Check this out... I was going through my father's old stamp collections for the first time in like over thirty years today and found he'd saved some $1 and $2 bills.... they're paper and the Mint never bothered pressing plastic notes, they just came with coins. Everyday at work like a ritual I put $1 worth of coins for a diet coke. It's real hot like 100 degrees or more and that's my first soda every weekday upon arriving at work.... it's always deliciously cold coz the freezer is working so well....
Look:
That $10 bill is plastic and wasn't in circulation much. The $1 and $2 was a classic thing from the 80s.... there was also a marroon colored $5 paper note and a kind of Orange tomato colored $20 and a $50. But no $100. When I was in pre school my teacher Mary from pre school would home tutor me private class and I'd always demand cash to behave beforehand then my mom would take it out of my clenched fist during naptime. That's how the story went but I never remember Mary's classes or anything much except I knew what each denomination was worth and what it could buy. A can of cheap soda was only 20 cents in those days.
This brings me to economics.
Dr. McDreamy is talking about fascinating neurological things again:
https://youtu.be/KYktO7It-HY
But take note of his sunroof. I never really thought I'd have a sunroof on a new car, but I do. The diet soda is only five times more than in 1980. Gold was around four times cheaper in 1988. A brand new lawnmower is only $300 Australian dollars for a big, new petrol model. What's my point? Although wages may seem stagnant, the cost of living seems like it's going down because many items are improving in value and quality while barely rising, or actually falling in price... especially with computers but also cars. Airfares crazy cheap.
Jesus did say seek you first the kingdom of heaven and everything will be added after that. That's really true.
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