Inflation Chart Porn

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

Recently, I was turned on to the website “National Inflation Association“.  They are one of the numerous groups that are concerned about the possibility of hyperinflation and the detrimental effects of inflation.  The charts below are all from their website, and the text below is from a recent email from them.

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The Dow Jones declined by 376.36 points today to 10,068.01, but to us it is meaningless what the Dow Jones gains or loses in nominal terms. The number NIA cares most about is how the Dow Jones performs in terms of gold or the Dow/Gold ratio.

One of our top ten predictions for 2010 that we announced on December 21st, was that we would see a sharp decline in the Dow/Gold ratio from 9.3 to below 7.

Two weeks ago with the Dow/Gold ratio at 8.7, NIA said, “We expect this downward trend in the Dow/Gold ratio to accelerate in the weeks and months ahead.” Today the Dow/Gold ratio finished at 8.5.
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Mason Jars

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

The $5 deal
Dave forwarded me a craiglist ad for “50 to 75 mason jars – $5 – Plano”.  I emailed the person and said I wanted them.  The lady had bought them earlier, and used about 20 of them for table decorations.  I gave her $5 and said thanks.  After dinner, I went outside and started opening up the boxes, sorting and counting.  Here is what I bought for $5:

126 pints, 6 wide-mouth pints, 9 quarts, 7 wide-mouth quarts, 2 half-gallons, 4 half-pints, 5 fancy pints.  I forgot to count all the ones that were used as decorations.  So I got a great deal on mason jars, now I just need to clean them all up and use them.

Me and the new jars

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Garden Update: May 15, 2010

Posted on May 15, 2010 by Brian Gallimore

I took advantage of a coupon I had for North Haven Gardens.  I paid $10 for $30 of stuff.  Pretty good deal!  They have a great selection of vegetables and herbs, and their plant prices are actually not too bad.  (most everything in that store is about 25% to 50% overpriced)  Good thing I was in a hurry, because I made it out of the store with only one box of plants.  I tried to get some popular varieties of herbs that I’ve never tried before.  I taste-tasted most of them as I was planting, of course.

New Plants from NHG

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