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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Michael K, post: 2651282, member: 78298&quot;]When I was a kid they advertised Big Mac small fry small coke, and that you would get change back from a dollar. (95 cents total) In the TV ad you see them tossing a nickel change on the counter. Plus the red ring around was much nicer. I don&#039;t think they charged you tax on food then. I think the Mac was 55 cents?</p><p>When they downsized it a few years ago (calories, obesity, blah blah blah) that was a disgrace. The new Grand Mac is either the same as the old Mac or slightly larger.</p><p>I understand about the price index.</p><p>But to go back to the nickel analysis. 5 cents got you 1/5 or 1/6 of a gallon of gas.</p><p>And now that costs 40 or 48 cents.</p><p>A pack of baseball cards was 5 cents. But there were 5 cards in a pack. Now the packs are 2.99? But there&#039;s&nbsp; 12 cards? So that has gone up 25 fold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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