I know a bit more about about hard times than most of you.My last hourly pay job was around 1969.My dad and I built my own shop for 1000.00 in my yard.I figured if I was going to be poor it should be my fault.I had to beg for a few days off to get my hay in.In the early 70s I bought a Belsaw Sharp All on time payments..That brought income when the TV repair and and sales was slow.In the early 60s I worked for a hatchery mornings and a dairy farm afternoons.I remember buying a pair of US made work shoes and a pair of dungarees for 7 bucks on a Montgomery Ward sale.Postage was a buck or so. The store I bought fertilizer from for 40 years closed this winter.I bought shingles,lumber and grain ,groceries.The small towns have lost their general stores in the last 10 years.My son dropped off a box of doughnuts I quit buying years ago.They were 39 cents,now 2.99.I would need 800 bucks per week to have the same buying power I had in 1970.Our worthless dollar in dragging us down.
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Today's Featured Article - George's Fordson Major - by Anthony West (UK). This is a bit of a technical info to add on to the article about George's Major in the "A Towny Goes Plowing" article. George bought his Major from a an implement sale about 18 years ago for £200.00. There is no known history regarding its origins or what service it had done, but the following work was undertaken by Harold alone to bring it up to show standard. From the engine number, it was found that the major was produced late 19
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