On Saturday, April 04, 2009 19:51, Chris Crawford wrote:
> Wouldn't $110 in 1976 be like $1000 today? It seems like it was an
> expensive fix back then too.
Based of minimun wage in NY of $7.15 now and $2.85 then (I'm pretty sure that
is what I earned in High school) the repair would be $275. I think US dollars
were more or less on a par with Candian dollars then.
>
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> On 4/4/09 7:32 PM, "Sue Pearce" <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The local Esso station did all the necessary fix ups
> >
> >> ...... three days on the hoist all for $110 !.
> >
> > Ah, those days are long gone!!
> >
> > Bill Pearce
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