Black Friday Weekend from 1961
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in Black Friday Weekend from 1961:
The "cheaper" typewriter?
$737 today.
Would you pay $161 for a can opener, or $155 for an iron?
How long would they last?
Please love yourself.
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@aqua-letifer said in Black Friday Weekend from 1961:
How long would they last?
Excellent question. I have an "Amazon Basics" can-opener. It was cheap.
It's a piece of shit. It stalls out, and won't open most cans. I usually resort to my manual can-opener. Works every time.
Typewriter would probably last forever, if you can find ribbons, that is. But, by 1990, it would be obsolete.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in Black Friday Weekend from 1961:
@aqua-letifer said in Black Friday Weekend from 1961:
How long would they last?
Excellent question. I have an "Amazon Basics" can-opener. It was cheap.
It's a piece of shit. It stalls out, and won't open most cans. I usually resort to my manual can-opener. Works every time.
Typewriter would probably last forever, if you can find ribbons, that is. But, by 1990, it would be obsolete.
Fun fact: my grandfather was a typewriter salesman. We still have some of his models somewhere.
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I’m surprised at how expensive those items were.
Me/rry/Christmas
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@lufins-dad said in Black Friday Weekend from 1961:
I’m surprised at how expensive those items were.
Indeed.
Now, look at the price of a gallon of gas. I paid 25¢ a gallon in the late 1960s. That translates to about $1.99 a gallon today.
But...I was glad to get 12 mpg back then.
Today, 30 is considered good....
Fuel for your car is cheaper than it was back then.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in Black Friday Weekend from 1961:
@lufins-dad said in Black Friday Weekend from 1961:
I’m surprised at how expensive those items were.
Indeed.
Now, look at the price of a gallon of gas. I paid 25¢ a gallon in the late 1960s. That translates to about $1.99 a gallon today.
But...I was glad to get 12 mpg back then.
Today, 30 is considered good....
Fuel for your car is cheaper than it was back then.
Air travel is one of the items that I constantly point at. Air travel used to be far more expensive…
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