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.

And a nickel for a Snickers bar.

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

Dill pickles could be had for a song, and there was a Coke
machine in
the Sears on 79th St. that dispensed an 8-ounce cup for a
nickel.

Doubtful.

Movies were about 2-bits.

Nope, they were about a dollar.

Twinkies were the rage.

That happened in the 1950s.

Bye Bye American pie.

--Vic

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.


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.

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 ;~)

Balanced View wrote:
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 ?

Yep.



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 ;~)

25 cents got you two candy bars.

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:40:09 -0400, Balanced View
wrote:

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.

I saved the Time magazine with the obit. Dead of inflation in Hershey
Pa, the five cent Hershey bar. This was in 68.

Casady

Richard Casady wrote:
On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:40:09 -0400, Balanced View
wrote:


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.


I saved the Time magazine with the obit. Dead of inflation in Hershey
Pa, the five cent Hershey bar. This was in 68.

Casady



I remember the Hersey bars being five cents, but I never ate them. I was
partial to coffee crisp
bars back then they were only available in Canada. I remember them being
a dime, and a small
coke being seven to ten cents, but that's a long time ago. ;~)