Cost of Living 1966 How Much things cost in 1966 Yearly Inflation Rate USA 3.01% Yearly Inflation Rate UK 3.8% Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 785 Average Cost of new house $14,200.00 Average Income per year $6,900.00 Gas per Gallon 32 cents Average Cost of a new car $2,650.00 Dishwasher$119.95 Parker Pen Set $11.95
And along with the .32 gasoline, the service station attendant was the owner, he smiled and knew what he was doing if you had a problem and you got Green Stamps with your purchase.....
...and cleaned your windshield, checked your oil and tires and fluffed them up if they needed it with FREE air even if you told him "a dollars worth".
Ha! I was just about to say monochrome monitors, but found this about 20 pages back. Good times! I also remember modems (2400!), film cameras and rotary phones. They still make vinyl records but they are quite more rare than CDs and MP3s these days, and I only heard tales of that game they called pong. :cornut: I do remember petrol being cheaper than 50 cents a gallon, and a phone call from a payphone costing a dime.
1940 Census Taker Remember the 1940 Census Taker knocking at your door and asking a bunch of questions? Well, I'll admit I don't remember the event as I was probably out somewhere on my bicycle. Nevertheless, the record shows me as 7 years old living with my parents in Clewiston FL. Should you have been in the US in April 1940, you may find the record 1940 Census Records
"Floppy" disks.. the not-so-sloppy 3.5", the sorta-floppy 5.25" and the almost floppy 8" Not having a microwave. OK, not really older than dirt, but still