[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

From a curmudgeon to a curmudgeon, I agree with your thumbnail sketch.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1032048/value-us-dollar-since-1640/

[old curmudgeon]

Thank you.

And I would like to say that in my haste I neglected to make it clear that the sarcasm at the end was not directed at you personally, but to any and all libs who might accidentally read my post.

[Paul R.]

It is rather scant solace, but, pretty much everybody else is doing worse, at least recently.

Don’t ask me where recovery comes from when the whole thing breaks, tho’.

:-(