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On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:43:53 -0700, "gloria.p"
wrote:


Yeah, but every restaurant was cheap like that... even cheaper. The
really expensive ones had entrees in the $teens.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On 3/9/2011 12:20 AM, sf wrote:
I don't have the US CPI for 2010 conveniently at hand but it was 36.7 in
1969 and 216.3 in 2009. Thus a meal costing $6.99 in 1969 could be
expected to cost 6.99 x 216.3/36.7 or $41.20 in 2009 using the dollar of
the time.

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James Silverton, Potomac

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On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:56:40 -0500, James Silverton
wrote:


How come we could afford to eat out like that back in the late '60s,
but we would say that's too expensive today even though we are better
able to afford it?

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
"Polly Esther" wrote


LOL! I passed that post to my Mom who's 80 1/2. Someplace along the way,
they start adding 1/2 years again (grin).
 
On 3/9/2011 11:19 AM, sf wrote:
I do remember eating, with a glass of wine, at Chez Francois in DC in
the 60's and getting change for a $10 bill. Nowadays, Chez Francois is
in Great Falls, VA and costs about $100 for the meal alone.

The place is still a favorite of folk in DC, even if you have to reserve
three weeks in advance and the restaurant critic of the Washington Post
does not like the place.

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James Silverton, Potomac

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> On Mar 7, 11:12 pm, Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:

Lemme tell you, when you're one of the few of your old posse left, you feel
entitled to anything you want!

Felice
 
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