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Originally Posted by zendawn
When I first started going to pubs, about 17 years ago, you could buy a pint for a quid £1. So you could have a good night on a tenner £10 and still have change for a kebab. Now you'd be lucky to get by on £20 just for the drinks.
Yet I don't see wages doubling over the same time.
How come electrical equipment like computers becomes cheaper over time, but drink and food gets more expensive?
I like watching 'Open all Hours' cuz you can see the old prices in the shop, love seeing items, like Mars Bars for 14p that would be 40p now.
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Hmm, guess what getting a round in and getting a ten bob note in the change from a pound says about my age.
Food tends to get dearer because it has a more or less fixed production and profit margins are protected by major players in the industry. Computers, TV's etc. tend to get cheaper because of ever improving production methods and chip design. You would not believe the difference in what you would find in a 70's computer against one of today. My expansion card to go from 512k of ram to 640k had more chips on it than McCain put in a large bag of fries.
