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Very good depiction of a Mig. Obvious to us seasoned citizens. May require lucidation for the XYZMILLENIAL crowd.

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This may help a bit

Excellent for a show-and-tell

I remember following Korean War action in the newspaper (real Newspapers back then) and also on our brand new Television. You probably do also.

BTW that new TV cost $530. Anybody know what that would be in today's $'s ? My guess would be above
7- $8000.

Yes. We bought a new black and white Crosley that was right around 600 bucks. Incredible amount considering at the time my dad made like 60 bucks a week. My parents somehow saved up 7 years to get it in 1951. We used to go to Radio Shack or the local Tv shop to check the tubes. We got 3 channels. It lasted many years. First color Tv was about 1964. My dad moonlighted in local bands to help. He was a great tenor sax player and a fantastic flight inspector. By the way, my Great Grandfather who was born in 1882 told me at age 10…. Never trust the Russians. And the Chinese will try and take over the world!!

tech58 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 16, 2023 4:53 am

BTW that new TV cost $530. Anybody know what that would be in today's $'s ? My guess would be above
7- $8000.

Probably closer to $6000. But, look at the quality of what you'd get today for that amount versus what you got back then.

olds442jetaway wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 16, 2023 9:59 am

By the way, my Great Grandfather who was born in 1882 told me at age 10…. Never trust the Russians. And the Chinese will try and take over the world!!

He certainly knew what he was talking about then - and, nothing has changed!

Off topic a bit, but since it is a cartoon thread and kinda anything goes, our first car in 1953 was a well used 1948 Nash Club coupe that had belonged to a salesman. Had 83,000 miles when we got it for 300 bucks. That was like 300,000 miles today. It served our purpose though and my dad did all of the repairs himself. One time the water pump went half way from Ct to Pittsburgh to see my dads family. We changed it on the side of a local road. On the way back, the engine started knocking. My dad babied it all the way back to Ct. I helped him replace a piston in our driveway. That would have been 1957. It ran well after that and dad sold it to a coworker for 100 bucks around 1959. It was replaced by another well worn car. A pea green 1954 Chevy. It smoked from worn rings almost from day one. That was traded in 1961 for a beautiful V8 57 Chevy Belair with only 26,000 miles. Tourquiise and white. Wish I had that one today.

olds442jetaway wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 16, 2023 9:59 am

Yes. We bought a new black and white Crosley that was right around 600 bucks. Incredible amount considering at the time my dad made like 60 bucks a week. My parents somehow saved up 7 years to get it in 1951. We used to go to Radio Shack or the local Tv shop to check the tubes. We got 3 channels. It lasted many years. First color Tv was about 1964. My dad moonlighted in local bands to help. He was a great tenor sax player and a fantastic flight inspector. By the way, my Great Grandfather who was born in 1882 told me at age 10…. Never trust the Russians. And the Chinese will try and take over the world!!

Very good point about the incomes of the time. My brother and I saved $237 over two summers of caddying to go for the TV, or no TV. My sister was in a pricey school at the time and my dad worked 60 hours a week and probably made $3000/yr.

onemoretry wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:47 am

tech58 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 16, 2023 4:53 am

BTW that new TV cost $530. Anybody know what that would be in today's $'s ? My guess would be above
7- $8000.

Probably closer to $6000. But, look at the quality of what you'd get today for that amount versus what you got back then.

Not only the quality but the price. $100 today buys a light years better TV.