Are you old enough to remember when................

[Dadsguns]

I can remember some of these things growing up..... what can you remember about prices and things during your childhood that were memorable to you?

.... you could go to the store and buy a 100 pieces of candy with a dollar....    

.... 1 gallon of gas was 75 cents.

.... you could get an Ice Cold Coca Cola and other flavors in a vending machine that served it in a ice cold glass bottle for 25 cents.  

[AAJagerX]

I must've been on the trailing edge of that time.  I remember penny candy, but the lowest I ever paid for gas was $.88

[bj229r]

I can remember some of these things growing up..... what can you remember about prices and things during your childhood that were memorable to you?

.... you could go to the store and buy a 100 pieces of candy with a dollar....    

.... 1 gallon of gas was 75 cents.

.... you could get an Ice Cold Coca Cola and other flavors in a vending machine that served it in a ice cold glass bottle for 25 cents.  

I pumped hgas at a Hess station when I was a kid....was 36.9 cents/gallon....still remember when candy bars when from a dime to 15 cents.....had to walk a mile back to the house for a @#%@##$$!@# nickel.....THEN the lady tells me there's TAX

[Dadsguns]

I pumped hgas at a Hess station when I was a kid....was 36.9 cents/gallon....still remember when candy bars when from a dime to 15 cents.....had to walk a mile back to the house for a @#%@##$$!@# nickel.....THEN the lady tells me there's TAX

 

[Changeup]

I remember when Min wage was 1.95/hour...I was too young to have a job but it sounded like a crapton of money at the time.  Bought my first car in June of 1981...a candy-apple red, 1970 Mach 1 Mustang...60's on the back, 70's on the front with a 351 Cleveland that had a Holley QUAD Double pumper carb....$2900.00 and it was C H E R R Y because the prior owner LOVED it like a son....and it ran like it stole something.  I wish I had that car back!!! lmao

Changeup

[Hawk55]

.... you could get an Ice Cold Coca Cola and other flavors in a vending machine that served it in a ice cold glass bottle for 25 cents.  

I sure remember that Coke Dad.  They had a Coke machine with the crank at the golf club I caddied at...10 cents for a 6oz bottle for caddies only.  Man was that stuff COLD!

[Dadsguns]

I sure remember that Coke Dad.  They had a Coke machine with the crank at the golf club I caddied at...10 cents for a 6oz bottle for caddies only.  Man was that stuff COLD!

Oh yeah, one of the most memorable simple pleasures on a really hot day was to head down to the store that had that machine with a glass window maybe 3ft x 8 inch, always frosted since it was so cold, you would open that door and grab the neck of a bottle of your choice and pull it out, pop the top and slam it down.  Man were those good!

[Dichotomy]

I remember all of that and more. 

Going to visit my grandparents in Denver City and what a treat it was to be given some change and walk to the store for an Icee and bubble gum.

How about the popularity of CB radios?  CONVOY!!!!!

[oTRALFZo]

When I first got my drivers license, gas was at .59 a gal. Smokes were .75 a pack ( I said I would never pay and was furious when they jumped to 1.50 shortly after )

Now is it just me? Or can anyone remember a time when KFC was actually awsome and a BigMac actualy tasted better than the crap they put out now.

[RTR]

Oh yeah!

Gas was in the .35 cent area per gallon, if you had a dollar you could get a ton of candy (some were 2 for a penny whoohoo!)

And yep, nothing was better than a cold coke in a glass bottle right out of the machine.

good old days <G>

RTR

[FelixSteiner]

I remember when the World trade centers collapsed.

[Plawranc]

I remember when we all used to think 1$ a litre in fuel was an extortionist price 

[Mister Fork]

I remember logging into Compuserve on my 300 baud modem...and my first taste of air warrior was on my 14400 baud modem again through compuserve years later..joining a b17 crew for a crazy bombing mishun as a waist gunner...those were the years...

[RTR]

I remember logging into Compuserve on my 300 baud modem...and my first taste of air warrior was on my 14400 baud modem again through compuserve years later..joining a b17 crew for a crazy bombing mishun as a waist gunner...those were the years...

Death Stars!

LOL..fun times

RTR

[Dichotomy]

I had a TRS 80 and thought I was king s.... well you know.  Wish I had been informed enough to get in on the AW bit.  Probably would have saved me a ton of money and two family practitioners