Sorting through closet junk, I found some old newspaper sheets. One was from 1961; it was a grocery ad. T-Bone steaks 99 CENTS a pound, chuck roast 47 CENTS a pound, Bananas not sold per pound, but per banana -- one cent each. Loaf of bread 10 CENTS a pound. Egads. Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Da Vinci Code Date: 5/29/06 4:07:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time From: _atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: PS: > Mike, I think you are three years too late. I agree, it was a funny line. Ach! you're right. Mark it up to my inclination to think that nothing important or funny happened before I was born in 1944. Thanks for straightening me out. Gah! Mike Geary Memphis ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html