me. As others have said, you can't pay people more to stay home and expect the economy to reboot.

Pressure treated plywood has really escalated in recent years. At our church we build a lot of wheel chair ramps for the elderly.
We have switched from $$ treated plywood to solid treated 2x6 lumber, which lasts longer anyway.

For my shop, I buy plywood by the unit, 40-60 sheets per unit, 3/4" MDO, 1/2" MDF, two units at a time.
A single sheet of 3/4" MDO 3yrs ago was $55.00, and now over a hundred.
The price hike in one week can cost me over a thousand dollars more/less, per delivery.
Mill closures have caused the 3/4" MDO to run out locally. No plywood, no work. No income.
So now I try to keep stocked up not knowing future availability.
I bid a job recently based on (anticipated) inflated cost, and got it. The lumber Co. honored their old quote.
Timing saved me a grand. It's crazy. Thank God for direction to act timely. It's the little things.
Once the mills are all back on line, as they have slowly been doing, prices will/should reflect.
Supply and demand. God bless America....
 

[Starise]

13 hours ago, Sower said:

Pressure treated plywood has really escalated in recent years. At our church we build a lot of wheel chair ramps for the elderly.
We have switched from $$ treated plywood to solid treated 2x6 lumber, which lasts longer anyway.

For my shop, I buy plywood by the unit, 40-60 sheets per unit, 3/4" MDO, 1/2" MDF, two units at a time.
A single sheet of 3/4" MDO 3yrs ago was $55.00, and now over a hundred.
The price hike in one week can cost me over a thousand dollars more/less, per delivery.
Mill closures have caused the 3/4" MDO to run out locally. No plywood, no work. No income.
So now I try to keep stocked up not knowing future availability.
I bid a job recently based on (anticipated) inflated cost, and got it. The lumber Co. honored their old quote.
Timing saved me a grand. It's crazy. Thank God for direction to act timely. It's the little things.
Once the mills are all back on line, as they have slowly been doing, prices will/should reflect.
Supply and demand. God bless America....
 

Being in the building trade must be crazy right now. I was thinking of building another chicken house because one of my hens has 9 chicks and another has two plus i have three larger ones getting feathers with nowhere to put them all.

I am seriously looking at building the frames from shipping crates as I can get them for free. I would still need to cover it with something and the legs need to be PT wood. ...or maybe I'll just give the chicks away.

[Sower]

3 hours ago, Starise said:

Being in the building trade must be crazy right now. I was thinking of building another chicken house because one of my hens has 9 chicks and another has two plus i have three larger ones getting feathers with nowhere to put them all.

I am seriously looking at building the frames from shipping crates as I can get them for free. I would still need to cover it with something and the legs need to be PT wood. ...or maybe I'll just give the chicks away.

Get on craigs list and type in 'old cedar fences'
Fence companies will replace 6' cedar fences removing 6'-8' +/_ sections for easy transport.
They will typically sell these sections, 6-8 foot long, by 6 foot tall for ten bucks.
People love the weathered look for bird houses and yard art.
I try to find the 1x6 vs 1x4 fencing for the width. They are fastened to 2x4s 6' long
I put my land here in Texas on a wildlife program vs cattle were phasing out. (Praise God!)
I build wildlife boxes/houses nesting boxes for song bird, squirrel, owl, water fowl, duck etc.
Those old fences just seem to last forever, and no painting.   Good luck...
PS.  Use 1/4 hardware cloth at bottom 3 foot, or your uninvited neighbor hood chicken snakes
will all be eating breakfast at your place........
Plastic eggs work also.


 

[other one]

4 hours ago, Starise said:

Being in the building trade must be crazy right now. I was thinking of building another chicken house because one of my hens has 9 chicks and another has two plus i have three larger ones getting feathers with nowhere to put them all.

I am seriously looking at building the frames from shipping crates as I can get them for free. I would still need to cover it with something and the legs need to be PT wood. ...or maybe I'll just give the chicks away.

I have relatives in the construction business and they tell me that an average cost of building a $250,000 house has increased about $60,000 because of the increase of just about everything from wood to concrete to appliances.  And sometimes they can't find the things they need.  I had my car in the shop this morning getting it serviced for scheduled service done and they tell me that it's getting hard to get some parts that fail on cars.

[Dennis1209]

On 7/25/2021 at 3:55 PM, johnthebaptist said:

That's what happens when the government spends money it doesn't have, as it has in dealing with the virus.

For those who cannot understand what's going on. A little book titled "The Law", by Frederic Bastiat, will more than explain. This is not taught in public education or institutions of higher learning anymore. Armed with this knowledge [and our Bible of course], we see exactly the reasons, plan, purpose and goals.

The cycle of nations and empires is predictable, and repeated over and over again. But this time, it will culminate in mans desire for safety, peace and harmony; with a global government. I think we know how that turns out?

[johnthebaptist]

42 minutes ago, Dennis1209 said:

For those who cannot understand what's going on. A little book titled "The Law", by Frederic Bastiat, will more than explain. This is not taught in public education or institutions of higher learning anymore. Armed with this knowledge [and our Bible of course], we see exactly the reasons, plan, purpose and goals.

The cycle of nations and empires is predictable, and repeated over and over again. But this time, it will culminate in mans desire for safety, peace and harmony; with a global government. I think we know how that turns out?

I wonder if every generation goes through something like this.