Definition of Opinion:  A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof.

Please be respectful to others with differing opinions. 

Bill RIHS

Happy Birthday Jim!🎂🎉👏🇺🇸

Michael Kelly

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM COATS, MAY YOU BE SO CANTANKEROUS THAT YOU HAVE MANY MANY MORE. LEFTY

Randy Edwards

Happy Birtday, young man. I may still be older, but you're catching up.

Frank Wiley

Wednesday, October 28th, 5:30 at "The Vig" on 40th Street--Beer Summit.  Who's in?

Lester Cox

Happy Belated Birthday Jim, I'll see you at the beer summit in October. 

Frank, I'm in. 

Nancy Scott (Nicoll)

Happy belated birthday Jim!

Bill RIHS

I am in for the Beer Summiy!

Jim Coats

Thank you all for the birthday wishes.  I don't know why He is keeping me around.  I asked Him to give me a nudge.  I the meantime, I'm trying to be a better person.  It's tough!

Night, night.

Bill Randall

I'm in for the "Beer Summit" at the Vig, 5:30p, on the 28th. 

Jim Coats

DeWitt Bacon

I planned to make it to a beer summit this fall; however, health concerns may delay that plan. I do hope to make it to one soon.

Frank Wiley

Thanks to those who have confirmed.  De Witt--hope you feel better and can make it!

Michael Kelly

Jim Coats

Lefty.  To quote Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) in The Searchers...."That'll be the day."  But I hope it is and I hope to see you at The Beer Summit.

Frank Wiley

Damn, Jim I thought it was Buddy Holly and the Crickets that sang that?

Michael Kelly

Coats, Wiley et. al.  Yes I hope to be there for the Beer Summit. My track record has not been good thus far. 

Glad that we will not be discussing Politics or Religion because the World is in Such Turmoil nowadays. Jost hoping Good Prevails and Evul Fails.

Frank Wiley

Looking forward to seeing you Mike!

David Rainwater

(Just hoping Good Prevails and Evil Fails...Michael K.) Amen to that!

Frank Wiley

Damn, I've been wrong many times in my life, but one of my biggest is that when I saw flying cars on, "The Jetson's", I said that will never happen in my lifetime.  Well, Elon Musk has proved me wrong!  He is very possibly the greatest genius EVER!!  I found it hilarious today when there were tapes replayed of AOC and Ilan Omar calling Elon stupid.  I guess the old adage, "It takes one to know one" doesn't apply here because two stupid people calling a genius stupid is well ----------Stupid!!

Lester Cox

Frank, I have profound admiration for the true visionaries of our time—those whose vocabulary simply does not include the words “don’t” or “can’t.” I often find myself imagining what extraordinary heights we might reach if Steve Jobs were still alive and he and Elon Musk could collaborate. As it stands, I believe Elon Musk is the most important visionary in history. He is a once-in-a-generation genius who has never encountered a challenge worth pursuing that he will not conquer if he chooses to.

Lester Cox

Anyone who publicly declares that Elon Musk is stupid immediately places themselves in a category of fools and morons entirely their own. AOC and Ilhan Omar are founding members.

Bill RIHS

Lester, right on!

Lester Cox

Frank Wiley

Great Poster Les!  The Commies will probably say, "See, Communist North Korea doesn't waste electricity."

Lester Cox

Do you think the media might be amplifying concerns about food costs as part of the broader affordability debate?

I hadn’t really noticed a dramatic shift in what we spend on groceries myself—except when we eat out at restaurants, where prices do feel higher. That made me wonder whether some of the “outrageous food costs” narrative might be getting more attention than the actual numbers justify, and whether candidates on both sides are simply reacting to it.

Out of curiosity, I asked three different AI tools the same basic question: If you filled a basket with $200 of ordinary groceries in August 2024, what would roughly the same basket cost in August 2025 and August 2026? The answers were pretty consistent—around $203 in 2025 and about $205 in 2026. That’s only a couple of percent over two years.

Is it possible I’m missing something, or does this suggest grocery prices specifically may not be the major driver of the affordability conversation that they’re sometimes portrayed as? I’m genuinely curious what others are seeing in their own shopping.