Peanuts by Charles Schulz for April 23, 1959
Transcript:
Charlie Brown is talking to Lucy on the baseball field. He asks, "Well, how did practice go today Lucy?"<br> <br> She replies,"Fine..I've been chasing fly balls, and getting in a little batting practice.."<br> <br> She continues, "Oh, incidentally, here's my bill for three dollars and seventy-five cents.."<br> <br> She concludes, "I don't play baseball for nothing you know!" Charlie Brown grimaces at the reader.<br> <br>
“$3.75 in 1959 had the same buying power as $31.33 in 2017.”