Inflation
Sep 2, 2021 13:03:02 #
I was walking around Ashland, Oregon recently, and two people walked by me with an ice cream cone. I hadn’t had one in years, so I bought one. Sugar cone, one scoop of vanilla ice cream. Price, with tax, $5.86!
As a kid growing up in Queens, NY in the 50’s, that cone was 10 cents. It was 12 cents if you wanted chocolate sprinkles on it.
Prices are just nuts.
As a kid growing up in Queens, NY in the 50’s, that cone was 10 cents. It was 12 cents if you wanted chocolate sprinkles on it.
Prices are just nuts.
Sep 2, 2021 14:12:40 #
I often tell others that mention how prices have gone up that the reality is that the value of the dollar has gone down. It now take more dollars to buy the same items. We just have to hand over more dollars for then now. That's what happen we a nation uses fiat currency (money that is a currency without intrinsic value established as money by government regulation or law).
Sep 2, 2021 14:20:01 #
Sep 3, 2021 07:32:56 #
Bridges wrote:
But do they still work? Back about 25 years ago I... (show quote)
I opened them up, and they seem okay, but they're Medium, so they're a bit tight. I use disposable latex/nitrile gloves when I need them.
Sep 3, 2021 17:50:28 #
tommystrat wrote:
$0.19 for a McDonalds hamburger... yes, I AM that old! 
$0.11 for a White Castle hamburger. $0.13 if you wanted cheese on it. Affectionately called sliders.
Sep 3, 2021 23:01:05 #
Fredrick wrote:
$0.11 for a White Castle hamburger. $0.13 if you wanted cheese on it. Affectionately called sliders.
Down South, we had Krystals -- same exact concept except their burgers didn't have the little holes in the meat. They claimed the little holes allowed the onion flavor to go through and flavor the meat. To me it means that for every 11th burger they got a free one! Anyway, Krystals often ran an ad in the Sunday paper 10 for 1.00. I remember quite a few times I would get a 10 pack and eat all of them!
Sep 4, 2021 00:41:40 #
Bridges wrote:
Down South, we had Krystals -- same exact concept except their burgers didn't have the little holes in the meat. They claimed the little holes allowed the onion flavor to go through and flavor the meat. To me it means that for every 11th burger they got a free one! Anyway, Krystals often ran an ad in the Sunday paper 10 for 1.00. I remember quite a few times I would get a 10 pack and eat all of them!
The holes in the meat was so they would cook faster!
On the way home from partying at about 2am I would pick up half a dozen and eat them just before I climbed into bed. The good ole days!
Sep 4, 2021 08:32:29 #
Fredrick wrote:
$0.11 for a White Castle hamburger. $0.13 if you wanted cheese on it. Affectionately called sliders.
I remember the coupons in the newspapers - five for $0.25. I go back to the pre-cheese days.
Sep 14, 2021 21:16:01 #
Sep 14, 2021 21:45:48 #
Fredrick wrote:
The holes in the meat was so they would cook faster!
On the way home from partying at about 2am I would pick up half a dozen and eat them just before I climbed into bed. The good ole days!
On the way home from partying at about 2am I would pick up half a dozen and eat them just before I climbed into bed. The good ole days!
When the meat is about the thickness of four sheet of typing paper it doesn't need any help to cook quickly! I guess the answers you and I posted shows there was no corporate required answer the staff had to give.
Sep 15, 2021 06:21:51 #
DickC wrote:
....or maybe how old your getting Jerry!LOL
That's my goal - to keep getting older.
Sep 15, 2021 08:21:43 #
jerryc41 wrote:
That's my goal - to keep getting older.
Me too, guess we'll be successful someday!!
Sep 15, 2021 11:20:17 #
jerryc41 wrote:
That's my goal - to keep getting older.
It is important to occasionally move in hopes that nobody throws dirt on you.
Sep 15, 2021 12:54:53 #
DaveO wrote:
It is important to occasionally move in hopes that nobody throws dirt on you.
I like that!!
Sep 15, 2021 15:47:23 #
DaveO wrote:
It is important to occasionally move in hopes that nobody throws dirt on you.
I try to move just enough.
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