October 08, 2007
I decided to go to the diner for breakfast this morning and found out that on Columbus Day (Thanksgiving in Canada) everything is just a bit more ‘special.’ Maybe it’s an ‘only in New York’ phenomenon, but today two eggs, potatoes, bacon, toast, coffee and juice will run you about double, or $12.40.
Mmmm, taste the inflation.
PROLOGUE: A BLACK CONDOR DIPPED her featherless head and flapped her wings, straining for height. Another vulture drifted in front of her, forcing the condor to climb higher in the crowded wheel of circling birds. The condor struggled, her body weak from having little to eat over the past month. The sun had yet to… Read more »
Hi, Chris.
I decided to friend you because you’re one of only two other people on LJ who list the Victoria Cross as an interest.
As for inflation, it’s probably because the dollar hit par & they’re having a bit of a time dealing with it.