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[Jim Bullard]

People tend to judge wages, prices, etc. by their personal experience. BLS
figures OTOH are averages. If you live in LA, Houston or NYC you could
easily get the impression that wages were higher than the actual average.
We've all heard about NYC garbage collectors making $80K (not sure there's
any truth to that) and the news likes to quote gas prices above $5/gal but
those are isolated figures. Prices don't go up evenly across the board. For
example the average car now costs disproportionately more than other things
because of all the added pollution and safety technology. My 1st car, a 1962
Buick Invicta convertible, didn't even have seat belts.

Here's an inflation figure for you Art: In all of the 1960's only 37 people
became 2000 milers. In 2006 (the most recent year with completed reports on
the ATC website) 488 completed 2000 miles. Now is gas prices had gone up in
relation to that... OTOH I don't even want to calculate what that would be
but I'm sure it's pretty close to Sky's $30 estimate.

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 7:58 AM, Art Cloutman <Art at crystalacresnh.com>
wrote:

>  Wow, that seems out of range with my experience.   Movies were about
> $1.00 in 1966 now they are $8.  Houses averaged $15,000 in 1966 now
> $250,00.  Teacher's starting salary was $6,000 in 66 now it's around
> $35,000.  I bought a brand new Chevy in 66 for $2,000.  The same quality car
> would be closer to $18,000.  Teacher's salaries seem consistent with
> government stats but my other examples seem to be off.  Maybe that is how we
> have managed to hold public employee salaries down?
>
> Sure is going to be a beautiful day in the mountains.   The sun is shining
> and temps around 35 degrees in NH.  I'm sure I'll be able to spot Mt
> Washington and Franconia Ridge from the top of Gunstock.  (Had to throw in
> something close to trail related.)
>
>
>
>
> Your figures are off Skylander. I just ran a comparison on the Bureau of
> Labor Statistics Inflation calculator <http://stats.bls.gov/> and click on
> "Inflation Calculator". When I got married in 1966 regular gas was 23¢/gal.
> If gas had gone up only as much as inflation, regular gas today would be
> $1.50/gallon but regular gas around here is $3.50/gallon and according to
> the news will be going up about 16¢/gallon in the next week or two. If our
> gas goes to $8/gallon Bermudans will be paying $14-16.
>
> Side note: If minimum wage had gone up in relation to inflation it would
> now be $8.15/hr.
>
> 2008/3/12 <Bror8588 at aol.com>:
>
> Well, in Bermuda they have been paying $6.00 plus for years for a gallon
> of fuel,  Europe also has been paying high prices.  If the inflation of
> Gasoline kept pace with salaries since the 1960s we might be paying close to
> $30.00 per gallon or more,   When ALDHA met in Hanover, NH, it was possible
> to attend using public transportation as the bus went there, but now the
> alternate year meeting is in Gettysburg, PA and there is no public
> transportation available.  There does not seem to be much enthusiasm for
> using "Green" methods of transportation.
>
>
>
> Of course, I could get to a nearby town and then hike to Gettysburg.
>
>
>
> Nah!
>
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>
> Jack Skylander
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