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They keep changing how inflation is measured so they won't be held to account. Good read here..Inflation is hitting like a lead pipe to the kneecap.
I just wish policymakers would admit that
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They keep changing how inflation is measured so they won't be held to account. Good read here..Inflation is hitting like a lead pipe to the kneecap.
I just wish policymakers would admit that
Mine was a Buck knife in a folding cover leather sheath for about $19.99 when I was about 12 years old and I still have it.What was the first "big money" knife you purchased?
Government loves inflation, taxes can be raised a whole bunch when a houses value goes from 12 k to 400k.I laugh when I see the ridiculous disparity of documented inflation compared to the actual purchasing power of the USD . Well into the early 2000s you could find beater work cars for 2 or 300 dollars. 5 years ago the same cars were stuck at $1200 average, and at the moment I'd bet it's more like 1500.
I know I'm not an MBA or CPA , but I ain't blonde (oops , blind).
Median home value, USA, 1960
Just under 12k. It's around 400k today
Leave it. Most of us here have a screw loose. It adds to our charm.Kershaw Leak on a vacation back to the Oregon Coast in 2006 or so when we lived in Nevada. Bought at a local shop in Florence. Carried it and used it forever. I still have it, it's been sharpened a lot and the blade is shorter now as I have broken the tip off a few times and had one sharpened back on. The assisted part doesn't work anymore. I keep it as a memory of the first couple of trips my wife and I took together to Oregon, inevitably helping us decide that this would become our home.
Edit: pictures added. Just realized it's also missing a screw!
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When I was a youngster, you could buy a hamburger, fries and shake for 49 cents. Real food with real ice cream.
Oh.Pre-internet retail CS Trailmaster and a Spyderco Police plain edge.
I think $175 (ouch) and $100 respectively.
A buddy of mine slashed his hand wide open trying to hack out a piece of frozen lasagna. The deductible for the hand surgery was over a grand. Ordinary kitchen knife. Does that count?Ok
Up a notch , who's dropping a grand on a knife ? . I have not gone past 300 and change for a knife...yet. I can see 5 or 600 happening before too long.
You're as cold blooded as that frozen stouffers family size.A buddy of mine slashed his hand wide open trying to hack out a piece of frozen lasagna. The deductible for the hand surgery was over a grand. Ordinary kitchen knife. Does that count?
LOL, it was home made. His wife is awesome.You're as cold blooded as that frozen stouffers family size.
Nope .I don't recall how much I paid for it back in 1968 but it seemed like a lot then. Picked up a Buck 119 Special before I went to Basic. Carried it with me in SE Asia. Today it is tucked safely inside my wife's GHB. I have a K Bar in mine. Maybe its time to switch them out?
Wasted is subjective. You've spent considerably more on firearms you don't shoot and cars you don't drive anymore, right? Heck, other than my house, the most expensive thing I've ever purchased was my Barrett. It's not even close. And I don't think I "wasted" a penny on it because it took me a good 10 years to get to the point I could blow that kind of money and not think twice. Similarly, a good knife probably gets used much, much more than any firearm so the "price per use" is quite cheap. Just doesn't feel like it sometimesNope, I still haven't wasted that much $$$ on one knife...