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BAR wrote:
Lamont Cranston wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:25:02 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:31:48 -0700, "Lamont Cranston"
wrote:

Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:25:22 -0400, Balanced View

wrote:

Richard Casady wrote:
On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:12:16 -0400, Balanced View

wrote:

$1.00 in 1964 had about the same buying power as
$6.83 2008.

You are totally nuts. A gallon of gas, a magazine, a
paperback, a
pack of cigs, a six pack, were all a quarter in 1964. A
.Colt 1911
.45 pistol was $62.50. Levi's were $2.25.

Casady

Go check it your self , they're all over $6.00

Go check what? My point was that the factor of six figure
was bogus.
What am I supposed to check? That gas and cigs were a
quarter in 64?
I was there.

Casady

The $6.83 figure is accurate.

Sure it is. As you would have it, not 6.82 or 6.84.

Come back when you have something not prima facie bogus.

You're both wrong. I was paying a dime for a pack of cigs in '64.

No, you weren't.

I was paying 25 cents a pack for them in 1974.

At the PX ?

And a nickel for a Snickers bar.

Nope. That's what it cost in 1930. It was a quarter in 1964.

12 cents at 7-11 in 1971.

Must have been on sale or after Halloween discount ;~)