Barry wrote:
>
> 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.

Cigarettes were that much? As late as 1965 they were 35 cents here.

We could buy for 8 cents for small bottle or 10 for the larger size. The 26
oz bottles were 29 cents.
Chocolate bars were 5 cents for small , 10 cents for regular and 25 cents
for the huge bars.
There was a tremendous variety of penny candy, usually 2 or 3 for a penny.

In 1968 when I could get away with sneaking into a bar underage a draft
beer was 15 cents and a bottle was 30.