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To: jrsmc; Mase; RockinRight
In ancient Rome one ounce of gold bought a toga, nowadays it still buys a good suit.

LOL!

Because of its constancy,

An ounce of gold could buy an $850 suit in 1980 and a $255 suit in 2001. Not very constant.

88 posted on 11/25/2007 2:52:56 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot (What came first, the bad math or the goldbuggery?)
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To: Toddsterpatriot
Not very constant.

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This is how some people define "constant."

Goldbugs. They're a trip.

96 posted on 11/25/2007 3:09:25 PM PST by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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