Younger folks have no idea what the huge amount of inflation we have had. In the summer of 69 and again
in 1970, I worked on a farm, a feed lot operation with grazing, and they grew their corn for silage in rural Fla.
I made $1.46 per hour driving a tractor all day. In 72 I managed to get a huge upgrade, working as a construction
laborer at $5.20 per hour or so. I thought I was rich. A brand new car in those days cost about $2300, a VW bug
was $1750 new, and a Porsche 911S, the most expensive model was $6,000. Gas was 19.9 cents a gallon on price
war, but 23.9 cents regularly where I lived.
So that can of 4831 cost about 10 gallons of gas, and that is a fairly similar ratio today. Powder at $25/lb or so and gas
at $2.59 here now.
Correction: I filled up at $2.29 at the local Sam's Club a couple days ago. Regular stations are more
like $2.52.
Two bucks was real money then.
And hardware stores sold powder......
Bill