By danbury on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 02:39 am:
Yuck - hamburgers with gas! You've got some funny tastebuds, Beverly! :)
Actually, it has to be BigMacs. The reason behind this, unconfirmed: some people, economy scientists, I believe, wanted to compare the worth of money in several countries around the globe according to it's buying power, which means exchange rates wouldn't do. so they had to come up with something else, preferrably the price charged for something that was sold everywhere, in the same condition. What they came up with was - the BigMac.
By Mary Lou on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 - 09:03 am:
It is a shock to see the price of gas, however I remember in my teens..(the olden days).. gas was about $.25 per gallon. A fairly nice house cost about $4,000 and a salary of $2,400.00 was considered good. I remember paying $2.00 for a blouse. I figured a multiple of 10 for the current costs.........so $2.50 per gal is equal to a $24,000 salary or a $40,000 house or a $20 blouse. Just my way of keeping things in perspective.