Thinking about the price of gas made me reflect on prices of goods then and now. For $1.00 back in the 50's you could cruise Broadway all evening. Now gas is $2.60 a gallon-- Add to that the price of insurance, plates, excise tax, general maintenance that totals up to quite a sum of money.
Back in the late 1800's you could buy a pair of jeans for 50 cents to $1.00--now $15.00 to $150.00. Women's shoes could be bought then for $1.00-$2.00--now they range from $10.00 for flip flops to $150.00--some more than that.
In the 70's I spent $50.00 on a week's supply of groceries (that was buying a gallon of milk a day). In the late 1800's coffee, 20 cents--now $5.00 plus. Sugar was 20 cents--now $1.89. In 1903, 200 hogs sold for $55,000--now a champion hog can command a price of $10,000 up.
What happened to penny candy, 5 cent ice cream cones, and admission to your favorite movie for 25 cents?
I still look for things that are free--playing kick the can with my grandchildren, going to the park, a donation to take them to the museum, going to the cliffs, checking out all the history in Miami County. Your TIME is priceless.
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