I'm so old I Remember when:

[CapricornFarm]

I remember Tropicana OJ in cartons in a vending machine for 10¢.

We got milk for 4 cents in school. Hot lunch was 25 cents!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Yup. Handing over a $5 bill, saying, "Fill 'er up," and staying in your car while you got your windows washed, oil and tires checked. Yup yup. THOSE were the days, lol.

 

[MROO]

I remember when gas was less than 17¢ a gallon...

And you:

Right before I got my license, I was VERY upset because you could no longer get two gallons for under a dollar. I swore it was a conspiracy ... I guess I wasn't too far wrong!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Chocolate bars were 5 cents!

 

[MROO]

We got milk for 4 cents in school. Hot lunch was 25 cents!

Milk went from 2 to 4 cents the year I started first grade. My Mom wasn't too happy about that!

 

[MROO]

Chocolate bars were 5 cents!

... and penny candy. Man, we thought we were RICH!

 

[MROO]

Yup. Handing over a $5 bill, saying, "Fill 'er up," and staying in your car while you got your windows washed, oil and tires checked. Yup yup. THOSE were the days, lol.

Yep ... except that your paycheck was like, $27 a week!

 

[CapricornFarm]

The Ed Sullivan show!

 

[CapricornFarm]

Yep ... except that your paycheck was like, $27 a week!

But everything was so much more affordable, and things lasted. Like 50 years for a refrigerator!

 

[MROO]

The Ed Sullivan show!

... Jackie Gleason!