Nope, but it sure cut back on the amount of work available. Wife and her partner closed their little shop, though.So if we are close or truly at the bottom of the economic downturn, how has this affected you.
Have you lost your job ?
Decreased.Have you increased your work load ?
Nope.Have you made money from this recession ?
I'm Irish, I don't even know how MANY family members I have let alone their situations.When you stop to think, how many family members where affected by this recession ?
Has it caused any major changes in lifestyle? No.Anything else you would like to add I might have missed ?
Beats me, I pay the gov't so I can work more to pay the gov't more. lolSo you got a three per-cent increase in wages for a ten per-cent increase in workload. You'll eventually pay them to work there I assume.:lol:
Being on a fixed income, I notice prices going up but we knew there would be inflation. I've been retired for almost ten years. There has been more inflation in the last two years than in the previous seven or eight. I wonder about young people buying homes these days when just about any home in Vancouver will cost well over half a million dollars.
I would say the economy has treated me pretty well. I can't talk for anyone else.
Interesting post.
To me anyway.
Stats Can says inflation is really really low.
Almost non-existent.
And yet when you talk to friends and acquaintances they all say day to day costs are going up.
Especially food, some folks say in the last couple of years that lots of foodstuff's are up between 20 and 40%.
So how can that be, does Stats Can lie to us to make us feel better or what?
Also is it a location thing because even though I don't live there I have heard that day to day living increases are pretty noticeable on Van Isle.
Having said that I must admit fresh produce and veggie prices are sky-rocketing in Alberta.
Trex
Are you following the "flyers" Juan? Naturally I do most of my shopping at SOM but I buy my best buy's where ever they are. I have never paid $60.00 for a roast and we have roasts in the store that are guaranteed to be tender. I noticed that you say we all live in Nanaimo on VanIsle (you are getting a little heavy on my shoulders :lol:;-))and on the monthly income. I nearly always buy chickens at Quality Foods - they usually have the best price but SOM always has a $10.00 coupon off a case of chicken breasts (almost always)which are good to have around for things like stir frys. I have noticed that many things "on sale" are now on sale for what used to be the regular price. I don't know about other stores but if you just hang onto a month's worth of SOM flyers, you'll see that they follow pretty much the same pattern with most of the same things on sale each month. That way, you know what to wait for go get the best price. This would be true anywhere there are SOM stores. It's probably true of all stores that put out flyers. Naturally there would be some changes for seasonal produce.First of all we live in Nanaimo on Van Isle
Groceries are where inflation is most visible. My wife and I do our big grocery shopping about once a month. We buy staples as needed and meat for the freezer. The cost of that grocery shopping has gone from around $325.00 to over $400.00 Everything has gone up but the main increase has been the meat. A three pound chicken now costs close to ten dollars...Up from maybe seven dollars. A nice beef roast will cost at least $60.00
We buy fresh vegetables and salad stuff as we need it.
Are you following the "flyers" Juan? Naturally I do most of my shopping at SOM but I buy my best buy's where ever they are. I have never paid $60.00 for a roast and we have roasts in the store that are guaranteed to be tender. I noticed that you say we all live in Nanaimo on VanIsle (you are getting a little heavy on my shoulders :lol:;-))and on the monthly income. I nearly always buy chickens at Quality Foods - they usually have the best price but SOM always has a $10.00 coupon off a case of chicken breasts (almost always)which are good to have around for things like stir frys. I have noticed that many things "on sale" are now on sale for what used to be the regular price. I don't know about other stores but if you just hang onto a month's worth of SOM flyers, you'll see that they follow pretty much the same pattern with most of the same things on sale each month. That way, you know what to wait for go get the best price. This would be true anywhere there are SOM stores. It's probably true of all stores that put out flyers. Naturally there would be some changes for seasonal produce.
Well Time to go pay my property taxes that went up another 10% this year..
You guys are all making me depressed with the food talk being so high. I know the cost of it has gone way up and feeding the kids has been unreal.
Oh and on that topic I start my new pay decrease tomorrow "Canada Day" as my company gave us all a great 10% cut back in wages. I guess I should be happy to have a job, but they are looking at more cuts so I should stay on my toes..
With interest rates so so low, I pay our taxes monthly. They always add in a little square on the tax bill that says what your monthly payment would be if you want to go on the pre-paid plan. I'm not fond of pre-paid plans and companies having access to my bank account. I just take their figure and set it up as a payment on my own banking. This year we lucked out and over paid because hubby turned 65 this year so we got a better HOG.Just 10%, how did you get so lucky?, mine went up 22.3%.
With interest rates so so low, I pay our taxes monthly. They always add in a little square on the tax bill that says what your monthly payment would be if you want to go on the pre-paid plan. I'm not fond of pre-paid plans and companies having access to my bank account. I just take their figure and set it up as a payment on my own banking. This year we lucked out and over paid because hubby turned 65 this year so we got a better HOG.
JLM,
Are you all talking about PROPERTY taxes? OMG if you are. Aren't your property taxes based on the value? Those rates are dirt cheap. I have a very nice house, but no mansion, 2,000 sq. ft., 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, an acre in Dallas county, a pool, a fireplace (a treat in Texas) and a garden. Our taxes, after the senior break, are still $1,800 per year. Essentially it boils down to school taxes, which you have to die to get past.:sad10: We are trying to avoid that option.
Uncle
PS: My husband is quite a bit older.