I remember delivering the daily paper and $20 bucks or so would be my collection take for the entire route. Out of that, if everyone paid up, I would profit about $1.50
I felt like a tycoon (not).
How about how rich you felt when you had $20 in your wallet. I remember Dobbie Gilles talking to Maynard G. Krebbs (before Gilligan’s Island) about counterfeiting a $20 bill, ‘because everyone takes them.’ and not the larger bills…
Back in high school I could gas up the bomber, take a girl to the movies and get burgers and shakes after. Of course, gas was 19 cents a gallon and McDonald’s cheeseburgers were 15 cents. The movies were the big expense at a dollar each, but hey it was at a new-fangled duplex theater!!
DebJ4 almost 16 years ago
Of course, Pluggers can ALSO remember when that $20 was what it cost to have your newspaper delivered for an ENTIRE year!
viathin almost 16 years ago
ya or that 20 bucks would allow you to go to the movies for an entire year
JonD17 almost 16 years ago
I remember delivering the daily paper and $20 bucks or so would be my collection take for the entire route. Out of that, if everyone paid up, I would profit about $1.50 I felt like a tycoon (not).
smurf764 almost 16 years ago
How about how rich you felt when you had $20 in your wallet. I remember Dobbie Gilles talking to Maynard G. Krebbs (before Gilligan’s Island) about counterfeiting a $20 bill, ‘because everyone takes them.’ and not the larger bills…
alife almost 16 years ago
I heard that Las Vegas Doesn’t take $1 & $5’s people counterfeit those!
Daviddeer almost 16 years ago
I rememer filling up my half empty gas tank and still have enough to buy three meals at McDonalds.
stonehenge1951 almost 16 years ago
Back in high school I could gas up the bomber, take a girl to the movies and get burgers and shakes after. Of course, gas was 19 cents a gallon and McDonald’s cheeseburgers were 15 cents. The movies were the big expense at a dollar each, but hey it was at a new-fangled duplex theater!!
Cannoneer almost 16 years ago
20 bucks = 80 gallons of gas, in a galaxy long,long ago and far, far away.