Re: I'm gonna stop driving for about 6 months


"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2008.07.04.13.10.15.569688@xxxxxxxxxx
we haven't had no-fault insurance here for ~30 years. The state allowed it
again in April.

People are going nutz with the new low insurance rates. I upped the
coverage on the Supra and am paying half of what I was before.

However, I read the fine print. The policies are for 6 months instead of a
year, and the insurance companies can raise the rates at any time for just
about any reason.

This reminds me of the trend in food products, and one in particular, ice
cream.
It used to be that ice cream came in half-gallon tubs. Then the tubs were
reduced in size to 1.75 quarts. (but guess what! the price remained the
same!)
The latest change is that the tubs are now 1.5 quarts...
but everything's still all right because the price is still the same!
Ain't progress grand?
In the same vein, our inflation figures come out showing that prices have
increased only 1.3 % or so,
BUT they fail to measure the increases for two items....
FUEL AND FOOD. damn, but these economists are sharp as tacks! It's
like the shell game is being played on a national level. Just how dumb do
they take us for?


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