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But back then you couldn't share it with millions of your closest friends all over the 'Net .

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mikephillips said:
My comments back in 1957, were to drool a lot, and need regular changing.....
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Back in January of 1957 I joined the Navy and went into the aviation division. Back then I smoked a pipe like my dad, but cigs were 10 cents a pack! Quit smoking in 1960. Time flys! :thumbsup2:
 
Gives interesting context for sure - and tends to confirm what I remember reading with regard to currency devaluation...it seems our currency has effectvely slipped a decimal point point between then and now - a single $1 in 1960 had effectively the same purchasing power as $10 does today, and those quotes kind of confirm that.
 
The year I graduated from HS. On Friday night 4 of s would each put in a quarter and by a dollar’s worth h of gas that would last me the weekend. Gas usually ranged between 19.9 and 25.9 cents a gallon.
 
My dad was personnel director for a large oil company from 1946 to 1966. I remember the "gas wars" where the usual 1950s price of 28 cents per gallon might drop to 18 cents per gallon. Wow. Here's a mid '50s photo of a Gulf station. Good Gulf (regular) was 22 cents; Gulf No-Nox (premium) was 32 cents. Note the Standard Oil station next door with regular at 28 cents.

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Let's see - 22 cents in 1959 is close to $2.25 today.
 
NutmegCT said:
My dad was personnel director for a large oil company from 1946 to 1966. I remember the "gas wars" where the usual 1950s price of 28 cents per gallon might drop to 18 cents per gallon. Wow. Here's a mid '50s photo of a Gulf station. Good Gulf (regular) was 22 cents; Gulf No-Nox (premium) was 32 cents. Note the Standard Oil station next door with regular at 28 cents.

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Let's see - 22 cents in 1959 is close to $2.25 today.
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I remember the coin dispenser he’s wearing on his waist. The old days.
 
Younger folks look at me like I'm weird for having cash in my pocket. I can be the only one paying that way sometimes as everyone else is swiping their phones using an app.
 
Ever try to swipe a phone to pay the kid selling candy for a school fund raiser?
 
NutmegCT said:
Ever try to swipe a phone to pay the kid selling candy for a school fund raiser?
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Not today. The kid selling candy has his own online account with the candy company. He monitors his sales on his cell phone while accepting credit card payments :jester:
 
Back in 1960, I was discharged from the Navy and my first job paid $90 a week take home. I was overwhelmed getting that much money for a week's work! And, as time went on, I heard auto shops were getting $90 per hour shop rate! Remembering back when I was a kid, a loaf of bread was 12 cents! Times have changed a wee bit! :rolleyes2:
 
I was up to $160 a month when I enlisted ten years later... Inflation. 😏
 
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