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food prices in Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow, AK)

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tert in seattle

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Apr 27, 2017, 12:30:05 PM4/27/17
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take a guess what a gallon of milk cost in 2007

<http://alaskaphotographics.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Barrow-Utqiagvik/G00004bxGsKDDYXo/I0000ss3htiO6C4w/C0000FBd5RBbAqX4>

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Apr 27, 2017, 1:04:23 PM4/27/17
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On Thursday, 27 April 2017 11:30:05 UTC-5, tert in seattle wrote:
> take a guess what a gallon of milk cost in 2007
>
> <http://alaskaphotographics.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Barrow-Utqiagvik/G00004bxGsKDDYXo/I0000ss3htiO6C4w/C0000FBd5RBbAqX4>


Seven of the ten still - extant Blockbuster stores are in Alaska, tert:

https://consumerist.com/2017/04/26/alaska-still-has-blockbuster-stores-and-theyre-apparently-quite-busy/


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Apr 27, 2017, 1:05:50 PM4/27/17
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tert in seattle wrote:

> take a guess what a gallon of milk cost in 2007
>
> <http://alaskaphotographics.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Barrow-Utqiagvik/G00004bxGsKDDYXo/I0000ss3htiO6C4w/C0000FBd5RBbAqX4>


Jeez, they need to utilize POWDERED milk, much more cost - efficient...


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Dave Smith

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Apr 27, 2017, 1:42:10 PM4/27/17
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On 2017-04-27 12:26 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
> take a guess what a gallon of milk cost in 2007
>
> <http://alaskaphotographics.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Barrow-Utqiagvik/G00004bxGsKDDYXo/I0000ss3htiO6C4w/C0000FBd5RBbAqX4>
>


Yep. it costs a lot to eat up there. Parts of northern Canada are worse.
Up in Nunuvat groceries cost at least twice as much as they do down
here. During the winter stuff is shipped on ice roads. During the
summer coastal settlements are supplied by ship. Everything else is
flown in, and that adds a lot to the cost.

tert in seattle

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Apr 27, 2017, 1:50:04 PM4/27/17
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glad to know I won't need to pack my video-tapes !!

dsi1

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Apr 27, 2017, 2:12:51 PM4/27/17
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On Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 6:30:05 AM UTC-10, tert in seattle wrote:
> take a guess what a gallon of milk cost in 2007
>
> <http://alaskaphotographics.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Barrow-Utqiagvik/G00004bxGsKDDYXo/I0000ss3htiO6C4w/C0000FBd5RBbAqX4>

When we moved to CA from HI back in '78, I was shocked at the milk prices. It was less than 2 bucks. I took this as a very good sign.

tert in seattle

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Apr 27, 2017, 2:30:04 PM4/27/17
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I think one would need to acquire a taste for whale blubber and caribou
soup etc. in order to live there

penm...@aol.com

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Apr 27, 2017, 3:49:28 PM4/27/17
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I'm sure those long cold Alaskan winters produce an abundance of
lactating women. . .

Nancy2

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Apr 28, 2017, 9:18:05 AM4/28/17
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I wish we still had a BBuster...there is one "live" video rental store in my area,
but it is 15 miles away.

N.

dsi1

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Apr 29, 2017, 12:53:03 AM4/29/17
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I'm glad we live in a streaming world. I once had to accost a guy who lifted a video that I had dropped off at the Blockbuster return desk. This was a big kid. Boy was he surprised. He thought he was getting away scot free until I popped open my car door and blocked his way. I risked my personal safety/well being for a video tape. Ha ha. That was nuts. Evidently, I'm fearless when it comes to protecting my family and my video tape. :)
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