Gasoline in the 30's and 40's

[Karl]

Originally Posted by Model51

I think the license plate on the left of the picture has a 1940 date. If so, and using the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator, that 15.4 cent gas is the equivalent of $3.48 today.

I read somewhere that if you take any major commodity and compare its relative price with 50 years ago it is cheaper (relatively) now to what it was then.

[ford38v8]

Originally Posted by Karl

I read somewhere that if you take any major commodity and compare its relative price with 50 years ago it is cheaper (relatively) now to what it was then.

That’s just not true. My most major commodity is my wife of 61 years and counting, and I can tell you right now that she’s not relatively cheap.

[Gene1949]

Originally Posted by ford38v8

That’s just not true. My most major commodity is my wife of 61 years and counting, and I can tell you right now that she’s not relatively cheap.

My wife of 56 years used to be a cheap date. Now probibly the most expensive commodity on the place

[ford38v8]

Originally Posted by Gene1949

My wife of 56 years used to be a cheap date. Now probibly the most expensive commodity on the place

I lied. We have not been married 61 years, it’s only been 58 years but feels much longer than that.