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Yes it's been going on for a very long time Geaton but IMO it's starting to get ridiculous. People are noticing that older recipes that call for a can or box of something no longer work because the volume is off (to be honest I've always hated this in recipes). And single serving or family sized items ... aren't. I ranted somewhere about my favourite Greek yogurt shrinking from 900g to 600g - that's a significant amount. But then they came out with a 1kg size that is sold as a loss leader at some stores (for less than the 600g container in my local store), so as long as I can travel to shop I'm happy 🤣
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Reducing the size/volume of goods unannounced is called a silent price increase. This is not something new - companies have been doing this all along but is more rampant now due to the economy and more savvy shoppers are noticing it. The only thing to do is to vote with your wallet and buy different brands.
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Llama ,
Next time you go to buy the 96 count bag it will be 84, and the price will be more .
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cw: 96 count of feminine pads caused my sciatic nerve injury. Wish it wasn't that many and that was a stupid move on my part. Recently I purchased family size cereals for the local food pantry, which were 24 oz.
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Okay, can we talk about shrinkflation? There are too many products doing this to count but I've personally noticed canned goods (Campbell's chunky soup anyone?), breakfast cereals (I can hardly remember when the "family size" stopped being big enough to feed a family, back in the early 90's maybe?), hot dogs and similar packaged deli items, breads and rolls, definitely the store made baked goods.
But I got to wondering about the products we need as caregivers: incontinence pads, pullups and briefs for example. Have you noticed a decrease in the number in the package? The quality?
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Had way too much coffee earlier. Couldn’t sleep but I am going to find a good podcast to listen to and hopefully fall asleep.

Had things on my mind and just couldn’t unwind.
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I think I saw that Hoarders ep!
Massive mansion full of clothes & assessories. I think she was eventually forced into bankruptcy & lost that big house.

I used to have a glamourus work colleague, hardly ever seen in the same item twice. Always getting compliments! Then comments about being a shopaholic thrown about - as jokes. Then life got more serious. She started failing to cope with maxed out credit card payments. Had to confess debt to partner. Then confess her half of their house depost was spent too. Relationship stress then breakup. Had to move out, took a second job, took in a housemate.
Then acceptance there was a problem. Then, only then, therapy, healing, letting go, selling stuff, reset life goals, study, new job. Such an inspiring turnaround!
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Way,

Well shopping stuff isn’t as bad. At least it isn’t gross. Financially it’s bad! My cousin is a clothes horse. Oh my gosh, when her kids moved out she converted one of the a bedrooms into a huge closet to hold all her stuff. She has maxed out credit cards twice! That’s crazy!
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Need , I saw an episode of hoarders where it was just an extreme shopping problem after divorce. It was clean and neat but she had racks and racks of clothing , shoes , and accessories .

Lol, FaceTimes the dog .
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Way,

Awwww…sweet.

My daughter has a long distance relationship right now. He’s in Denver. He FaceTime’s her dog! LOL 😆

They fly back and forth to see each other. She hoping to be back in Denver soon. She loves Colorado. It is beautiful.
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Need,

One of each .
My daughter’s cat and her fiancés dog. They left today to go to a Friday night wedding near Pittsburgh . The fiancés cousin’s wedding .

They each had their pets before they met . But now his dog is very attached to my daughter. He cries if she leaves without him .
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I guess hoarding is a form of control. It’s nasty and gross but they can’t let go of anything!
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Way,

Dog or cat? My granddog is coming over Saturday. My daughter has a baby shower to attend. We love having him.

A lot of my daughters friends have kids. We don’t have any grandchildren. They don’t slow down enough to settle down. Maybe, one day.
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It is sad but I learned to hold special memories in my heart. I was so tiny when I got my first two wheel bike!

Mom adjusted the seat to the lowest possible position and I still couldn’t reach the pedals so they bought me thick wooden blocks made for smaller kids to place on the pedals.

I loved that bike and I still remember what it looks like without having a picture of it. I thought I was hot stuff when I learned to ride my bike! LOL

I never knew my dad’s parents. He promised me that I could have the quilts that his mom made. I wish that I would have taken them home before the storm hit. They had been sitting in wretched 9 foot flood waters for weeks on end. So gross🤮!

