Here I am with a garage full of bicycles, ready to put another one together and my friend who is now in the hospital I have his bike in the computer room. If he craps out, will his sister want to ship that Trek Madone 4.3 back to Wisconsin?

Since it is a 54 cm I'm not all that sure that she would want the expense and NOTHING is selling now regardless of how good a deal it is. No one knows that the hell Biden is doing to the economy. At my local store it is getting difficult to buy Milk. What's next? Another lack of toilet paper?

On 4/3/2022 2:55 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
> Here I am with a garage full of bicycles, ready to put another one together and my friend who is now in the hospital I have his bike in the computer room. If he craps out, will his sister want to ship that Trek Madone 4.3 back to Wisconsin?
>
> Since it is a 54 cm I'm not all that sure that she would want the expense and NOTHING is selling now regardless of how good a deal it is. No one knows that the hell Biden is doing to the economy.

Again:

https://www.politico.com/dims4/default/9823d12/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F6d%2F6b%2Fb2c63d2f4b92b740030d15042ddc%2F11-nick-anderson-counterpoint.jpg

--
- Frank Krygowski

On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 11:55:06 -0700 (PDT), Tom Kunich
<cyclintom@gmail.com> wrote:

>Here I am with a garage full of bicycles, ready to put another one together and my friend who is now in the hospital I have his bike in the computer room. If he craps out, will his sister want to ship that Trek Madone 4.3 back to Wisconsin?

Nope. Give it to the two "illegal aliens" who tried to save his life.

>Since it is a 54 cm I'm not all that sure that she would want the expense and NOTHING is selling now regardless of how good a deal it is. No one knows that the hell Biden is doing to the economy. At my local store it is getting difficult to buy Milk. What's next? Another lack of toilet paper?

Bicycle sales are up due to the cost of gasoline. Just because you're
having problems selling your bicycles, doesn't mean that everyone is
having the same problem. Since it seems that eBikes are leading the
sales, perhaps you are trying to sell the wrong type of bicycle?

"Electric Bikes are Booming (Again) Rising fuel prices are a part of
it." (March 18, 2022)
<https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-18/electric-bikes-are-booming-again>

"Gas prices, spring season influencing bike sales" (March 13, 2022)
<https://www.chicoer.com/2022/03/13/gas-prices-spring-season-influencing-bike-sales/>

"Bicycle sales boom amid high gas prices" (March 29, 2022)
<https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/bicycle-sales-boom-amid-high-gas-prices/>

More:
<https://www.google.com/search?q=bicycle+sales+up+due+to+cost+of+gasoline>

--
Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 11:55:08 AM UTC-7, Tom Kunich wrote:
> Here I am with a garage full of bicycles, ready to put another one together and my friend who is now in the hospital I have his bike in the computer room. If he craps out, will his sister want to ship that Trek Madone 4.3 back to Wisconsin?
>
> Since it is a 54 cm I'm not all that sure that she would want the expense and NOTHING is selling now regardless of how good a deal it is. No one knows that the hell Biden is doing to the economy. At my local store it is getting difficult to buy Milk. What's next? Another lack of toilet paper?
Frank, you have shown yourself to be the comedian of the group, I see that you're so stupid that you are unaware that the US dollar is the exchange vehicle of the world and that if Biden overprints money causing inflation that it effects the entire world.

I wish that I were as stupid as you are so that I could always believe that the world is just doing peachy keen as Biden tells the Russians and the Chinese that he intends to take no actions at all for their invasions. I know that you will be as happy as a pig in shit when China invades Taiwan and starts the atrocities.

Now tell me that you never said any such thing after someone sent me your comic. What I can enjoy is that this inflation that wasn't Biden's fault is most strongly effecting people like you who were teaching at a lackluster college and with retirement -pay that will force you back to work. Have a good laugh after showing that you don't have even a passing clue with what is happening in the world. If you lose one more point of IQ you won't ever need an EKG because there won't be anything there to detect.

On 4/3/2022 2:36 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
> On 4/3/2022 2:55 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
>> Here I am with a garage full of bicycles, ready to put
>> another one together and my friend who is now in the
>> hospital I have his bike in the computer room. If he craps
>> out, will his sister want to ship that Trek Madone 4.3
>> back to Wisconsin?
>>
>> Since it is a 54 cm I'm not all that sure that she would
>> want the expense and NOTHING is selling now regardless of
>> how good a deal it is. No one knows that the hell Biden is
>> doing to the economy.
>
> Again:
>
> https://www.politico.com/dims4/default/9823d12/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F6d%2F6b%2Fb2c63d2f4b92b740030d15042ddc%2F11-nick-anderson-counterpoint.jpg
>
>
>

Pay no attention to that man behind the screen. The Great OZ
has spoken.

https://www.denverpost.com/2022/03/10/turin-bicycles-closing-denver-cap-hill/

"Nothing is selling" is not true.
"Everything's fine" is not true either.

--
Andrew Muzi
<www.yellowjersey.org/>
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

On 4/3/2022 5:05 PM, AMuzi wrote:
> On 4/3/2022 2:36 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>> On 4/3/2022 2:55 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
>>> Here I am with a garage full of bicycles, ready to put
>>> another one together and my friend who is now in the
>>> hospital I have his bike in the computer room. If he craps
>>> out, will his sister want to ship that Trek Madone 4.3
>>> back to Wisconsin?
>>>
>>> Since it is a 54 cm I'm not all that sure that she would
>>> want the expense and NOTHING is selling now regardless of
>>> how good a deal it is. No one knows that the hell Biden is
>>> doing to the economy.
>>
>> Again:
>>
>> https://www.politico.com/dims4/default/9823d12/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F6d%2F6b%2Fb2c63d2f4b92b740030d15042ddc%2F11-nick-anderson-counterpoint.jpg
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Pay no attention to that man behind the screen. The Great OZ has spoken.
>
> https://www.denverpost.com/2022/03/10/turin-bicycles-closing-denver-cap-hill/
>
>
> "Nothing is selling" is not true.
> "Everything's fine" is not true either.

"It's all Biden's fault" is not true either. It's no more true than
"Obama caused the recession."

The issues of the day are quite complicated. The discussions are not
improved by those who inject obvious falsehoods.

--
- Frank Krygowski

On 4/3/2022 4:46 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:

> ... someone sent me your comic.

Another Kunich lie. Nobody's sending you Usenet posts. Why would they?

Give up, Tom.

--
- Frank Krygowski

On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 16:17:43 -0700 (PDT), "russellseaton1@yahoo.com"
<ritzannaseaton@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 3:46:58 PM UTC-5, cycl...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 11:55:08 AM UTC-7, Tom Kunich wrote:
>> > Here I am with a garage full of bicycles, ready to put another one together and my friend who is now in the hospital I have his bike in the computer room. If he craps out, will his sister want to ship that Trek Madone 4.3 back to Wisconsin?
>> >
>> > Since it is a 54 cm I'm not all that sure that she would want the expense and NOTHING is selling now regardless of how good a deal it is. No one knows that the hell Biden is doing to the economy. At my local store it is getting difficult to buy Milk. What's next? Another lack of toilet paper?
>> Frank, you have shown yourself to be the comedian of the group, I see that you're so stupid that you are unaware that the US dollar is the exchange vehicle of the world and that if Biden overprints money causing inflation that it effects the entire world.
>
>Tommy, you are once again clearly showing you do not understand how the USA monetary policy works. Not surprising. The Federal Reserve is in charge of the USA monetary policy. Interest rates for banks and the amount of money in the economy by buying or selling federal debt. The Federal Reserve is charged with keeping stable prices, maximizing employment, and moderating long term interest rates. For the past many months the US Federal Reserve has been reducing the amount of government bonds and mortgage backed securities it purchases. And just a few weeks ago it increased the bank borrowing interest rate. So the Federal Reserve is reducing the printing of money!!!!!!!!!!! It was during the Trump reign of terror when Congress passed the huge spending bills and gave away money hand over fist. Overprinting money!!!!!!! And the Federal Reserve made negative interest rates too.
>
>https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy.htm
>https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20220316a.htm
>
>
>
>>
>> I wish that I were as stupid as you are so that I could always believe that the world is just doing peachy keen as Biden tells the Russians and the Chinese that he intends to take no actions at all for their invasions. I know that you will be as happy as a pig in shit when China invades Taiwan and starts the atrocities.
>
>Have you been reading the smoke signals wrong in Oakland? Biden has been taking a lot of action against Russia because they attacked Ukraine. It was your idol Trump who said Putin was smart. Most of the world, except China and India are restricting Russia and boycotting them. Lead by the USA, Biden, and the European Union. And Biden has been talking to China about not helping Russia too.
>

But I wonder just what effect the so called "sanctions" will really
have. Russia, for example, supplies something like 40% of the gas used
in Europe and does it cheaply through a number of pipelines. If you
don't buy Russia's gas where do you get it and what is the cost to the
end user?

Another point is what and how much does Russia import from other
countries. I read, for example, that China's exports to Russia was
$50.58 billion and the EU exported something like $90 billion worth in
2020. Will countries give up that amount in sales?
--
Cheers,

John B.

On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 19:07:40 -0700 (PDT), "russellseaton1@yahoo.com"
<ritzannaseaton@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 8:01:39 PM UTC-5, John B. wrote:
>> On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 16:17:43 -0700 (PDT), "russell...@yahoo.com"
>> <ritzann...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 3:46:58 PM UTC-5, cycl...@gmail.com wrote:
>> >> On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 11:55:08 AM UTC-7, Tom Kunich wrote:
>> >> > Here I am with a garage full of bicycles, ready to put another one together and my friend who is now in the hospital I have his bike in the computer room. If he craps out, will his sister want to ship that Trek Madone 4.3 back to Wisconsin?
>> >> >
>> >> > Since it is a 54 cm I'm not all that sure that she would want the expense and NOTHING is selling now regardless of how good a deal it is. No one knows that the hell Biden is doing to the economy. At my local store it is getting difficult to buy Milk. What's next? Another lack of toilet paper?
>> >> Frank, you have shown yourself to be the comedian of the group, I see that you're so stupid that you are unaware that the US dollar is the exchange vehicle of the world and that if Biden overprints money causing inflation that it effects the entire world.
>> >
>> >Tommy, you are once again clearly showing you do not understand how the USA monetary policy works. Not surprising. The Federal Reserve is in charge of the USA monetary policy. Interest rates for banks and the amount of money in the economy by buying or selling federal debt. The Federal Reserve is charged with keeping stable prices, maximizing employment, and moderating long term interest rates. For the past many months the US Federal Reserve has been reducing the amount of government bonds and mortgage backed securities it purchases. And just a few weeks ago it increased the bank borrowing interest rate. So the Federal Reserve is reducing the printing of money!!!!!!!!!!! It was during the Trump reign of terror when Congress passed the huge spending bills and gave away money hand over fist. Overprinting money!!!!!!! And the Federal Reserve made negative interest rates too.
>> >
>> >https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy.htm
>> >https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20220316a.htm
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> I wish that I were as stupid as you are so that I could always believe that the world is just doing peachy keen as Biden tells the Russians and the Chinese that he intends to take no actions at all for their invasions. I know that you will be as happy as a pig in shit when China invades Taiwan and starts the atrocities.
>> >
>> >Have you been reading the smoke signals wrong in Oakland? Biden has been taking a lot of action against Russia because they attacked Ukraine. It was your idol Trump who said Putin was smart. Most of the world, except China and India are restricting Russia and boycotting them. Lead by the USA, Biden, and the European Union. And Biden has been talking to China about not helping Russia too.
>> >
>> But I wonder just what effect the so called "sanctions" will really
>> have. Russia, for example, supplies something like 40% of the gas used
>> in Europe and does it cheaply through a number of pipelines. If you
>> don't buy Russia's gas where do you get it and what is the cost to the
>> end user?
>>
>> Another point is what and how much does Russia import from other
>> countries. I read, for example, that China's exports to Russia was
>> $50.58 billion and the EU exported something like $90 billion worth in
>> 2020. Will countries give up that amount in sales?
>> --
>> Cheers,
>>
>> John B.
>
>
>I forgot to mention in my post that the Federal Reserve is completely separate from the Executive branch. Biden. Biden does not influence the actions of the Federal Reserve board. But Tommy thinks Biden controls the Fed. I could say he is an idiot. But that would be redundant.
>
>I do not know what the ultimate affect of the sanctions will be on Russia. Yes Europe gets a lot of its natural gas from Europe. The US said it would send LNG to Europe. But that takes time and is difficult and Europe does not have the facilities in place immediately to process the liquid natural gas. So that is a next year solution. But as of right now, Russia is still willingly selling its gas to Europe. For Euros and Dollars. Not rubles as they threatened recently. Russia gets all of its money from selling gas and oil and other mined minerals. Russia is an exporting country. Russia would be cutting its own throat if it stopped selling gas and oil. Is Russia going to get revenge on Europe by cutting off its own hand? Maybe. Or maybe not.
>
>As for China and Europe's exports to Russia, so what. So to speak.
>
So What??? Ah, then you don't remember when Trump order the higher
import duties on Chinese imports and the Chinese retaliated by
canceling their orders for, what was it? Soy Beans? So the Government
had to hand out money to the soy bean farmers to compensate for their
lost sales?

"Don't sell your goods to Russia, and the Government will reimburse
you", is not a good business practice (:-)
--
Cheers,

John B.

