Re: do we need to boycott Browning & FN?


"the heekster" <heekster@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 12:47:40 GMT, "Morton Davis" <antikerry@xxxxxx>
wrote:

Unions are part of why a Coke that cost a nickle when I was a boy now
costs
a dollar.

Uh, no. The coke that cost a nickel when you were a boy, was a 7 oz.
serving. It has since been replaced by the ubiquitous 12 oz. can,
which typically vends for 50 to 75 cents. The coke that costs a buck
now is a half liter, almost 5 times as much as the 7oz. nickel coke.

WRONG. ^That Coke I paid a nickle for was a ten oz. in the 1960s and 16 oz.
Coke was 25 cents in vending machines. And a 12 oz. Coke is now a dollar in
vending machines around here.




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