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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 233375, member: 669&quot;]Probably not, but in 1950 I earned 35¢ an hour minimum wage, pumping gas for 17.9¢ a gallon (full service).&nbsp; So, 1 gallon = ~30.7 minutes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, in California, minimum wage is $7.50, and self-service regular gasoline is selling for $3.419 two blocks from my house, which makes 1 gallon =&lt;27.4 minutes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Doesn&#039;t that logically mean gas is cheaper (at least in my neighborhood) than it was 57 years ago?</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW my coin budget was a whole lot smaller in 1950, both in dollars and in percentage of my income; but that was because back then I was a minimum wage slave, not because I had lesser desire. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Even then I loved Walking Liberties, but consider what a relatively major expenditure I was making by keeping one from circulation. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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