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vorlon24 · 20-09-2005, 13:59

I had a conversation about prices of things with my father a few years back.

It seems that although prices have indeed increased (ie you can't go out to the cinema, have a huge meal and bus back and get change for a fiver - well, maybe in Accy, but not T Wells!!!), the actual cost has decreased.

The way we worked this out was how many hours did you have to work to earn enough money for a packet of fags, for example? When we compared, it worked out that he had to work longer than I did at similar ages to buy the same sorts of things.

Does that make sense?

20-09-2005, 13:59	#95
vorlon24 Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tunbridge Wells Posts: 1,585 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 44	Re: Petrol Crisis? I had a conversation about prices of things with my father a few years back. It seems that although prices have indeed increased (ie you can't go out to the cinema, have a huge meal and bus back and get change for a fiver - well, maybe in Accy, but not T Wells!!!), the actual cost has decreased. The way we worked this out was how many hours did you have to work to earn enough money for a packet of fags, for example? When we compared, it worked out that he had to work longer than I did at similar ages to buy the same sorts of things. Does that make sense? __________________ "The Hour of Scampering is usually around teatime, according to the Vorlon/Human Translation Dictionary."