Does anyone have any idea on why have the INA series of analog parts from Texas Instruments became hard to get? Has the unobtanium mine flooded or has some old fart who does all the testing in the back room died?
More likely the economy is doing so well that demand has outstripped supply.
The collapse of the U.S. housing market should solve the problem fairly quickly, but if it affects you directly, you may become part of the solution ....
I just found out that my "post-collapse" house that I bought 13 years ago for $360K is now worth $957K.
Of course the only thing "24-foot-wide" in my house is the great room... 24'x24'. Lot size is 1/3 acre... it's pie shaped (Cul de Sac), so I can't remember the dimensions without pulling out the blue prints, but the back edge, against the "preserve" is about 130'
And the east valley suburbs of Phoenix, Gilbert and Queen Creek, are the fastest growing areas in the WORLD!
Much to the chagrin of Philadelphia, who we recently passed in size... the "City of Brotherly Love" (*) has resorted to bad-mouthing Phoenix.
(*) Isn't that a suspicious title ?:-)
...Jim Thompson
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How does that price per square foot, in denominations of=20 gallons of regular gasoline compare to what you paid per=20 square foot, in the same denomination?
I think the baseline for comparison is supposed to be the Big Mac.
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There's noise in any signal, so rejoice while you can. Longterm, people need somewhere to live.
Mo and I walked down the lanes into Glen Park Village for lunch and to nab some catfood. On the way down, there was an open house for sale on Sussex Street, so we did the tour (we always like to poke around in other peoples' houses.) It was an old Victorian on the standard
24-foot-wide lot, very nicely redone with lots of light and solid design, with a nice little garden in the back. Three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 1-car garage. Asking $1.49 million, the post-collapse price I guess.
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I think she (the realtor lady) said about 2000. It was really spacious and light feeling. The original Victorians around here had lots of tiny rooms, tight gloomy little staircases, no closets, and almost no light. The trend is to practically gut them - sometimes literally leaving a few sticks from the original, so it's still a "renovation" - and open them up and lighten them up. Few people have 8 kids these days.
11) on a *smaller* plot
Here, it's not as crazy away from the coasts, but there are fewer jobs there too.
San Francisco is going insane. The skyline is a forest of those huge tower cranes, putting up dozens of office buildings and monster
300-unit condo heaps. There is most likely going to be a condo bubble/burst in a couple of years, since they'll all hit the market together and I can't imagine where all the jobs will come from to populate them all. If it does bottom out, maybe we'll try to nab one for The Brat.
Luckily, the voters here passed a referendum some years back, prop "M", that restricted high-rise development to a clearly defined "downtown" zone, so the quiet residential parts of the city won't be overgrown with huge developments.
Over the short term gasoline composition varies by season, refineries here are apparently switching from winter to summer formulation. As well there are apparently formulation differences from country to country. I don't believe Big Macs vary from country to country or season to season, that was a big reason for using them as a standard cost comparison.
As far as variation over decades it's not as if gasoline formulation has been constant over that time. As to which has been more constant I couldn't say but I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be MacDonalds. How you would measure that I don't know and I'm not about to speculate.
Robert
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