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SENT ON A PENNY POSTCARD

K.J.



-- Edited by kiwijims on Tuesday 21st of March 2017 03:02:27 PM

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Het KW Nothing showing mate.

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Het KW Nothing showing mate.

 "How's that" now ?

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kiwijims wrote:
CC Bear wrote:

Het KW Nothing showing mate.

 "How's that" now ?

K.J.

 Great !!

Ahhh the good ol'days, when you could get a complete overhaul of motor and transmission for $20-25, + "parts extra"???

That's progress I guessconfuse

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Gday...

Don't ya jest luv reading these old documents ... brings a big smile to me face and makes ya drift back in time to when we woz young ourselves.

For interest sake - have a gander at these minimum hourly rates for the Yew ESS of AYE from 1938 to 2009. I reckon our mob have had it a bit better ... although our 'cost of living' was higher I guess.

https://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/chart.htm

I reckon these rates were what Macka got when he was in his early 30s in the army, or sailing his yacht/s around the world or whatever else he was doing back then.     

Cheers - John



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Thank you

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When I was in the parts business in the late 70's we sold ford oil filters for $1.25.

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Yep and the wages were how much again ???


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About $50

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When I first came to live in Perth  way back in 68, the local Ford Dealer still had Model A heads on the shelf. !!

Her is the costs of living in the U.S in 1928............

Dollars & Cents
Median cost of a new home - $4,250 
Average yearly salary - $1,490................ Equates to around $ 28.5 per week !!!

Men's worsted wool suit - $21.50
Rawlings Junior baseball glove - $3
Women's leather handbag - $2.98
Bayer aspirin tablets - $.98
Tea - $.75/pound
Sliced ham - $.57/pound
Ivory soap, 12 cakes - $.43
Cheese - $.39/pound
Wrigley's Spearmint gum - $.39
First-class stamp - $.02

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-- Edited by kiwijims on Tuesday 21st of March 2017 08:53:56 PM

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Great post,

Thanks KJ,

AJC



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