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Island inflation St. John’s not immune to inflation. Gas, utilities, food are all going up. So is the cost to get to the island. The $300 St. Thomas airfare is probably gone for awhile. But hey…if you smoke or you drink rum, you can still do both of those amazingly cheap. Pass the rum. That last plane ticket nearly broke us. And enjoy these grapes…$6.69 a pound. That’s $15.92 worth of grapes.  13 Responses to “Island inflation”Leave a Reply |
  
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May 24th, 2008 07:46
Take those grapes back to Starfish and get 4 bottles of (cheap)rum instead!
May 24th, 2008 08:46
With the great weather on STJ, I think I would grow my own food!!!
May 24th, 2008 09:14
Surprised gas is that “low”. It’s about to crest $4 here in NC. Just yesterday I wondered how high it had gotten on StJ.
And…not that I bring grapes with me on vacation, but there’s a good reason I fly a cooler of frozen food down there with me.
May 24th, 2008 10:38
that’s really cheap for gas! i just paid 4.42.gal to fill my tank last night….
damn illinois/chicago taxes. thank god for efficient public transportation. anyone want to build a train route from chicago to the old texaco station?
May 24th, 2008 11:27
robbo – you beat me to it. Here in Chicago it’s about $4.40. I wish I was paying that STJ price.
While we’re talking about ridiculous prices, we once saw a bag of terra chips at the starfish for over $9.
May 24th, 2008 11:56
Well here in beautiful Napa, California we are pay $4.05 gallon for regular, some towns closer to San Francisco are paying $4.59. Surprised that Chicago is so high. Wow!! So I guess $4.39 is a deal.
May 24th, 2008 13:49
Today, diesel here in southwest Michigan is $4.79.
It’s $$$ enough to fill up a car…I don’t know how long those truckers are going to be able to fill their tanks… arrrgggghhhh!… (and not a pirate “arrrggghhh”)
May 24th, 2008 14:15
With the refinery in St Croix, gas used to be cheap. What happenned???
May 24th, 2008 17:57
all the gas from st. criox goes everywhere but st. john.. by the time it reaches st. john it has been to P>R and than some..I feel sorry for the people who live on the island with the cost of everything going up.. it will be diffcult for them
May 24th, 2008 21:18
Hey on the vague off chance that someone who doesn’t live on St. John reads this stuff could we tone this down Or were you planning on doubling the Bongo Bongo rent and making it I guess bongo boingo bongo bongo. I think ya get the point the more you talk about price inflation the deeper the recession gets.Dig it?
May 25th, 2008 11:18
Recession will be over in one year. Oil will be at 75 dollars per barrell. Mark my word; I have a friend high up in oil industry who is very respected and made this prediction.
May 25th, 2008 16:35
Headed there this weekend! Taking some frozen food in a cooler, but some things you just gotta buy there…curious as to the current prices of a few items like half-and-half, milk and eggs. Thanks
May 28th, 2008 14:00
“Recession will be over in one year. Oil will be at 75 dollars per barrell. Mark my word; I have a friend high up in oil industry who is very respected and made this prediction.”
Ukraine…is your friend President Bush?