"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
et...
>
> "Barry" > wrote in message
> ...
>> That's what the old folks say...
>>
>> I remember, when bread was... well.. actually I don't remember what bread
>> costs, I never bought any as a child.
>>
>> I do remember penny candy.
>> A dollar! could get you a nice size sack of hard and chewy candy.
>>
>> I remember gasoline was 25 cents a gallon!
>>
>> Marlboro cigs where 50 cents, Watermelon flavored bubble gum was 25
>> cents.
>
>
> Candy bar was 5¢
> Bread, 25¢
> Gas 19.9 was the lowest I recall, about 1962
> Cigarettes; in a machine, you put in a quarter and there were two pennies
> change in the cellophane wrapper
>
> Ground beef varied with quality from 29¢ to 59¢
>
You're a little bit older than me, Edwin. It's neat to recall stuff like
this.

35-cent Saturday Matinees in theaters with real vaudeville curtains and
stages! (About 1966-1970 Baltimore.)