My dad’s military photos were destroyed. Not to brag but daddy was extremely good looking. I can see how mom fell for the stranger who followed her home. Today that would be classified as stalking but he was smitten with my mom and determined to meet her.
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Need,
Thats so sad that all your childhood photos were ruined in the storm .,

I don’t watch hoarders often . I’m pet sitting at my daughters . …..

It’s interesting some of the different sad events that are triggers .
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Way,

I have only seen a couple of episodes of Hoarders. It’s a disturbing show. I’m so glad that no one in my family has ever been a hoarder. It’s definitely a mental disorder.

When my grandma died my mom didn’t have to deal with hoarding issues. She kept her house clean and free from junk!

My parents were never hoarders. Everything that mom had was destroyed in hurricane Katrina, so there was nothing to save.

Many things I would have loved to have, especially our baby photos and pictures of us growing up. I have a few photos that my cousins had taken and they passed some along to me.

I try not to let things accumulate because it doesn’t take long before it gets out of hand.

You’re right, that show does inspire us to purge unnecessary things from our homes!
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Watching an episode of hoarders ( it makes me feel good about myself , or inspires me to purge a closet depending on the day ) . In this episode the caregiver is the hoarder and he takes care of his mother that lives with him . He just had an argument with his sister because she told him they have to bring in help to clean up the house and he just yelled at his sister not to tell him what to do , he also said “ I take care of Moms diapers not you “

Very interesting . The elderly lady is the enabler. The hoarder son was complaining to her they are throwing everything out . The elderly mom told him “ you are in charge , you tell them what they can throw out “. 😬😬😬😬

She was sitting at a folding card table in the middle of a mess surrounding her and doing a puzzle .
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Send: My mother used to say "If the person doesn't have anything nice to say, the person should say nothing at all."

Don't answer the door to those mean-spirited neighbors.
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Mean neighbors who are strangers, at my door.

Open door, they start talking and do not stop.
Skip the hello, how are you today?

I was left wondering if they needed a 911 intervention.

While I understand they were having a bad day, I interrupted to refer them elsewhere for help. They said that person was sick.

It would have been nice if they even asked if I was available to dump their woes upon. But, I was not available.
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My daughter must have stopped somewhere. She is running late. Oh well…

I hear her pulling up into driveway now.

Talk later y’all. Have a good night.
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Way,

Chocolate is always the right choice! It has to be dark chocolate though.

If I want salty it’s almonds or popcorn. That’s what I had today, a bag of popcorn. Had a salad for lunch.

I need to make some soup soon.

cw,

Cookies!
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cw,

I and happy to hear that he is doing well.
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NHWM - BIL is fine now, but he's really aged a lot. It would probably help if he didn't sit watching TV all day but....

Way - I thought I was the only one who did that 🤣
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cwillie,
Which snack do you eat first ? The sweet or salty ?
If I eat salty then I crave a piece of chocolate after .
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We have all had our reasons for venting at one point or another. Haven’t we?

CW, this post reminds me of your BIL. What’s going on with him? I certainly hope that situation has improved.
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I have a box of fudge cookies, a mini bag of salt and vinegar chips, or I could stick to my halfhearted resolution to cut out the bed time snacks. Hm, how to choose 🤔
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I vent here and don’t care if anyone reads it most of the time . I don’t blame them Lol . It just helps to get it out.

Now if I could only purge my closets this efficiently…….🙄🤪
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I had one friend I vented to but I always asked her first if it was okay, I know that sometimes other people can have sh!++y days too 😉
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Just because I pick up the phone, or answer the door
does not mean others can start venting, then ranting!
Conversations are a two-way communication.

I love my friends on here, who are so very careful not to over-step boundaries. Sometimes, I wish they would share more, because I chose them to care about over the years.
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My daughter will be back soon. We took good care of our Grandpup while she was in Austin. Okay, I spoiled him a bit! I bought his favorite treats, took him to the park and gave him lots of belly rubs! I also sewed a cute Halloween bandana for him.

When the kids were young we dressed up our greyhound in a skeleton costume to go trick or treating with us. It was perfect because greys are so thin!

She got her BBQ fix and said that the music festival was so much fun. She definitely shares my love of music! We have taken our kids to music festivals since they were young. I’ve always have music playing at home and in the car.
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