On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 19:07:40 -0700 (PDT), "russellseaton1@yahoo.com"
<ritzannaseaton@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 8:01:39 PM UTC-5, John B. wrote:
>> On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 16:17:43 -0700 (PDT), "russell...@yahoo.com"
>> <ritzann...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 3:46:58 PM UTC-5, cycl...@gmail.com wrote:
>> >> On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 11:55:08 AM UTC-7, Tom Kunich wrote:
>> >> > Here I am with a garage full of bicycles, ready to put another one together and my friend who is now in the hospital I have his bike in the computer room. If he craps out, will his sister want to ship that Trek Madone 4.3 back to Wisconsin?
>> >> >
>> >> > Since it is a 54 cm I'm not all that sure that she would want the expense and NOTHING is selling now regardless of how good a deal it is. No one knows that the hell Biden is doing to the economy. At my local store it is getting difficult to buy Milk. What's next? Another lack of toilet paper?
>> >> Frank, you have shown yourself to be the comedian of the group, I see that you're so stupid that you are unaware that the US dollar is the exchange vehicle of the world and that if Biden overprints money causing inflation that it effects the entire world.
>> >
>> >Tommy, you are once again clearly showing you do not understand how the USA monetary policy works. Not surprising. The Federal Reserve is in charge of the USA monetary policy. Interest rates for banks and the amount of money in the economy by buying or selling federal debt. The Federal Reserve is charged with keeping stable prices, maximizing employment, and moderating long term interest rates. For the past many months the US Federal Reserve has been reducing the amount of government bonds and mortgage backed securities it purchases. And just a few weeks ago it increased the bank borrowing interest rate. So the Federal Reserve is reducing the printing of money!!!!!!!!!!! It was during the Trump reign of terror when Congress passed the huge spending bills and gave away money hand over fist. Overprinting money!!!!!!! And the Federal Reserve made negative interest rates too.
>> >
>> >https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy.htm
>> >https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20220316a.htm
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >> I wish that I were as stupid as you are so that I could always believe that the world is just doing peachy keen as Biden tells the Russians and the Chinese that he intends to take no actions at all for their invasions. I know that you will be as happy as a pig in shit when China invades Taiwan and starts the atrocities.
>> >
>> >Have you been reading the smoke signals wrong in Oakland? Biden has been taking a lot of action against Russia because they attacked Ukraine. It was your idol Trump who said Putin was smart. Most of the world, except China and India are restricting Russia and boycotting them. Lead by the USA, Biden, and the European Union. And Biden has been talking to China about not helping Russia too.
>> >
>> But I wonder just what effect the so called "sanctions" will really
>> have. Russia, for example, supplies something like 40% of the gas used
>> in Europe and does it cheaply through a number of pipelines. If you
>> don't buy Russia's gas where do you get it and what is the cost to the
>> end user?
>>
>> Another point is what and how much does Russia import from other
>> countries. I read, for example, that China's exports to Russia was
>> $50.58 billion and the EU exported something like $90 billion worth in
>> 2020. Will countries give up that amount in sales?
>> --
>> Cheers,
>>
>> John B.
>
>
>I forgot to mention in my post that the Federal Reserve is completely separate from the Executive branch. Biden. Biden does not influence the actions of the Federal Reserve board. But Tommy thinks Biden controls the Fed. I could say he is an idiot. But that would be redundant.
>
>I do not know what the ultimate affect of the sanctions will be on Russia. Yes Europe gets a lot of its natural gas from Europe. The US said it would send LNG to Europe. But that takes time and is difficult and Europe does not have the facilities in place immediately to process the liquid natural gas. So that is a next year solution. But as of right now, Russia is still willingly selling its gas to Europe. For Euros and Dollars. Not rubles as they threatened recently. Russia gets all of its money from selling gas and oil and other mined minerals. Russia is an exporting country. Russia would be cutting its own throat if it stopped selling gas and oil. Is Russia going to get revenge on Europe by cutting off its own hand? Maybe. Or maybe not.
>
>As for China and Europe's exports to Russia, so what. So to speak.
>
So What??? Ah, then you don't remember when Trump order the higher
import duties on Chinese imports and the Chinese retaliated by
canceling their orders for, what was it? Soy Beans? So the Government
had to hand out money to the soy bean farmers to compensate for their
lost sales?

"Don't sell your goods to Russia, and the Government will reimburse
you", is not a good business practice (:-)
--
Cheers,

John B.

On Mon, 04 Apr 2022 10:25:36 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 19:07:40 -0700 (PDT), "russellseaton1@yahoo.com"
><ritzannaseaton@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 8:01:39 PM UTC-5, John B. wrote:
>>> On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 16:17:43 -0700 (PDT), "russell...@yahoo.com"
>>> <ritzann...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 3:46:58 PM UTC-5, cycl...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> >> On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 11:55:08 AM UTC-7, Tom Kunich wrote:
>>> >> > Here I am with a garage full of bicycles, ready to put another one together and my friend who is now in the hospital I have his bike in the computer room. If he craps out, will his sister want to ship that Trek Madone 4.3 back to Wisconsin?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Since it is a 54 cm I'm not all that sure that she would want the expense and NOTHING is selling now regardless of how good a deal it is. No one knows that the hell Biden is doing to the economy. At my local store it is getting difficult to buy Milk. What's next? Another lack of toilet paper?
>>> >> Frank, you have shown yourself to be the comedian of the group, I see that you're so stupid that you are unaware that the US dollar is the exchange vehicle of the world and that if Biden overprints money causing inflation that it effects the entire world.
>>> >
>>> >Tommy, you are once again clearly showing you do not understand how the USA monetary policy works. Not surprising. The Federal Reserve is in charge of the USA monetary policy. Interest rates for banks and the amount of money in the economy by buying or selling federal debt. The Federal Reserve is charged with keeping stable prices, maximizing employment, and moderating long term interest rates. For the past many months the US Federal Reserve has been reducing the amount of government bonds and mortgage backed securities it purchases. And just a few weeks ago it increased the bank borrowing interest rate. So the Federal Reserve is reducing the printing of money!!!!!!!!!!! It was during the Trump reign of terror when Congress passed the huge spending bills and gave away money hand over fist. Overprinting money!!!!!!! And the Federal Reserve made negative interest rates too.
>>> >
>>> >https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy.htm
>>> >https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20220316a.htm
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >> I wish that I were as stupid as you are so that I could always believe that the world is just doing peachy keen as Biden tells the Russians and the Chinese that he intends to take no actions at all for their invasions. I know that you will be as happy as a pig in shit when China invades Taiwan and starts the atrocities.
>>> >
>>> >Have you been reading the smoke signals wrong in Oakland? Biden has been taking a lot of action against Russia because they attacked Ukraine. It was your idol Trump who said Putin was smart. Most of the world, except China and India are restricting Russia and boycotting them. Lead by the USA, Biden, and the European Union. And Biden has been talking to China about not helping Russia too.
>>> >
>>> But I wonder just what effect the so called "sanctions" will really
>>> have. Russia, for example, supplies something like 40% of the gas used
>>> in Europe and does it cheaply through a number of pipelines. If you
>>> don't buy Russia's gas where do you get it and what is the cost to the
>>> end user?
>>>
>>> Another point is what and how much does Russia import from other
>>> countries. I read, for example, that China's exports to Russia was
>>> $50.58 billion and the EU exported something like $90 billion worth in
>>> 2020. Will countries give up that amount in sales?
>>> --
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> John B.
>>
>>
>>I forgot to mention in my post that the Federal Reserve is completely separate from the Executive branch. Biden. Biden does not influence the actions of the Federal Reserve board. But Tommy thinks Biden controls the Fed. I could say he is an idiot. But that would be redundant.
>>
>>I do not know what the ultimate affect of the sanctions will be on Russia. Yes Europe gets a lot of its natural gas from Europe. The US said it would send LNG to Europe. But that takes time and is difficult and Europe does not have the facilities in place immediately to process the liquid natural gas. So that is a next year solution. But as of right now, Russia is still willingly selling its gas to Europe. For Euros and Dollars. Not rubles as they threatened recently. Russia gets all of its money from selling gas and oil and other mined minerals. Russia is an exporting country. Russia would be cutting its own throat if it stopped selling gas and oil. Is Russia going to get revenge on Europe by cutting off its own hand? Maybe. Or maybe not.
>>
>>As for China and Europe's exports to Russia, so what. So to speak.
>>
>So What??? Ah, then you don't remember when Trump order the higher
>import duties on Chinese imports and the Chinese retaliated by
>canceling their orders for, what was it? Soy Beans? So the Government
>had to hand out money to the soy bean farmers to compensate for their
>lost sales?
>
>"Don't sell your goods to Russia, and the Government will reimburse
>you", is not a good business practice (:-)

