when I was born
Bread: $0.20/loaf
Milk: $1.04/gal Eggs: $0.90/doz Car: $2,275 Gas: $0.31/gal House: $18,500 Stamp: $0.04/ea Avg Income: $6,227/yr Min Wage: $1.00/hr DOW Avg: 616 http://dmarie.com/timecap/step1.asp |
wish gas was the same now:argh::ouch:
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Good ole days. At times I wish I grew up in the 50's and 60's....
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Those numbers, adjusted for the inflation that has occured since 1960 (664%)...
Bread... $1.53 Milk... $7.95 Eggs... $6.88 Car... $17,387 Gas... $2.37 House... $141,394 Stamp... $.31 Salary... $47,592 Minimum Wage... $7.64 |
prices when i was born just about the same as whit. the thing that gets me is a min wage job in 1962 was 1.15 a hour. a days work would buy 29.67 gals of gas. it wont today:argh:
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It'll buy more milk and eggs though!
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1983
Bread:$0.54/loaf Milk: $1.89/gal Eggs:$1.43/doz Car: $10,606 Gas: $1.23/gal House:$89,800 Stamp:$0.20/ea Avg Income:$28,638/yr Min Wage: $3.35/hr DOW Avg:1,259 |
same age as my oldest son. :humm:
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1977 :jump:
Bread: $0.32/loaf Milk: $1.44/gal Eggs: $1.30/doz Car: $5,814 Gas: $0.64/gal House: $54,200 Stamp: $0.13/ea Avg Income: $18,264/yr Min Wage: $2.30/hr DOW Avg: 831 |
1972 Prices US President
Bread: $0.25/loaf Richard M. Nixon Milk: $1.33/gal US Vice President Eggs: $1.20/doz Spiro T. Agnew Car: $3,879 Academy Award Winners Gas: $0.36/gal Best Picture: The Godfather Best Actor: Marlon Brando in The Godfather Best Actress: Liza Minelli in Cabaret House: $30,500 Stamp: $0.08/ea Avg Income: $12,625/yr Min Wage: $1.60/hr DOW Avg: 1,020 |
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