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General => Council of Cobra => Topic started by: Gate Troll on April 29, 2009, 07:10:41 AM

Title: 100 years ago...
Post by: Gate Troll on April 29, 2009, 07:10:41 AM

...The US dollar had roughly 25 times the purchasing power it has now. In other words, a century ago $4.00 had about the purchasing power that $100.00 have now. That also means that a cent was valued as much as a quarter is now. No wonder we've had to mint billions of cents.
Chew on that. :P

Title: Re: 100 years ago...
Post by: lem0nhead on April 29, 2009, 07:16:57 AM

And men had 25 times the voting power that women do now!   :mrgreen:

Title: Re: 100 years ago...
Post by: HawkeyeSPF on April 29, 2009, 07:33:49 AM

...and the British pound had roughly 75 times the purchasing power it has now.

Here, read this:

https://www.globalfindata.com/articles/Century_of_Inflation.doc

especially page 6


The US has had it easy, friend.

Title: Re: 100 years ago...
Post by: lem0nhead on April 29, 2009, 08:10:48 AM

Ahhh this explains a lot... I wondered why I never had any money!  :mrgreen:

Thanks Hawks I now understand why I feel like everytime I buy something im being robbed. Especially from foreign countries!

Title: Re: 100 years ago...
Post by: sickofpalantirs on April 30, 2009, 05:09:11 AM

germany post WWI> USA inflation now

Title: Re: 100 years ago...
Post by: legolas3333 on May 02, 2009, 12:15:40 AM

hey does anyone think we should stop the use of the penny since it's worth more as copper than as 1 cent

Title: Re: 100 years ago...
Post by: Gil-Estel on May 02, 2009, 12:41:48 AM

A 100 years ago in a small country like mine, the clocks were set on the same time...

Title: Re: 100 years ago...
Post by: macheteman on May 02, 2009, 05:20:02 PM

100 years ago, cheese was as awesome as as it is today...

Title: Re: 100 years ago...
Post by: sickofpalantirs on May 03, 2009, 06:26:44 AM

and aquatic chickens roamed the wilds of wisconsin.  where there is cheese. and plaid shorts.

Title: Re: 100 years ago...
Post by: macheteman on May 03, 2009, 06:49:49 AM

Quote from: sickofpalantirs on May 03, 2009, 06:26:44 AM

and aquatic chickens roamed the wilds of wisconsin.  where there is cheese. and plaid shorts.

and there was peace and tranquility in the land...

Title: Re: 100 years ago...
Post by: Gate Troll on May 03, 2009, 10:30:40 AM

And people were as good at wasting time as they are today...  ](*,)