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Old 19-April-2008, 03:44 AM
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...they where something like this: wheat is up by more than 100%...
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...Wheat prices in Chicago, the global benchmark, have risen 92 per cent in the past 12 months...
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So far, potatoes seem the least affected (price-wise) of the food 'staples' category.
Potato Beer , anyone?
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Just curious, how much were you earning back then. I would move furniture during the summer and winter breaks when I was in college.
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So spending two dollars on beer would be about ten minutes worth of work.
At that time, I think I was around $6/hr, with minimum somewhere above 3. A couple of years before minimum was 2.65.
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Unnamed Politician: "Why are the people outside demonstrating?"

Nameless Aide: "The price of beer has doubled and the people have nothing to drink."

Unnamed Politician's Wife: "Let them drink wine!"

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Price of beer continues to rise
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"If you're paying $3 a pound last year for hops, you're paying up to $9, $15, as much as $20 a pound," Brophy said.
Beer up 4% for the year (not quite double, but it's not over)

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The cost is being passed on to customers in the form of higher prices, but beer sales continue to climb.
Could the climb in sales be people switching from more expensive beverages?
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With the price of beer, is it any wonder that it's more precious than children?

Driver buckles beer in car -- but not child

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The 30-can carton was strapped in between the two adults sitting in the back seat of the car. The child was also in back, on the vehicle's floor.
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The only thing surprizing is that it wasn't in Texas!
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The only thing surprizing is that it wasn't in Texas!
Isn't Australia the southern hemisphere's version of Texas?
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