tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post8481809541658542976..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Something Else HappensSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-65732148631092194832008-07-02T13:41:00.000-04:002008-07-02T13:41:00.000-04:00Noumenon- You're welcome. Thanks for reading and c...Noumenon- You're welcome. Thanks for reading and commenting. <BR/><BR/>Most websites that deal in current events try to elicit controversy and get large strings of comments going. I'm not averse to that, but it is not my focus. I write essays, mostly. <BR/><BR/>I'm grateful when people leave me messages about stuff here. There is a substantial coterie of people who leave messages regularly, and they've given me terrific ideas for things to write about, and also ideas for my furniture business. <BR/><BR/>Your earlier comment got me thinking about all the various goods that I use in my business that are cheaper than when I began 4-5 years ago. They are generally in the form of superior goods for other goods that have become pricey, so "inflation" doesn't correlate directly. <BR/><BR/>An example is because petroleum has become expensive, wood stain and coatings that have "paint thinner" as a base have increased in price greatly. In the newspaper, that would be shown as pure inflationary pressure on me to raise prices. But I've changed over to all aniline dye, for instance, which is a superior product, and a fraction of the price of petroleum-based item it replaced. Something else happened there, too. <BR/><BR/>I thought about writing a list of such things, spurred by your brief comment. I'll get around to it.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-24819901017262563482008-07-02T12:14:00.000-04:002008-07-02T12:14:00.000-04:00I liked that veal post.It's weird, I read several ...I liked that veal post.<BR/><BR/>It's weird, I read several pages of your archives and I would have guessed from that that you were not the type to answer commenters. Well, thanks.Noumenonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01597461989960782762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-6208562935896453222008-06-28T11:01:00.000-04:002008-06-28T11:01:00.000-04:00Hi Richard- Thanks for reading and commenting. I'm...Hi Richard- Thanks for reading and commenting. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad you found my about page amusing. It is my sole purpase, here, really.<BR/><BR/>Almost nothing is wasted here at the cottage. I do not, and never have had, a dumpster for my business. Come to think of it, I never got a dumpster to build the house, either. <BR/><BR/>Noumenon- Likewise, thanks for reading and commenting. <BR/><BR/>I did only make the one point -- that economics is not linear, it's a big bag of guts and if you push on one side, it bulges and slouches all over elsewhere. If you push too hard, it can burst, of course. Sooner or later I had to shut up. <BR/><BR/>I could name a great many things that I can get that are cheaper, better, and just plain available, that recently, weren't. The pine boards were just an example. But their price fall despite their intimate ties with the cost of fuel was counterintuitive and hinted at an overarching theme. <BR/><BR/>I once did list ten things that are better than they used to be:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://sippicancottage.blogspot.com/2008/04/were-here-til-wednesday-try-veal.html" REL="nofollow">Try The Veal</A>SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-59929703855936028632008-06-26T18:59:00.000-04:002008-06-26T18:59:00.000-04:00Although this is a really interesting post, it's k...Although this is a really interesting post, it's kind of vague on what productivity improvements might have caused a 33% decline in price. Can we expect the same in other areas or is it a one-product fluke?Noumenonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01597461989960782762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-70166924932372901012008-06-26T18:18:00.000-04:002008-06-26T18:18:00.000-04:00Your "about me" got me to laugh.Thank you.Like woo...Your "about me" got me to laugh.<BR/>Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Like wood and furniture, bu am not very 'in to' either.<BR/><BR/>Lately it has looked to me like a lot of waste wood is being wasted.<BR/>The worst of it could be burned for heat or energy. The best couldmake good furniture or art.Richard Carroll Sheehanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07501621491851112524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-46499206974923416492008-06-24T15:16:00.000-04:002008-06-24T15:16:00.000-04:00Hi anon- thanks for reading and commenting. I gues...Hi anon- thanks for reading and commenting. <BR/><BR/>I guess you missed this part, though:<BR/><BR/><I>"I paid 34% less for it this week than I did exactly one year ago. Same quality. Same vendor. Same everything."</I><BR/><BR/>I write in a loopy style, so it's not entirely your fault.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-37662078986985386382008-06-23T21:54:00.000-04:002008-06-23T21:54:00.000-04:00I have to disagree with you on something. While t...I have to disagree with you on something. While the the price of #2 wp may be up from a year ago, most of the other commodity lumber (i.e. #2 SPF, OSB, CDX and others) are off substantially from 2 years ago. Some of these decreases are up to 40%. This change in market conditions is purely due to supply and demands factors. <BR/><BR/>I run a small retail lumber chain in the midwest. While our MBF volumne is close to the same as 24 months ago, revenues are off significantly in those departments. <BR/><BR/>Good post though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-9936003561204606672008-06-20T15:40:00.000-04:002008-06-20T15:40:00.000-04:00I do love a bit of knotty pine!...lumber costs ove...I do love a bit of knotty pine!...lumber costs over here rising so if you hear any scouse accents on your lot as tree disapears you know where it went!...my gothic confection almost finished...will post it tomorrow...not up to your standards but its a start.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-55290161259002599982008-06-20T13:14:00.000-04:002008-06-20T13:14:00.000-04:00People don't feel smart unless they are crying doo...People don't feel smart unless they are crying doom. Naturally, then, if our road trips and plane tickets are getting more expensive, well, we're all gonna burn.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for keeping me from locking the wife, kid and dogs in the bomb shelter before it really becomes necessary - that is, when the beer prices go up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673842520123958712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-30350384376640982142008-06-19T22:41:00.000-04:002008-06-19T22:41:00.000-04:00You don't think it's worth knowing about Katie-osc...You don't think it's worth knowing about Katie-oscopies?Ruth Anne Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936054116421006847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-10177035257282451312008-06-19T16:44:00.000-04:002008-06-19T16:44:00.000-04:00Come on, Gerard, get over it.Come on, Gerard, get over it.Picohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04308790697411447402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-53070552108212603372008-06-19T14:42:00.000-04:002008-06-19T14:42:00.000-04:00"A 1x12 is actually 3/4" thick by 11-1/4" wide."Yo..."A 1x12 is actually 3/4" thick by 11-1/4" wide."<BR/><BR/>You don't, you know, have to always be rubbing it in.vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.com