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  1. 55Mercury

    Inflation

    was it Disney's Love Bug that sold you on it?
  2. 55Mercury

    Inflation

    you must have gone for all the bells and whistles
  3. 55Mercury

    Inflation

    well it's not the only barometer of course. I was only using it to compare what it could buy then with what it could buy now. pack of smokes costs more than minimum wage now (for name brands); back then you could get 2 packs for your dollar minimum wage. I think it was like 45 cents a pack...
  4. 55Mercury

    Inflation

    bought my house in 83 49,9 and thought I was paying too much. if only I'd known I could have bought 2 houses and sold one 5 years later to fully pay off both houses. In the 60s you could have got a pretty nice house in a good neighborhood for like 20 to 30k. using minimum wage as a...
  5. 55Mercury

    Rapporteur David Johnson, Eminent Canadian

    haha just more grrrr
  6. 55Mercury

    Inflation

    ^from self check-out thread my reply to fast-food guy saying sorry he had to raise his prices: you know me. I always like to tip. I believe in tipping people. makes the world go 'round 'n all that. So prices usually don't go up much for me. It just comes out of their tip. lol But I'll...
  7. 55Mercury

    Rapporteur David Johnson, Eminent Canadian

    woo hoo half hour to kick-off who's your money on?
  8. 55Mercury

    Jeepers!

    *shudders*
  9. 55Mercury

    Pride Flag

    I call it over-woke, but when governments and corporations jump on that band wagon, it's definitely sleepwoking!
  10. 55Mercury

    Pride Flag

    a red flag, even lol
  11. 55Mercury

    April Fools!! Here's your Carbon Tax F#ckers!!!

    wait.... is that supposed to be 'nice hair'? :?D
  12. 55Mercury

    Inflation

    some things are comparatively cheaper now than 50 years ago. cheap cars are cheaper cheap homes, not so much lol mom bought a brand new '68 beetle for 2 grand. back then minimum wage had just become a thing and it began at $1/hr just a few years previous. so a year's minimum wage would get...
  13. 55Mercury

    Inflation

    I remember saying "when smokes hit a dollar a pack, I'm quitting" I liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiied!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  14. 55Mercury

    Inflation

    "I've got a nose for value!"
  15. 55Mercury

    COVID-19 'Pandemic'

  16. 55Mercury

    2SLGBTQQIA+

    was that where it all went down?
  17. 55Mercury

    2SLGBTQQIA+

    wachu talkin bout Willis?
  18. 55Mercury

    2SLGBTQQIA+

    porn in the teacher's washroom shouldn't count
  19. 55Mercury

    2SLGBTQQIA+

    it's the only thing that accounts for junior being a bigger dick