so discussing it with my wife when I got to bed I explained how long it took me to get to that amount and wished I could find an old check stub from that period
You're reminding me of my dad, he would never allow inflation to have a bearing in his decisions.
If you think about how many years ago it was for you to get that amount inflation adjusted, it would help you and the people in your world. In the 1950's for example a dollar was quite a lot when a hamburger was 25 cents, and fries were 20 cents, a gallon of gas 21 cents.
