”Blackbirds tend to like shiny things.” ~ The Bloody Raven
My Son and I went out to celebrate completing his Rite of Passage, the acquisition of his official Driver’s License. I knew this was important to him as his new Employer relied on him having a valid Driver’s license as an integral part of his career as an apprentice Automotive Mechanic.
Prior to the Driver’s Exam, I was just as anxious as he was. After a quiet prayer and 30 minutes later, he appeared at the office entrance with a huge grin holding up his N Decal signifying his NEW Driver’s status.
A few days later he chose the place to celebrate. ‘Lost in the 50s Drive In’ a chic charming Retro Diner located over in Burnaby-Edmonds. Burgers and fries made fresh on site.
The Burger sandwiches are priced from $8.99 to $9.99 CAD with Adult meals from $13.68 to $14.68 CAD with alternative Junior meal versions at $9.99.
Made fresh equals to tasting delicious. With our ‘dinner out’ ambience made more enjoyable with music from the 50’s played over the diner’s kitchen chatter and percussion.
With his License and first paycheck under his belt, he insisted on picking up the tab at $33 for the three Burgers and offered to drive home as well.
As we drove away, I wondered what the price of a typical Diner burger would cost in the 50s? Checking www.answers.com for 1958, I discovered that McDonald’s sold their burgers for $0.15 USD half the cost of a typical Diner burger of $0.30 to $0.35. Keeping mind McDonald’s mass produced & frozen shortcuts I would tend to side for the Diner Quality any day.
Think of it.
This $1.10 face value of 0.800 silver coins would buy 3 Diner quality burgers in 1958. If I bought these coins at my local Coin store today, November 30th 2021, 0.66 oz of silver would be at $22.91usd/oz, USD FX to CAD is 1.28 would be a minimum of $19.35 CAD. And that would still buy slightly more than two Diner Quality Burgers considering I did not factor in Dealer Premium, FX fees and VATax that would push the price up to $25.
A sobering reminder that our buying power is stolen by our profligate spending central banks and governments by inflation.
The answer must be sound money that will be far better than holding Fiat currency.
Now for the December 2021 Hive Power up
This 124 Hive was originally set aside for taking advantage of those overseas Pump & Dump side shows, but this time I feel the Price action has a much broader support base than the same cast of characters. So let’s get away from the gambling and Stake this holding for good.
From the ‘Dogecoin Effect’ windfall, another 124 Hive from my Binance account.
From @chronocrypto, Utopis Total Hive Dividends for November; 7.098 Hive.
From Keptin @joshuaslane; 100 Hive and 89 HBD for ‘distinguished service for the Royal Scottish Navy’ or ‘Fur bein' a leal crewman!’😲
And, I was gonna settle for a pat on the back.
For @dustsweeper; -2 Hive
For liquid commerce and fun purposes; -100 Hive
Total to be Powered Up!; 229.090 Hive
Hive Powering Up!
And while we’re here…
Leo Powering Up!
There we go for another #hivepowerupday, see you all on New Year’s Day 2022!
Adding Silver and Crypto to my Stack for that rainy day!
Even better when you help someone along the way.
Thank you @traciyork, @hivebuz and a cast of generous contributors for this fun initiative of #hivepowerupday and #HivePUD. Even though I have crossed beyond the 8000 HP threshold in terms of eligibility I can still enjoy a bit of fun and participate.
References
“Et lux in tenebris to serve laboro, sum sicarius” “I work in the shadows to serve the Light, I am an Assassin”
