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in the early 50's, milk was 17 cents a quart, a can of soup was 10 cents, a bag of potato chips was 10 cents and a serving of french fries was also 10 cents.
in the 60's, a "today's special" (complete meal) in a restaurant was $1.00 and a 200 mile round trip by bus from the city where i lived to Montreal was $4.00
Gas prices hovered around 30 cents per gallon. Given that a person's weekly wage was maybe $50 - $100, then these prices seem about right. Multiply everything by about ten - prices and wages - to approximate inflation and you're right back where you started.
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in the early 50's, milk was 17 cents a quart, a can of soup was 10 cents, a bag of potato chips was 10 cents and a serving of french fries was also 10 cents.
in the 60's, a "today's special" (complete meal) in a restaurant was $1.00 and a 200 mile round trip by bus from the city where i lived to Montreal was $4.00
Gas prices hovered around 30 cents per gallon. Given that a person's weekly wage was maybe $50 - $100, then these prices seem about right. Multiply everything by about ten - prices and wages - to approximate inflation and you're right back where you started. You weren't even there, so just stay out of this, OK, Mr. Facts? Edit: Kidding aside, my Dad made $62 a week in 1955. He owned a house, a car, supported a non-working wife, two kids, a dog, a cat and too many hangers-on-ne'er-do-well relations who lived with us (3). I'm pretty sure that $620 per week wouldn't permit any of that now.
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I'm pretty sure that $620 per week wouldn't permit any of that now. That's cuz you're busy buying doggie collars and vertical blind chains. People didn't waste money on stuff like that back in the day.
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Yeah, I think all my dad spent his money on was stuff like Old Crow.
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Did Canadians have "duck and cover" drills? Yes they did. They were gone by the time I was in school... but we did have the national anthem in both official languages. Although the French lyrics bear little resemblance to the English. Bren R.
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Did Canadians have "duck and cover" drills? Yes they did. They were gone by the time I was in school... but we did have the national anthem in both official languages. Although the French lyrics bear little resemblance to the English. Bren R. Oh those French! They have a different word for everything!--Steve Martin
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once i heard someone say, in french: the word "aimer" is so much more expressive than "love"...
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I used to buy chocolate cigarettes all the time when I was a kid. I think there was another kind of candy cigarette too.
Isn't a Tootsie roll a kids version of chewing tobacco?
I LOVED those wintergreen flavored candy cigarettes. I'd STILL eat a box if I could find them. But, my favorite to "smoke" was the cigarette gum. There was extra powder on the gum, so when you blew through one end, "smoke" would come out the other. 
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Me too Foxy, me too. I thought I was bad ass blowing smoke out of those things.
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Did Canadians have "duck and cover" drills? Yes they did. They were gone by the time I was in school... Bren R. You missed out. The woman doing the duck and cover demo was hot. Well, '50s hot. Edit: That's 1950s hot Bob...
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