It feels like America is running out of everything

Re:It feels like America is running out of everything by owyn on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:15PM (#28789322)

Because it's an irrelevant question to the post or the rest of the discussion? The answer matters not.

But the OP sentence is like a sudoku. 2 3/8 is ambiguous. It could be 2 pipes or a measurement. If you read all the way to the end you see that he bought 6 pipes so it must be a measurement.

This would be a great test for an AI language comprehension system though. Perhaps you are an AI?

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Re:It feels like America is running out of everything by dylan604 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:35PM (#28789618)

yes, but 2 at $26 before price went crazy means each at $13. new shipment comes in, they are now $22 each. For 6 pipes at old price, that's potentially $78 vs $132 at new price.

So the numbers actually do matter. As I stated in another reply, I'm just not a fan of fractions especially in written sentences.

Edit: Or if it was actually $26 per 2.375" pipe and the new prices after craziness was only $22 causing the reaction to go in the other direction.

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Re:It feels like America is running out of everything by rhacker on Thursday October 07, 2021 @02:54PM (#28790623)

Yeah sorry about the weird fractions. I've been doing a lot of building/wood working and being lazy at the computer. Both prices were PER PIPE.

It was more expensive PER PIPE for the 2.375" pipe BEFORE and it is cheaper now. So I don't fully understand why, if there's a shortage, they wanted to price it lower. :shrug: I'm happy I got some at all.

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