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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1672854, member: 12789&quot;]Basics were much more expensive back in former times merely because of the greater time necessary for production of food, goods etc.&nbsp; You have to consider that even 50 years ago people got by with a lot less than they do now - stuff we cannot live without they lived easily without - cellphones, computers, colour TVs and even B&amp;W TV&#039;s. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a 1975 Sears catalogue - it is unrealy how high the prices for clothes, electronics etc were by comparison to the salaries from the time.&nbsp; You really did pay a lot more for stuff then - but there was a lot less stuff to buy by comparison to now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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