http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/17/automat-cleans-and-paints-golf-balls/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:04:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/17/automat-cleans-and-paints-golf-balls/comment-page-1/#comment-1057128 Eliyahu Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:58:05 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4649#comment-1057128 Few of us who play golf now realize how relatively expensive the sport used to be. I have a golf ball ad from 1930 which includes the price: $36.00 a dozen Using the consumer price index for conversion, that's the equivalent of $446.00 in 2007 dollars! It's no wonder losing a ball was upsetting and explains why people would repair and repaint their old balls. My golf collection includes a little jar of touch-up paint for golf balls, packaged in the 1940s. Few of us who play golf now realize how relatively expensive the sport used to be. I have a golf ball ad from 1930 which includes the price: $36.00 a dozen Using the consumer price index for conversion, that’s the equivalent of $446.00 in 2007 dollars! It’s no wonder losing a ball was upsetting and explains why people would repair and repaint their old balls. My golf collection includes a little jar of touch-up paint for golf balls, packaged in the 1940s.

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