Bill Ferris
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Ok, very interesting and I admit I didn`t know, Edwin.
Thanks for bringing me up to speed, Sir.
Prices.... Going Up!!!
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Ok, very interesting and I admit I didn`t know, Edwin.
Thanks for bringing me up to speed, Sir.
Saw this so I had to ask as I have insider info. No current deployments across the pond, this is from a very reliable source.
spicer
Lunatic Member
Me too. Submarines, deployments, more details. Everything is weaponized. Prices are going up. Not a question, was a statement.
I was just commenting on then having boats over here. Still have friends that worry about that for a living. Just saying there are not any off the coast.
Bill Ferris
Lunatic Member
Isn`t the SOSUS underwater sub tracking network still operational, plus whatever Sub tracking aircraft that replaced the P3 Orion that I know trains out of NAS JAX FL. and elsewhere ?
Yep.the person I just txt the question to works on the watch floor at one of the facilities.
Matter of fact I just turned down a job(civilian) at the Damneck facility.
Bill Ferris
Lunatic Member
Thanks for the confirmation Chief, I was just reflecting from past reading, using my old memory, and I`m never positive that my 2 remaining braincells are on the verge of functioning.
Mystic
We're all born mad
As do I.
Mystic
We're all born mad
DIA & ONI in my case.
Mystic
We're all born mad
As we've -- sorta -- strayed from the topic of PRICES... let's talk about RISING COST OF WHEAT:
Wheat prices were up almost 3%, to $7.8 per bushel , at market opening on Monday 25 July 2022. Presumed cause: Russia attacked the sea port of Odessa (Ukraine) on Saturday & Sunday 23-24 July 2022. Note that missiles did not strike the port's grain storage area.
At market close on Friday 22 July 2022, wheat prices had declined by nearly 6%, to the lowest level since 24 February 2022.
A few days ago, Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement to resume grain exports from Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea, via a "safe trade corridor" that would be managed by the good offices of Turkey. The safe trade corridor will allow Ukraine to export over 20 million tonnes of grain reported to be accumulated in port silos since the war started on February 24, while also clearing stockpile space for the coming wheat harvest.
However, the USDA predicts a sharp increase in the supply, exports, and ending stocks in the United States, and a decrease in consumption for the rest of the world for the 2022/23 marketing year.
Wheat prices were up almost 3%, to $7.8 per bushel , at market opening on Monday 25 July 2022. Presumed cause: Russia attacked the sea port of Odessa (Ukraine) on Saturday & Sunday 23-24 July 2022. Note that missiles did not strike the port's grain storage area.
At market close on Friday 22 July 2022, wheat prices had declined by nearly 6%, to the lowest level since 24 February 2022.
A few days ago, Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement to resume grain exports from Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea, via a "safe trade corridor" that would be managed by the good offices of Turkey. The safe trade corridor will allow Ukraine to export over 20 million tonnes of grain reported to be accumulated in port silos since the war started on February 24, while also clearing stockpile space for the coming wheat harvest.
However, the USDA predicts a sharp increase in the supply, exports, and ending stocks in the United States, and a decrease in consumption for the rest of the world for the 2022/23 marketing year.
I was pre-screening ACINT packages for them when I retired
Mystic
We're all born mad
I was pre-screening ACINT packages for them when I retired
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
First thing the guy checking me in said when I got to the office while pointing with his thumb over his shoulder... "that is one of the John Walker vaults"
Mystic
We're all born mad
Whitworth's spot couldn't have been far from it.
stupid thing is, if you buy a cardboard bulk box of 10 it'll cost you the same. Those blister packs with 1 or 2 bulbs are way over-priced and a PITA to open. I've ended up with a couple boxes of bulbs from doing that. My Napa will sell them to me, or I can get them from Rockauto with other items. Had to buy the 1157NA (natural amber) from Rockauto, nobody else had real amber glass bulbs. The tinted ones burn the tint off in 6 months and then I have white turn signals again.
