Reminds me when my dad used to tell me everything was a nickel when he was growing up in 1920-1930s. When he enlisted in 1936, he made $39/wk in US Navy.
"Wherever was found what was called a paternal government was found a state education. It'd been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience was to commence tyranny in the nursery." -Benjamin Disraeli
I scored a couple of bricks from Midshouth Shooters this week I still have a few bricks of every thing else,just need small pistol so I don't have to start over on load development.
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I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left.
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Looking for a Hensly &Gibbs #258 any thing from a two cavity to a 10cavityI found a new one from a member here
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 have some old CCI bricks of primers with $8.99 tag on them. I’ve recently been using them in 357 mag loads, haven’t had a dud so far.
8500' Wet Mountain Valley, Colorado
I'm old enough to remember buying them for that price. I also remember buying IMR 3031 for $3.50 a can!
Old enough to know better, young enough to do it anyway!
Men who don't understand women fall into two categories: bachelors and husbands!
As a teenager, a life long friend and myself was complaining about gas jumping in a short time from
25-29 cents a gallon to 35 cents.
His Dad laughed and said as a kid, he remembered buying it for 12 or 13 cents a gallon.
The only problem was----- nobody had 13 cents.
Years ago there was a documentary about Col. Sanders--- the KFC guy.
As a kid, they said he got fired from a job chopping wood for $2. a month, ,,, because he worked too slow.
In school: We learn lessons, and are given tests.
In life: We are given tests, and learn lessons.
OK People. Enough of this idle chit-chat.
This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
EVERYONE!
Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
Roy Clark used to tell a story about a time in his life that if they were selling steamboats for a dime apiece all he could do was run up and down the bank and yell "ain't that cheap"!
A favorite uncle of mine was a young man living in the Texas Hill Country during the Great depression.
He was a farmer, but for extra money, he'd sheer sheep in the late Spring.
He said he worked from day light till dark, and earned $1.00 a day.
He said he often thought to himself, "Another day, another dollar. Hmm.. In a million days,, I'll be rich, and won't have to work anymore".
In school: We learn lessons, and are given tests.
In life: We are given tests, and learn lessons.
OK People. Enough of this idle chit-chat.
This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
EVERYONE!
Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
And I believe the government ordered all holders of bullion gold, jewelry manufacturers, dental supply houses and manufacturers that used gold to surrender it to the government.
For $20/ounce in paper money.
Then sold it back to them for $35 so they could stay in business.
Just a little inflation.
As Joe said recently, inflation doesn't effect anybody.
My Dad was born Jan.16 1920, the day before Prohibition came into effect. A boy was paid 10 cents a day and a man 50 cents a day for farm work. His father had died, having learned to run a still from his father he was running a still for a neighbor making malt corn liquor. He was 14 years old and was making 15 cents a day, most went to his mother for food and he kept 15 cents a week for a box of 22 shorts.
Another fellow wanted to hire him to run his still for the same price plus all he wanted to drink. Dad didn't drink so the guy said he could have a pint. He could sell the pint for 50 cents, said it was the biggest raise he ever got.
beemer,, I see you are from WNC. I can easily relate to your story. I know folks raised like that.
I remember getting a 'fill up' --- at the Service Station, and you got a Coca-Cola glass
like they used to have at the 'soda fountain' or Lunch counter at the local drug store (where you got your root beer floats).
When I was 12, and went to the bank to open a checking account in 1967, the lady there apologized
because they had just stopped giving away a new toaster when you opened an account.
In school: We learn lessons, and are given tests.
In life: We are given tests, and learn lessons.
OK People. Enough of this idle chit-chat.
This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
EVERYONE!
Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
It was sort of a family tradition that at age 7 mom or dad would take you to the neighborhood bank and start a joint passbook savings account for you with the money you had received from relatives for your First Communion. I think I netted $5.15. Any withdrawal had to be signed by both you and a parent. I wish I still had that passbook. There were a lot of weeks I’d proudly approach the teller window with my completed deposit slip. Teller would stamp the date, write the deposit amount in, total the account and initial the line. My book listed pages of 25 cent deposits.
Imagine what we will be saying about today’s prices in twenty years.
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