The Raptor

Make that 1972.
A 3 bedroom home cost $27,000.
Average income was $11,489.
A new Ford cost $3,853.
A gallon of gas cost $.36.
A pound of bacon cost $.96.

The Raptor

1972 musical memories:
Lean on Me
I Can See Clearly Now
Candy Man
(Bye Bye Miss) American Pie
Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast
Song Sung Blue
Alone Again

The Raptor

1972 entertainment:
Best Movie - The Godfather
Best Actor - Marlin Brando
Best Actress - Lisa Minnelli
TV Shows - All in the Family, Here's Lucy
World Series - Oakland As beat Cincinati Reds

boltonblue

1772??? damn your old should we call you Louis the XIV

The Raptor

More 1972 firsts:
Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals.
Last Apollo flight to the the moon
Bobby Fischer won first world chess title for U.S.
Child-proof caps mandatory on medicine and poison containers
World Trade Center opened in New York
DDT banned
First arcade game, pong, by Atari
Screening of flight passengers and luggage required
Instant color camera by Polaroid
CAT scan took cross section pictures of the brain

MsPerky

That's the year I was married, also. The only difference is, you still are and I'm not. But I went on to meet a better match for me, so it all worked out.

The Raptor

I'm glad it all worked out for you.

NNY S2k

I would have guessed income would have been about 70% of your figure.
Levi

The Raptor

My dad once said to me "When you were doing marketing research for ARCO, you once predicted gas would hit $.75 per gallon. I told you that you were crazy, it would never happen. Now, by God, you were right."

Chuck S

Gas is cheaper now.

1972 gasoline at 37¢/gallon inflation adjusted: $2.22

$1.84/gallon in Richmond today at BP (regular). 93 octane is always 60¢ more at $2.44

-- Chuck