On 5/22/2020 2:00 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, May 22, 2020 at 2:12:48 PM UTC-4, Snag wrote:
>> On 5/22/2020 10:20 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Friday, May 22, 2020 at 10:02:36 AM UTC-4, Snag wrote:
>>>> Hamburger was subsistence food and not a luxury ? I went to the store
>>>> a couple of days ago for charcoal while I was in town to fill our
>>>> propane tanks and decided to check out the meat cases . 80/20 ground
>>>> chuck is now at $6.59 per pound here . That's crazy , but a sign of the
>>>> times . Chicken is up a bit , boneless/skinless breasts (large , fresh)
>>>> are at $1.99 , pork is still at or near pre-scamdemic prices .
>>>
>>> It has always depended on how much money you make. For me, hamburger
>>> is just as cheap as it was in 1986. My salary has kept up with inflation
>>> in the price of ground chuck.
>>>
>>> I'll get back to you after I'm retired. It'll probably seem more expensive
>>> then.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>>
>> Ya see Cindy , the SAME PRODUCT was around 4 bucks a pound just a few
>> short weeks ago . It seems beef has been disproportionally affected by
>> the scamdemic . Many other meat products have been affected a lot less ,
>> as evidenced by the prices I've been seeing in our local chain store .
>
> Oh. "Remember when" was four weeks ago. I thought you were referring to
> a much longer time span, as most people do who invoke that kind of
> nostalgia.
>
> I don't eat much ground beef, so I never pay attention to the price.
> A half pound for a couple of burgers isn't going to break the bank,
> even at $6.59/lb. It looks like ground chuck is $6.99/pound at the
> store where I would buy it. That's less than I would have expected.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

Well that's recent history ... but I can remember when we were first
married it was 3 lbs for a buck . But then IIRC gas was under 50 cents a
gallon then and a "good job" was one that paid around 6 bucks an hour . .
--
Snag
Yes , I'm old
and crotchety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !