[ARC5] Cool acquisition (not for the squeamish)

[J. Forster]

I worked most of a summer to scrape together about $20 for my first WS 19
set in the late 50s.

It was a lot of money for a kid.

A few years later, MIT tuition was $1500 per year! But you could buy a new
car for under that. Things were expensive, but money was worth more then.

-John

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>>From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
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>>When ARC-5 were $4 to $8, remember gas
>>gas $0.29/gallon and a burger $0.19.
>>They were not cheap....
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> "I remember when" ;-) as a boy,
> looking longingly at "ARC-5" rigs in the
> Fair catalog for under $10 and wishing
> I could afford them....
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