Yes, that comes with all credit due to Gil Scott-Heron… Inflation is a simple fact of 21st century life. Indeed, there is a school of thought that suggests that it is a necessary condition for an expanding economy (discuss!); I am simply amused (and occasionally amazed) that stuff costs so much these days.
In 1968 a Suzuki Invader cost a bit under £300. When I checked the CMSNL website the other day for the price of a fuel tap I was slightly