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[Bry Carling]

That reminds me of a piano shop I used to do some work for...
Kurtz Piano in Nashville, back in the 1970s. They had a sign 
inside the glass counter, near the cash register. There was 
a picture of a sad carrtoon character, and it said:

"Picture of a poor boy waiting for prices to come down!"

> As an OT myself, whenever I gasp at the price something, I always go to 
> "The Inflation Calculator" to see if we're really being hosed or not:
> 
> http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
> 
> ..covers all the way back to 1800!
> 
> Not especially pin-point accurate, but it does give some idea.
> 
> On a lighter note, I am always reminded of a scene from a comedy where an 
> OT (like me) keels over, no shock unit can be found, and someone says, "We 
> have to give his system a shock somehow!"
> 
> So someone leans over and yells, "Hey!  Things cost more!"
> 
> He then comes alive again with an "Oh, no!"
> 
> :)
> 
> 73 DE Lin/KJ6EF
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> of At 04:08 PM 03/08/2008, you wrote:
> >Inflation is a bitch. If you buy something, hold it, then sell it for the same
> >amount of REAL value (but in inflated dollars) the government rips you off 
> >for the
> >fictional 'capital gain'
> >
> >The government causes inflation, then turns around and taxes you on 
> >it.  It's the
> >biggest scam going.
> >
> >FWIW,
> >-John
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Jim Simmons wrote:
> >
> > > [snip]
> > > It's called inflation.  Back then the middle-class wage was around 
> > $2.00 per
> > > hour.  You could buy a new Chevy 1/2 ton pickup for around $1250 (6
> > > cylinder, standard transmission and stripped with no extras such as radio
> > > and heater).  Coca Cola, Pepsi, RC etc were 5-cents with a penny deposit on
> > > the bottle if you took it with you.  Gas priced varied greatly, but 
> > averaged
> > > around 25-cents per gallon. [snip]
> >
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