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Your quarter pounder dreams during deer season ended up as a nightmare. Tell that story!

Hopefully you never run a business Tom. Minimum wage increases drives price but not directly. If a business owner has to pay more to employee people to work, the increase goes to the consumer (minimum wage increases always make expense go up, never down). If you ran a business without increasing prices when expenses rise, you wouldn’t be in business long. You still will not answer my question about why you blame tariffs yet the prices are lower than pre tariffs. My stance isn’t political it’s common sense. Your comment about tariffs is complete garbage. The graphs don’t lie. The increase came from the three to four years BEFORE tariffs.

So how did tariffs affect the price of bread when bread prices inflated way higher pre tariffs? I'll put the graph up so you can see how the prices went up significantly before the tariffs were put in place. 2020-2024 prices soared. The tariffs you keep mentioning didn't start until 2025......... Bread prices are actually falling now. Hmmmm..... Sorry Tom, you can't blame bread prices on tariffs. Minimum wage increases cause prices to go up and NEVER down…..

Made in Mexico or not, $15 minimum wage affects price big time. Grocery stores have to pay more to employee people to sell the bread. They don't absorb the cost increase, they pass it on to the consumer. Blame it on Tariffs Tom, but bread price inflation over the past couple of years went up 2.02% in 2021, 11.64% in 2022, 9,57% in 2023, 0,41% 2024, 0.64% in 2025 and 0.99% so far in 2026. If tariffs were the issue, why did the price jump 11.64% and 9.57% well before tariffs and less once the tariffs were in place?

You also pay $3.49 for a loaf of bread due to minimum wage increases. When minimum wage jumped to $15.00 an hour, grocery and fast food prices jumped..

682 solar farms in NY that produce 1.9% of the power in NY. Three working Nuke plants that produce 20% of the power in NY. Which one is better?

And how well are those solar panels working covered in snow….

I hate to get political here but, the answer to that is pocket lining. Back door deals lining politician's pockets. It's not about what best for the environment or the people, it's about what is best for politicians on BOTH sides of the aisle getting rich. Solar panels are the new oil.

It's a mess. As I type, my work is planning on load shedding electric for the 6th day in a row so NYC doesn't brown out. We put the cart before the horse for this green initiative stuff. Let's go electric for everything when the grid can't handle it already........ I'm all for moving to green energy that makes sense. We can't jump off a cliff, we need to walk down the hill.

While you guys are busy watching what’s going on in Washington, Hochul and her gang are at it in NY. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Dmtr3GTb7/?mibextid=wwXIfr

My biggest piece of advice is label everything! It will make diagnosing issues way easier in the future!

TTT

That is how I store them now but my OCD wants better organization

How are you guys storing your fake meat strips? I currently have them in their original packages. I was thinking of using a worm binder. Does anyone use this?

Nice stuff Rob. Good luck with your venture. I will be making a purchase!

As usual, a great season! Great job getting the kids involved. Good luck in 2026!

Flies, coho flies, meat rigs, a paddle and a fish holder. Some new, some used all in good shape. $50.00 shipped to the lower 48.

There was one on the parkway eastbound at Dewey. Right at the off ramp. I will check to see if it is still there.

Congrats! Thanks for posting a picture. I was beginning to forget what a mature deer looked like. It's been tough for me since bow! Lots of fawns around but not seeing many mature deer.