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Re: Inflation ?????????????
From: Henry Halboth
Date: 2005 Oct 12, 13:36 -0400
From: Henry Halboth
Date: 2005 Oct 12, 13:36 -0400
Thanks for the replies. Usually, when I post something concerning celestial navigation or, for that matte,r sextants, there are no responses. Just wanted to see of anybody was still alive out there. But Jared, the last time I rode the Staten Island Ferry, the price was still 25-cents. Henry On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:24:48 -0400 Jared Shermanwrites: > Henry, the house my grandfather didn't buy around 1943 for $5000 > would sell for > over 450,000 today. So all told, I suspect sextants have FALLEN in > relative > price. > > Depends on your price index, I suppose. Slice of pizza? Bus, subway > or ferry > fare? (All a nickel or dime then, $2 now?) Price of a color > television? >