Sorry, the Computer went mad and sent this twice (:-(
--
Cheers,

John B.

On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 22:10:58 -0700 (PDT), "russellseaton1@yahoo.com"
<ritzannaseaton@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 10:25:17 PM UTC-5, John B. wrote:
>> On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 19:07:40 -0700 (PDT), "russell...@yahoo.com"
>> <ritzann...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 8:01:39 PM UTC-5, John B. wrote:
>> >> On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 16:17:43 -0700 (PDT), "russell...@yahoo.com"
>> >> <ritzann...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 3:46:58 PM UTC-5, cycl...@gmail.com wrote:
>> >> >> On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 11:55:08 AM UTC-7, Tom Kunich wrote:
>> >> >> > Here I am with a garage full of bicycles, ready to put another one together and my friend who is now in the hospital I have his bike in the computer room. If he craps out, will his sister want to ship that Trek Madone 4.3 back to Wisconsin?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Since it is a 54 cm I'm not all that sure that she would want the expense and NOTHING is selling now regardless of how good a deal it is. No one knows that the hell Biden is doing to the economy. At my local store it is getting difficult to buy Milk. What's next? Another lack of toilet paper?
>> >> >> Frank, you have shown yourself to be the comedian of the group, I see that you're so stupid that you are unaware that the US dollar is the exchange vehicle of the world and that if Biden overprints money causing inflation that it effects the entire world.
>> >> >
>> >> >Tommy, you are once again clearly showing you do not understand how the USA monetary policy works. Not surprising. The Federal Reserve is in charge of the USA monetary policy. Interest rates for banks and the amount of money in the economy by buying or selling federal debt. The Federal Reserve is charged with keeping stable prices, maximizing employment, and moderating long term interest rates. For the past many months the US Federal Reserve has been reducing the amount of government bonds and mortgage backed securities it purchases. And just a few weeks ago it increased the bank borrowing interest rate. So the Federal Reserve is reducing the printing of money!!!!!!!!!!! It was during the Trump reign of terror when Congress passed the huge spending bills and gave away money hand over fist. Overprinting money!!!!!!! And the Federal Reserve made negative interest rates too.
>> >> >
>> >> >https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy.htm
>> >> >https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20220316a.htm
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I wish that I were as stupid as you are so that I could always believe that the world is just doing peachy keen as Biden tells the Russians and the Chinese that he intends to take no actions at all for their invasions. I know that you will be as happy as a pig in shit when China invades Taiwan and starts the atrocities.
>> >> >
>> >> >Have you been reading the smoke signals wrong in Oakland? Biden has been taking a lot of action against Russia because they attacked Ukraine. It was your idol Trump who said Putin was smart. Most of the world, except China and India are restricting Russia and boycotting them. Lead by the USA, Biden, and the European Union. And Biden has been talking to China about not helping Russia too.
>> >> >
>> >> But I wonder just what effect the so called "sanctions" will really
>> >> have. Russia, for example, supplies something like 40% of the gas used
>> >> in Europe and does it cheaply through a number of pipelines. If you
>> >> don't buy Russia's gas where do you get it and what is the cost to the
>> >> end user?
>> >>
>> >> Another point is what and how much does Russia import from other
>> >> countries. I read, for example, that China's exports to Russia was
>> >> $50.58 billion and the EU exported something like $90 billion worth in
>> >> 2020. Will countries give up that amount in sales?
>> >> --
>> >> Cheers,
>> >>
>> >> John B.
>> >
>> >
>> >I forgot to mention in my post that the Federal Reserve is completely separate from the Executive branch. Biden. Biden does not influence the actions of the Federal Reserve board. But Tommy thinks Biden controls the Fed. I could say he is an idiot. But that would be redundant.
>> >
>> >I do not know what the ultimate affect of the sanctions will be on Russia. Yes Europe gets a lot of its natural gas from Europe. The US said it would send LNG to Europe. But that takes time and is difficult and Europe does not have the facilities in place immediately to process the liquid natural gas. So that is a next year solution. But as of right now, Russia is still willingly selling its gas to Europe. For Euros and Dollars. Not rubles as they threatened recently. Russia gets all of its money from selling gas and oil and other mined minerals. Russia is an exporting country. Russia would be cutting its own throat if it stopped selling gas and oil. Is Russia going to get revenge on Europe by cutting off its own hand? Maybe. Or maybe not.
>> >
>> >As for China and Europe's exports to Russia, so what. So to speak.
>> >
>> So What??? Ah, then you don't remember when Trump order the higher
>> import duties on Chinese imports and the Chinese retaliated by
>> canceling their orders for, what was it? Soy Beans? So the Government
>> had to hand out money to the soy bean farmers to compensate for their
>> lost sales?
>
>You mean the Trump bribes?
>https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/14/donald-trump-coronavirus-farmer-bailouts-359932
>https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/us/politics/trump-farmers-subsidies.html
>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-farmers-aid/trumps-payments-to-farmers-hit-all-time-high-ahead-of-election-idUSKBN2741D4
>https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/12/31/790261705/farmers-got-billions-from-taxpayers-in-2019-and-hardly-anyone-objected
>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-24/largest-farms-share-of-subsidies-grew-under-trump-bailouts
>
>https://www.macrotrends.net/2531/soybean-prices-historical-chart-data
>Soybean prices.
>$9.77 bushel on Jan 15, 2018
>$10.50 on Mar 12, 2018
>$8.31 on Sep 10, 2018
>$8.09 on May 6, 2019
>$8.32 on Apr 13, 2020
>$11.48 on Nov 9, 2020
>
>Exactly what lost sales are you talking about? The price the farmer can sell the soybeans at is the only thing he cares about. Not whether its exported or not. Market prices for soybeans went up about 10% in 2018 and then down about 12% in 2018 and stayed down until 2020, and then went up 20% in 2020. Up and down 10-20% is bad and hard to plan for. But we are not talking about soybean prices losing 75% of value.
>
>https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2021/12/u-s-soy-exports-to-china-face-headwinds/
>This chart does show less exports of soybeans to China during the 2018-19 crop year. However, some of the sales were just moved within the year. Overall, it was less exports of soybeans to China. But it was not a 100 to 0 decrease.
>

Read it and weep (:-)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/05/08/Soybean-prices-near-10-year-low-after-Trumps-tariff-threat-to-China/3531557246746/
Soybean prices are nearing their lowest level in more than a decade
following a series of tweets from President Donald Trump that
threatened to increase tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars on
Chinese imports

You listed the price drop. Do you believe that a drop in price of ~20%
doesn't bother the farmers. What is the profit margin on agriculture?
--
Cheers,

John B.

