I remember when Ramen was 10 for $1.00

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MongGrel

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70-71, they cut the water to the Army compound I was on, went to a nearby Air Base, bought two twelve packs, got change back from a five.

Beer was cheaper than soda. Had a walk in cooler in our kennel.

If my memory is correct, a carton of cigarettes, at the same air base, was about $1.50.

A few years later, at school, Campbell's Tomato Soup was 12 cents a can, Kraft Mac and Cheese was 22 cents a box, Turkey pot pies 5 for a dollar. During happy hour, beers were a quarter...

Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip it's been.


Uno

yep, beer was cheaper than soda in a past age.

Lots of things were different once upon a time, in many ways.

Then Regean showed up and started the right wing crusade, he he.

Things have been screwed up ever since, more or less.

It's still been trying to recover from Nancy and her astrologist for years.
 
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Dr. Zaus

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prices never changed, it's just that your currency (not money) is worth less.

currency: Money in any form when in actual use as a medium of exchange, especially circulating paper money

Money: A medium that can be exchanged for goods and services and is used as a measure of their values on the market, including among its forms a commodity such as gold, an officially issued coin or note, or a deposit in a checking account or other readily liquefiable account.

You have made a distinction with no difference in order to point out a distinction with no difference.

Congrats! You are well on your way to joining a cult!
 

EliteRetard

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currency: Money in any form when in actual use as a medium of exchange, especially circulating paper money

Money: A medium that can be exchanged for goods and services and is used as a measure of their values on the market, including among its forms a commodity such as gold, an officially issued coin or note, or a deposit in a checking account or other readily liquefiable account.

You have made a distinction with no difference in order to point out a distinction with no difference.

Congrats! You are well on your way to joining a cult!

Or the government.