'Remember when' or 'these kids today' nostalgia thread for old fogies like me

[WVduckchick]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned M*A*S*H! Loved that show. Just saw it on WGN.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned M*A*S*H! Loved that show. Just saw it on WGN.

We get that show all the time. Liked it then, like it now!

 

[User395221]

Yes, they are showing reruns of MASH here as well. Great show. Some shows "never died". Bewitched and I dream of Jeannie still get shown on "normal" tv from time to time.

 

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[Mace Gill]

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And don't forget "Legal Institute Facilitators and Alternate Income Specialists"

 

[The Moonshiner]

Do you remember what your first real job paid?

My first job was in a factory but they paid decent back then. I started at 4.85. I remember I could buy a gallon of gas for under a dollar. Pack of cigarettes were also under a dollar.

 

[igorsMistress]

Do you remember what your first real job paid?

My first job was in a factory but they paid decent back then. I started at 4.85. I remember I could buy a gallon of gas for under a dollar. Pack of cigarettes were also under a dollar.

I think I made $3.35 an hour at my first job. Working in a cafeteria when I was 16. Back when kids worked fast food and weren't competing with adults.

 

[igorsMistress]

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Gasp!! Is that little boy holding a gun? A toy gun!!?? That's what's wrong with this world today, I'm calling childrens services, who is his mother?

 

[Blooie]

I had a steady all summer long babysitting job. 35 cents an hour.

 

[Mace Gill]

Do you remember what your first real job paid?

My first job was in a factory but they paid decent back then. I started at 4.85. I remember I could buy a gallon of gas for under a dollar. Pack of cigarettes were also under a dollar.

Well ... that's what 'these kids today' are all up in arms about ... the $4.85 then bought a LOT more than the $9.75 today! Especially when you compare housing costs, cost of cars or car repairs, food, healthcare, and all manner of things.

Anyway, my first gig was $5/hr and gas was somewhere around $.85/gallon.