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11-05-2007, 05:18 PM
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What a deal!
Don't you all wish we could shave costs like this in today's market?
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11-05-2007, 07:12 PM
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$250 was a fist full of dollars back in 1918!  I think you could buy a model T for not much more than that.
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11-06-2007, 07:16 AM
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Wow you remember that far back? And I thought I was old.........................
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11-09-2007, 06:40 AM
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Wow you remember that far back? And I thought I was old.........................
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'Fraid not. Granddad was a pup back then. 
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03-10-2008, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by 480sparky
Don't you all wish we could shave costs like this in today's market?
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My house was built in 1915 and I found the bill for new construct wire which was $32.50 that included 1 lite with a switch and 1 outlet in each room on a 30 amp service what more could you want, the econo job would have had pullchains
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03-10-2008, 07:10 PM
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Wow, they sprang for the switches! Must have been a Rockefeller. $250.00 in labor savings, don't forget, was worth 5000 rides on a subway.
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03-29-2008, 10:04 AM
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Check out the suits
The funny thing is, when I look at that picture, I see our office. You see, we all wear three piece suits to the office. It's not until we get on the job that we switch into jeans and a polo. 
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04-03-2008, 10:07 PM
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Another thing about this pic, if you account for inflation, $250 in 1918 is over $4000 today. They really saved a boat load. We scoff at the number, but never think of the relative size of the dollar.
And, to wire a house in 1915 for $32, that would equate to about $650 today. Considering the cost of materials at the time, they were raking it in!
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09-07-2008, 10:20 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by InPhase277
Another thing about this pic, if you account for inflation, $250 in 1918 is over $4000 today. They really saved a boat load. We scoff at the number, but never think of the relative size of the dollar.
And, to wire a house in 1915 for $32, that would equate to about $650 today. Considering the cost of materials at the time, they were raking it in!
InPhase277
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That is a buck an amp.
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