On Sun, 1 Nov 2015 15:40:47 -0500, "J. Clarke"
wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 31 Oct 2015 21:08:59 -0400, "J. Clarke"
wrote:

In article , "frank says...

On 10/30/2015 8:29 PM, David E. Ross wrote:
Today, I went to buy gypsum to apply to my clay soil before the winter
rains begin. While I never buy plants at a hardware store or lumber
yard, I do buy tools and supplies at such stores.

I went to a nearby hardware store (about 3 miles from my house) and took
a 40-pound sack of gypsum to the register. With a senior-citizen
discount of 5%, the clerk said that it would be $12+change. I left the
sack at the register and drove to a favorite nursery about 12 miles
away. There, I bought a 50-pound sack of gypsum for under $9.

That is correct: 25% more gypsum for 25% less money. Both were 92%
CaSO4 (calcium sulfate).


Same thing happened to me last year with limestone. K-Mart price was
about 4X higher than Lowes.

BTW, since some one asked gas price, it is down below $2/gal here in
Delaware.

I think it's going to cross that line in Taxachussetts this week--it was
2.00&9/10 Friday. Funny, it's about 20 cents cheaper there than in CT.


CT has no income tax. The monies have to come from somewhere.

What century do you live in? CT has higher income tax than MA, and has
since the reign of Lowell the Last.

By golly, I stand corrected. Been a long time since I checked, which
was donkey years ago, when I was debating the move from NY to CT vs
NJ.