Something Random

[Handruin]

Just been busy and tired most days. Nothing much exciting here.

 

[Gödel]

(good vibes and pickin'):

 

[Gödel]

More pickin' (and bowin' and slidin') (and fun): [1947 - seminal to rock & roll]

 

[Gödel]

Yo, I'm donimating:

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[sedrosken]

Yeah, we're hitting on-season where we're at -- living in a tourist economy means EVERY field has an on-season because about now's when the money comes in and everyone wants stuff done, they tend to want to coast through the fall and winter -- and I'm just ridiculously busy.

 

[Mercutio]

Waddya, all off on Spring Break? View attachment 1868View attachment 1869

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I was celebrating my first weekend of not having small human houseguests.
June - early September, yes, I probably do have some intoxicated young ladies who might be in bikinis visit a couple times a week. This is definitely a point in favor of my beach-adjacent apartment.

I actually spent mother's day visiting all the single moms I know for quick photo shoots. I'm feeling extremely thankful that I have a relatively secure life right now. $5/gallon gas is hurting everyone working in tipped occupations and I could see it in every home I visited yesterday.

 

[Handruin]

I paid like $5.64/gal less than a week ago. Shits gotten way out of hand. Also glad/thankful to be in a secure place right now. Can't imagine the stress this is adding to so many people's financial hardship

 

[sedrosken]

Where I'm at it hasn't been much over $4/gal but we had cheap gas to begin with, and it still went up almost 100% relative to what it was. My gas budget for the month has had to eat into my "everything else" budget.

My old contacts from the truck stop have reported less traffic for trucks too, meaning the fuel surcharges have hit shipping hard as well. Not to mention, a significant chunk of our fertilizer came directly through the Strait of Hormuz before all this stuff started up -- we haven't even seen the start of the real problems and probably won't until it's harvest season.

Frankly what has me more surprised than anything is that we haven't started to see fuel shortages or rationing yet. Especially since diplomatically we're in a much more precarious spot than we were in the 1970's oil crisis.

 

[Handruin]

Some of that could be related to tapping into and loaning out some of the strategic petroleum reserve.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-loan-533-million-barrels-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve-2026-05-11/

 

[Mercutio]

Just wait for the forthcoming MASSIVE FUCKING INFLATION because every single thing needs just in time delivery and Diesel is 33% higher than gas.

For the most part, once prices on something go up, they generally don't come down. We should really be out with pitchforks and torches over all this.

 

[Handruin]

Yeah I agree, and all the record profits being seen on a corp level just amplify they're all just taking profits on the products at this point and it's not entirely due to just cost increases.