Do you remember
Dec 20, 2023 10:47:51 #
Dec 20, 2023 12:35:25 #
In fifty years what will people say about our prices today?
"Everything was so cheap!"
"Everything was so cheap!"
Dec 20, 2023 12:45:32 #
alltoptom wrote:
Wow who would have thought!
Inflation and different morality back then. 1957 is before I have any significant memories.
Dec 20, 2023 13:43:21 #
lamiaceae wrote:
Inflation and different morality back then. 1957 is before I have any significant memories.
There always seems to be a subtle gloat about how young you are.
Congrats on that, if you are lucky, you will be old someday too.
Dec 20, 2023 14:20:53 #
In regards to the one quote about the government, it’s funny how people forget what the government took in taxes back then. Check out this tax table and see where you would be if the taxes had never changed.
Dec 20, 2023 14:36:36 #
Dec 20, 2023 18:46:39 #
Dec 21, 2023 06:42:50 #
Morry
Loc: Palm Springs, CA
alltoptom wrote:
Wow who would have thought!
I can remember paying 17 cents per gallon of gas . . . in Rhode Island when I was 21 years old and in the Navy. Sea store cigarete price was 9 cents a pack. I bought a new twin lens Rolleiflex from my ship store for $150. When I was discharged at age 23 in Norfolk, VA I bought a new Plymouth Fury for $2808. . . . full dealer price including sales tax and new Virginia licence plates. Hamburgers were readily available for 19 cents. I think coffee was 5 cents a cup to buy. My dad bought a old stucco house for our family to live in 1946 in Seattle for $8000. which has a value of more than $1,000,000. today. Unbelievable . . . yes . . . if one lives long enough to witness it.
Dec 21, 2023 08:26:31 #
I was shocked to pay $5,000 for a 1980 Honda Civic. It seemed like an $1,800 car. Now, $1,800 is a standard maintenance charge from the dealer. 
Years later, I paid over $20,000 for a Honda Fit. I remember a Rolls Royce costing $14,000 in 1960.
The Jeep Rubicon 392 starts at over $92,000. Any color but white costs an extra $595. If you want "Half Doors" - no upper section - that will cost you about $4,695.
I bought a 1969 Jeep with a Fisher hydraulic plow for $3,200.
Years later, I paid over $20,000 for a Honda Fit. I remember a Rolls Royce costing $14,000 in 1960.
The Jeep Rubicon 392 starts at over $92,000. Any color but white costs an extra $595. If you want "Half Doors" - no upper section - that will cost you about $4,695.
I bought a 1969 Jeep with a Fisher hydraulic plow for $3,200.
Dec 21, 2023 09:09:23 #
alltoptom wrote:
Wow who would have thought!
I was born in 1951 and I do remember these things. How did we get this far? Thanks BE SAFE!!
Tom
Dec 21, 2023 11:23:22 #
Dec 21, 2023 11:41:31 #
srg wrote:
There always seems to be a subtle gloat about how young you are.
Congrats on that, if you are lucky, you will be old someday too.
Congrats on that, if you are lucky, you will be old someday too.
Not gloat, goat. I feel plenty old since my health is not great but I was born in the early fifties so I am not nearly as old as the average on the UHH. Thus I have no first hand memories of the Forties and Thirties.
Dec 21, 2023 11:46:20 #
pmorin wrote:
In regards to the one quote about the government, it’s funny how people forget what the government took in taxes back then. Check out this tax table and see where you would be if the taxes had never changed.
I've been aware of that. Yikes, our "income" from SS, pensions, and investments even in retirement would put us in a ~60% bracket based on those old tax rates!
Dec 21, 2023 13:17:52 #
I remember well. I put 75 cents worth of gas in my 1957 Fiat once a week. I LOVED that car!
Dec 21, 2023 16:19:57 #
Morry wrote:
I can remember paying 17 cents per gallon of gas .... (show quote)
What years were you in the Navy? I was in the Navy 72 to 76 and stationed in Norfolk from 73 until I got out. The first OPEC embargo (73) had very long lines and gas went from 33 cents to over 60. We often got some time off from work just to buy gas (most stations closed around 6 PM in Norfolk). My wife and I had a few rolls of pennies in case we ran out of money before payday. That was not a fun time.
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