On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 23:47:29 -0700 (PDT), "russellseaton1@yahoo.com"
<ritzannaseaton@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Monday, April 4, 2022 at 1:22:07 AM UTC-5, John B. wrote:
>> On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 22:10:58 -0700 (PDT), "russell...@yahoo.com"
>> <ritzann...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 10:25:17 PM UTC-5, John B. wrote:
>> >> On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 19:07:40 -0700 (PDT), "russell...@yahoo.com"
>> >> <ritzann...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 8:01:39 PM UTC-5, John B. wrote:
>> >> >> On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 16:17:43 -0700 (PDT), "russell...@yahoo.com"
>> >> >> <ritzann...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 3:46:58 PM UTC-5, cycl...@gmail.com wrote:
>> >> >> >> On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 11:55:08 AM UTC-7, Tom Kunich wrote:
>> >> >> >> > Here I am with a garage full of bicycles, ready to put another one together and my friend who is now in the hospital I have his bike in the computer room. If he craps out, will his sister want to ship that Trek Madone 4.3 back to Wisconsin?
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > Since it is a 54 cm I'm not all that sure that she would want the expense and NOTHING is selling now regardless of how good a deal it is. No one knows that the hell Biden is doing to the economy. At my local store it is getting difficult to buy Milk. What's next? Another lack of toilet paper?
>> >> >> >> Frank, you have shown yourself to be the comedian of the group, I see that you're so stupid that you are unaware that the US dollar is the exchange vehicle of the world and that if Biden overprints money causing inflation that it effects the entire world.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Tommy, you are once again clearly showing you do not understand how the USA monetary policy works. Not surprising. The Federal Reserve is in charge of the USA monetary policy. Interest rates for banks and the amount of money in the economy by buying or selling federal debt. The Federal Reserve is charged with keeping stable prices, maximizing employment, and moderating long term interest rates. For the past many months the US Federal Reserve has been reducing the amount of government bonds and mortgage backed securities it purchases. And just a few weeks ago it increased the bank borrowing interest rate. So the Federal Reserve is reducing the printing of money!!!!!!!!!!! It was during the Trump reign of terror when Congress passed the huge spending bills and gave away money hand over fist. Overprinting money!!!!!!! And the Federal Reserve made negative interest rates too.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy.htm
>> >> >> >https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20220316a.htm
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> I wish that I were as stupid as you are so that I could always believe that the world is just doing peachy keen as Biden tells the Russians and the Chinese that he intends to take no actions at all for their invasions. I know that you will be as happy as a pig in shit when China invades Taiwan and starts the atrocities.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Have you been reading the smoke signals wrong in Oakland? Biden has been taking a lot of action against Russia because they attacked Ukraine. It was your idol Trump who said Putin was smart. Most of the world, except China and India are restricting Russia and boycotting them. Lead by the USA, Biden, and the European Union. And Biden has been talking to China about not helping Russia too.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> But I wonder just what effect the so called "sanctions" will really
>> >> >> have. Russia, for example, supplies something like 40% of the gas used
>> >> >> in Europe and does it cheaply through a number of pipelines. If you
>> >> >> don't buy Russia's gas where do you get it and what is the cost to the
>> >> >> end user?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Another point is what and how much does Russia import from other
>> >> >> countries. I read, for example, that China's exports to Russia was
>> >> >> $50.58 billion and the EU exported something like $90 billion worth in
>> >> >> 2020. Will countries give up that amount in sales?
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Cheers,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> John B.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >I forgot to mention in my post that the Federal Reserve is completely separate from the Executive branch. Biden. Biden does not influence the actions of the Federal Reserve board. But Tommy thinks Biden controls the Fed. I could say he is an idiot. But that would be redundant.
>> >> >
>> >> >I do not know what the ultimate affect of the sanctions will be on Russia. Yes Europe gets a lot of its natural gas from Europe. The US said it would send LNG to Europe. But that takes time and is difficult and Europe does not have the facilities in place immediately to process the liquid natural gas. So that is a next year solution. But as of right now, Russia is still willingly selling its gas to Europe. For Euros and Dollars. Not rubles as they threatened recently. Russia gets all of its money from selling gas and oil and other mined minerals. Russia is an exporting country. Russia would be cutting its own throat if it stopped selling gas and oil. Is Russia going to get revenge on Europe by cutting off its own hand? Maybe. Or maybe not.
>> >> >
>> >> >As for China and Europe's exports to Russia, so what. So to speak.
>> >> >
>> >> So What??? Ah, then you don't remember when Trump order the higher
>> >> import duties on Chinese imports and the Chinese retaliated by
>> >> canceling their orders for, what was it? Soy Beans? So the Government
>> >> had to hand out money to the soy bean farmers to compensate for their
>> >> lost sales?
>> >
>> >You mean the Trump bribes?
>> >https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/14/donald-trump-coronavirus-farmer-bailouts-359932
>> >https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/us/politics/trump-farmers-subsidies.html
>> >https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-farmers-aid/trumps-payments-to-farmers-hit-all-time-high-ahead-of-election-idUSKBN2741D4
>> >https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/12/31/790261705/farmers-got-billions-from-taxpayers-in-2019-and-hardly-anyone-objected
>> >https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-24/largest-farms-share-of-subsidies-grew-under-trump-bailouts
>> >
>> >https://www.macrotrends.net/2531/soybean-prices-historical-chart-data
>> >Soybean prices.
>> >$9.77 bushel on Jan 15, 2018
>> >$10.50 on Mar 12, 2018
>> >$8.31 on Sep 10, 2018
>> >$8.09 on May 6, 2019
>> >$8.32 on Apr 13, 2020
>> >$11.48 on Nov 9, 2020
>> >
>> >Exactly what lost sales are you talking about? The price the farmer can sell the soybeans at is the only thing he cares about. Not whether its exported or not. Market prices for soybeans went up about 10% in 2018 and then down about 12% in 2018 and stayed down until 2020, and then went up 20% in 2020. Up and down 10-20% is bad and hard to plan for. But we are not talking about soybean prices losing 75% of value.
>> >
>> >https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2021/12/u-s-soy-exports-to-china-face-headwinds/
>> >This chart does show less exports of soybeans to China during the 2018-19 crop year. However, some of the sales were just moved within the year. Overall, it was less exports of soybeans to China. But it was not a 100 to 0 decrease.
>> >
>> Read it and weep (:-)
>> https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/05/08/Soybean-prices-near-10-year-low-after-Trumps-tariff-threat-to-China/3531557246746/
>> Soybean prices are nearing their lowest level in more than a decade
>> following a series of tweets from President Donald Trump that
>> threatened to increase tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars on
>> Chinese imports
>>
>> You listed the price drop. Do you believe that a drop in price of ~20%
>> doesn't bother the farmers. What is the profit margin on agriculture?
>> --
>> Cheers,
>>
>> John B.
>
>Farmers in the USA frequently store their crops. Either in their own grain bins or at the local elevator. This costs money, yes. But like with stocks, you are usually not forced to sell on the day you harvest. And as I showed from my link, the prices were as high as $11.48 on Nov 9, 2020. After Trump was defeated. A $3.15 increase from the lows of $8.31-8.09 in late 2018, all 2019, and early 2020. A 40% increase from their lows. 40% increase in 2 years and 2 months. Everyone in the stock market would kill for gains like that.
>

Am 03.04.2022 um 20:55 schrieb Tom Kunich:
> What's next? Another lack of toilet paper?

