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ParticipantMost people assume we will either experience inflation or deflation. And without getting into an economic debate about the definitions of each, it seems like the common usage of these terms is based on viewing the economy in the aggregate. That’s not what it looks like to me.
FWIW, I believe we are headed into a biflationary period. Biflation is when the prices of commodities (think energy and food) increase, while the prices of useless crap decrease. So Joe Average spends more of his check just gettin’ by.
If this is the case, it seems like a strategy geared towards commodities would be more appropriate.
I’m just Joe Average Dude, so I may be missing a HUGE piece of the puzzle here. If so, I’d appreciate hearing different views. Being anonymous, I’m more concerned with “getting it right” than with “being right.”
Great thread topic, BTW.
ParticipantMost people assume we will either experience inflation or deflation. And without getting into an economic debate about the definitions of each, it seems like the common usage of these terms is based on viewing the economy in the aggregate. That’s not what it looks like to me.
FWIW, I believe we are headed into a biflationary period. Biflation is when the prices of commodities (think energy and food) increase, while the prices of useless crap decrease. So Joe Average spends more of his check just gettin’ by.
If this is the case, it seems like a strategy geared towards commodities would be more appropriate.
I’m just Joe Average Dude, so I may be missing a HUGE piece of the puzzle here. If so, I’d appreciate hearing different views. Being anonymous, I’m more concerned with “getting it right” than with “being right.”
Great thread topic, BTW.
ParticipantMost people assume we will either experience inflation or deflation. And without getting into an economic debate about the definitions of each, it seems like the common usage of these terms is based on viewing the economy in the aggregate. That’s not what it looks like to me.
FWIW, I believe we are headed into a biflationary period. Biflation is when the prices of commodities (think energy and food) increase, while the prices of useless crap decrease. So Joe Average spends more of his check just gettin’ by.
If this is the case, it seems like a strategy geared towards commodities would be more appropriate.
I’m just Joe Average Dude, so I may be missing a HUGE piece of the puzzle here. If so, I’d appreciate hearing different views. Being anonymous, I’m more concerned with “getting it right” than with “being right.”
Great thread topic, BTW.
ParticipantMost people assume we will either experience inflation or deflation. And without getting into an economic debate about the definitions of each, it seems like the common usage of these terms is based on viewing the economy in the aggregate. That’s not what it looks like to me.
FWIW, I believe we are headed into a biflationary period. Biflation is when the prices of commodities (think energy and food) increase, while the prices of useless crap decrease. So Joe Average spends more of his check just gettin’ by.
If this is the case, it seems like a strategy geared towards commodities would be more appropriate.
I’m just Joe Average Dude, so I may be missing a HUGE piece of the puzzle here. If so, I’d appreciate hearing different views. Being anonymous, I’m more concerned with “getting it right” than with “being right.”
Great thread topic, BTW.
Participant“When you have a firestorm, it won’t matter if it’s tile or shake. It all burns down. Moot point.”
That’s true. But the people in my neighborhood were scared that the firestorm would be caused by one of those old shake-roof houses. Any little thing could start them burning. So, if there was a firestorm a distance away, and one of the embers blew into our ‘hood, it would be much more likely to start a raging firestorm if it landed on the shake roof next door than if those folks had installed a tile roof. I guess that was the point, really… when your neighbor’s shake roof becomes a firestorm, it puts your house in danger.
Many of our neighbors used to put a sprinkler on their roof on the 4th of July. It was like air defence for bottle rockets.
Participant“When you have a firestorm, it won’t matter if it’s tile or shake. It all burns down. Moot point.”
That’s true. But the people in my neighborhood were scared that the firestorm would be caused by one of those old shake-roof houses. Any little thing could start them burning. So, if there was a firestorm a distance away, and one of the embers blew into our ‘hood, it would be much more likely to start a raging firestorm if it landed on the shake roof next door than if those folks had installed a tile roof. I guess that was the point, really… when your neighbor’s shake roof becomes a firestorm, it puts your house in danger.
Many of our neighbors used to put a sprinkler on their roof on the 4th of July. It was like air defence for bottle rockets.
Participant“When you have a firestorm, it won’t matter if it’s tile or shake. It all burns down. Moot point.”
That’s true. But the people in my neighborhood were scared that the firestorm would be caused by one of those old shake-roof houses. Any little thing could start them burning. So, if there was a firestorm a distance away, and one of the embers blew into our ‘hood, it would be much more likely to start a raging firestorm if it landed on the shake roof next door than if those folks had installed a tile roof. I guess that was the point, really… when your neighbor’s shake roof becomes a firestorm, it puts your house in danger.
Many of our neighbors used to put a sprinkler on their roof on the 4th of July. It was like air defence for bottle rockets.
ParticipantWhen I was a kid, my folks got a new roof and tossed some old shake shingle in the fireplace to see how it burned. The stuff nearly exploded, it burned so fast. Almost like it had been soaked in fuel. One of the houses near us had burned down because of a bottle rocket…. I can’t imagine a raging fire like these getting near those old rooftops without torching it.
ParticipantWhen I was a kid, my folks got a new roof and tossed some old shake shingle in the fireplace to see how it burned. The stuff nearly exploded, it burned so fast. Almost like it had been soaked in fuel. One of the houses near us had burned down because of a bottle rocket…. I can’t imagine a raging fire like these getting near those old rooftops without torching it.
ParticipantWhen I was a kid, my folks got a new roof and tossed some old shake shingle in the fireplace to see how it burned. The stuff nearly exploded, it burned so fast. Almost like it had been soaked in fuel. One of the houses near us had burned down because of a bottle rocket…. I can’t imagine a raging fire like these getting near those old rooftops without torching it.
ParticipantI did this through a mortgage guy in Irvine. Its very easy actually. You can email me at spicedham at dudefolk dot com and I will get you his info if you cannot find a person in SD.
ParticipantAn enhanced version of the story is available at:
ParticipantDoesn’t this mean that women are responsible for the housing crisis? If they had only let the men make all the decisions, none of this would have happened.
ParticipantDoesn’t this mean that women are responsible for the housing crisis? If they had only let the men make all the decisions, none of this would have happened.
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