Old enough to remember!
I'm with you.
I'm 55, so I think I kinda fit in the middle. Older than most/younger than others.
I remember when you could buy a bottle of Mt Dew for 65 cents, a bag of chips were 75 cents, a can of Cope was 85 cents and a gallon of gas was 90 cents.
Admission to the movies was 2 dollars, a burger, fries and a Coke at our local burger joint was about $3.25. If you wanted a slice of cheese on that burger, it was an extra dime.
I always said I was gonna give up snuff and chewing tobacco when it became $2 a pack/can.
Halloween night of 1989, I bought a can of Cope as soon as my shift started. I paid $2.06 and haven't bought any since.
To keep me from starting back, I took a big gallon size jar, duct taped the lid on it real good and cut a slot in the lid. Everytime I wanted a pinch of snuff, I would poke $2 into the jar.
Soon it got so full, I decided to open it. There was around $300 in it. I went to the Wannamaker (sp?) gun show and bought a Ruger P85 pistol and about 200 rounds of ammo with it.