Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Good Food ... Cheap

I got the Internet working here ... finally. The AT&T tech support for this DSL line were actually very good ... no wait, either.

And I went to the supermarket. This is a regular, regional supermarket with services. They bag the groceries and put them in the trunk of the car. No warehouse store. No Wal-Mart. This is in a small town in SE Ohio - no sun or surf.

And what did I find ?

80% ground beef - $2.99/lb.
1 lb hot dogs (10) for $1.68
1 dozen Grade A, large eggs $1.65
8 oz. cream cheese $1.88
10 lb. potatoes for $2.99

I'll check the pizza prices later. But there is a huge amount of calories of good food, cheap if one is willing to do a bit of work preparing it.

I just heard some fool on Babblevision saying the Bear Strearn counterparty rescue was a huge mistake. What a dope ... academic idiot !

PS: One could pay more for the items I listed ... more expensive hot dogs, burger, potatoes, etc. but then, the pain is self-inflicted.

13 comments:

Frosty said...

Bunkerman...one and done rips the dow 1000 pts...are we sticking with that forecast

mfl59 said...

are you preparing for a BBQ Bunkerman? I thought a guy like you would head to the local French bistro for a bite....

mern said...

le big mac?

mern said...

this is HILARIOUS!

i wonder if this ever happened to bud or doozio?

Police are investigating claims by AC Milan striker Ronaldo that a transvestite prostitute sought to extort money from him following an altercation at a Rio de Janeiro motel.

Police inspector Carlos Augusto Nogueira said that Ronaldo, who is recuperating from a knee injury in his homeland, contracted the services of three transvestites - believing them to be women - and took them to a motel.


However, Ronaldo is then said to have tried to get out of the situation after one of the men went in search of drugs.

Two of them accepted pay-offs of 1,000 reais (US 600), but Ronaldo has claimed that the third, named as Andreia Albertini, demanded 50,000 reais (US 30,000) and threatened to post a video on the internet if he was not paid.

The police also said that the transvestites have claimed that Ronaldo threatened to hurt them.

Nogueira said that Ronaldo had not committed any crimes by contracting the men, but he is looking into other claims.

'He just wanted to have fun and meet some other people outside his usual environment,' Nogueira said. 'There is no crime at all.'

He added: 'He (Ronaldo) is quite shocked. He said he just wanted to have some fun and for the press not to be informed about this.

'Ronaldo told me he is suffering some psychological problems as a result of his injury

mern said...

isnt ohio in a rather deep recession?

Bunkerman said...

yeah, frosty ... sticking with it.

Bunkerman said...

hmmm BBQ ... interesting idea. But I don't like to do those alone. I would need to have some people over.

French bistro ... hmmm ... nahhh ... the Scottish bistro is quie good aka McD's

Bunkerman said...

it sure isn't booming here ... it hasn't boomed here for 50 years.

The recession here has been happening since about 1970. Volcker didn't help, either.

Strong dollar kills mfg and farm belt.

mern said...

Strong dollar kills mfg and farm belt.


dubya took over the dollar was 1.25ish. today its got a 72 handle.

is it beat up enuff?

so wud u consider the ohio economy stagnate?

Frosty said...

where's my BBF Sal.

Bunkerman said...

sure, Ohio has problems ... weak dollar is helping over time.

but high taxes, stupid State govt under last R admin, etc. all take a long time to cure

excessive focus on sports hurts, too, in edcuation system.

mern said...

excessive focus on sports hurts, too, in edcuation system.


if they didnt do that where wud lebrown be?

so basically ohio is experiencing sub par growth while food and energy prices have moved up considerably.

but that is not stagflation?

;-)

bush bashing congress is like elmer bashing ben.

sorta like watching 5 retards trying to change a light bulb.

Spin-em said...

Dear Sal,

PLease send another hundo so I can keep the pressure on.....


Rev Wright