The long, long, long-suffering Mrs. Dad complained yesterday over the phone that when she thinks she's going to drop $50.00 on groceries, it turns out to be $90.00.
That's BidenFlation in the last couple of years.
But if you want a longer-term measure, in the mid-1980's I accurately estimated Mrs. Dad's grocery-spend by the number of minutes she spent in the store. It was $1.00/minute then; it's about $3.00/minute now.
Go back a little further, to the late '50's, when you could buy a new car for about $1.00/lb. All the necessities were in those cars, too. No foo-foo dust satellite radios (and FedGov tracking devices), no automatic speed-reduction braking (because back then we had to actually drive the damn car.)
No seat belts, no air bags, and no KIA boyzzzzz.
Nostalgia can really ruin your day, ya'know.
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