Look at Germany: we hoard
flour
sunflower oil
rapeseed oil

Probably that's those things Russia and Ukraine produce most of.

Rolf "organic qualities still available"

Am 04.04.2022 um 03:01 schrieb John B.:
> On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 16:17:43 -0700 (PDT), "russellseaton1@yahoo.com"
> <ritzannaseaton@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 3:46:58 PM UTC-5, cycl...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 11:55:08 AM UTC-7, Tom Kunich wrote:
>>>> Here I am with a garage full of bicycles, ready to put another one together and my friend who is now in the hospital I have his bike in the computer room. If he craps out, will his sister want to ship that Trek Madone 4.3 back to Wisconsin?
>>>>
>>>> Since it is a 54 cm I'm not all that sure that she would want the expense and NOTHING is selling now regardless of how good a deal it is. No one knows that the hell Biden is doing to the economy. At my local store it is getting difficult to buy Milk. What's next? Another lack of toilet paper?
>>> Frank, you have shown yourself to be the comedian of the group, I see that you're so stupid that you are unaware that the US dollar is the exchange vehicle of the world and that if Biden overprints money causing inflation that it effects the entire world.
>>
>> Tommy, you are once again clearly showing you do not understand how the USA monetary policy works. Not surprising. The Federal Reserve is in charge of the USA monetary policy. Interest rates for banks and the amount of money in the economy by buying or selling federal debt. The Federal Reserve is charged with keeping stable prices, maximizing employment, and moderating long term interest rates. For the past many months the US Federal Reserve has been reducing the amount of government bonds and mortgage backed securities it purchases. And just a few weeks ago it increased the bank borrowing interest rate. So the Federal Reserve is reducing the printing of money!!!!!!!!!!! It was during the Trump reign of terror when Congress passed the huge spending bills and gave away money hand over fist. Overprinting money!!!!!!! And the Federal Reserve made negative interest rates too.
>>
>> https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy.htm
>> https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20220316a.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I wish that I were as stupid as you are so that I could always believe that the world is just doing peachy keen as Biden tells the Russians and the Chinese that he intends to take no actions at all for their invasions. I know that you will be as happy as a pig in shit when China invades Taiwan and starts the atrocities.
>>
>> Have you been reading the smoke signals wrong in Oakland? Biden has been taking a lot of action against Russia because they attacked Ukraine. It was your idol Trump who said Putin was smart. Most of the world, except China and India are restricting Russia and boycotting them. Lead by the USA, Biden, and the European Union. And Biden has been talking to China about not helping Russia too.
>>
>
> But I wonder just what effect the so called "sanctions" will really
> have. Russia, for example, supplies something like 40% of the gas used
> in Europe and does it cheaply through a number of pipelines. If you
> don't buy Russia's gas where do you get it and what is the cost to the
> end user?

The "natural gas" price now os close to double that of autumn 2021, and
that of Autumn 2021 was double the usual price.

Petrol (us: gas) and Diesel have peaked a few weeks ago (some of the
refineries in eastern Germany were supplied with crude oil via pipeline
from Russia), the prices are slowly sinking again while governments are
reducing gas taxes for the next few months to placate car commuters.

> Another point is what and how much does Russia import from other
> countries. I read, for example, that China's exports to Russia was
> $50.58 billion and the EU exported something like $90 billion worth in
> 2020. Will countries give up that amount in sales?

For the exporter, a 1-2% loss of trade is an inconvenience, not a hardship.

For Europe as an importer, the direct loss of 2% by money in commodities
(gas, oil, nickel) might kill followup processes up to 30% of the
economy, which makes it a lot harder.

Rolf

On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 2:05:25 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
> On 4/3/2022 2:36 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
> > On 4/3/2022 2:55 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:
> >> Here I am with a garage full of bicycles, ready to put
> >> another one together and my friend who is now in the
> >> hospital I have his bike in the computer room. If he craps
> >> out, will his sister want to ship that Trek Madone 4.3
> >> back to Wisconsin?
> >>
> >> Since it is a 54 cm I'm not all that sure that she would
> >> want the expense and NOTHING is selling now regardless of
> >> how good a deal it is. No one knows that the hell Biden is
> >> doing to the economy.
> >
> > Again:
> >
> > https://www.politico.com/dims4/default/9823d12/2147483647/resize/1160x%3E/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.politico.com%2F6d%2F6b%2Fb2c63d2f4b92b740030d15042ddc%2F11-nick-anderson-counterpoint.jpg
> >
> >
> >
> Pay no attention to that man behind the screen. The Great OZ
> has spoken.
>
> https://www.denverpost.com/2022/03/10/turin-bicycles-closing-denver-cap-hill/
>
> "Nothing is selling" is not true.
> "Everything's fine" is not true either.

Well, I probably should say that people are buying 2nd rate new bikes instead of 1st rate used bikes with much better equipment on them. The reasons for this I can only imagine is lack of experience. But they were doing the same with 2nd rate new cars instead of 1st rate used. Why would you buy a new Mercedes that is so unreliable that they have to give you a 3 year warranty and tow truck operators are rubbing their hands together for every Mercedes that leaves the lot? A two year old Buick is a better car all around and cheap comparatively.

