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Post by conchydong on Apr 11, 2024 15:51:53 GMT -5
I wonder all the time how I ever got all this stuff done before i retired. Seems i have more shit to do now then before i retired. l noticed that since my wife retired about three years after I did there is a lot more things to be done. I think she goes through the house every day and creates a punchlist. I am more like Columbo she is more like Monk.
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Apr 11, 2024 16:20:09 GMT -5
Punchlist? ? Holy crap. We are thinking of moving up to Inverness and the list of shit that needs to be done is growing, and GROWING and freakin GROWING And thats not even taking into consideration what she wants to do with the acreage up there. She has big plans and i just want to get to the country and chill. Well, if it don't kill me it will make me stronger.
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Post by Captj on Apr 15, 2024 5:43:18 GMT -5
My kids used to call me the maintenance man. I just want to go fishing.
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Post by swampdog on Apr 15, 2024 12:33:48 GMT -5
Punch list - that’s awesome! My wife will walk around saying we need to clean X or fix Y. She’s unrelenting and the we is really “you” need to do… I just say yes “we” do, just put it on the list.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Apr 15, 2024 12:37:39 GMT -5
I made it my goal to not work around the house. I always spent every single minute on the job. I hired people for much less than I made to do the work around the house.
Now that I’m getting old and slowing down a bit I just continue to hire people to do the work around the house. 😊
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Post by madm002 on Apr 16, 2024 10:02:54 GMT -5
Punch list - that’s awesome! My wife will walk around saying we need to clean X or fix Y. She’s unrelenting and the we is really “you” need to do… I just say yes “we” do, just put it on the list. My wife has a twist on this. She just holds out one project. Then when you are 2/3 done, she puts another one out there and expects you to start that one at the same time. I will do all her projects but one at a time please, with full disclosure of all projects.
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Post by mindyabiness on May 14, 2024 10:17:53 GMT -5
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Post by ferris1248 on May 14, 2024 10:28:25 GMT -5
How all these danged grandkids got around before I retired, I'll never know.
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Post by ferris1248 on May 14, 2024 10:31:33 GMT -5
Back to the OT...... WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. producer prices increased more than expected in April amid strong gains in the costs of services like portfolio management and hotel accommodation, indicating that inflation remained stubbornly high early in the second quarter. The report from the Labor Department on Tuesday also showed wholesale goods prices rising solidly last month, though the cost of food declined. Traders trimmed their expectations for a September interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve. "Inflation at the producer level is back on the front burner this month and consumers are sure to feel the heat as higher production costs will feed into the inflation they see in the goods and services they buy," said Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at FWDBONDS. "If Fed officials were seeking some moderation from the inflation outbreak in the first quarter, it is not showing up at the start of the second quarter." The producer price index for final demand rose 0.5% last month after falling by a downwardly revised 0.1% in March, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Tuesday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the PPI gaining 0.3% after a previously reported 0.2% rise in March. A 0.6% jump in services accounted for nearly three quarters of the increase in the PPI. April's rise was the largest since July 2023 and followed 0.1% dip in March. In the 12 months through April, the PPI increased 2.2% after climbing 1.8% in March. Inflation surged in the first quarter amid strong domestic demand after slowing for much of last year. Economists are optimistic that prices will resume their downward trend this quarter as the labor market is cooling. CPI DATA IN FOCUS Financial markets saw a roughly 60% chance of a rate cut in September, down from a 64% chance before the PPI data. Some economists believe the Fed could deliver the first rate cut in July. The U.S. central bank early this month left its benchmark overnight interest rate unchanged in the current 5.25%-5.50% range, where it has been since July. The Fed has raised its policy rate by 525 basis points since March 2022.
Consumer price data on Wednesday could offer fresh clues on the timing of the much-awaited rate cut.
U.S. stocks opened lower. The dollar slipped against a basket of currencies. U.S. Treasury prices rose. A 0.6% rise in prices of services less trade, transportation and warehousing accounted for 70% of the jump in services inflation. That mostly reflected a 3.9% surge in portfolio management fees amid a recent stock market rally, which followed a 0.6% rise in March. The cost of hotel and motel rooms rebounded 2.4% after falling 1.4% in March. The cost of transporting freight by road also rose. But wholesale airline passenger fares dropped 3.8%. Health and medical insurance costs rose 0.2% after posting a similar gain in March. Trade services margins, which measure changes in margins received by wholesalers and retailers, increased 0.8%. But the cost of transportation and warehousing services fell 0.6%. Portfolio management fees, healthcare, hotel and motel accommodation, and airline fares are among components that go into the calculation of the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price indexes. The PCE price indexes are the inflation measures tracked by the Fed for it 2% target. Goods prices also rose solidly, gaining 0.4% after slipping 0.2% in March. They were boosted by a 2.0% increase in the prices of energy products. Food prices fell 0.7%. finance.yahoo.com/news/us-producer-prices-increase-more-124215678.html
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Post by ferris1248 on May 14, 2024 10:50:43 GMT -5
You get some of that GME?
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Post by nuevowavo on May 14, 2024 12:53:26 GMT -5
Portfolio management fees... are among components that go into the calculation of the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price indexes.
So money managers are causing inflation? Go figure...
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Post by swampdog on May 14, 2024 13:06:25 GMT -5
So prices are still ebbing higher. Even if things stop going up in price, the new norm is substantially higher prices for the foreseeable future. I don’t see anything trending down. My plan is buying smart and not using credit.
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Post by madm002 on May 14, 2024 14:02:39 GMT -5
You get some of that GME? I do not do battle ground stocks or theme stocks. Some people are going to get hurt. I thought about buying some puts, but the spread was crazy.
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Post by Tarponator on May 14, 2024 14:45:41 GMT -5
Finally sold GME today, and squeaked out a small profit.
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Post by whitebacon on May 14, 2024 19:24:55 GMT -5
Portfolio management fees... are among components that go into the calculation of the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price indexes.
So money managers are causing inflation? Go figure...
Wavo I'm not replying to you per se, I just read Ferris' quote, if true, I'm stunned. Like flabbergasted stunned. Wow.
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