Tuesday, July 03, 2007

7/2/2007: Stephen Has Completed "When I Was Your Age"

Here are the costs of some things in 1940:

Car: $800
Gasoline: 18 cents/gal
House: $6,550
Bread: 8 cents/loaf
Milk: 34 cents/gal
Postage Stamp: 3 cents
Stock Market: 131
Average Annual Salary: $1,900
Minimum Wage: 30 cents per hour
(Source)

That covers all the requirements except clothes.
Using interpolation from the other items, I estimate a shirt, pants, socks, and shoes would cost between $3 and $4.

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7/2/2007: Stephen Accepts "When I Was Your Age"


This one should be pretty easy. ;P

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Monday, July 02, 2007

7/2/2007: Brad Assigns "When I Was Your Age" To ?


You task is to find out, either by interviewing an older person or doing some research online (or both and comparing what you find out), the price of bread, gas, milk, cars, and clothes in the 1940's.

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