On Monday, April 4, 2022 at 2:16:19 AM UTC-7, Rolf Mantel wrote:
> Am 04.04.2022 um 03:01 schrieb John B.:
> > On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 16:17:43 -0700 (PDT), "russell...@yahoo.com"
> > <ritzann...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 3:46:58 PM UTC-5, cycl...@gmail.com wrote:
> >>> On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 11:55:08 AM UTC-7, Tom Kunich wrote:
> >>>> Here I am with a garage full of bicycles, ready to put another one together and my friend who is now in the hospital I have his bike in the computer room. If he craps out, will his sister want to ship that Trek Madone 4.3 back to Wisconsin?
> >>>>
> >>>> Since it is a 54 cm I'm not all that sure that she would want the expense and NOTHING is selling now regardless of how good a deal it is. No one knows that the hell Biden is doing to the economy. At my local store it is getting difficult to buy Milk. What's next? Another lack of toilet paper?
> >>> Frank, you have shown yourself to be the comedian of the group, I see that you're so stupid that you are unaware that the US dollar is the exchange vehicle of the world and that if Biden overprints money causing inflation that it effects the entire world.
> >>
> >> Tommy, you are once again clearly showing you do not understand how the USA monetary policy works. Not surprising. The Federal Reserve is in charge of the USA monetary policy. Interest rates for banks and the amount of money in the economy by buying or selling federal debt. The Federal Reserve is charged with keeping stable prices, maximizing employment, and moderating long term interest rates. For the past many months the US Federal Reserve has been reducing the amount of government bonds and mortgage backed securities it purchases. And just a few weeks ago it increased the bank borrowing interest rate. So the Federal Reserve is reducing the printing of money!!!!!!!!!!! It was during the Trump reign of terror when Congress passed the huge spending bills and gave away money hand over fist. Overprinting money!!!!!!! And the Federal Reserve made negative interest rates too.
> >>
> >> https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy.htm
> >> https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20220316a.htm
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I wish that I were as stupid as you are so that I could always believe that the world is just doing peachy keen as Biden tells the Russians and the Chinese that he intends to take no actions at all for their invasions. I know that you will be as happy as a pig in shit when China invades Taiwan and starts the atrocities.
> >>
> >> Have you been reading the smoke signals wrong in Oakland? Biden has been taking a lot of action against Russia because they attacked Ukraine. It was your idol Trump who said Putin was smart. Most of the world, except China and India are restricting Russia and boycotting them. Lead by the USA, Biden, and the European Union. And Biden has been talking to China about not helping Russia too.
> >>
> >
> > But I wonder just what effect the so called "sanctions" will really
> > have. Russia, for example, supplies something like 40% of the gas used
> > in Europe and does it cheaply through a number of pipelines. If you
> > don't buy Russia's gas where do you get it and what is the cost to the
> > end user?
> The "natural gas" price now os close to double that of autumn 2021, and
> that of Autumn 2021 was double the usual price.
>
> Petrol (us: gas) and Diesel have peaked a few weeks ago (some of the
> refineries in eastern Germany were supplied with crude oil via pipeline
> from Russia), the prices are slowly sinking again while governments are
> reducing gas taxes for the next few months to placate car commuters.
> > Another point is what and how much does Russia import from other
> > countries. I read, for example, that China's exports to Russia was
> > $50.58 billion and the EU exported something like $90 billion worth in
> > 2020. Will countries give up that amount in sales?
> For the exporter, a 1-2% loss of trade is an inconvenience, not a hardship.
>
> For Europe as an importer, the direct loss of 2% by money in commodities
> (gas, oil, nickel) might kill followup processes up to 30% of the
> economy, which makes it a lot harder.

Even the local FOX station are nothing more than leftist propagandists. The cost of gas in the area is $6.50 a gallon and listening to them tell us that due to the wonderful efforts of Biden the price has gone down 2 cents a gallon really shows the unmitigated gall of these people.

On 4/4/2022 10:10 AM, Tom Kunich wrote:
>
>
> Even the local FOX station are nothing more than leftist propagandists.

:-) Nobody is sufficiently far right for Tom!

> The cost of gas in the area is $6.50 a gallon and listening to them tell us that due to the wonderful efforts of Biden the price has gone down 2 cents a gallon really shows the unmitigated gall of these people.

Poor Tom! Around here it's just under $4 per gallon. Like most so called
"expensive" things, it doesn't even cause me to blink. I can afford it,
especially if it somehow helps frustrate Putin.

Poor Tom. Ride bike!

--
- Frank Krygowski

Am 04.04.2022 um 17:29 schrieb Frank Krygowski:
> On 4/4/2022 10:10 AM, Tom Kunich wrote:
>>
>>
>> Even the local FOX station are nothing more than leftist propagandists.
>
> :-)  Nobody is sufficiently far right for Tom!
>
>> The cost of gas in the area is $6.50 a gallon and listening to them
>> tell us that due to the wonderful efforts of Biden the price has gone
>> down 2 cents a gallon really shows the unmitigated gall of these people.
>
> Poor Tom! Around here it's just under $4 per gallon. Like most so called
> "expensive" things, it doesn't even cause me to blink. I can afford it,
> especially if it somehow helps frustrate Putin.

So in California, gas is $1.70 higher than elsewhere in USA out of which
$1.30 goes into environmental matters (taxes, higher quality
requirements) and $0.40 goes to the oil companies "because they can"

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2022/03/30/california-high-gas-prices-mystery-surcharge-discussion-renewed/

In a meaingful capitalism, some company would make lots of money selling
oil $0.20 cheaper than the current oil companies...

In Germany, gas currently is around €2 per litre which is around €7.5
per gallon or US$ 8.3 per gallon; the peak was March 08 to 15 with a
pice around €2.25 per liter.
In December 2021 the price was €1.60, in April to December 2020 it was
even €1.20 (after a peak of €1.60 in 2012).

Here, we often see that gas prices rise together with oil prices but
fall with a delay of 2-3 weeks after the oil prices.
The refineries have figured out that rising prices hurt but once
consumers are used to them the pain of keeping them high is too small
for peple to care about.

Rolf

On Monday, April 4, 2022 at 8:58:50 AM UTC-7, Rolf Mantel wrote:
> Am 04.04.2022 um 17:29 schrieb Frank Krygowski:
> > On 4/4/2022 10:10 AM, Tom Kunich wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Even the local FOX station are nothing more than leftist propagandists..
> >
> > :-) Nobody is sufficiently far right for Tom!
> >
> >> The cost of gas in the area is $6.50 a gallon and listening to them
> >> tell us that due to the wonderful efforts of Biden the price has gone
> >> down 2 cents a gallon really shows the unmitigated gall of these people.
> >
> > Poor Tom! Around here it's just under $4 per gallon. Like most so called
> > "expensive" things, it doesn't even cause me to blink. I can afford it,
> > especially if it somehow helps frustrate Putin.
> So in California, gas is $1.70 higher than elsewhere in USA out of which
> $1.30 goes into environmental matters (taxes, higher quality
> requirements) and $0.40 goes to the oil companies "because they can"
>
> https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2022/03/30/california-high-gas-prices-mystery-surcharge-discussion-renewed/
>
> In a meaingful capitalism, some company would make lots of money selling
> oil $0.20 cheaper than the current oil companies...
>
> In Germany, gas currently is around €2 per litre which is around €7.5
> per gallon or US$ 8.3 per gallon; the peak was March 08 to 15 with a
> pice around €2.25 per liter.
> In December 2021 the price was €1.60, in April to December 2020 it was
> even €1.20 (after a peak of €1.60 in 2012).
>
> Here, we often see that gas prices rise together with oil prices but
> fall with a delay of 2-3 weeks after the oil prices.
> The refineries have figured out that rising prices hurt but once
> consumers are used to them the pain of keeping them high is too small
> for peple to care about.

Despite the Democrat claims otherwise, California is absolutely broke. And we've been that way since Governor Brown. Biden is paying California off or else we would have declared bankruptcy. The gas taxes do not go one inch towards any environmental protection since they need every buck they get to pay their bills.

