On Sunday, October 13, 2013 2:31:57 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 23:46:48 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:



On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 22:15:48 -0500, Dean Hoffman

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According to the Carpe Diem site one had to work 885 hours in 1959

to earn the same goods as one can earn working 170 hours in 2013.



More he http://tinyurl.com/lrq8suo



One would work about 28 hours to buy a gas stove in 2013 compared to

almost 91 hours in 1959. He has ten other examples of decreasing work

hours needed to buy given items.





Thanks for posting that. I've often used the "how many hours" in

discussions. Prices on many goods have come down and are of better

quality. Such as the color TV. I also recall paying $5 for a really

good white dress shirt (made in USA) in the early 1960's. Not as good

quality, but you can get shirts for $15 at discount stores (made in

some third world country) .

And the good quality, american dress shirt is about $60, more or

less.

Now there's something with which I'm familiar, since I can never find my size at a "discount" store anyway. Apparently clothing manufacturers think that anyone ~6' tall must weigh at least 300 lbs, or else having lots of material blousing out around your belt is fashionable.

I finally just gave up and started shopping at more upscale stores, but finding a "slim fit" cut dress shirt is still challenging sometimes.

nate