#144145
March 21st, 2006 at 06:46 AM
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Just curious on this, how much for: New Brunswick, Canada Gallon of gas~$4.24 Gallon of milk~$6.00 Pack of cigarettes~$9.80 Bun of bread~$2.09 10 pounds of potatoes~$3.99 Minimum wage~$6.25/hr What is your area tallying?
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#144146
March 21st, 2006 at 06:52 AM
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central Oklahoma...I just paid $2.49 for gas today. Milk...$2.39 to $2.89 gallon cigs...premium, $3.90 Bread...$.89 to $2.89 20 lbs. potatoes $1.69 Minimum wage...not sure, but maybe $5.75?
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#144147
March 21st, 2006 at 07:00 AM
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Southeast Kentucky Gallon of gas~$3.54 Gallon of milk~$3.79 Pack of cigarettes~$3.80 Bread~$2.89 10 pounds of potatoes~$3.99 Minimum wage~I have no idea.
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#144148
March 21st, 2006 at 07:01 AM
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Wow, Cindy...some of those are high for U.S. prices!
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#144149
March 21st, 2006 at 08:01 AM
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Central Washington.
2.63 for a gallon of gas 3.50 for a gallon of milk 6.15 for cigs 1.50 for bread Dunno about minimum wage.
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#144150
March 21st, 2006 at 08:11 AM
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Wow, Cindy...some of those are high for U.S. prices! No, kidding...they take advantage of us hillbillies! Today when I went to get Brennan I stopped to get gas on the way home and just as I was fixing to pump it I noticed it was $3.68 a gallon! I hung the nozzle back up and headed home, and gas was $3.54 on the other side of town, and $3.39 at the convenience store down the road from me. I bought 50 bucks worth at $3.39 a gallon, and tomorrow it will probably be down to $2.98...it never fails.
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#144151
March 21st, 2006 at 08:38 AM
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Gas Only went above $3 a gallon for about 2 months here last year, first and only time. We almost had another Revolution...
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#144152
March 21st, 2006 at 08:51 AM
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The New York State minimum wage will increase to $6.75 per hour as of January 1, 2006. It will increase again to $7.15 per hour as of January 1, 2007. Gallon of gas~$2.59 (was just $2.39) Cigs~ *(I do know we have state prices and reservation prices) Gallon of milk~$2.68 $2.39 (on sale by 2 for $4.00, I stock up then)
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#144153
March 21st, 2006 at 09:12 AM
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In metro Atlanta yesterday I paid gas $2.42 at QT (2.35 at Costco) milk $3.42 at Publix (2.25 at Costco) should have gone to Costco bread 9 grain - 2 for $4.69 (at Costco) minimum wage $5.15 but most places here are $5.75 - $6.25 due to low unemployment.
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#144154
March 21st, 2006 at 09:39 AM
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Today in Dallas.... Gas $2.50 a gallon(cheapest I saw) Milk$3.19 a gallon Ciggs $2.79 Generic Bread $ 1.99-2.39 Name brand wholewheat 10lb bg of potatos $2.39 on sale this week Minimum wage...HMMM Not sure Guess I'll walk more and am lactose intolerant, don't smoke, and on a diet, but what's to say they won't come up with a walking, lactose intolerant,dieters tax :rolleyes:
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#144155
March 21st, 2006 at 09:50 AM
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man the prices i see here make me feel good to live in st louis gas 2.39 milk ?(i dont use it much) cigs 3.50 ish bread .50 to 4.00 depending on what you like or will tolerate(i really like sara lee breads wonder when they will quit making em, sara lee brands bought out my favourite bologna , now i cant get it , seitz kinda ticks me off!) taters, im a single guy so when i buy em i just buy em in small quantities so they dont go bad
the prices im seeing here scares the heck out of me. i gonna have to get better at conserving if this is what i have to look forward to. lookslike living in st louis aint too bad after all
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#144156
March 21st, 2006 at 10:13 AM
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Gallon of gas: $2.49 Pack of Cigs: $3.63--we go over the border to WV where they are $3.10 a pack Bread $1.09-$2.50 depending on if I buy Sunbeam White, or the special Honey Wheat I like. Gallon of Milk: $3.09 potatoes: 2 5lb bags for $3 Minimum wage: $5.15...yep that's right...a miserable 5.15 an hour. But you gotta think that the prices are all subjective....I can go to Save a lot and get the grocery items for way less if I wanted. Their bread there is 2 for 1.09 or something. Plus some stores charge a lot more for cigs than other...if I bought a pack in Martins grocery store chain or Walmart they'd be four something a pack....
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#144157
March 21st, 2006 at 10:17 AM
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In Reading, Pa (suburb of Philadelphia) gas-$2.33/gal milk-$2.31/gal just paid $1.99 for bread...whole wheat buns, 8 pack cigs-dunno...don't smoke min wage-$5.15/hr....talks of it going up to $7.15/hr at some point
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#144158
March 21st, 2006 at 10:20 AM
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Gas is $2.50/gal don't drink store bought milk so not sure. 7 Grain Bread is 3 loaves for $2.75 @ wonder bread outlet. Last I heard min. wage was $5.25 I think I don't pay attention to that anymore. Jimmy
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#144159
March 21st, 2006 at 10:20 AM
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I don't worry about gas, my car gets 30mph so a tank of gas lasts me all week.
I don't smoke, but the wife does and at the Indian SmokeShop they are 26.50 a carton.
Milk and Bread not sure, minium wage what's that?
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#144160
March 21st, 2006 at 10:26 AM
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In Alberta
3.50 per gallon (took me forever to convert from litres) Milk 4.00 Bread .99- 279 depending what ya get Cigs, 10.50 per pkg Minimum wage 7.50
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#144161
March 21st, 2006 at 12:28 PM
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Arkansas- and prices are usually lower 50 miles from my house Gallon of gas~$2.35 Gallon of milk~$3.50 Pack of cigarettes~ Don't know I don't smoke Bun of bread~2 for 1.19 usually 10 pounds of potatoes~$2.99 (and I only buy when on sale) Minimum wage~$5.25/hr
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#144162
March 21st, 2006 at 09:19 PM
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Thanks guys and gals, just wanted to prove a point of how our minimum wage is about the same but everything costs double here.
Another thing around here is that they no longer hire for a 40 hour week, they hire two part timers instead so they don't have to pay benefits.
If DH can't find another job by the end of the summer I am seriously thinking of selling my house and moving out west to Alberta. Every place that he works ends up down sizing and he ends up being in the last bunch hired.
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#144163
March 21st, 2006 at 10:01 PM
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Minimum wage in Cal is 7.75 I think. Sounds good but housing is over the top. It's hard to find an apartment for under a thousand. And they keep saying that we have the highest gas prices in the US.
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#144164
March 21st, 2006 at 10:27 PM
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Tamara, I work at what you call the DMV. It has been privatized out here so it is privatley owned but run under the government policies etc. We are getting more and more people from the east moving here for work. Seems we have too much work and not enough workers.. So come on down. You'll be more than welcome
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#144165
March 21st, 2006 at 10:34 PM
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I just looked over this topic again and it makes me wonder why the gas is so high where I live, and everyone else is paying from $2.29 to around $2.59 a gallon all over the country. Rachel called on her way to work this morning and said the Speedway where she usually gets gas was $3.64 this morning.
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#144166
March 21st, 2006 at 11:18 PM
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Sounds like price gouging to me Cindy.
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#144167
March 21st, 2006 at 11:43 PM
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In Ontario Gas-$3.64 gal (I also had to convert to gal) Milk-$4.59 Cigarettes-between $9-$9.70 /pkg Bread-basic white bread $1.79 and up potatoes-10 lb bag $2.99 Minimum wage-$7.65
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#144168
March 22nd, 2006 at 12:15 AM
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I can't get over the price of cigs in Canada....I think I'd make a trip across to the US every now and then and buy some if I live close enough to the border.....
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#144169
March 22nd, 2006 at 12:24 AM
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They keep raising the taxes on cigarettes hoping to keep the youth from being able to afford them and to get more people to quit. They are supposed to use the extra tax $$ for our health care system...
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