usedto
Lunatic Member
I had just put a new deck on the trailer, and took it down to the tire store for 4 new tires. The lights worked fine. He was up against time constraints (Three 700+ mile round trips over Memorial weekend) moving into his new home, so we didn't have time to shop around when we found the dead bulb. Auto Zone is a few blocks away, so wifey went and picked them up. I'll find some LED replacements and call it good, now the there's time.
yeah I get it, and unfortunately thats what those packages and prices cater to. Have purchased more than a few of them for the same reason, but when possible I go to the Napa and get loose bulbs. They are right next door to the Advance. They aren't open the same hours though, and sometimes there is no choice in the matter.
Mystic
We're all born mad
By autumn 2022, the price of money is gonna go up a lot.
Anyone else hear or read transcripts of yesterday's (i.e., 27 July 2022) meeting of the US Federal Reserve Bank's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)?
The lowdown:
The FOMC voted to increase all policy rates by 75 basis points, the second such increase in a row and the most aggressive increase in 28 years. No a single board, not even member Esther George, dissented from the committee's decision.
This manuever will increase the federal funds rate to between 2.25% and 2.50% -- still very low given that CPI inflation has spiked to 9.1% -- but significantly higher than the near 0% re: the February 2022 meeting.
During the post-meeting press conference, FRB chair Jerome Powell, unequivocally, stated that the board's top priority is reigning in inflation by "all necessary measures".
The changes include all of the following actions:
- Increase federal funds rate target range to 2.25% – 2.50%.
- increase interest paid on reserves to 2.4%.
- Increase interest charges on Overnight Repos to 2.5%.
- Increase interest charged on Overnight Reverse Repos (RRPs) to 2.3%.
- Increase primary credit rate FRB charges banks to 2.5%.
The United States Bond Market reacted immediately, with the yield on the U.S. Treasury 10-Year note remained below the 2.8% mark, a level not seen in two months.
Stay tuned for more exciting economic developments.
Anyone else hear or read transcripts of yesterday's (i.e., 27 July 2022) meeting of the US Federal Reserve Bank's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)?
The lowdown:
The FOMC voted to increase all policy rates by 75 basis points, the second such increase in a row and the most aggressive increase in 28 years. No a single board, not even member Esther George, dissented from the committee's decision.
This manuever will increase the federal funds rate to between 2.25% and 2.50% -- still very low given that CPI inflation has spiked to 9.1% -- but significantly higher than the near 0% re: the February 2022 meeting.
During the post-meeting press conference, FRB chair Jerome Powell, unequivocally, stated that the board's top priority is reigning in inflation by "all necessary measures".
The changes include all of the following actions:
- Increase federal funds rate target range to 2.25% – 2.50%.
- increase interest paid on reserves to 2.4%.
- Increase interest charges on Overnight Repos to 2.5%.
- Increase interest charged on Overnight Reverse Repos (RRPs) to 2.3%.
- Increase primary credit rate FRB charges banks to 2.5%.
The United States Bond Market reacted immediately, with the yield on the U.S. Treasury 10-Year note remained below the 2.8% mark, a level not seen in two months.
Stay tuned for more exciting economic developments.
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YY1
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Meanwhile a few cash gas stations in my area- $3.68, most mainstream stations $3.89-$3.97.
Chock Full O' Nuts still on sale for $7.99 (vs list of $10.61).
Bought 2 more cans in addition to the 2 cans I bought last week.
We are now dating them for FIFO.
Stockpile- 8 cans plus the one that is open.
Now I need Cafe Bustello to go on sale.
Chock Full O' Nuts still on sale for $7.99 (vs list of $10.61).
Bought 2 more cans in addition to the 2 cans I bought last week.
We are now dating them for FIFO.
Stockpile- 8 cans plus the one that is open.
Now I need Cafe Bustello to go on sale.
