Puester > writes:
> Am I the only one who remembers, in the 50's,
> when malts/shakes/frappes/sundaes were $.25?
> And decent-sized cones were $.10.

That $0.25 in 1955 is about $1.75 today. Hmm, most shakes are more
than that these days, so apparently milkshake prices are outpacing
inflation.

Here's a nice web calculator that corrects for inflation:
http://www.hughchou.org/calc/cpi.cgi

I use stuff like this to remind people that in reality they probably
paid more for gas in the early 80s than now.

> Sigh. (Of course minimum wage was $1.25 IIRC.)

Actually, it was $1.00 in the late 50s, unless your state mandated a
higher wage.

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Richard W Kaszeta

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