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[WILLIAM <billymegab AT yahoo.com>]

We didn't live on a farm but the Eaton's catalog was a staple in Canadian 
life for most of my life!   The orther was the Simpson's catalog.  Sadly, 
both department stores no longer exist.  

Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net> wrote:  Here's a catelog from 1936 to do some 
comparison shopping in.
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/cmc/009002-119.01-e.php?uid=nlc003950&uidc=Page_Image&queryString=&plugin=N

It comes from a site the youngest kidlet found awhile back. She was looking 
for clothing from different eras. 
http://www.civilization.ca/cpm/catalog/cat5200e.html

So, if you lived on a farm in Canada in 1936, your yearly income would have 
been about $500.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene GeRue" 


> During our recent Branson visit for grandsons and their parents I
> bought one of those little booklets about the year one was born. For
> me, that was 1936, in January, the month before the first Social
> Security checks were mailed. The booklet is somewhat more useful than
> mere nostalgia.
>
> There is a page titled 1936 Cost of Living. The average income then
> was $1,713 per year and the cost of gasoline was 12 cents per gallon.
> I multiplied that by 500 gallons, for a cost of $60.00. Divided by the 
> income,
> the family hit for that much gas was 3.5 percent of income.
>
> A quick Google found the average household income today is about
> $45,000. (Household income in 1936 meant "his." Today it means
> "theirs.") The average cost of gasoline today is about $2.75, so 500
> gallons of gas is $1,375. Divided by income, that is 3 percent.
>
> In 1936 a family may well have used much less than 500 gallons of
> gas, so the household budget hit was less. Today, beyond the
> woe-is-me hand-wringing, gas usage, while arguably more necessary, is
> still a choice, mostly the choice of deciding how far to live from
> one's employment and also whether it makes sense for both to work,
> and therefore likely need two cars.
>
> Bottom line, gas costs less today than 70 years ago.

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It used to be that when you were in government quarters you had a 
place to live, a place for your family to stay while you were 
deployed (think Afghanistan & Iraq).
I lived in quarters & "on the economy" during my 21 years, depending 
on where I was stationed having housing that didn't come out of my 
(never big enough) pay check was important. When you live in 
government quarters you loose your "Basic Allowance for Quarters" 
(BAQ). You can look up BAQ figures, they are standard according to pay grade.
This is another quiet cut of military pay.
I wonder how much the military is saving and how much the private 
developers are making?
IMO it's another way for big business to get some more money into 
their pockets, this time they get it from the soldiers.

Rob
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http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/0,12914,111703,00.html?ESRC=miltrep.nl

Some families living in privatized housing on Army installations 
became responsible for their utility consumption starting Sept. 1. 
Residential Communities Initiatives (RCI) began billing for 
electricity at five installations where a yearlong mock billing 
program was recently completed. Residents should see their first bill 
on or around Oct. 1, 2006. Eventually all military branches will 
require residents living in privatized housing to be responsible for 
their energy use. Under the RCI program, more than 72,000 family 
housing units at 33 Army installations have been turned over to 
private developers.