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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mint Mark, post: 2651217, member: 3321&quot;]Good observation, Michael. You can look up the government&#039;s consumer price indices over the past 52 years and figure it out. But you&#039;re absolutely correct. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not quite old enough to remember nickel candy bars. They were a dime when I was a kid. So was a Coke (plus 2c deposit on the bottle). Here&#039;s what I distinctly remember:</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was in 9th grade (1975), I used to sneak off the campus of our junior high on my motorcycle and ride to McDonald&#039;s. I used to get a Big Mac, small fry, and small Coke (they were really small - 10 oz) for $1.25 including sales tax. It was 70c for the Big Mac, 30c for the fries, and 20c for the Coke. A nickel tax.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ahhh, the good old days.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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