I guess in Al’s universe, kids take out loans to make treehouses. When I was a kid, we usually asked the local builders or suppliers for leftovers. People are very strange in Al’s universe.
The National Association of Home Builders says lumber prices have increased more than 200% since April 2020. The “price per thousand board feet” surpassed $1,100 in mid-April, up from less than $500 in June of 2020, the NAHB reported based on data from Random Lengths.Apr 21, 2021
Tell me about it. Decided this year is the year to do the roof and of course, the material prices had to inflate right now. Nothing like a little pandemic price gauging.
Grew up in a logging community with sawmills before the loggers and sawmills went bust. Local tavern signage offered hot spotted owl burgers and cold beer. Then that tavern went bust when there wasn’t hardly anyone left in town. The surrounding forests are still there and catch fire every summer. Don’t think the spotted owls vacation there during the summer months like the few tourist who consider the area as a ghost town since the freeway bypassed the town over 40 years ago. The only need for expensive plywood is to board up the windows of closed businesses.
’Tis one of the rules of the universe: When it takes several things at once to make a project feasible, you MUST be willing to compromise on at least one of them, because waiting for them all together is a losing game. In this case, money is relatively inexpensive, but you must borrow more because the price (some) building materials has gone astronomical.
The math is pretty clear too. If the probability of getting each “thing” is less than 1 and you have (several) needed things, then the probability of all of them occurring is (less than 1) times (less than 1) times … times (less than 1) = (much smaller than any of the individual probabilities)
Patjade almost 3 years ago
I guess in Al’s universe, kids take out loans to make treehouses. When I was a kid, we usually asked the local builders or suppliers for leftovers. People are very strange in Al’s universe.
mourdac Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Critical computer chips, lumber, now possibly gasoline and diesel, workers. The shortages are affecting the economy.
DrDon1 almost 3 years ago
Goodwyn demonstrating that he still is living up in his little tree house!
Another Take almost 3 years ago
I thought this was pretty funny and I’m not a fan of Al’s political takes. Am I missing something?
Radish the wordsmith almost 3 years ago
The National Association of Home Builders says lumber prices have increased more than 200% since April 2020. The “price per thousand board feet” surpassed $1,100 in mid-April, up from less than $500 in June of 2020, the NAHB reported based on data from Random Lengths.Apr 21, 2021
GiantShetlandPony almost 3 years ago
Tell me about it. Decided this year is the year to do the roof and of course, the material prices had to inflate right now. Nothing like a little pandemic price gauging.
rs0204 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Just steal the lumber from unguarded building/construction sites. Sheesh, do I have to teach you kids everything?
The Love of Money is . . . almost 3 years ago
Grew up in a logging community with sawmills before the loggers and sawmills went bust. Local tavern signage offered hot spotted owl burgers and cold beer. Then that tavern went bust when there wasn’t hardly anyone left in town. The surrounding forests are still there and catch fire every summer. Don’t think the spotted owls vacation there during the summer months like the few tourist who consider the area as a ghost town since the freeway bypassed the town over 40 years ago. The only need for expensive plywood is to board up the windows of closed businesses.
Concretionist almost 3 years ago
’Tis one of the rules of the universe: When it takes several things at once to make a project feasible, you MUST be willing to compromise on at least one of them, because waiting for them all together is a losing game. In this case, money is relatively inexpensive, but you must borrow more because the price (some) building materials has gone astronomical.
The math is pretty clear too. If the probability of getting each “thing” is less than 1 and you have (several) needed things, then the probability of all of them occurring is (less than 1) times (less than 1) times … times (less than 1) = (much smaller than any of the individual probabilities)