02-04-2014, 09:31 AM
Good morning all, I see there's still storms around the country, but just a serious is the drought hitting California and other parts of the southwest. We have rain in the forecast, but so far this year, none of that has come to pass.
Speaking of toilet paper, let's also include paper towels. Both over the years have gotten smaller to the point that there was only a few feet used before you had to put up a new roll.
hock: You are right, the price never went down. Now we can buy "giant rolls" of these products that are back to their original size, except that the price is three or four times what it used to be. It won't be long before these giant rolls will begin to go down in size as well and then we'll have, "humongous" rolls at even higher prices. 
And yes, most manufactures have indeed cut the width of their toilet paper as well to reduce their costs, but our costs stay the same. 
Heck of a thing to be discussing on a train forum, :oops: but hey, it's a fact of life, something that everyone buys and uses but seldom talks about...
Speaking of toilet paper, let's also include paper towels. Both over the years have gotten smaller to the point that there was only a few feet used before you had to put up a new roll.
hock: You are right, the price never went down. Now we can buy "giant rolls" of these products that are back to their original size, except that the price is three or four times what it used to be. It won't be long before these giant rolls will begin to go down in size as well and then we'll have, "humongous" rolls at even higher prices. And yes, most manufactures have indeed cut the width of their toilet paper as well to reduce their costs, but our costs stay the same. Heck of a thing to be discussing on a train forum, :oops: but hey, it's a fact of life, something that everyone buys and uses but seldom talks about...
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD