[Magdalen] Tempus Fugit.

[Marion Thompson]

A 800 g. cylinder of Havarti jalapeno cheese  (1.7637 lbs) was about $9+ dollars two years ago.  Then  $11+.  Then $14.  Yesterday I paid $17+ for it.  That sort of thing has happened to a lot of things, and to wages, also.  The facts of life.

Marion, a pilgrim



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Subject: [Magdalen] Tempus Fugit.


The monthly newsletter from the local Pocono development
arrived yesterday, and I breezed through it, and happened
on an ad for Mother's Day brunch at the development
restaurant.  I was stunned by the charge:  US$ 21.95 for 
adults.
 
Granted, Mother's Day is a special version of the ubiquitous
Sunday brunch, but I must confess i thought that price to be
a typo.  I checked with the restaurant.  It wasn't.  That's the
tab.  
 
There is a fairly lavish menu, but still. $21.95 out here in the
sticks (?).  
 
Then I realize that I am about 20 years out of the Sunday
brunch circuit. I checked with the local hotel where we used
to go for Sunday brunch frequently, and their fare is $38.95 (!).
 
So it happens that one turns one's back for a couple of decades,
and inflation takes it all into the stratoshere.
 
 
 
David S.