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Originally Posted by TAROMAN
C'mon now. 1980 wasn't THAT long ago, was it?
Started out in '73 with a new Model 60. It was $123 OTD.
Followed with a 14-4 and a 17-4, both about $200.
Of course, it seemed like serious money back then..
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was serious money back then. I am now collecting a modest retirement pension and Social Security and I'm getting almost exactly 3 times what I was earning then working hard at teaching unappreciative youngsters the joys of Biology and Earth Science. Every time I look at the "cheap" prices back then I have to remind myself of these facts.
Froggie