TauntonBlizzard2013

Surprising

I think it’s also somewhat the younger generation is wising up to the ridiculous labor culture in this country. There is nothing wrong with hard work. I have done landscaping etc etc, and my position now is somewhat physical, but I think the younger generation is questioning work practices

Meh here… probably just slush on grass and decks

https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/03/gas-prices-jump-again-a-day-after-record-high-massachusetts-sec-of-state-william-galvin-calls-for-price-gouging-investigation.html?outputType=amp I guess gas stations raising prices 2 or 3 times a day is not great?

Seems like opec so far is unwilling to pump more…. Gas rose again today at the station near my house… &4.39… id say we are about 40-50 cents away from a point where things really turn for the worse. People just straight up won’t travel if they don’t have too.

When is the 2022 thread starting? Can I detach and slice up my lawn soon and then drop seed later? Or should that all be done around the same time?

Thoughts on how high we are going @ORH_wxman with an official ban on Russian oil now?

I said this earlier. People who can afford it the least are going to get bent over the hardest. And I think it’s already really bad, gas is 4,35 a gallon near me

Interesting $5 a gallon could literally be days away here

What is the price point you think we see a stark decrease in demand? Meaning people are actively going out of their way to limit car travel

Someone mentioned this in OT but it’s absolutely right. The price of crude or whatever is for weeks from now, so the fact that prices are soaring immediately is ridiculous. Raising the price on gasoline already produced and in tanks and at gas stations.

I’m not optimistic… it’s gone up like 75 cents in a week lol. Hard to imagine it stopping now

Breaking point coming This week…$5 gas by this coming weekend at the latest

Yes…. $5 a gallon and people will start limiting travel to the bare minimum. Fuel prices are the driver of just about everything, so expect a stark jump in food and other goods as well, as if the last year wasn’t bad enough

Absolutely outrageous… never seen anything like it. Gas can go years without moving 30 cents and it moved that in 24 hours…. It will be $5 a gallon next weekend

Filled up my wife’s car &3.99 yesterday morning… same station is $4.29 right now. Up 30 cents in 24 hours

I’ve read once it hits 4.50 or higher; people will start to alter plans and travel, which would hopefully drive down prices some. Less demand

We have a buried 500 gallon propane tank in the backyard. Only used for heat. We on average use half the tank in a winter season… this year will be a bit more. Hard to complains about heating a 2900 square foot house on a little more than 200 gallons of propane. I always top the tank off in the spring, but I may be rolling the dice this year, and hope prices fall back a little towards the fall. I know if I fill it in the next month I’m going to be lying an arm and a leg

I was looking at doing something along those lines… but when I got the rough quote for what my materials would cost, it was absolutely outrageous. We also kicked around the idea of just fencing in an area and ditching the raised beds all together, but with the water issues in the yard, I’d we flood, it’s game over.

So a few things that I think are going to happen if they aren’t already. There is going to be some serious device tracking, and data logging of employee activities if they are working from home. I’m sure this has started in some places, but it’s definitely going to pick up moving forward. There is also going to be tighter enforcement on paid time off, and when it’s used. You aren’t going to be able to open your computer at 7am and have w tee time at 715. America is really good at sucking anything good out of employment, so I’m sure over time WFH will be made so unpalatable, most people just won’t want to do it. This is one time, I don’t necessarily disagree with the tightening the screws a bit

You’re right about the monitoring tech. That’s already in the works at some places I’m sure. There is a real push now for one of my friends to go back to the office after 2 years working remote. I believe June 1st it’s going to be mandatory to be in office at least 2 days a week.

Work from home is obviously highly inequitable, but that was obvious from the get go. Most low level jobs can’t be done from home, so as usual, the low man is punished. Abuse of work from home is rampant among most I know. My buddies will be out golfing or by the pool during work time. My buddy Eve rigged up some contraption that moves his mouse every 10 mins to make it look like he’s there

Nuclear?

So we are probably pulling back on the raised beds for this season. We need a fence, and I don’t want to half ass it, and the price of lumber is astronomical. We’re hoping to punt this season and hope for more realistic costs next year

Yikes