SB> DM>Charles, do you also remember the 25 cent per hour wage, and the great
SB>   >depression?  Think about this too, the stock market crash of 1929 
(which
SB> 
SB> Someone I know made a similar statement about ecomonics recently.  He
SB> had been talking to his son about the cost of gas.  He said, "I remember
SB> when gas cost 35 cents a gallon.  The son asked him, "How much did you
SB> earn an hour then, Dad?"  Turns out 35 cents was a higher percentage of
SB> the older man's hourly wage than the current gas price is of the younger
SB> man's, or of the older man's also, for that matter.
True enough Sondra, I remember the 50 cent per gallon gas, and at the time, I 
was working for about #1.80 an hour.  (1972-73)
 
Now, I've got to pay rent, eat, and ride the bus to and from school on a 
whopping $523 a month disability check.  
 
Dennis Martin
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