$90.00 Is the New $50.00

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.