"Lew Hodgett" wrote:
>>Time has certainly brought change.
>
>>When I first started building the boat, T-Shirts at the T-Shirt
>>store
>>were 5 for $10.
>
>>Today, those same T-Shirts are 2 for $9.
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"tdacon" wrote:
> Yeah, back in the late 60's I was buying three-packs of blue
> chambray shirts at Sears for $3.75, if my memory serves. A single
> blue chambray shirt today goes for at least $36. Of course they're
> way better shirts than the cheapies I was buying then, but still...
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My starting point was 1992.
Lew
Lew Hodgett wrote:
>Time has certainly brought change.
>
>When I first started building the boat, T-Shirts at the T-Shirt
>store
>were 5 for $10.
>
>Today, those same T-Shirts are 2 for $9.
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"tdacon" wrote:
>
> Yeah, back in the late 60's I was buying three-packs of blue
> chambray shirts at Sears for $3.75, if my memory serves. A single
> blue chambray shirt today goes for at least $36. Of course they're
> way better shirts than the cheapies I was buying then, but still...
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Lew Hodgett wrote:
> My starting point was 1992.
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"G. Ross" wrote:
> I thought you started right after Noah and used his plans. I stand
> corrected.
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Touc'he
Lew
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> "Lew Hodgett" wrote:
>
>>>Time has certainly brought change.
>>
>>>When I first started building the boat, T-Shirts at the T-Shirt
>>>store
>>>were 5 for $10.
>>
>>>Today, those same T-Shirts are 2 for $9.
> -----------------------------------------------------
> "tdacon" wrote:
>
>> Yeah, back in the late 60's I was buying three-packs of blue
>> chambray shirts at Sears for $3.75, if my memory serves. A single
>> blue chambray shirt today goes for at least $36. Of course they're
>> way better shirts than the cheapies I was buying then, but still...
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> My starting point was 1992.
>
> Lew
>
>
>
I thought you started right after Noah and used his plans. I stand
corrected. ;>)
--
GW Ross
A good memory does not equal pale ink.
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> Time has certainly brought change.
>
> When I first started building the boat, T-Shirts at the T-Shirt store
> were 5 for $10.
>
> Today, those same T-Shirts are 2 for $9.
>
> Lew
>
>
When you started building the boat I was working at a drugstore for
$50 per week. But my rent for a furnished apartment was only $50 per
month. I was doing ok.
--
GW Ross
If the universe is expanding, why
can't I find a parking space?
On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 16:43:55 -0700, "tdacon"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>
>>Time has certainly brought change.
>
>>When I first started building the boat, T-Shirts at the T-Shirt store
>>were 5 for $10.
>
>>Today, those same T-Shirts are 2 for $9.
>
>Yeah, back in the late 60's I was buying three-packs of blue chambray shirts
>at Sears for $3.75, if my memory serves. A single blue chambray shirt today
>goes for at least $36. Of course they're way better shirts than the cheapies
>I was buying then, but still...
In 1970, started work at $1.50/hr. I pay about the equivalent of
about 1/2 hour for a shirt, now.
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> Time has certainly brought change.
>
> When I first started building the boat, T-Shirts at the T-Shirt store
> were 5 for $10.
>
> Today, those same T-Shirts are 2 for $9.
>
> Lew
>
>
The "Menards" shirts, available in at least a half dozen styles are
6.99, and free after in-store rebate. Good quality too.
I have more than several. You may have to get one on your travels, Lew.
"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>Time has certainly brought change.
>When I first started building the boat, T-Shirts at the T-Shirt store
>were 5 for $10.
>Today, those same T-Shirts are 2 for $9.
Yeah, back in the late 60's I was buying three-packs of blue chambray shirts
at Sears for $3.75, if my memory serves. A single blue chambray shirt today
goes for at least $36. Of course they're way better shirts than the cheapies
I was buying then, but still...
Tom
On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 16:43:55 -0700, tdacon wrote:
> Yeah, back in the late 60's I was buying three-packs of blue chambray
> shirts at Sears for $3.75, if my memory serves.
And a cheap pack of cigarettes (Marvels or Avalon) in the early '50s was
12 cents :-). The good ones cost 20 cents.
My first full time job ('56) paid $47 a week. I was making more than
that an hour when I retired and I was still broke :-).
Larry Blanchard wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 16:43:55 -0700, tdacon wrote:
>
>> Yeah, back in the late 60's I was buying three-packs of blue chambray
>> shirts at Sears for $3.75, if my memory serves.
>
> And a cheap pack of cigarettes (Marvels or Avalon) in the early '50s was
> 12 cents :-). The good ones cost 20 cents.
>
> My first full time job ('56) paid $47 a week. I was making more than
> that an hour when I retired and I was still broke :-).
>
After graduating from a bookkeeping school in Denver in 1959 and coming
home in Nebraska my first job keeping books for a propane company was
$45.00 per week,no insurance and I was married and had 1 child and paid
45.00 a month rent. Still married to the same sweetheart [only girl I
ever dated]-I have three children now, a retired Col. in the Air Force,
a retired Maj. in the Army and a retired Dental Hygienist. Quit smoking
in 1965 and was paying .20 cents a pack for Winston.
On 10/26/2014 7:24 AM, G. Ross wrote:
> Lew Hodgett wrote:
>> Time has certainly brought change.
>>
>> When I first started building the boat, T-Shirts at the T-Shirt store
>> were 5 for $10.
>>
>> Today, those same T-Shirts are 2 for $9.
>>
>> Lew
>>
>>
> When you started building the boat I was working at a drugstore for $50
> per week. But my rent for a furnished apartment was only $50 per
> month. I was doing ok.
>
Got married in 1966 making less than $100 a week. Bought house a few
months before the wedding. Mortgage, taxes, insurance came to $84.
Raised two kids had two cars and only one income.