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kronckew · 5th June 2015, 01:42 PM

i read you can buy a (dressed) pig for about $600 (weight dependent)
so 25 pigs x 600 =$15000 dollars. (live ones are a bit cheaper)

quite expensive for a musket. they were being ripped off!

even the earlier 8 pigs is dear. ($4800)

rampant inflation. i blame the EU of course.

a carton of potatoes can go for about $24 so 160 x $24 =$3840, so roughly equivalent. initially, depending on basket size.

you could probably by the exact same musket, made yesterday in the khyber pass area for a lot less in goats, now that the musket market has dropped out of sight with the popularity of ak47's.

please do not try to buy muskets in the khyber pass area with pigs, it is not a legal currency there. offering them would not turn out well.

5th June 2015, 01:42 PM	#5
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,150	i read you can buy a (dressed) pig for about $600 (weight dependent) so 25 pigs x 600 =$15000 dollars. (live ones are a bit cheaper) quite expensive for a musket. they were being ripped off! even the earlier 8 pigs is dear. ($4800) rampant inflation. i blame the EU of course. a carton of potatoes can go for about $24 so 160 x $24 =$3840, so roughly equivalent. initially, depending on basket size. you could probably by the exact same musket, made yesterday in the khyber pass area for a lot less in goats, now that the musket market has dropped out of sight with the popularity of ak47's. please do not try to buy muskets in the khyber pass area with pigs, it is not a legal currency there. offering them would not turn out well. Last edited by kronckew; 5th June 2015 at 02:19 PM.