alocispepraluger102 Posted December 1, 2007 Report Posted December 1, 2007 http://wcbstv.com/watercooler/beer.price.hike.2.599810.html Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 1, 2007 Report Posted December 1, 2007 Here's something I worked out about the price of beer when I retired in 2003. Don't know if it's comprehensible to an American. When I left school, in 1960, beer in my local was 11d a pint; popular 12" LPs were 32/-. My salary, when I started work, was £4 a week. That's 2.5 LPs exactly or 87.3 pints. A pint of Brains SA, in the Old Arcade, costs £2.10 now (2003). So 87.3 pints would cost £183.33 now. That is a little bit above the minimum wage, which is not far from what I was earning in 1960. LPs cost about a tenner now, so you could buy 18.3 LPs for the price of 87.3 pints. That is about 7.3 times as many as you could buy for that price in 1960. So relative prices of beer and LPs have changed greatly, while beer and wages haven't (much). Full priced CDs cost £15, but commonly last an hour, compared to 40 minutes for LPs. So there is little difference between the cost of full price CDs and LPs, measured by time. MG Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted December 1, 2007 Report Posted December 1, 2007 Life is too short to drink cheap beer. Buy cheaper toiler paper first. Quote
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