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JPG40504 wrote:Add a motor, it did not come with one.

Yeah, I see that now. So much for the small print, or bad eyes! Inflation calculator shows a 2013 price based on planer + motor: $878.85.

WmZiggy wrote:Yeah, I see that now. So much for the small print, or bad eyes! Inflation calculator shows a 2013 price based on planer + motor: $878.85.

Most of that 'increase' would be over the pacific shipping cost!:D

Wish my take home check was 10x what it was then!:eek:

JPG40504 wrote:Most of that 'increase' would be over the pacific shipping cost!:D

Wish my take home check was 10x what it was then!

I was a Staff Sergeant (E-4) at that time and if I remember correctly my take home was about $400 a month (paid on the 1st and 15th).

I do believe you would be making 10x that ($48K) today.

dusty wrote:I was a Staff Sergeant (E-4) at that time and if I remember correctly my take home was about $400 a month (paid on the 1st and 15th).

I do believe you would be making 10x that ($48K) today.

But But But I ain't!!!:eek:

1964 to 2014 - 10X is just about right for most things -- Except income for retirees.

charlese wrote:1964 to 2014 - 10X is just about right for most things -- Except income for retirees.

You're suppose to buy all your "stuff" before you retire and pray it lasts.

WmZiggy wrote:You're suppose to buy all your "stuff" before you retire and pray it lasts.

I sure wish you had told me that before I retired. I wasted a lot of money back then that could have been spent on shop equipment.

dusty wrote:I sure wish you had told me that before I retired. I wasted a lot of money back then that could have been spent on shop equipment.

On a serious note, I wonder if retirees have as much or more disposal income for tools compared to younger workers. I have a feeling this is a complex question filled with "depends" - not the diaper:D

WmZiggy wrote:On a serious note, I wonder if retirees have as much or more disposal income for tools compared to younger workers. I have a feeling this is a complex question filled with "depends" - not the diaper:D

Yea, and those diapers are darned expensive, too! And then the sports. And just now coming up for my oldest kid, college.

One thing that I am pretty sure of, though, is that typical retirees have a whale of a lot more time for hobbies than do us still-working stiffs. I have a workshop over-filled with really cool vintage tools bought almost embarassingly cheaply on Craigslist. But restoration goes .........V..........E..........R..........Y......... slowly when you can only spend a couple hours every other week or so on them.