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Video on an old axe shop in Maine - EatenByLimestone - 02-04-2018
https://youtu.be/Qr4VTCwEfko
Enjoy!
RE: Video on an old axe shop in Maine - Stwood_ - 02-04-2018
Thanks EBL!
RE: Video on an old axe shop in Maine - jerry s - 02-04-2018
(02-04-2018, 11:48 AM)EatenByLimestone Wrote: https://youtu.be/Qr4VTCwEfkonice video thanks
Enjoy!
RE: Video on an old axe shop in Maine - wood-chips - 02-05-2018
Thanks for the historic trip back in time. I was 13 then.
One of the comments said the hourly rate for the journeyman was $1.63 per hour.
RE: Video on an old axe shop in Maine - EatenByLimestone - 02-05-2018
I remember my father saying he was making $5000 something a year when he first came back from Vietnam. That had to have been around 69. Wages have changed!
RE: Video on an old axe shop in Maine - chips ahoy - 02-05-2018
Fantastic,Matt,thanks
Mel
RE: Video on an old axe shop in Maine - hbmcc - 02-05-2018
(02-05-2018, 05:48 AM)EatenByLimestone Wrote: I remember my father saying he was making $5000 something a year when he first came back from Vietnam. That had to have been around 69. Wages have changed!
About that time gas was 25-cents a gallon. I think I earned 1.60-75 doing general labor. 1965 labor cost was about 1.25 as a grocery bagger, or field grunt. In 70, 12 oz beer on tap was cheaper than a coke, 25-cents vs 35. Dimes and quarters were valuable. People still stooped for a penny on the ground.
Minimum wage was not the Ritz, but one could drive and rent housing then. Now, it's a car, maybe, and someone's microwave and refer generosity.