On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:33:46 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:

>Who, born in the first part of the last century, would have thought that
>sea fish like cod would cost more than steak? I also remember skate,
>which was practically given away, is highly prized nowadays. Come to
>think of it, kippers (smoked herring) were very inexpensive when I was
>young.

When I was a kid, you couldn't carry $5 worth of dried beans. You'd
need a truck. Now you can put $5 worth of dried beans in your pocket.

The same with watermelon and many, many other things. A huge
watermelon was $1 only 40 years ago and now, a one inch slice of
watermelon, cut into quarters and wrapped, is $2.