Still think TITNC3: Return of the Iceberg was peak

I’m considering it

 

My kids first job announced they are closing the restaurant. 1. Covid carryover. They can't dig out of the hole. 2. Food costs. Eggs alone went up 30% because MA passed a cage free eggs law that means they'd have to raise the price of EVERY plate that includes eggs by $1. Eggs use to be free money for a breakfast diner place...now they are a liability. Breaking an egg can put a meal into a loss.
3. MA raised the Minimum wage from $13.50 to $14.25. That's 0.75 an hour x 10 employees x40 hours...That's an extra $300. To make $300 they have to sell 150 more plates a week. They can't absorb the costs and get out of the covid hole. This place probably does 40 plates on a weekday and makes it all on weekends/sundays (it's across from a church) there use to be standing lines of people on weekends waiting to eat...Not anymore. Everyone has been scared away. They even reinstated mask mandates in town...
They are exiting a 20 year business with ZERO walk away $$...DONE...

 

Some people here have questionable choices in modes of transportation.....like jeeps...or ridgelines. lower class vehicles, ya know

not to quote anyone specific, but ehem

 

Let me set the mood today
https://youtu.be/5kwIkF6LFDc

 

Sounds like they shoulda bootstrapped harder

Seattle lost a ton of its iconic smaller places over the last couple years. Places that weathered everything for 30+ years

 

The egg market is in scrambles.

 

don't get all broken up over it...

... and the Ridgeline? The truck with the spare tire under a panel in the bed? Where you're screwed if you get a flat while using the thing as a truck?

 

They don’t change their own tire anyway

 

probably easy enough to unload the costco toilet paper package too.

 

reminder:

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I thought this would be fun:

I have a $20k bonus coming in a couple of weeks. Where would you gurus put it?

 

We need to know how soon you want the money and how much you want

 

There's really only one answer to that question.
Would you like to retire this year, or at 65?

 

Sold AMD puts for 10%. Scared to hold anything for too long in this market.

 

I kinda got used to $10-$30K swings.

I might need to adjust the meds for $100K daily swings.