How has the economy affected you?

[WRESTLINGFAN]

Whether you want to call it a recession or an economic slowdown, we can all agree that the economy has not been the best since late 2007. With gas prices over $ 4 per gallon as well as the credit crunch and mortgage mess have you changed your spending habits? It has affected me somewhat in which I am cutting back slightly in some discretionary spending and I am saving more. Also I have put more into my 401k. All my funds have been down since the beginning of the year but I look at the funds as bargain shopping, because eventually they will go up in value. I can say that even though i am not spending as much, It isnt economic doomsday for me

[GvacMobile]

I'm spending a fortune on gas. I have 3 vehicles and every morning I start them all and leave them running until I go to bed in an effort to stem this recent global cooling.

Sure it's expensive, but I'm just trying to do what I can to help.

[Bulldogcakes]

I'm spending a fortune on gas. I have 3 vehicles and every morning I start them all and leave them running until I go to bed in an effort to stem this recent global cooling.

Sure it' expensive, but I'm just trying to do what I can to help.

Yeah sure, but you just had that big windfall from the garage sale.

[A.J.]

I'm smoking more to pump up the sin tax fund. The children are the future and I'm helping them!

[Drunky McBetidont]

i am broke broke.
and they are raising the price of beer because hopps is in shortage.
fuck that shit.

[BoondockSaint]

Since I'm an oil baron, I'm rather enjoying this. In fact, I use hundred dollar bills as toilet paper. I'm really living the high life.

[Foster]

Since I'm an oil baron, I'm rather enjoying this. In fact, I use hundred dollar bills as toilet paper. I'm really living the high life.

The gas prices and the economy are killing me, so please call me your toilet gets clogged.:flush:

[sailor]

gas is up, but mercifully i don't drive an suv. other than that i have not noticed any changes.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

stupid cruise lines are adding $7 a day to cruises because of gas

its turning some people off


Driving 30 miles a day to Jersey = $60 a week in Gas and $50 in Tolls

$110 a week is rough

[Recyclerz]

Since I'm an oil baron, I'm rather enjoying this. In fact, I use hundred dollar bills as toilet paper. I'm really living the high life.


The gas prices and the economy are killing me, so please call me your toilet gets clogged.:flush:

If he really were a SUCCESSFUL oil baron he'd be wiping his ass with 100 Euro notes (actually worth something, bigger surface area and less ink transfer). So ol' Boondocky is just a ham & egger like the rest of us, using American currency for one of the few things it is still good for. :down:

[TheMojoPin]

I have 3 vehicles

Geez, slow down there, Batman.

[Philly Franko]

Saving Money for June Vaca in Atlantic City...got 4 nites free at resorts,gonna play Craps till the cows come home and drink Grey Goose and OJ and eat at Bobby Flays Steakhouse at the Borgata...will tell him about ronnie B,s Throwdown cupcake challenge. Mollys rules!

[PapaBear]

The most exciting new toy I've been able to afford lately is a $25 bathroom scale.:annoyed:

[TeeBone]

Since we've been embroiled in this so called 'horrible' economy, I've successfully bought two homes, two cars, taken a trip to Europe and the Caribbean and have managed to save money to boot.

This is a horrible economy, isn't it? Its somewhat disconcerting that people are uninformed when they buy anything these days. You have to think long-term and live within your means. Just smarten up and manage yourself a little better and you too can actually prosper in these 'horrible' economic times.
Become a Libertarian and be responsible for yourself !!!


Recession - A period of general economic decline; specifically, a decline in GDP for two or more consecutive quarters.
We are not in a recession.

[Furtherman]

I noticed some shots went from $4 to $5. One less shot during the night.

[JPMNICK]

i really have not noticed to much of a change. spending more on gas, but i got a new car that has better gas mileage, so it kind of offsets it.

food prices are what I notice the most, but it has not stopped me from doing anything

[Knowledged_one]

i am broke broke.
and they are raising the price of beer because hopps is in shortage.
fuck that shit.

If you are that broke why continue drinking?

[TheMojoPin]

I always love the thinking along that lines of, "if everything is OK for me, it must be fine for everyone."

[Knowledged_one]

I always love the thinking along that lines of, "if everything is OK for me, it must be fine for everyone."

Well everyone has heard of the food shortages, and i am short of the hysteria but i am buying rice each time i go to the store. I noticed some guy buying a bag of rice and i just said "saving up for the food shortage huh" and the hayseed looked at me pointed to the shelves because they were full of food and said "what shortage, theres plenty of food"

Hayseeds in Ohio dont watch the news i guess

[TheMojoPin]

Well everyone has heard of the food shortages, and i am short of the hysteria but i am buying rice each time i go to the store. I noticed some guy buying a bag of rice and i just said "saving up for the food shortage huh" and the hayseed looked at me pointed to the shelves because they were full of food and said "what shortage, theres plenty of food"

Hayseeds in Ohio dont watch the news i guess

I'm not talking about overreactions like fake "food shortages"...just the thinking when the economy gets shitty that it has to effect everyone significantly for it to REALLY be a shitty economy. Or that if you haven't been effected yet, you'll automatically ride it out just fine if things don't get better or even get worse.

[JPMNICK]

even when the economy was chugging along good, no one was saving money due to gas being low and food prices staying stagnent while the dollar was really strong.

most people are feeling this because they have over extended themselves for so long that any small change in anything is going to push them over the limit since they were probably living on credit for the past few years anyway.

[Zorro]

If you are that broke why continue drinking?

If you are that drinking why continue broke?

[Drunky McBetidont]

If you are that broke why continue drinking?

JUST NEVER TELL ME TO STOP DRINKING!


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[nukinfuts]

If you are that broke why continue drinking?

Because a pint of vodka is cheaper than a gallon of gas right now and if you drink you aren't supposed to drive so technically getting drunk saves gas :drunk:

[PapaBear]

My county school board decided to eliminate summer school to save money. If a kid fails a required class, they now have to repeat the grade or somehow fit it into their schedule (which is nearly impossible). They are also considering eliminating all athletics below the varsity level.

[A.J.]

JUST NEVER TELL ME TO STOP DRINKING!


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That's inspirational really.

[Serpico1103]

We are not in a recession.

Yes we were and are.
And, I'll assume you "successfully" borrowed money to buy two houses and two cars. Not necessarily a great success.

[underdog]

Since we've been embroiled in this so called 'horrible' economy, I've successfully bought two homes, two cars, taken a trip to Europe and the Caribbean and have managed to save money to boot.

This is a horrible economy, isn't it? Its somewhat disconcerting that people are uninformed when they buy anything these days. You have to think long-term and live within your means. Just smarten up and manage yourself a little better and you too can actually prosper in these 'horrible' economic times.
Become a Libertarian and be responsible for yourself !!!


Recession - A period of general economic decline; specifically, a decline in GDP for two or more consecutive quarters.
We are not in a recession.

Is this SP!'s former username?

[KC2OSO]

I always love the thinking along that lines of, "if everything is OK for me, it must be fine for everyone."
Thank you!

[high fly]

Recession - A period of general economic decline; specifically, a decline in GDP for two or more consecutive quarters.
We are not in a recession.


Sorry, but the outfit that determines the definition of what a recession is and determines when recessions officially begin and end contradict you.

... "Economists with the nonprofit National Bureau of Economic Research announced yesterday that the cycle began in December 2007, long before the health of the financial system deteriorated this spring. The group’s Business Cycle Dating Committee, made up of seven academic economists, determines when a recession begins and ends and is considered the arbiter of such things. The committee defines a recession as “a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in production, employment, real income, and other indicators.”
Assuming that the country is still in a recession – the committee makes its announcements on a delayed basis, after examining definitive economic data – the downturn will be the longest since at least the 1981-82 recession, which lasted 16 months. The current recession, at 12 months and counting, is already longer than the eight-month downturns the nation experienced in 1990-91 and 2001.
There is little doubt that the country is still in a recession, said economists not associated with the NBER. Economic data in recent months suggest that conditions are getting worse, not better.
Bernanke himself said yesterday that “economic activity appears to have downshifted further in the wake” of the deepening financial crisis in September and that “even if the functioning of financial markets continues to improve, economic conditions will probably remain weak for a time.”
Most economists have considered it a foregone conclusion that a recession has been underway for months but have debated when it began. Employers started shrinking their payrolls at the end of last year, and many other measures of economic activity worsened then. But gross domestic product grew in the first six months of the year, and job losses have accelerated since August.
The business-cycle committee, chaired by Stanford University economist Robert Hall, relied heavily on employment data in making its call. Job growth turned negative in December, but for the first several months of the year, the economy was declining only modestly by most measures. It was only after problems in financial markets intensified in September that economic conditions deteriorated significantly.”...


Economic Signs Point to Longer, Deeper Recession
Decline Began a Year Ago, Experts Declare; Wall Street Reacts With Huge Sell-Off
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/01/AR2008120101559.html

[midwestjeff]

My monthly Bergdorf’s allowance has been halved and bottle service has all but disappeared from my life.