Just an observation I've made. You have noticed how a pound of bacon isn't a pound any more, but the price is just as high, or higher, than it was when it WAS a pound. And two quart container of ice cream that we used to buy just doesn't hold two quarts of ice cream any longer. Did the price go down to reflect that shrinkage? nope.
Now, toilet paper. We have in the main bathroom a paper holder that has no rod in the middle, it has a, we'll call it a metal knob for lack of another term at the moment, on the insides of each bracket that sticks out where one would put the roll of toilet paper. The one knob is stationary and the other is spring loaded so it can be pushed in to fit the roll in and springs back out to hold it there.
I bought a BIG package of toilet paper and found that the cardboard core was shorter than it normally is and wouldn't stay on that holder, but fall to the floor. I thought, ok... I got that big package on sale at a good price, maybe that is why it was such a good price, there was a flaw in the length of the core and paper. Next time I bought the necessity I bought a different brand and not such a good price as the first, and low and behold... that was shorter, too. Every brand of toilet paper we have gotten since, the tube has been shortened JUST enough that it no longer fits the toilet paper holder. And ya know what? The price of toilet paper hasn't dropped to reflect the smaller size, either.
I think there's a conspiracy out there! Mel was right!
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