[Loch-Ruadh] Perhaps we need a few people to go to this....

[Polydore]

You forget to win the lottery again? (grin)
Turns out I ain't likely to go - my car needs fixing. I'm only getting 
about 70 miles pet gallon.
Of oil, that is! I hope it is just the front seal. Good thing friday is 
payday and I have 2 extra
days on this check.

Would have been fun, though.

PP!

Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin wrote:

>That front section seat is now $100, so it's about three times more, even
>when factored for inflation, or about $16.50 for a front section seat in
>1969.  I think I would have been outraged in 1969 to be asked to pay
>$16.50 for a front row seat, even to hear Three Dog Night perform "Chest
>Fever".
>
>Padraig
>
>Sluggy! said:
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>>On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 16:28 -0600, Pádraig Ruad Ó Maolagáin wrote:
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>>>Y'know, things sure have changed, ticket price-wise, since Chuck Negron
>>>of
>>>Three Dog Night quipped to the audience:
>>>
>>>"What's that back there?  You can't hear back there?  See, you should
>>>have
>>>bought the $5.50 tickets for the front!"
>>>
>>>$35.00 for the worst seats?  I don't think I'll be going.
>>>      
>>>
>>In defense of Bass Hall, I've been there a time or two and there really
>>are no bad seats, especially for music.
>>
>>On the other hand, that quote is from a performance in 1969 and
>>according to http://www.1960sflashback.com/1969/Economy.asp a gallon of
>>regular was 35 cents in 1969.
>>
>>>From that, $2.25 / $0.35 = 6.43, so $5.50 x 6.43 = $35.37/seat today is
>>not way out of line.
>>
>>Granted, that was $5.50 for front row seats then and $35.00 for balcony
>>seats now, and that 6.43 factor may not apply to everything. :)
>>
>>SlugMath!
>>
>>P.S. Your mileage may vary.
>>    
>>
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