I found a screaming deal on Small Pistol Primers!!!

[Finster101]

My dad used to take issue with the expression "the good ole days". Yes things might have been cheaper , but not many people had any money and you damn sure had to work harder to get it was his opinion. Seeing the way he grew up, he had good cause to feel that way.

[farmerjim]

I remember my parents telling me, when they were younger they could go to see a movie, it cost 5 cents each to get in.

I went to the Saturday movies for 10 cents, 10 cents for popcorn, and 5 cents for a coke. I earned 25 cents for mowing the lawn.

[gbrown]

When I was very young, we lived about a half mile from a movie theater. On Saturday afternoon, my brother and sister and I would walk there for the matinee. Mom would give my older brother a 5, and we first went to a "mom & pop" burger place across from the theater. Had a burger basket and drink. Went to the matinee, had either a drink and candy, or popcorn, had a great afternoon, and when we got back, my brother gave her the change. Your talking $40-$50 today.

[Winger Ed.]

My dad used to take issue with the expression "the good ole days".

My in-laws were kind of like that.

One time someone asked the MIL why in all the old pictures, nobody was ever smiling.
She said, "Back then, there wasn't much to smile about".

[MUSTANG]

Private ownership of gold was illegal from 1933 till 1974. Possession of gold got you a ten year prison sentence regardless of the amount. Just a bit of trivia.

Thank You Demi-God Roosevelt. Your change of direction & influence continued on to the USofA today.

[Swineherd]

And yet we have lot of old gold coins that never got melted - just like gun laws, a LOT of folks pay no heed to unjust laws.

And, a lot of folks will enforce any unjust law just for the sake of the state sponsored authority that comes with the task.

[Ed K]

My dad used to take issue with the expression "the good ole days". Yes things might have been cheaper , but not many people had any money and you damn sure had to work harder to get it was his opinion. Seeing the way he grew up, he had good cause to feel that way.

I'm sure there is a degree of truth to this. A dollar would buy a lot but now we can go to a Doctor and receive life-saving treatment while the 1930s guy with the $1 bag of groceries would be dead before he could eat it all.

It would seem this country peaked around 1955-1975 for the purpose of having a decent standard of living, pretty good chance of having mom stay at home and still enough disposable income for the odd summer lake house, a boat, small plane, etc. Sure some peoples income just blows that standard away now but I'm talking a decent standard for Joe six-pack.

[shooterg]

I have a bunch (50+ bricks) of large and small CCI primers from the mid 1970s, they all go bang without fail. They’ve been stored indoors, no idea if that matters.

I've bought "yard sale" primers the boxes had obviously been wet . Kept 'em in a dry spot for a while, all have gone bang. Since the compounds are placed wet, looks like no harm if dried back out - I would hazard a guess that if they stayed under water long enough, the compounds could migrate , then firing would be problematic.

[Winger Ed.]

good chance of having mom stay at home and still enough disposable income for the odd summer lake house, a boat, small plane, etc. .

Needing two incomes came along with the runaway taxes.
Not just high income and sales taxes, but all the hidden ones to that are built into everything.
Such as everyone involved in the production and transport of everything is paying those high taxes too.
You don't think you're paying theirs too, but they are built into the price of everything you buy or pay for.

The idea that big evil corporations make too much money and we should tax it away is a fool's errand,
and only has appeal to people who don't have a clue how an economy actually works.
Corporations don't pay any taxes at all--- their customers do it for them.

[popper]

Evil gas Co in Texas. 0.29$ in Ks, 0.35$ the day I arrived in Dallas, 69. I actually griped to the attendant. Got about 200$/mo. as E5 in 65. GI bill was about 70$/mo., if you carried a full 15 hrs. Below that, zero!

[beemer]

I've bought "yard sale" primers the boxes had obviously been wet . Kept 'em in a dry spot for a while, all have gone bang. Since the compounds are placed wet, looks like no harm if dried back out - I would hazard a guess that if they stayed under water long enough, the compounds could migrate , then firing would be problematic.

Several years ago I was given a carton of old green box CCI large rifle primers that had been wet. One corner had a box with a few that looked like the compound had migrated. I tried a couple in empty cases and they were duds. I used the rest for cast target loads and they were fine. I don't think I would have used them for anything serious.

[725]

I gotta add: My dad was born in 1915. He told me of loading hay for $0.10 a ton.