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Good Morning GR! Gas is $3.69/galllon here in Fort Lauderdale.

I think milk is $3.79/gallon, blueberries $4.99 for a tiny little package. And on and on...

3.74 Iron Mountain MI.

yay us highest in the nation...grrrr

$3.73 this afternoon.

$3.69 in Vegas yesterday!

$3.86 in upstate NY.

hi GR

if you feel the prices are going to continue to get stupid at Walmart, AND you have the room in the fridge? get extra milk. Esp if the date is good, better to have it in YOUR fridge than at Walmart's fridge.

I haven't really looked at gas prices recently, but in light of your blog, today I looked. I saw as low as $3.57, and as high as $3.67.

Been watching WTI crude prices hop around, too. No real dependability it seems, day to day. So the prices seem to go up, when WTI goes up...but they never come down, when WTI comes down.

Ha. Go figure.

Don't spend much at the grocery store, I grow a lotta what I eat, and make a lotta soups and stuff to stretch meat. Amazing how many meals I can get outta one rotisserie chicken.

3.84 this morning I think..84 or.89 one or the other I was in a hurry.

Good Afternoon {{GR}}!

$3.59-$3.65

I just saw $6.99 for a pound of bacon! Insane.

Gas this morning was still $3.73. We'll see on my way home.

$3.55 - $3.69 on the gas.

Groceries are shooting through the roof. A $2.00 bell pepper, anyone? Milk, $4.50-$6.00 gallon.

3.51 here

Up to 3.95 here in upstate NY.

3.84 to 3.89.IM MI.

Quoting GetReal:
I have a bad feeling that we all we be yearning for the days of $3.00 a gallon gasoline by this time next year!!!

Hahaha I am yearning for them now!

Interesting graphs!

1 US gallon is = 3.79 litres
Price per gallon = 3.75$ (average)
That makes 0.989$US a litre

I live close to Montreal, Quebec and gas prices this morning are at 1.345$ per litre! (5.38$ a US gallon!!) With Canadian and American dollars close to par there isn't really any more math to be done.

If you guys think you're paying too much, think of gas prices just 50-60km north of New York state and just maybe the thought will make your day. ;)

I'd actually be in heaven (or dreaming) if gas prices dropped to 3.75$ a gallon!

Future cost to sell price puts gas at a $4.15 - $4.25 per gallon (regular) rate once the increased cost is put into the production numbers for gas. We will surpass the national average 2008 highs. Demand destruction has started in full, but will not matter or impact much for a while. Thank your administration for their lack of intervention with respect to those things that are pushing it upward. Is electricity next? You bet, they already made that clear some time ago. .

Even tho prices fell a tiny bit (WTI) I still saw $3.77 to $3.87 on the way home from work. (had been $3.72 over the weekend) I told co-workers, probably $4.00 by June 1st.

I wonder if I will be right.

Quoting aquak9:
Even tho prices fell a tiny bit (WTI) I still saw $3.77 to $3.87 on the way home from work. (had been $3.72 over the weekend) I told co-workers, probably $4.00 by June 1st.

I wonder if I will be right.

June will most likely be closer to 4.75 US average IMO.

I don't think we'll see $4.75 here by June 1st, GR. That's a lot. But by the end of summer? Depends on gulf activity- in my area, we seem to respond quicker to gulf storms than we do per-barrel costs.

BUT, I can only speak for the Jacksonville area, of course. Other areas will probably see that price, I don't doubt it.

Quoting aquak9:
I don't think we'll see $4.75 here by June 1st, GR. That's a lot. But by the end of summer? Depends on gulf activity- in my area, we seem to respond quicker to gulf storms than we do per-barrel costs.

BUT, I can only speak for the Jacksonville area, of course. Other areas will probably see that price, I don't doubt it.

I hope you are correct!

Interesting, reads....

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/04/inflating_ our_way_to_a_governm.html

Pick your poison, sector and or time. Scary stuff.....

http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity= commodity-price-index

Up two cents in three days - now 3.97.

I saw a RaceTrak at 3.63, but that's one of those stations that don't offer good gas.

Don't wanna think what tomorrow will bring.

Quoting GetReal:
Money Problems That Never Seem To End: 25 Reasons To Be Absolutely Disgusted With The U.S. Economy



Is America Becoming The Land Of The Part-Time Job?: Most Of The Jobs That Are Being Created Are Part-Time Jobs And Some Companies Are Going To A “Part-Time Only Policy”


Gold, Silver And Oil Are All Skyrocketing And That Is Bad News For The U.S. Economy

Not down my way..if you dont have a job here..its cause you dont want to work..yea I said it again...and its Fact!

Quoting auburn:


Not down my way..if you dont have a job here..its cause you dont want to work..yea I said it again...and its Fact!

So is it better to eat with the government funding or work ? The pay scale is declining as we type. Where is the motivation ? Somebody has to pay your bill in the end..... Is it you, or me? Just sayin~~~~~~~~~`

Quoting auburn:


Not down my way..if you dont have a job here..its cause you dont want to work..yea I said it again...and its Fact!

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Alabama's unemployment rate held steady for the month of February, not budging from the previous month's 9.3 percent.

Alabama Department of Industrial Relations Director Tom Surtees said that while the rate remains unchanged from January's rate, it is significantly below the February 2010 rate of 10.2 percent.

"Our unemployment rate for February remained stable and did not increase, which is something we're always glad to be able to say," said Surtees. "While we did gain jobs this month, the stronger indicators of recovery continue to be found in our unemployment compensation statistics. The amount of benefit payments and number of weeks compensated continue to be below the levels of the past two years, and we also experienced a decrease in each from January."

The amount of unemployment compensation benefit payments for the month of February was $33,145,680, compared to $37,687,027 in January. The comparable numbers for February 2010 and 2009 were $44,660,745 and $51,451,741, respectively. The number of weeks compensated in February was 163,359, down from 187,980 in January. The comparable numbers for February 2010 and 2009 were 216,333 and 247,715, respectively.

Wage and salary employment increased 13,900 over the month. The majority of the increase came from gains in the leisure and hospitality sector, the professional and business services sector, and the sectors of government, construction, manufacturing, and educational and health services.

Counties with the lowest unemployment rates are: Shelby County at 7.1%, Coffee County at 7.5%, and Madison County at 7.8%. Counties with the highest unemployment rates are: Wilcox County at 21.4%, Monroe County at 16.9%, and Clarke County 16.6%.

[Unemployment - County Map]

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INFORMATION SOURCE: Alabama Dept. or Industrial Relations

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3.99.9 IM MI.:(

Yea not a pretty picture!!