A remember when moment about meat prices

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GeorgiaXplant

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On another board we were discussing the price of meat, mainly beef. When my kids were teens (in the late 70s/early 80s), a red-letter grocery shopping day for me was when hamburger was on sale 5 lbs/$1. Now hamburger is $5 for one pound! Just last weekend, DD bought a roast "cheap" at a mere $6/lb.

Now that I think about it, when Whatsisname, the Father of My Children, was still in school, we bought chicken for $.29/lb (or on sale for $.19/lb) and hamburger for $.15/lb.

Yanno? I think I really did like it better when we had monks in the cellar with quill pens and only the three network channels and PBS on television. And gas was $.10/gallon unless there was a gasoline war and we only had to pay $.6/gallon.

Can't afford to eat much anymore and can't afford to drive much anymore, either!
 

We still eat and we still drive.LOL Prices were cheap back then but wages were even lower. It hurts to pay such high prices but I really can afford to buy more now than I could back then.
 
Wow. An increase of $20 in their basket in just five years.

You're right about wages. We lived in West Texas during the years when we got really cheap hamburger and really cheap gas. I bet it's not that cheap out there now, though!
 
I love bacon too, Falcon, I have to limit myself on the amount though, I eat mostly chicken. Yes, the prices have gone through the roof, too bad there has been no increase in wages in years to keep up.
 
And our SS increase for 2015 is supposed to be less than last year. Last year it was 1 1/2%. So this year 1%? 1 1/4%? Falcon, it doesn't look like you'll be bringing home the bacon...
 
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