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Originally Posted by ~Helen~
...only 8 years ago.
(of course when I mentioned this to my parents (both in their 60s) this sparked a discussion of how cheap it was when they began learning to drive, but my point is that 8 years is not that long an amount of time, especially for something (with the exception of houses - but don't let me get started on that) to double in price!)
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I know what you mean but you'd be surprised, a good example I've seen almost everything double in price whenever I am in The Netherlands since they introduced the Euro in 2002. Things that cost 50 guilders in 2001 now cost 50 Euro. Exchange rate Euro- Guilder: 1 - 2.2.
Interestingly seeing Meat Loaf in Rotterdam in 1996: 45 guilders. In 2008: 49 Euro.
Seeing Meat Loaf in the Secc, Glasgow 1998: £25. Seeing Meat Loaf now pretty much 50 quid a pop.
The governmental inflation figures seem to be far off at times if you ask me.