May 25, 2005

$5 Basketballs: Then and Now

John Palmer reveals his true self : he loves shopping at Wal-Mart!

As I walked down one aisle, I was blown away by a display of basketballs. A huge cage of yellow, smiley-faced, Mr. Rollback Mascot basketballs. They were under $5, so I bought one. I love it....

When I first moved to Canada, about 68 years ago, I bought a basketball for, I think, about $5 then, which would be the equivalent of about $50 today. Being able to buy a really nice basketball today for one-tenth the price of one back then just amazes me.

And no, John is not Elvis.

UPDATE! John updates his post with a photo of the ball:

WM Basketball - John Palmer.jpg

Posted by Kevin on May, 25 2005 at 06:32 AM