Wednesday, June 11, 2008

The Year ... 1969

When I graduated from high school ...


DJIA High: 952
DJIA Low: 769

Cost of a new home: $27,900.00 (Less than most cars today)

Median Household Income: $8,389.00 (More than I'm making right now.)

Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.35 (You kiddin' me!!!)

3 comments:

Bill Naivar said...

I remember a "Gas War" about that time where it got down to $.19 a gallon.

Bill Naivar said...

Hey, here's an idea. Let's find a way to put salmonella in oil. Then the bottom will fall out of oil prices like it's done to tomatoes, right? Right?

Bueller?

Bueller?

......

Spiff said...

Imagine a gas price war today. Heck ... we could be talking 3.80 a gallon!!! Whooo-hoooo!!

Better yet ... let ship our tomatoes to the oil producers.