When I was in high school.......
 

I could buy a large milkshake for a quarter. I just bought one today and the sales tax was .27. WTF??

dirt is newer.

The invention of the wheel drove up prices on a lot of things...

The nation was a lot more agricultural back then, so milk was cheaper.

And anyway, you'll get that tax money back at the end of the month in your social security.

how much was the stagecoach ride to town?

when i was in high school, i was making those milk shakes. i won't drink them now. those kids do some nasty shit.
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Tell us some stories about having to walk a long ass way to school every day.

See how hard our life is?

I had to walk to and from school EVERY DAY so all you mudder fuggers can bite me.

Even when I was a senior in FUGGIN HIGH SCHOOL.

That is what happens when you don't have any friends

Hey look - smart ass remarks - Who would ever have expected that?

A lot of things have changed since the depression era, Skip

time for your nap gramps?

I had one friend who had a car. In fact, he lived, literally, a stone's throw away from my house. But he always had after school shit.

One time I used my lunch period to go get some shit from home that I needed. I got to the back of the baseball field and someone had left their bike there, unchained. I borrowed it, returned it, and left a thankyou note. ROFL

I know I'm stunned. That may have more to do with hitting my head on the car door this morning, though.

Hey look a crochety old man is complaining who would have expected that?







:p

I can see Skip opening up the letter which contains his Social Security check now.

"Total for SSN#2"..

"Damn that Roosevelt!"

I was really pissed off when a bottle of Coke went up from a nickel to six cents.

Dirt was new.

to late.

:cuss:

I must say that I liked the older style soda machines a lot. When I was a little kid, the small towns still had those old chest-type machines where the sodas were under chilled water and you had to soak your hand to get them out.

The machines with the bottles lined up at you from little portholes always scared me, though. The metal and glass made so much noise that I was always sure that the bottle was going to break as I pulled it out.

no kidding - then you couldn't have penny candy too

But don't forget that when you were in high school, the girls' nether regions looked as if they were smuggling Dr. J in their panties.

Are you sure you didn't testify at the Micheal Jackson hearings?

Geez, Gramps how old are you? I thought people your age were drinking ensure and wearing depends let alone worrying about the cost of milkshakes.

I remember when a can of Copenhagen was .85 and now your looking at $6.50 :eek: ....I'm glad I finally quite that chit.

*Insert smart assed remark making fun of Skip Towne's age here.*

When Skip was in HS, shop class involved mastering firestarting with Flint or 2 sticks, so they could prepare the burt stick for art class, which was basically stick animals on cave walls.

Skip was lucky though, they were able to dissect a mastedon and a paleostinkus in Biology.

.17 and you needed a can opener to get inside.
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Recess?

Hamburgers were a dime a Griffs on Thursdays! Cigs were .15 for a pack.

I bet those .25 milkshakes went well with the Brontosaurus Burgers!

High School ......... Oh man,I have 30 year reunion this month.:shake:

Does anyone else have a mental image of Skip as old Biff from Back to the Future?

I've got my 20 in 07'...

Freak'n time flys...Especially when your raising kids.

Skippy, now what did you expect? I can't even imagine a milkshake costing .25. But I wouldn't put too much thought into it. The average person was making a fraction of what people make now. It's all relative, my friend.

I do now.

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Wait, what do you mean High School? I thought all the kids went to the same school with the same teacher in those days.

Me too. Go Pirates, class of 75.

ROFL

Thanks, I couldn't find one.

McFly!

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"Why, Gochiefs? Why did you have to post more obsucre sci-fi references? Arrrrrgghh." - Skip

What is not, not to like
A shiny bike
No lock no key
It's there for me
It's for real
I'm gonna steal
A pair of wheels
FSU
Now you can too

I know soon that someone else
Will claim my new bike for themselves
Waiting for their lucky day
To make a speedy getaway

4X: I am a bike thief

Our friend the Dane
He does the same
No lock no chain
He rides around
All over town
To travel far
Without a car
He pedals hard
So join the fun
You could have one

Want to get from here to there
A bike can take me anywhere

It's not mine but I don't care
I've had enough of playing fair

I'm riding free
So come with me
We'll be carefree
Say it with me

4X: I am a bike thief

Scope it out
You'll be without
The slightest doubt
You want it now
I'll show you how
Go down tonight
The time is right
It's in your sights
And if you dare
It's sitiing there

I know soon that someone else
Will claim my new bike for themselves
Waiting for their lucky day
To make a speedy getaway
Want to get form here to there
A bike can take me anywhere
It's not mine but I don't care
I've had enough of playing fair

4X: I am a bike thief
I-I-I-I-I am a bike thief

2X: I am a bike thief
I-I-I-I-I am a bike thief

4X: I am a bike-- thief

Jesus Christ, Skip, when you were in high school it was a one room cabin with Miss Beatle.

No....I invision Skip and logical as the grouchy old guys in the balcony on the muppet show.

Ha Ha ....... ROFL

yep...I got the letter in the mail while I was gone...25 year reunion in 2 months.:shake:


You all do have a huge tax in Mo..I was shocked back in to reality last week with the damn tax on EVERYTHING we bought.

I had wondered where you were..but didn't want to ask.:)

When I disappear, it's always work-related.

That's up hill both ways in the snow with no shoes. And that's the way we liked it.
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The real question is how does the $0.25 milk shake stack up given salary increases etc.

Just like gasoline. Still a great price at $2 gallon compared to $ 0.50 gallon in high school 30 years ago.

High school was a pretty good time...

I remember when people used to die on time. Now they string out out and steal tax money

I know what you mean.... when I first got a car, gas was 98 cents/gallon.... now look at it! How time flies...

Lucky for you Skip, us youngins invented Viagra, so you shouldn't bitch about your milkshakes so mutch.

Wait a minute, this is Skip I am talking about, he bitches about everything. ;)

I'm going to try to die on time.