On Mar 15, 11:19 am, "modom (palindrome guy)" <moc.etoyok@modom>
wrote:
> Michael Pollan wrote somewhere that Americans (on average) spent 25%
> of their income on food in the immediate post WWII period. Now it
> averages somewhere around 10% of the typical American income.

There sure was no monthly cell phone bill, internet service provider
bill, cable tv bill, blackberry fee, etc.

I wonder how many people belonged to a gym, or had regular visits to
the manicurist, or gardening service, etc., too?

Some of these types of luxuries were for the few.

Karen