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bigredfish said:
Well lookey there…

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I bet ya'll have Holiday Deals too. What was wild here, we went to a small/bigger town near us that had a smaller HEB but they said they did not have the $5.50 a pound deal because they were not in a Competitive area. ??? When we asked more, he said only the bigger stores who compete with Walmart/Kroger etc. will have competitive pricing. Guess we got spoiled living in the big city.

So, what we did was it take in a Movie, the new Avatar in 3D, in Bryan/College Station then went to the big HEB. It was a 2 hour round trip drive, but we saved pennies in gas to get there and back, hahaha.
 
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bigredfish said:
I see "Pork" for $4.99 lb

I see Select Beef as you indicate for $14.99 p/lb

Too many Trump rallies for you
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Eatin' High off the Hog!!! lol
 
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Q3 GDP Unexpectedly Surges To 2 Year High On Soaring Health Insurance Spending​

Q3 GDP Unexpectedly Surges To 2 Year High On Soaring Health Insurance Spending | ZeroHedge

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While the surge in personal consumption would be a red flag for the Fed, as it indicates the US consumer is much stronger than expected, the reality is that - as shown below - the bulk of the increase was the result of surge in healthcare spending, which increased at a whopping 0.76% adjusted annual rate. Which means that personal spending was not driven by discretionary splurging but by a need to meet much higher health insurance costs!



Linked to this surge in health insurance, the GDP price index for Q3 jumped 3.8%, up from 2.1% in Q2 and a big beat to the 2.7% estimate. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index increased 2.8%, compared with an increase of 2.1%. Excluding food and energy prices, the PCE price index increased 2.9 percent, in line with estimates, and higher than the increase of 2.6 percent in Q2.

Overall, this was a stronger than expected print however for all the wrong reasons. As to whether it will change the Fed's thinking, we very much doubt it if the US labor market continues deteriorating as it has been for much of 2025.
 
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, may your pockets be full of the change you saved in gas...LOL
 
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bigredfish said:
We just gave everyone we exchange gifts with $100,000 each

Golden Age ;)

Merry Christmas!
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Good Idea ;) :

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A Caller into a Radio Station won one hundred grand...lol
 

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Ssayer said:
Germany, cost of bread, in the years leading to WW2...

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I looked this up awhile back since I was sent this several times over the years. Though it is true about Germany, the picture supposedly is not from Germany...
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Pictures of the kids playing with the Marks are true:
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David L said:
Though it is true about Germany, the picture supposedly is not from Germany...
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Kinda sorta similar, people in Germany don't know what the heck german chocolate cake is. It has nothing at all to do with Germany. It originated in Dallas from a guy whose last name was German.
 
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tigerwillow1 said:
Kinda sorta similar, people in Germany don't know what the heck german chocolate cake is. It has nothing at all to do with Germany. It originated in Dallas from a guy whose last name was German.
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You know when my Mom, who was born in Germany, heard the term German Cockroaches, she said we don't have these in Germany :D
 
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Speaking of HEB Grocery Store:

 
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