I remember when 15 cents was worth something... I could buy 15 pieces of bubblegum I could buy 3 candy bars I could get a slice of pizza 3 packs of baseball cards with bubblegum Any comic book A token to get you on the subway A few hours at a parking meter 1/5 of a mile in a taxi A phone call from a booth An egg cream A bagel Now I look at prices and shake my head. So much for keeping inflation in check.
Back in the Stone Age of my youth. I got $0.50 per week for my chores. Taking out trash, doing dishes and vacuuming the living room. That fifty cents, got me That week's Issue of Detective Comics, a Chick-O-Stick, a cold bottle of Orange Crush (I'd get 7 cents back later that day), A ticket to the matinee, and a small popcorn. I thought I was rich. I couldn't imagine anything better at the time.
Slightly off the 15 cents. We bought our house in London in 1957 for £600, one year of my late fathers salary. Today it is worth more than two million. What hope is their for the younger generation today.?
Am I forgiven for taking your thread along a side street this time, if I promise not to be a naughty boy again.?
It wasn't 15 cents but part of the story. Dollars and Pounds have shrunk. Everything from candies to houses are smaller as well.
If we moved into the one I saw advertised the other day, even the dog would have protested, for having to sleep under our bed and share his basket with the cat.
I remember being able to buy a couple of first-class postage stamps for under 15 cents. A subway token is in the original posting, and I'm probably about the same age. My first ride on a bus and subway was 15 cents. The cheapest gallon of gas I ever saw was under 30 cents, so I'll say a half gallon.
15 cents? 3 pieces of bubblegum and a movie ticket for 12 cents. But man---WHEN I HAD A DOLLAR!!!!!!!
Dont get me started.........just keep printing money(inflation/economics/resources/ect)....................(Us/eu/world/ect) *sigh* Still not a Communist.....maybe a socialist......mostly just a realist Mzzls
