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Having read (and greatly enjoyed) books by Alonzo Delano and William Lewis Manly recounting their experiences during the California gold rush, I greatly appreci
by BulletinWill 2y ago
Having read (and greatly enjoyed) books by Alonzo Delano and William Lewis Manly recounting their experiences during the California gold rush, I greatly appreciate gold as being able to calculate how much a dollar was worth back then and how much they were making in a day. My calculations say it was around $130 today's dollars.
And the miner towns had ridiculous prices, like a breakfast was in the $2-$5 dollars at some point.
- sdsd 2y ago>I greatly appreciate gold as being able to calculate how much a dollar was worth back then and how much they were making in a day The problem is that the value of gold is not fixed. It may have gone up or down quite a bit since then relative to everything else (not just relative to dollars)
- Certoeci 2y agoThe level of cretinism in HN votes cannot be forecasted, except the conservative "it will exceed the wildest expectations". It baffles the mind how a perfectly legitimate and genuinely interesting comment is fiercely downvoted. Well one can take consolation with the thought that with the recession and all, very likely a lot of them imbeciles having free time to comment and downvote here are actually rightfully unemployed. Hope it stays that way, they definitely deserve it!
- qup 2y agoIt's down voted because it's off topic.