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Bernardo de La Paz

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3. I think you mean dining at home. That would be ideal:

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Sun Aug 10, 2025, 06:23 PM

Aug 10

less expensive and an opportunity to enthuse and organize. Just as much fun as partner night out or no need for babysitter: make a party at home and get the kids to help prepare and join in.

My suggestion, pay strict care and attention to the background music. Have a variety of pacings available. Take care of the music and the mood will carry every oversight and oopsie.

Number one rule to make it a success: don't stress out about ANYTHING before, during, and after. Let it happen.

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Restaurants are under threat as costs skyrocket and consumers cut back [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 10 OP

DUers should start a local dining buddy system bucolic_frolic Aug 10 #1

I think you mean dining at home. That would be ideal: Bernardo de La Paz Aug 10 #3

Double threat: tariff taxes on inputs plus higher production costs for domestic inputs due to ICE. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 10 #2

This economic death spiral of higher costs resulting in fewer consumers will only get worse. sop Aug 10 #4

wholesale hamburger "up nearly 21% compared to the same month 10 years ago" - I can believe 1 year ago progree Aug 10 #5

I saw that. It looks like a typo to me too. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 10 #7

Typo, or something partly written by AI, and the human editor was a vegetarian, and so never had the experience of progree Aug 10 #9

Hmm, FRED says just 32.7% from 6/01/15 to 6/01/25 (that's just 2.87%/year) progree Aug 10 #10

FRED needs to get to the Giant. I was there yesterday (Saturday). mahatmakanejeeves Aug 10 #11

Or the BLS needs to get to Giant (FRED just regurgitates the BLS numbers) progree Aug 10 #12

We are in a FULL fledged recession, I don't care what the numbers say democratsruletheday Aug 10 #6

In our area, piddyprints Aug 10 #8

Here's a silly idea... BWdem4life Aug 10 #13