On 4/1/2011 10:01 AM, Landon wrote:
> 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.

I'm not so horrified by price changes due to inflation. After all, the
US CPI in 2010 was 22 times that of 1913 but it's the relative cost
changes that get me. Cod to steak as I mentioned, tho' some prices have
gone in the reverse order; strawberries for instance (even if the
quality has deteriorated).

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James Silverton, Potomac

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