Like Things Aren't Expensive Enough: Food Prices Will Go Up Due to Floods  

I know so many people that are actually working two part time jobs..or one full time job and one part time, just to survive...when they get to have sleep I don't know..LOL. Higher paying jobs are hard to find though, right?

i know its rediculous how every thing is going up due to gas prices rising. i never realized how important gas is to our country. every where you go you see their prices up and when you ask they tell you its because of gas. this is rediculous.

With all our so-called technological know how you think someone would have invented a fuel from some source that is unlimited in supply..like yikes..garbage...have any idea how much garbage is in landfills? So much of the crops that are grown are for the bio-fuels instead of for food. Like where's the answer here? None of it makes sense after awhile

The good thing in the works is biodiesel from french fries and other fast foods. We do not seem to be able to quit eating them. You are right, though, something needs to be done with our garbage, since we produce it so boundlessly.

I'm stuck too with that...since I get SSI I can only earn an "extra" $85 a month without my benefits being cut...so I do try to work of the books..like those articles I write and get paid for...but I would LOVE to find something, even a real part time job just to "live" decently, but then my benefits would be hit--living on $724 a month SSI doesn't go far

I do not understand why type ssi you have because I can earn a certain amount of month and it is more than 85 a month. I hope you do not declare myLot? I guess you need not answer that one for certain reasons.

Mine is regular no frills SSI...LOL...I think it's SSI-D where one can not only get more per month but allowed to earn more per month in a job--and nope I don't earn enough here a month to need to declare it...hehe

Good because I can keep your secret if you need me to. LOL

I wish I could walk to places like walmart and the grocery store but they are too far and we dont have a bus system in this area...We dont have A/C either which is good but my husband has noticed that our gas bill keeps goign up EVEN THOUGH we arent using the same amount of gas (thats how they nail you, he explained it to me a couple of months ago), like you I hang all our laundry out on the line when possible....even things like the cable bill has been steadily goin up with new taxes and silly surcharges etc...its insane..

My husbnad makes good money but if we are having a time with the cost of living I can't even BEGIN to imagine what its like being a fixed income....its just nuts..

Before I became disabled I made 72K a year. I was making more than my hubby. We here doing great. Then I got disabled and low and behold social security is less than a quarter then what I was making. I now am well enough to work part-time and social security will let me make a few pennies to help out.
A local doctor who knows me asked me to write his policy and procedure manual. I finished that now I am revamping his marketing brochures and other paperwork he uses in the office. I did not think I would ever be doing things like this. I am a RN by trade. I have had to put my thinking cap on to do the writing.
What scared me the most when I became a supervisor before I became ill was to have to write a policy. Now look at me.

That's one of the whole problems of trying to eat healthier...I try to stay away from as many processed foods as possible, preferring fresh..but even that backfires with all these salmonella or e. coli outbreaks...I'm honestly thinking of getting enormous planting pots and grow my own things..and could do it all year long...like turn my apt into a bit of a greenhouse..LOL Also eating "healthier" just seems to be so much more expensive especially if one buys "organic" That goes for everything....someone gave me a bunch of "organic" pasta...really is great tasting stuff too..garlic and parsley linguine, tomato/basil spaghetti...each package cost nearly $5.00..as opposed to the "crap" type pastas (like Ronzoni, San Giorgio) that you can get on sale three one pound packages for a buck
Yes I might have to join you in the breathetarian diet soon too...LOL

this is more informative:
http://www.howtohydroponics.com/fogger.html

Ekk..that is rather expensive though..think just plain old planting pots, soil, set it near the window for sunlight and presto...so much easier and less expensive..

Know what kind of critter broke the first crop of corn...maybe you need a scarecrow? LOL

Probably one of those brazen squirrels...

Another option for you - migrate to India. It would seem like more chaotic and a vast culture difference .Yet you have lots of McDs ,Pizza Huts here . Language is also not a problem .
I would also try to find you a nice,peaceful accomodation .

It is much cheaper as compared to USA .

Think I'l pass but thanks for the invite...LOL...I don't think I could take your country's hot weather...when we had our recent heat wave last week, everyday was near the 100 degree make and very humid..I was sick the whole time
I think for me it's a question of just moving to another area of the US...I'm in the NYC area so that is why prices are so ridiculously high--everything has to be shipped in by truck...

Some people of my Co. are in Santa Clara and other Californian locations . One of them told me that it is very hot now a days there .

And surprisingly;this year has not been as hot in New Delhi as it is generally .In May ;it rained 10 times what it normally rains in New Delhi .

We have had floods in some areas in India where we previously used to have droughts or very Hot weather.

Then,we have Inflation rate crossing 11% and Petr-Prices also up by 10% .
Everything seems to be going haywire.
And on top of that we had a Family Tragedy recently (see one of my started discussions )

Too bad some great genius can't just come up with a design for car engines to run on water...LOL...there's plenty of that! I mean who was the "genius" who decided to design an engine to run on gas anyway???

It's not just the farmers I feel sorry for..gee I was looking at how so many homes were literally under water..and yes many of the homes remained standing intact, but they are all ruined and are in the "condemned" status..there's a lot of contamination now throughout those areas as well

I think a lot of people are curtailing how much they are driving now..mainly just to stock up on groceries...I think gone are the days one could just hop in a car and go wherever one wanted.