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I bought a Michael's Custard, single scoop cone last week. $3.65 I paid. Change for my five dollar bill was a buck and a few coins. In 1975 dollars, the price of the cone would buy $15.00 worth of groceries and an ice cream cone at the Fairview Dairy--really good stuff was $.25 for a single dip, $.75 got a tripple dipper.

Here's some crazy talk--A slice of pizza, a soda, and a trip to the salad bar at Rocky Rococo's, $7.00. A Culver's shake is $5.00--and I think it's smaller than last year. A bottle of water from a tap at a bottling plant, delivered in a warm truck to a gas station convenience store, $1.39. A pack of gum, $2.09. A tank of gas is $57.00 and that's with gas at the recent low price of the cost of a scoop of ice cream! A nickle candy bar is a buck. Next Tuesday Culver's has $1.00 butter burgers. Cool, but take me back to 1972 when cheeseburgers were $.26 at Sandys across from the Sport Marine on Highway 45 in Antigo. What is 26 cents in 2008 money?

My Dad would be stunned. I'm stunned. Is this inflation or just plain crazy? Probably dysfunctional. When we decided that our parent's way of saving and only buying what we can pay cash for was not for us, we got what we deserved. We opened the door to our vaults and told everyone to come and get it. If you got what I want, name your price because I can't say no. I won't say no. I want it. You got it. The higher the price, the better the product, the fancier the label, the smarter I look. Sign me up! I need it today. It'll make me happy. You'll like me. Somebody will like me if I have what you have. I'll buy it today, I get paid next week. I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. Garshgh Olive, we've become Wimpy!