Originally Posted by
Bad Lag
$50 back then was unobtainable.
Only rich kids had Schwinn Sting Rays and there weren't many of those around..
took me three years of hard saving to buy a Sting-Ray in October 1969.
was really hard chasing inflation, took me at least another 6 Months from my original plan because of that.
and sales tax went from 4.5% to 6%...
what an interesting education in macroeconomics for a kid in grade school.