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bucolic_frolic

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10. Can't wait til part stockouts

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Fri Oct 4, 2019, 01:32 PM

Oct 2019

been predicting this for months ... auto parts, electronics, plumbing ... everything is made in China.

THINK people. What do you use yearly, what has a replacement cycle that's due soon?

I laid in a toilet bowl seal, and a washer set. And replaced brake rotors.

It's coming.

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Krugman: Here Comes the Trump Slump [View all] SunSeeker Oct 2019 OP

This sucks for our retirement accounts -- especially since my spouse and I are already retired, KPN Oct 2019 #1

I'm retired too. Yesterday I transferred my 401k funds from stocks to money market accounts. SunSeeker Oct 2019 #2

EXACTLY! I moved out of stocks last spring. 2007-8 took over 40% of what I've worked for all my life BamaRefugee Oct 2019 #13

Right there with ya!! Survived '08. If it ruins him yet hurts us, we have to consider this is the Thekaspervote Oct 2019 #4

Exactly. KPN Oct 2019 #5

Prices on homes coming down here. louis-t Oct 2019 #3

Not here in Oregon. The opposite. KPN Oct 2019 #6

Where is "here"? SunSeeker Oct 2019 #7

The icon says Michigan! louis-t Oct 2019 #9

Icons don't appear on my phone, only on the desktop version of DU. nt SunSeeker Oct 2019 #11

I'm in mass, and realtors are getting nervous... getagrip_already Oct 2019 #8

In CA too. nt SunSeeker Oct 2019 #12

Actually I think toddlers put peas up their noses in every state... erronis Oct 2019 #14

Can't wait til part stockouts bucolic_frolic Oct 2019 #10

And scotch, wine, parmesan cheese? erronis Oct 2019 #15