Odds and ends, 3/6/08

I was thinking yesterday about the possible economic problems this nation will face, and I did some math. The last real round of inflation and recession or depression, depending on whether you lived in the Rust Belt or the Sun Belt, was in the early 1980s. About 25 years ago. A lot of people approaching their 40s have little idea what that was like then. Remember when inflation ate away at everything, interest rates were high and credit was not easy to get?

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Yesterday evening, I came $1.90 short. I was expecting to put $50 worth of gas in my car, but my 14.58 gallons came only to $48.10. I'm sure I'll have another opportunity soon.

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More to come.