Grandpa was always going on about the good old days and the lower cost of living in particular. “When I was a kid, my mom could send me to the store, and I’d get a salami, two pints of milk, six oranges, two loaves o’ bread, a magazine, and some new blue jeans … all for a dollar!”

Then Grandpa said sadly, “You can’t do that anymore. They got those video cameras everywhere you look.”