In article .com>,
Sheldon > wrote:

> I don't remember seeing lemons outrageously expensive since I was a
> kid and everything shipped from outside the country cost an arm and a
> leg... back then only NY was America, evywhere else was a bunch of
> stinkin' feriners, still are if you ask me... lemons still don't grow
> in NY but now they must email them in as an attachment to keep the
> transportation costs down. So how much is outrageously expensive? I
> think everything these days is outrageously expensive, but a person's
> gotta live a little too. When I was a kid lemons cost like 5 cents
> each and we thought they were a luxury. These days I think the price
> of potatoes is highway robbery... who woulda thunk that what I
> remember costing 2 cents a pound would now cost better than 50 cents a
> pound, and potatoes are not nearly as good anymore. I remember a loaf
> of *real* rye bread from a *real* bakery costing a dime... now there's
> no decent rye bread at any price, and no more real bakeries, none!

> Sheldon

(Cue the band)
"Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way"

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