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3 lines and shoe rental at the bowling alley🎳
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Would get my back and forth to work @ a $1.25 a gallon. While Cassette tapes took over 8 tracks.
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a candy bar and a coke
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$3.00 all day City bus pass.
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11.9 McD cheeseburgers
5 dozen eggs
60 talk minutes for the Nokia cell phone that never ran out of battery
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^pay phone minutes.
I remember for me was
25cents
Then i feel like it was 35cents a dime and a quater..
Then 50cents
And I think now its $1?
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Back in my day (late 80's early 90's) ...
6 minutes of talk time on L.A. Cellular
A tommy Burger, Chili Fries and a Coke... and change!
5 gallons of gas
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I don’t remember being able to get pizza and soda for $5 or gas $5 for 3 gallons or movie tickets. We are the same age.
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A $5 bill from the right person these days will get you a whole case Covid19.
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I remember gas at 25 cents a gallon too
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5 bucks , 20 pc. Mcnugguts
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In 1964 for five bucks I could have gone to the movies ten times and had enough to get sick on candy each time. In 1971 it was enough to fill up my VW and a six pack of beer. Times have changed.
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I used to make 5 bucks an hour in my teens and I was rolling in dough! of course, there was no HX back then or I would have been flat broke!
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back in those days...
$5 would get you a CARTON of cigarettes.
a BigMac meal, a Whopper meal was $1.99
when gas was $0.29/gal, RTD bus (before Metro), was $0.35, and you got a transfer to continue your trip on up to 4 buses. bread (1 lb.) was $0.49. 1 gal of milk was $0.49
that was 1975-1980.
inflation was unheard of.
rent for 1/2 of a duplex, 2 bdrm, was $135/mo.
my DAD was a cook, and made $48/day.
school lunch (junior high), was $1/day.
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hx photo album
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OCCityBoy2 those were the Carter years and peak inflation of over 11% was nearly 5 times what it is today!
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Four fingers of Flower tops. Roll it and smoke it!!
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Dont forget the Luniz Rap Song "I got 5 on it"
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I think when I was 19.
My friend would get 2 mickey 40s for 5 bucks nearly and we have a chugging contest just to catch that buzz... teenagers..
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I can remember gas at $.25 per gallon or less and getting a 16oz bottle of Royal Crown Cola and a bag of Cheetos from the local convenience store for $.25.
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Lol... Mickey's were like 2 bucks each... Good ol days 👍🤣🤣🤣... Be safe everyone.
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I remember I could go buy a couple 45's at the time.
These were the smaller vinyl records that would have a top 10 hit on one side and another song on the B side.
Mostly Pop music.
This is when cassette tapes started taking hold.
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If you time it right, you can get a barrel of oil for $5.........that's 12 cents a gallon.
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5000 of those little 1 cent hard candies with pop-fizz centers that you would grab by the handful out of a jar at TG&Y.
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Telling my age. Cheers burger .25 cent, soda .10 cent, loaf if bread .25 cent, gallon of gas . 29 cent or a new car for (VW Beetle) under $2000.
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LOL... $5.78 will get you a Jumbo Jack with Cheese and two tacos. Cup of water is free...
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Haha 20 McDonald's cheeseburgers for $5
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My favorite comment on this blog is Dahg8tcubix's.
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I remember mickey d's burgers or frys for 15 cents a piece, or maybe it was 25 cents. Back in mid 70's
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Today its a "footlong" at Subway
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Gina, You are not old enough to have a back in your day.
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2 stoly Rocks with .80 cents left for a tip to bartender at 1st avenue waiting for Prince to go on stage.
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$5 in 1979 got me into the Other Masque (punk rock club on SW corner Santa Monica and Vine) on a Friday night, 5 bands for 5 dollars. The Flyboys, the GoGos, Cramps, Dead Boys and the Germs. Another $5 got a Super Star with Cheese and a large drink from Carl's Jr, a donut and orange juice after the show, then a ride home on the RTD 31 bus from Hollywood to Pasadena around 5 AM the next morning...
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Could’ve bought a 3 bed 1.5 Bath house in Lennox.
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GaijinTony, now those were the Days.
Some of the best shows I saw were 5-dollar night shows.
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I always have a good laugh when someone Gina’s age says “back in the day”.
That wasn’t very long ago darlin.
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I remember seeing Superman and having to pay $4 for a movie for the first time in my life. I was so pissed!
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I saw Superman in 1978 for less than 3 dollars at a vintage theater with a huge screen.
The sound system was great too.
When the curtains opened and the projector started flickering I was way, way excited.
Those were the days...
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