Reminds me of a Your World as I See It bit where Ernest P. Worrell (played by Jim Varney, 1949-2000) was trying to get a chip form a bag of chips, but all the chips were all gone.
A theater chain in my area called Harkins Theaters sells big bags of its popcorn for $12.00. The popcorn’s delicious and only takes me about 5 days to run through the entire bag.;-D
Think the world is simple? Consider this – there are computer chips in cars but even in refrigerators and washing machines. Many computers, tablets, and phones are only barely becoming a little bit more available but still aren’t in stock everywhere. Even tractors need computer chips. New cars are still sitting in fields while waiting for chips to complete them. Fewer new cars, fewer good deals. Fewer good deals on new cars, people look for used cars. They do that, fewer used cars. Cars that would have sold for $4,500 here are now selling for $6,000+. I don’t mean the same model – I mean that same car, now two years older and with even more miles. Or for even more than that. This is the second highest area for used car prices in the nation. Cars from 15+ years ago and with well over 140,000 miles are going for $8,000 and up. Even cars with an accident in their history and 3 or more owners. COVID is more than just “the butterfly effect.” Everything is interconnected. That gets wild pretty quickly.
Chips, crackers, cookies, snack foods — a very important ‘food group’ in the US. When Frito Lay workers went on strike, I was astounded to see how many food products (and labels) they were responsible for - over 60% of the chip market. It is really depressing to check the business stats and see just how wide a disparity there is between the ‘record’ profits made by the company and the wages of the workers. During 2020, company profits went up $4.8 billion (an increase of 3.7%), but wages were frozen and work hours expanded for employees. Then I read about the Nabisco (another big company with lots of labels) strike and discovered that Nabisco profits went up 2.8% to 26 billion during the pandemic and their proposal for a new workers’ contract included changes from an 8 hr work day to a 12 hr work day with no overtime (overtime only on a 6th or 7th day provided they worked all their regular hours in the week- hard to do the math on that one). The company’s proposal also included shifting more of the cost of medical coverage to the workers. Workers weren’t asking for new (except for a guarantee that factories wouldn’t be shipped out of country) they were pretty much asking for status quo. Nabisco products make up over 1/3 of the cracker and cookie market. Why do their workers have to go on strike to just maintain what they had? Makes me glad I make my own cookies.
Problem is – if one sells their car – they can’t buy a replacement, so selling the car is a problem!
We have some problems with our car which is due to the car itself – manufacturer refuses to recall the cars – oil disappears from car (isn’t burning, isn’t leaking) and engine problems – due to valve problems (this also led to a problem with a solenoid which caused the car to die whenever I stopped at a traffic light – I would start going and then had to restart – I prayed the cars behind me each time would not keep going after I started and hit me. Car has cost us a couple of thousand dollars for all this and they refused the claim in the class action suit.
So we want to get rid of the car (preferably to a dealer not an innocent person), but cannot find a replacement car. Husband has found 2 or 3 different car models which would work well for us – but if dealers have one of the car it is an more expensive model and/or has a lot of extras added in. We need a car we can afford to buy, afford to run, and can fit 3 people and a wheelchair in it at the same time (my mom needs a wheelchair).
By the way – having same problem finding Flax oil which we take for medical reasons as flax is apparently in short supply also (which should also be resulting in a shortage of linen fabric) – even though no electronic chips needed for same.
Templo S.U.D. about 3 years ago
Reminds me of a Your World as I See It bit where Ernest P. Worrell (played by Jim Varney, 1949-2000) was trying to get a chip form a bag of chips, but all the chips were all gone.
Baarorso about 3 years ago
A theater chain in my area called Harkins Theaters sells big bags of its popcorn for $12.00. The popcorn’s delicious and only takes me about 5 days to run through the entire bag.;-D
juicebruce about 3 years ago
No chips ! Just make Popcorn ;-)
Display about 3 years ago
Think the world is simple? Consider this – there are computer chips in cars but even in refrigerators and washing machines. Many computers, tablets, and phones are only barely becoming a little bit more available but still aren’t in stock everywhere. Even tractors need computer chips. New cars are still sitting in fields while waiting for chips to complete them. Fewer new cars, fewer good deals. Fewer good deals on new cars, people look for used cars. They do that, fewer used cars. Cars that would have sold for $4,500 here are now selling for $6,000+. I don’t mean the same model – I mean that same car, now two years older and with even more miles. Or for even more than that. This is the second highest area for used car prices in the nation. Cars from 15+ years ago and with well over 140,000 miles are going for $8,000 and up. Even cars with an accident in their history and 3 or more owners. COVID is more than just “the butterfly effect.” Everything is interconnected. That gets wild pretty quickly.
pheets about 3 years ago
That is what grocery day is all about.
'IndyMan' about 3 years ago
No confusion on my part—can’t eat ‘chips’ of any kind ! ! ! !
GreenT267 about 3 years ago
Chips, crackers, cookies, snack foods — a very important ‘food group’ in the US. When Frito Lay workers went on strike, I was astounded to see how many food products (and labels) they were responsible for - over 60% of the chip market. It is really depressing to check the business stats and see just how wide a disparity there is between the ‘record’ profits made by the company and the wages of the workers. During 2020, company profits went up $4.8 billion (an increase of 3.7%), but wages were frozen and work hours expanded for employees. Then I read about the Nabisco (another big company with lots of labels) strike and discovered that Nabisco profits went up 2.8% to 26 billion during the pandemic and their proposal for a new workers’ contract included changes from an 8 hr work day to a 12 hr work day with no overtime (overtime only on a 6th or 7th day provided they worked all their regular hours in the week- hard to do the math on that one). The company’s proposal also included shifting more of the cost of medical coverage to the workers. Workers weren’t asking for new (except for a guarantee that factories wouldn’t be shipped out of country) they were pretty much asking for status quo. Nabisco products make up over 1/3 of the cracker and cookie market. Why do their workers have to go on strike to just maintain what they had? Makes me glad I make my own cookies.
mafastore about 3 years ago
Problem is – if one sells their car – they can’t buy a replacement, so selling the car is a problem!
We have some problems with our car which is due to the car itself – manufacturer refuses to recall the cars – oil disappears from car (isn’t burning, isn’t leaking) and engine problems – due to valve problems (this also led to a problem with a solenoid which caused the car to die whenever I stopped at a traffic light – I would start going and then had to restart – I prayed the cars behind me each time would not keep going after I started and hit me. Car has cost us a couple of thousand dollars for all this and they refused the claim in the class action suit.
So we want to get rid of the car (preferably to a dealer not an innocent person), but cannot find a replacement car. Husband has found 2 or 3 different car models which would work well for us – but if dealers have one of the car it is an more expensive model and/or has a lot of extras added in. We need a car we can afford to buy, afford to run, and can fit 3 people and a wheelchair in it at the same time (my mom needs a wheelchair).
By the way – having same problem finding Flax oil which we take for medical reasons as flax is apparently in short supply also (which should also be resulting in a shortage of linen fabric) – even though no electronic chips needed for same.