"Snag" > wrote in message
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> 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 . .

My mom used to send me to the store with a dollar to buy a pound of ground
beef. I got to keep the change. I was always able to buy candy.