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Replying to @Lollardfish @arthur_affect
So that "baby shoes" story netted him only six bucks, though.
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Replying to @T_L_Seigler @Lollardfish
Which is $113.53 in today's money
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($1 back then was about $20 now, a substantial amount of money The expression "I'd bet dollars to donuts" meant being very confident, willing to bet at 20:1 odds, because a donut cost a nickel Now that a donut *does* cost a dollar this expression makes no sense)
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See it's funny because if you read stuff from the 30s you can find writers complaining about cheapskate editors paying them only a hundred bucks for a finished piece and people say the same thing today But back then $100 was $2,000
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