Mornin' Belle and all..... I hope and pray you're around for a long time to come, belle. Appears we're all up the same creek. Seems things are the same all over the U.S. and is there any light at the end of the tunnel ? I think NOT...doubtful we will live to see it. I am also concerned about my chittlin' - how will he survive in his old age - if he even has an old age! If I were a young person starting out today, I would find myself a place out in the boonies and become self-sufficient - whatever it would take. paulette in sw fla usa sometimes I just feel doomed,,,,,,, doomed, I tell ya On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Belle Shepherd <belleshep@cox.net> wrote: > > > Hello, > Many things in this Las Vegas Valley area are way overpriced, especially > the homes,condos, etc. The developers have a problem in supplyin g gas, > power and especially water to the folks. They should not allow any more > homes to be built until they can solve the water problem. > Our home would be valued at about $65,000 to $75,000 in normal times, say > the 1960's but it is in the much overvalued bracket of the $250,000 and > more. We did lots of upgrades on appliances, carpet,electrical wiring, > cable, plumbling fixtures, etc. Gas log fireplace,automatic irrigation > system which is worth the cost. > As for cost of groceries, etc. everything has to be trucked in so one can > expect to pay more for food, supplies, etc. > We have been able to cover everything so far but I don't know what may > happen if things continue to rise. One thinks they are in good shape with > Social Security, pension, savings and good health Insurance, then the costs > go up and up and up. > I no longer drive so I don't have the cost of the upkeep of a vehicle. > I probably won't be around much longer but I am concerned about > my daughter being able to keep things going. I have insurance but that will > go just so far. > The only sure way to stop the rise in price of an article is for enouh > people would stop buying it and NO SALES soon gets the atention of the > merchants and distributors > Best to you all. > > > Belle > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >