Remember 1955? (Page 2): We made big bucks, didn't we plum. I made mine working in a newspaper mailroom. Inserting papers, mailing papers, tying up bundles of paper routes, etc. Took...

ghaynes1 Loc: Strawberry Plains, TN

plumbob wrote:

My first job was a caddy at a CC. $ 5.00 a bag and tried to always carry 2. Tipping wasn't a thing then and that $ 5.00 for usually around 5 hours work went a long ways back in early 60's.

We made big bucks, didn't we plum. I made mine working in a newspaper mailroom. Inserting papers, mailing papers, tying up bundles of paper routes, etc. Took my first date to a movie with that money. I was a big spender then. Popcorn and a soda included. No kiss goodnight though.

DB Ed Loc: Brock, Nebraska southeast ne

Cigarettes did go up in price I quit in 74 35 cents a pack $3 a carton too costly noticed in the store yesterday camels were $62 a carton.

Big TC Loc: Raytown, MO.

DB Ed wrote:

Cigarettes did go up in price I quit in 74 35 cents a pack $3 a carton too costly noticed in the store yesterday camels were $62 a carton.

I was born in 1960. I remember hearing about a lot of them. I also remember just after I got my license to drive that gas went up to 50 cents a gallon. I was not to happy. I also remember when cigarettes went up to a $1.25 a pack out of the cigarette machine. I said I was going to quit. Boy did I quit and several other times. The latest was 7 months ago. Quit for a month and a half. I even spent Christmas week in the hospital because I had a hard time breathing. But when i got home it was very difficult to stay clean. Everybody else still smokes in the house.
So I failed big time. Maybe one of these days.

bigbarneycars Loc: Wilmington,NC

I got my 1st job as a Box Boy at a Ralph's Market in SoCal in the fall of '54. Levi's and Engineer Boots were the same price then at: $5.00 each, I know 'cuz that's where part of my 1st pay check went, lol. Jer

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

DB Ed wrote:

Cigarettes did go up in price I quit in 74 35 cents a pack $3 a carton too costly noticed in the store yesterday camels were $62 a carton.

Maybe in Neb, Ed but here they are 100 +or- a buck or 2.

MasterCon

Born in 1953. At age 13 messed up my hip. 1971, in the hospital for 2 months. Semi private room cost $35.00 a day. Amazing what the insurance companies have done since then.

ripogenu Loc: norfolk, MA

I remember my Dad telling me about "flation". back then gas was 19c, camels 21c, bread a nickel. I bought my brand new 72 Chevy pick-up tricked out for $2,500. same truck went for 6.500 in 74. Quit smoking Camel when it hit 55c pack. they cost $11.00 today. first job was picking strawberries for 10c box. today I make six figures and still don't have as much money in the credit union as back then.

BadFisherman Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=arethegoodtimesreallyoverforgoodmerlehaggard&view=detail&mid=3A7F6E969C1D53C86F913A7F6E969C1D53C86F91&FORM=VIRE0&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3darethegoodtimesreallyoverforgoodmerlehaggard%26form%3dEDGEAR%26qs%3dPF%26cvid%3d28f7ce1a4109434eb0a55d291d831f65%26cc%3dUS%26setlang%3den-US%26elv%3dAY3%2521uAY7tbNNZGZ2yiGNjfNsJvkKmBq7lwJ8xrVcIknk0Nmye541YMRfDUk4xWMtBhLMqgJSCTuJzyU3fGjqSWaRuXPMwpR4IvGuBKcmIN0v%26plvar%3d0%26PC%3dHCTS

fisher Loc: whitewater,colorado

BadFisherman wrote:

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I can recall in Oak Park, Mich., gas being 21 cents a gallon and whatever year it was when automatic transmissions first came out people saying they were "just a fad". Look at em now!!!!!If you want a manual shifter you have to order it.

DB Ed Loc: Brock, Nebraska southeast ne

fisher wrote:

I can recall in Oak Park, Mich., gas being 21 cents a gallon and whatever year it was when automatic transmissions first came out people saying they were "just a fad". Look at em now!!!!!If you want a manual shifter you have to order it.

Cheapest gas I remember 13.9 in 1963 Omaha was a gas war. Another thing from back in the

JimRed Loc: Coastal New Jersey, Belmar area

I turned 12 in October of 1955, and some of those sound pretty familiar!

BadFisherman Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

ghaynes1 wrote:

We made big bucks, didn't we plum. I made mine working in a newspaper mailroom. Inserting papers, mailing papers, tying up bundles of paper routes, etc. Took my first date to a movie with that money. I was a big spender then. Popcorn and a soda included. No kiss goodnight though.

My first jobs...outside of mowing lawns and collecting soda bottles...were as a busboy and also door-to-door selling of donuts from the neighborhood bakeshop. I was paid 25 cents an hour* as a busboy, while raking in a cool nickel per bag of a baker's dozen glazed donuts. With both jobs, I garnered a few, but not many tips. I started working them at 8 years-of-age.

*I did clean-up on free meals after my shifts of busing tables. And, the bake shop usually let me take home a bag of donuts after finishing my day. I probably sold an average of about 20 bags per day

At the age of 8, I was rollin' in cash.

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Some 50s Memories

https://biggeekdad.com/2015/05/1950s-memories/

BadFisherman Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Gordon wrote:

Some 50s Memories

https://biggeekdad.com/2015/05/1950s-memories/

That's a great video, Gordon, and one I can't recall having seen before

Another, more familiar song touting the 50's:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycRwYLcVAs8

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

BadFisherman wrote:

That's a great video, Gordon, and one I can't recall having seen before

Another, more familiar song touting the 50's:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycRwYLcVAs8

That was a good video by Ronnie but you just can't top Merle Haggard . Thanks for sharing