It is amazing how some products have come down in price over the years, or have stayed the same price in dollars while everything around us rises in price. Take TV sets, my Hubby says that his Dad bought a TV in 1952, when he was five years old - my Hubby I mean, not his Dad!!!! - for 80 English pounds, which was worth at the time, he thinks, about $240 US bucks. Now, this was a 17 inch screen set in black and white, with only one channel that worked, but space for another one when it came online a year or two later, if online is the correct word.
All wired up by hand, as printed circuit boards had not yet been invented. Great big glowing tubes inside, and it would break down about every 2 years or so, often needing a new main picture tube.
Clocks and watches are the same - you can now buy a quite nice looking wrist watch for a few dollars, and even buy a wall clock for a dollar in the dollar store. But just a few years ago, when they were clockwork, they cost at least five times as much. Then they would last for maybe a couple of years, then cost so much to repair that it was not worth it.
Then look at calculators. The first ones could just add and subtract. And they cost about 10 bucks, which in those days was maybe a quarter of a weeks pay. Once again, thanks to the dollar store we can get a calculator for a buck. And it will add, subtract, do percentages, divide, multiply, and even has funny 'M+' and 'M-' buttons that no-one that I know can tell me what they do!
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hahaha.. ana dyud ng panahon cge bag-o. parehas gud anang celphone. kahinumdum ko na sikat man kaau tong 5110. karun wa na kay makita ana. ehehe.. oi te Arls. may tag ako sau.. dito sa akong bravejournal. u check it out ok! the title is MeMeMe!!! tnx! 
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