From: Will Trice 
Newsgroups: misc.invest.financial-plan
Subject: Re: True US Inflation at 11% ?
Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 12:50:50 -0500
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Sgt.Sausage wrote:

> A dozen eggs is a dozzen eggs. A loaf of bread is a loaf
> of bread. A gallon of gas is a gallon of gas. A bale of
> hay is a bale of hay.
> 

So you've actually tracked the prices you paid for eggs, bread, gas, and 
hay for 15 years?  Wow!  I have no idea what I paid for bread and eggs 
last week, much less 15 years ago.  Gas maybe.  Hay, no.  How do you 
weight these items to come up with your inflation rate?  Do you use the 
proportions you bought them in 15 years ago or something?  It seems like 
gas (and maybe hay) would dominate your inflation rate (unless you eat a 
whole lot of egg sandwiches).  Gas hasn't gone up 6% per year over the 
last 15 years I don't think.  How about hay?

-Will