On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 07:01:55 -0700 (PDT), Tom Kunich
<cyclintom@gmail.com> wrote:

>Well, I probably should say that people are buying 2nd rate new bikes instead of 1st rate used bikes with much better equipment on them.

Let's see how expensive bicycles are selling on eBay:
<https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=bicycles&_sacat=0&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1&LH_PrefLoc=1&_udlo=500&_dmd=2&_sop=10&rt=nc>
I'll assume that a $500 selling price is about the break point for
"1st rate used bikes". 5,800+ Bicycles sold on eBay in USA for over
$500. I scrolled through the sold listings and counted 240 bicycles
which were sold in the last 4 days. That's 60 expensive used bicycles
per day. Not too shabby.

Maybe I should see how bicycles under $500 are selling:
<https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=bicycles&_sacat=0&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1&LH_PrefLoc=1&_udlo=0&_dmd=2&_sop=10&rt=nc&_udhi=500>
6,100+ sold in USA. 470 sold in the last 4 days or 117.5 per day. All
I can deduce from that is that used bicycles under $500 are selling a
little better than used bicycles over $500.

Sorry, but I couldn't find any sales figures for "2nd rate new bikes".
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PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 11:29:45 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>On 4/4/2022 10:10 AM, Tom Kunich wrote:
>>
>>
>> Even the local FOX station are nothing more than leftist propagandists.
>
>:-) Nobody is sufficiently far right for Tom!
>
>> The cost of gas in the area is $6.50 a gallon and listening to them tell us that due to the wonderful efforts of Biden the price has gone down 2 cents a gallon really shows the unmitigated gall of these people.
>
>Poor Tom! Around here it's just under $4 per gallon. Like most so called
>"expensive" things, it doesn't even cause me to blink. I can afford it,
>especially if it somehow helps frustrate Putin.
>
>Poor Tom. Ride bike!

But does Not importing oil from Russia really have a major effect on
the U.S. oil supplies? In 2021 the U.S. imports of oil from Russia
amounted to only about 8% of all oil imports. Canada supplies about
50% of oil imports to the U.S. and of course Saudi and other countries
also supply oil to the U.S.
--
Cheers,

John B.

On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 4:39:38 PM UTC-4, jeff.li...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 11:55:06 -0700 (PDT), Tom Kunich
> <cycl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Here I am with a garage full of bicycles, ready to put another one together and my friend who is now in the hospital I have his bike in the computer room. If he craps out, will his sister want to ship that Trek Madone 4.3 back to Wisconsin?
> Nope. Give it to the two "illegal aliens" who tried to save his life.
> >Since it is a 54 cm I'm not all that sure that she would want the expense and NOTHING is selling now regardless of how good a deal it is. No one knows that the hell Biden is doing to the economy. At my local store it is getting difficult to buy Milk. What's next? Another lack of toilet paper?
> Bicycle sales are up due to the cost of gasoline. Just because you're
> having problems selling your bicycles, doesn't mean that everyone is
> having the same problem. Since it seems that eBikes are leading the
> sales, perhaps you are trying to sell the wrong type of bicycle?
>
> "Electric Bikes are Booming (Again) Rising fuel prices are a part of
> it." (March 18, 2022)
> <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-18/electric-bikes-are-booming-again>
>
> "Gas prices, spring season influencing bike sales" (March 13, 2022)
> <https://www.chicoer.com/2022/03/13/gas-prices-spring-season-influencing-bike-sales/>
>
> "Bicycle sales boom amid high gas prices" (March 29, 2022)
> <https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/bicycle-sales-boom-amid-high-gas-prices/>
>
> More:
> <https://www.google.com/search?q=bicycle+sales+up+due+to+cost+of+gasoline>
>
> --
> Jeff Liebermann je...@cruzio.com
> PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272
> Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

On Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 4:39:38 PM UTC-4, jeff.li...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 11:55:06 -0700 (PDT), Tom Kunich
> <cycl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Here I am with a garage full of bicycles, ready to put another one together and my friend who is now in the hospital I have his bike in the computer room. If he craps out, will his sister want to ship that Trek Madone 4.3 back to Wisconsin?
> Nope. Give it to the two "illegal aliens" who tried to save his life.

Funny how tommy can tell someone is illegal just by watching them give CPR.

> Bicycle sales are up due to the cost of gasoline.

There is some recent influence to that effect but the major cost driver has been the supply chain issues from the pandemic. I'm sure Andrew can confimr that to a certain extent.

> Just because you're
> having problems selling your bicycles, doesn't mean that everyone is
> having the same problem. Since it seems that eBikes are leading the
> sales, perhaps you are trying to sell the wrong type of bicycle?

I'd suggest it has more to do with him being an asshole.

>
> "Electric Bikes are Booming (Again) Rising fuel prices are a part of
> it." (March 18, 2022)
> <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-18/electric-bikes-are-booming-again>
>
> "Gas prices, spring season influencing bike sales" (March 13, 2022)
> <https://www.chicoer.com/2022/03/13/gas-prices-spring-season-influencing-bike-sales/>
>
> "Bicycle sales boom amid high gas prices" (March 29, 2022)
> <https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/bicycle-sales-boom-amid-high-gas-prices/>
>
> More:
> <https://www.google.com/search?q=bicycle+sales+up+due+to+cost+of+gasoline>
>
> --
> Jeff Liebermann je...@cruzio.com
> PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
> Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272
> Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

On Monday, April 4, 2022 at 5:51:50 PM UTC-5, John B. wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 11:29:45 -0400, Frank Krygowski
> <frkr...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> >On 4/4/2022 10:10 AM, Tom Kunich wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Even the local FOX station are nothing more than leftist propagandists.
> >
> >:-) Nobody is sufficiently far right for Tom!
> >
> >> The cost of gas in the area is $6.50 a gallon and listening to them tell us that due to the wonderful efforts of Biden the price has gone down 2 cents a gallon really shows the unmitigated gall of these people.
> >
> >Poor Tom! Around here it's just under $4 per gallon. Like most so called
> >"expensive" things, it doesn't even cause me to blink. I can afford it,
> >especially if it somehow helps frustrate Putin.
> >
> >Poor Tom. Ride bike!
> But does Not importing oil from Russia really have a major effect on
> the U.S. oil supplies? In 2021 the U.S. imports of oil from Russia
> amounted to only about 8% of all oil imports. Canada supplies about
> 50% of oil imports to the U.S. and of course Saudi and other countries
> also supply oil to the U.S.
> --
> Cheers,
>
> John B.

No. It was symbolic.

https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=727&t=6
US imports 8.47 million bpd. US exports 8.63 million bpd. 2021.

https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=33&t=6#:~:text=In%202021%2C%20the%20United%20States,7.22%20billion%20barrels%20of%20petroleum.
US used 19.78 million bpd. 2021.

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=51318#:~:text=We%20expect%20new%20production%20in,760%2C000%20b%2Fd%20from%202021.
US produced about 11.24 million bpd. 2021.

I'm not quite sure how this all adds up.
Use 19.78.
Produce 11.24.
Import/export net -0.16.
Missing 8.7 that must have come from somewhere. Did we use up old stored oil?