Using US $ and accepting my internet findings as accurate to our purposes: In 1990 it took ₽1.80 to buy $1.00.
∴ (₽1.50 )/1.8 = $x/1
∴ ₽1.50 = 1.8 • $x
₽1.50/1.8 = $0.83 (truncated)
So a McDonald’s hamburger in Moscow in 1990 cost 83¢.
Again accepting internet research as accurate to our purposes, it would have been an average of 71¢ in the U.S..
The purpose of the above was to compare the cost of the hamburger in Moscow versus the United States, but since you asked indirectly…
Accepting my chosen protocol for the calculations below, and again the necessary associated internet research as accurate to our purposes.
Preamble and Protocol:
My internet research indicates in1990 a United States family considered lower income had an annual income of $23,081.00 and for a family considered middle income that figure was $68,856.00. The mean of those two figures is $45,973.00.
I’m arbitrarily saying those with higher incomes did not go to McDonald’s in any meaningful numbers. No taxes were taken into account in any form.
A truncated United States’ average monthly income for McDonald’s customer base in 1990 is $3,831.00.
So a Muscovite’s hamburger cost 1% of the monthly income, and an American’s hamburger cost (also truncated) 1/50th of 1% or 1/5000 of the monthly income.
I suspect Cleo is playing a double game here.
She did, after all, pawn half of a stage prop right in front of Claude’s eyes.
I wonder how much the broker gave her for it.
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Didn’t we see him/her previously but from much further away? (I suppose it’s more likely that this was taken through a telephoto lens.)
Loos like my Kiki.
Run!
You got a bad case of dandruff there, big guy.
Come a little closer and say that!
I think he’s been a-salted.
Check the news peppers.
It’s not the right season for panthers.
I kept staring at this magnificent creature expecting the eyes to blink!
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Spicy hot!
I always thought it was the camels who were known as the Chips of the Desert.
Clever. Makes me thirsty looking at all that salt.
A junk food lovers paradise.
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Using US $ and accepting my internet findings as accurate to our purposes: In 1990 it took ₽1.80 to buy $1.00.
∴ (₽1.50 )/1.8 = $x/1
∴ ₽1.50 = 1.8 • $x
₽1.50/1.8 = $0.83 (truncated)
So a McDonald’s hamburger in Moscow in 1990 cost 83¢.
Again accepting internet research as accurate to our purposes, it would have been an average of 71¢ in the U.S..
…and you failed to take the average monthly salary of 150 rubles into account.
The purpose of the above was to compare the cost of the hamburger in Moscow versus the United States, but since you asked indirectly…
Accepting my chosen protocol for the calculations below, and again the necessary associated internet research as accurate to our purposes.
Preamble and Protocol:
My internet research indicates in1990 a United States family considered lower income had an annual income of $23,081.00 and for a family considered middle income that figure was $68,856.00. The mean of those two figures is $45,973.00.
I’m arbitrarily saying those with higher incomes did not go to McDonald’s in any meaningful numbers. No taxes were taken into account in any form.
A truncated United States’ average monthly income for McDonald’s customer base in 1990 is $3,831.00.
So a Muscovite’s hamburger cost 1% of the monthly income, and an American’s hamburger cost (also truncated) 1/50th of 1% or 1/5000 of the monthly income.
Yes. The last part.
Katrina Vlah
I suspect Cleo is playing a double game here.
She did, after all, pawn half of a stage prop right in front of Claude’s eyes.
I wonder how much the broker gave her for it.
Here’s the studio version, with a brief introduction by Walt Disney. It’s a fun watch.
Yes, that was fun. Thanks Alexi.
It’s always fun to see how something is made, love Peggy lee!
What is half of snake eyes?
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Pip
I will listen to Peggy Lee any time.
What a voice.
Didn’t you once do Basset Davis Eyes?
Marty Feldman Eyes
Marty’s eyes were due to a thyroid condition, but he decided to use it to his advantage.
Heino wears sunglasses instead.
I always enjoyed Marty Feldman’s characters
I can’t blame Cleo for being confused.
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After all… if you have a pair of mice, half of the pair, i.e.. a single furry little guy, is not a “mie” (pronounced “my.”).
Similarly, one of a group of lice is not a “lie”…
(well, except for the fact that if you’re told you have one, you probably have more.)
So maybe a single spotted cube should be a “douse”?
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Then again, if you have a house and another house, you don’t have a pair of “hice” … you have two houses.
While a grouse and another grouse is a pair of grouse.
… and two douses might be a called a “soaking.”
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As for the plural of “die”, a pie and another pie is not a pair of pice…
OK, OK… I’ll let this discussion die.
Boy! Talk about confusing US! No wonder Cleo Costello was so frustrated!
Good response to an even Gooder cartoon.
Gotta love the English language!!
Apropos of nothing…
I ran across this picture while looking for something else.
Anybody recognise her face?
At 11 years old…
Both my two guesses were wrong. 😏
This would be a good test of those “aging” programs (Hmm, I wonder if they are tested that way).
And what a great person she grew up to be!
Great person?
Spoiler!
Anyway I was just surprised that you called her a “great person,” cos that usually means notable in some other way then being an entertainer…
Contributing to the public good, like, I dunno, Marie Curie, or Abraham Lincoln.
Fixed that; still not feeling quite well. It’s a bit of a pita.
Being a humanitarian isn’t good enough? And a good example for others in several ways?
Thanks!
looks like the lady with a successful daytime talk show
No clue!
I would have to say
Okay, LL, that could be her.
She actually still has the same face now… the dimple gives it away.
Her hair in this picture seems to be pulled back on the sides with black barrettes, or maybe a hairband, to tame it.
Funny thing… One website says she’s 13 here. Another says 11, but that it was taken in 1955, when she would have been 9.
I chose the middle number but it could be wrong. Her age doesn’t change her looks.
DEFINITELY not Ellen.
oh.
No way! I LOVE that lady! Thanks, Susan!
Lox and bagels
locks and keys
More locks and keys. 😁
Food of the gods.
The bagel should be plain, non-distracting…
More cream cheese…
For me, more lox; for most people, this is fine.
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I love tomatoes but prefer this without…
And I’m not crazy about capers or dill on it, but it’s up to you.
I’m going to have to get some soon.
I like capers. To quote Nick Danger: “What’s the bird’s-eye low-down on this caper? Whatever that means.”
I like capers, and I love tomatoes…. I even like bagels with seeds now and then, with cheese.
I just prefer fewer distractions on my lox.
Maybe if I had it every day, I’d like more variety… but it’s a fairly rare treat, so I don’t dilute the essence. LOL
Hmm… I wonder whether a bird would eat a caper, thinking it’s a seed…. and be surprised.
Who said that?
Good morning Basset phans!
The only Nat’l day that counts today.
Y’all get out those stones and bake a pie. (((((HuGz!!)))))
I went and got one for lunch. 🙂
Don’t get so upset, Cleo, it wasn’t a suggestion. The English language at it’s finest.
You have re-created that famous pair perfectly, Nighthawks!