being old

[junker]

i was just thinking about....not toooo long ago when i was young in the 40,s and 50,s the word million...meant quite a bit...being a millionaire...couldnt even comprehend anything being greater than that....budgets in the 100.s of millions...didnt think beyond that....then in the 60.s 70,s and 80,s billions became a common word in budgets..and deficits .and we started hearing about people actually being billionaires...the word was flung around and used commonly ...now this decade..trillion is becoming a common word as far as deficits....budgets....etc...its hard to think of something actually costing a trillion dollars.....lets alone our deficit being in the trillions...makes me wonder what words will be common for our grandkids....whats next? quadrillion....when they read the newspaper in the morning which no doubt by then will either cost 100 bucks a copy or no longer exist..will the headline be president recommends 100 octillion dollar budget?? in case you dont know whats next...heres the table of the new words your grandkids will be using commonly...

Number of zeros U.S. & scientific community Other countries
3 thousand thousand
6 million million
9 billion 1000 million (1 milliard)
12 trillion billion
15 quadrillion 1000 billion
18 quintillion trillion
21 sextillion 1000 trillion
24 septillion quadrillion
27 octillion 1000 quadrillion
30 nonillion quintillion
33 decillion 1000 quintillion
36 undecillion sextillion
39 duodecillion 1000 sextillion
42 tredecillion septillion
45 quattuordecillion

[BKOnce]

oh no... on.. on.. non.. non... non.. on.. etc my jaw is keep droping hard..

[tigergem]

Hey! I did not need extra brain cells fried today. Thanks just the same.

[FLBK7]

Please, nooooo! I've had a very hard week!! ;)

[OHBOY]

..... that would make it quite realistic and dirt cheap to make repayment on those credit card debts.....

[Flamingo]

Think in terms of candy bars....back when I was a kid, I remember big Hershey chocolate bars for $.05. Now they are, depending where you buy them, $1.50 or higher.

[fltoo]

Talk about candy bars! I haven't purchases potato chips in years. Friend asked me to pick up some on the way over to her bbq.

Imagine my shock when a 79 cent bag of chips cost me $3.99.

[Flamingo]

And, as with the chocolate bar, the product is 1/2 the original size! :-0 :-0

[backwoods]

I'm 42, don't really feel old. But...

I remember being in junior high and my dad gave me $1.25 to eat luch with every day. Glass bottle of Coke for .25, sandwich at a local deli for .50 and another .50 for a bag of chips and a pocket full of candy.

I can remember gas costing .79 or .89 a gallon.

My undergrad tuition at a major university was $380 per semester when I was a freshman! Obviously I didn't major in finance!

Also remember when my dad thought $15000 for a new car/truck meant it was for "rich" people. Late last year, Dad (now 73) bought a new 1/2t pickup for $33000!

Good thread!

[junker]

Also remember when my dad thought $15000 for a new car/truck meant it was for "rich" people. Late last year, Dad (now 73) bought a new 1/2t pickup for $33000!

Good thread!

this all kinda gives a perspective on where and how fast things are going....in 1966 i bought a new ford convertible 3600 dollars, in 1973 bought new chev impala 4400 dollars, in 1977 bought new full size chev blazer 7200, i also remember vividly the nickel candy bar, gum, 30 cent a gallon gas, when i joined the Navy in 62 base pay was 80 bucks a month for a recruit...i dont think that quadrillion dollar deficit is tooo far away.....