The Good Old Days

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Yes, but a bit of perspective. I was in high school, still living at home. Summers I did ranch work, and during the school year I pumped gas. Drove a '49 Chevy pickup that I paid $50 for. Aside from saving money for school, (and an occasional rifle here and there) that money was mine. Mom and Dad gave me a roof over my head, but never asked for anything but help around the house and yard. Back then, I never bought more than a tray of primers for anything. Matter of fact, I never saw a brick of primers in any stores back in the day. I am still stumped how that tray of primers wandered around with me all these years and never got used.

The perspective that mom and dad paid your bills, you bought a cheap truck and a tray of primers means what to a minimum wage of $2.30... how? Everything, including labor, was much cheaper several decades back so these "way back" prices are laughable at best and a sad reflection on the actions of the Fed at worst