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RE: Inflation In Puna - Olohana 1790 - 08-07-2026
what? your papaya went from 12 cents up to 20 cents???
lol... 15 cent beers lol.....u flat earth conned maga kooks need2 try4 make the lame made up bs more realistic...
should have said... the beers were '2 bits' and we used to take the drawnwagon over the pali to the Mills Institute for only '4 bits'
until Davey Kalakaua put an end to that w/ his trading of Pearl River Harbour to USA for tariff free sugar exports and esp the 'Tong Kee' kine Opium Bribery scandal bs the Dave faka did that DIRECTLY led to the end of the Hawaiian Kingdom...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tong_Kee
RE: Inflation In Puna - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 08-08-2026
try4 make the lame made up bs more realistic...
Huber, brewed in Monroe, sold a case of 24 12 oz bottles for $5.00. Plus 2 cent per bottle deposit. But you got that back when you returned the bottles.
The 10 cent beers at the bars admittedly were probably only 8 or 10 oz glasses, but you wanted to finish your beer while it was still ice cold. Even in winter. Definitely no foam on top in those glasses. No bartender worth his salt dared try stick us with any foam on a Friday or Saturday night.
RE: Inflation In Puna - Punatang - 08-08-2026
That means 1 beer in 2026 costs the same as 100 beers in 1970
Sure that must be one person's fault. Nixon!
RE: Inflation In Puna - HiloJulie - 08-08-2026
Sure that must be one person's fault. Nixon!
Come on now Tangy! I know your penchant for always trying to interject your National Politics diatribes on most every thread, but at least you could have laid the blame at the feet of Burns or Ariyoshi. I mean, it is Maui HOTPE was talking about and the 1970's after all AND you would have kept it Hawaii related.
RE: Inflation In Puna - Durian Fiend - 08-08-2026
(08-04-2026, 09:17 PM)HereOnThePrimalEdge Wrote: We have only one vehicle and it's old.
Sometimes we shop due to circumstances. When I lived on Maui many years ago our two options were Pukalani Foodland and Morihara store. Both had exorbitant prices. Once in the checkout line at Foodland I heard the clerk proudly tell the customer in front of me Pukalani was the highest profit Foodland in the state. It was a small size Foodland too.
They sold 100 coffee filters for $5.00. When Costco opened 500 coffee filters were under $2.00. It was worth the drive to Kahului. I never set foot in that Foodland again. The owner of Foodland had a house down the road from me in Kula at 4000’ elevation, he only used it for a week or two in summer when it was really hot.
Reminds me of a story from decades ago about a couple of guys who moved to Maui from the mainland for a "business enterprise". The money they had budgeted for 2 months of essentials was gone in 2 weeks!
I wonder where the Foodland owner lived otherwise-Wailea?
So, one beer now costs the same as 100 beers in 1970. Well, that could also be the ratio of how fast your body metabolizes alcohol now and then.
RE: Inflation In Puna - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 08-08-2026
Sure that must be one person's fault. *****
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Come on now Tangy! I know your penchant for always trying to interject your National Politics diatribes
Back in Hawaii, I drove my friend to Kona Ellison Onizuka airport yesterday. Her flight was first delayed 20 minutes, then an hour, then three hours, then cancelled. While waiting she relented and surrendered to current inflationary conditions which either hang over us by a thread like the Sword of Damocles or the weight of an albatross around our necks. She bought a beer, now $15.
RE: Inflation In Puna - Punatang - 08-08-2026
Apologies PW! My Richard "A Hui Ho Gold Standard" Nixon in Hawaii photo somehow did not attach to the previous post. Naturally, this oversight invited some constructive albeit grossly hypocritical feedback. Please find attached, my corrective measure. Have a wonderful weekend and please, don't be a Richard.
RE: Inflation In Puna - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 08-08-2026
My Richard "A Hui Ho Gold Standard" Nixon in Hawaii photo somehow did not attach to the previous post.
Is subterfuge and misdirection a natural instinct? Or is there an “Idiots Guide: Look Over Here Not Over There!” available?
I paid my HECO bill a few days ago. I used less electricity, but the total due was higher than just a few months ago. Most everything I bought at Costco yesterday was higher. Except the hot dog in the food court.
RE: Inflation In Puna - Punatang - 08-08-2026
Yea, everything really shot up in 2021,2022,2023. Highest inflation in 40 years, they say. Thankfully, it has slowed down dramatically recently but prices continue to rise, as they always do and people keep crying with a loaf of bread under each arm, as they always do.
RE: Inflation In Puna - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 08-08-2026
everything really shot up in 2021,2022,2023.
prices continue to rise, as they always do and
people keep crying as they always do.
Prices rose in the early 2020’s due to COVID stimulus checks and quantitative easing. Money was pumped into the economy which raised prices afterwards. It probably saved many businesses in Hawaii, it provided paychecks for workers when businesses had less income due to reduced sales. It kept renters in their homes.
That was an emergency. It assisted our friends and neighbors in Puna.
Inflation now is entirely self inflicted and only benefits those who recently received the biggest tax breaks. It helps almost no one in Puna.