The Old Folks Home

[chickadoodles]

100 years ago today ad in the paper,
Molasses .17 qt, toilet paper 6 rolls .25,
Codfish .15 lb, large can pumpkin .15,
Bar soap .05, 10lbs cooking onions .25, Spanish onions .04 lb,
Kerosene oil .13 a gallon.
Wow you could buy kerosene at a grocery store lol.
This was during war times so food prices high, rationing, only supposed to use meats certain days, wheat flour was not allowed.
Was a article they voted to raise school teacher salary grade school up $125 yr high school $100yr, so they were raised up to $625 and $750 a yr.

Those were the days. I can remember my mom buying kerosene for our lanterns at the
local store in Minnesota. I was about 8 then.

 

[Beer can]

Pretty discouraging to think that our generation, the baby boomers, are known for our work ethics and we are all retiring.

Be afraid....be very afraid.

I'm glad I was raised by a hard worker, doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, just put forth 110%
Just was talking about this with a guy at work. We've hired fourty people in the last yr for four keepers, and three of them are probably borderline worthless. I bid on a first shift job three months ago, trained two people, first just quit coming to work (heard he told his family he was laid off) second, not sure what his deal is, hurt himself so can't work, not sure if he's coming back now. Last time I talked to him he was complaining about trying to rent a place and they said no dogs, his is a emotional support animal, has a doctor's note.... (Just bought the puppy a couple months ago...)
Asked the old guy that does my current job on first shift, what's going to come of this world? This generation is just worthless.
He says, Your raising some ain't you!!!
Yeah I guess I am. Oldest DD got a job right after graduating, so did her bf, moved out on their own already.
I guess there might be a few out there.

 

[chickadoodles]

Pick your favorite color from the rug use that for windows in the dining area
find a deep green or burgundy rug for the kitchen spills or drips do not stain them

Thanks. I'll keep looking.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Hey, I hear ya, @Latestarter. DH and I eat pretty sensibly. Not a lot of junk food although we do like our low fat ice cream and 'nilla wafers. Our food bill still averages out to 80-100 dollars a week. I remember when mom would feed a family of four, with two growing children on 35-40 dollars a week.

She would send me to the local store on my bike to buy milk and bread. She would give me 75 cents. I can still remember the milk and loaf of bread costing 69 cents. She would let me keep the change. 6 cents back in the early 60s was big money!

Now a loaf of bread here is about 1.59 and milk 2.19.

Let's face it guys, the good old days are long gone.

Yeah, i can remember when chocolate bars were 5 cents!

 

[ronott1]

100 years ago today ad in the paper,
Molasses .17 qt, toilet paper 6 rolls .25,
Codfish .15 lb, large can pumpkin .15,
Bar soap .05, 10lbs cooking onions .25, Spanish onions .04 lb,
Kerosene oil .13 a gallon.
Wow you could buy kerosene at a grocery store lol.
This was during war times so food prices high, rationing, only supposed to use meats certain days, wheat flour was not allowed.
Was a article they voted to raise school teacher salary grade school up $125 yr high school $100yr, so they were raised up to $625 and $750 a yr.

Of course wages were much lower too

 

[CapricornFarm]

Thanks Penny. I found some rugs and fabric. Been at all day. lol
Rugs
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Curtain fabric
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It's 54" wide so I got 4 yards.
What do you think of them together?

Great combo!

 

[bruceha2000]

Of course wages were much lower too

That is for sure, a randomly found example:
"According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average household earned $1,518 in 1918, which is the equivalent of $21,644 in 2008 dollars".

That would be $29.19/week. Average. As today, some people made a LOT more, some a lot less.

https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/05/17/putting-4-gas-in-perspective

 

[maddysmamaw]

OMG! I ate too much and now I’m too full. Ugh!

 

[drumstick diva]

I remember reading about Hershey chocolate bars being 5 cents for the longest time. I know when I started trick or treating (maybe 8 or so) got a big haul of full size 5 cent
candy bars. I thought people must have been rich.

Of course I used to eat myself into a candy coma, my older sister too. My brother (the baby in family) was self disiplined and would decide how many he could have a day.
Of course we raided his haul. He was around 5 and I don't think he caught on until he got older. Sister and I figured a little kid didn't need that much candy. Of course my mom and father raided his too. What a family right?

 

[drumstick diva]

Take some Tums mawmaw. I don't use salt or pepper etc instead kitchen table has a bottle of extra strength Tums.