Originally posted by: JimWhalen on 8/31/2005 12:40:29 PM

Hey smileyw that is more then I use to pay to fill the tank on A 1966 Buick that I owned in the early 70s I can't believe the differance.----Jim

Originally posted by: aubrey on 8/31/2005 6:27:50 PM

You myst of had no gas waes I remember gas getting as low as 15 cents & sometimees lower I was riding a Cushman eagle & it cost me a whole 50 cents to fill & it went to school everyday during the week on that & I was working after school & I was making 30 bucks a week delivering donuts to 2 business

I got of school in 61 & that is almost my age

I'm 62 now

Originally posted by: ouachitabassangler on 8/31/2005 10:21:02 PM

I'm a 'seasoned' 60. I'm not feeling it as badly as my father did, so I don't dread going further with this. Keep the health and it ain't bad. Just don't do too many dumb things getting there.

Jim

Originally posted by: ouachitabassangler on 8/31/2005 10:37:56 PM

While I remember gas wars at 19 cents a gallon, I also remember at the same time having $5 in my pocket after bills was a miracle.

I inherited a homeplace that cost $20 an acre in 1956, the 3 BR house built then for nearly $10,000, sold recently for almost $130,000. If you earned $6,000 a year then you were a lender. If making that now you're a borrower.

Gas prices are not nearly in step with inflation since those days. Perpare for $4 a gallon, eventually $5-$6 to catch up with Europe. We're competing with China for fuel now, it's billion people at last able to afford cars and gas to move them, and more than willing to pay the price. The gas will be taken wherever people are willing to pay for it. That's all the more reason to develop our own massive oil reserves more and pass laws preventing its export. We have the technology now to prevent fouling the earth pumping and piping it, or play games with hyper "ecologists" and end up with wind-driven sail cars. <!--graemlin::eek:-->

Jim

Originally posted by: Johneeed on 9/1/2005 6:23:20 PM

Hmm I"m 33 years old with bad back of and 80 year old that's healthy as an ox, 3 back suregoens told me.
34 is comming to soon....

J.D.

Originally posted by: pillman on 9/1/2005 7:54:50 PM

just turned 50 this past June and in 18 days will celebrate my 25th wedding anniversary. I remember gas for 14-15 cents a gallon before I started driving. How about "a hamburger, fries and a coke and change back from your dollar" at Mcdonald's?

Originally posted by: aubrey on 9/2/2005 7:10:34 AM

Hey as a young boy I would go the state fair with 5 dollars ride the rides & go to the food &fiber building & get all I wanted to eat in the way of samples & yes I remember going to Mc Donalds & getting change back

How many of you people remember going to the Kids show on Saturday & getting in for a quarter & buying popcorn & a candy bar for a dime & staying their until late in the afternoon

Originally posted by: Pappa Jake on 9/2/2005 6:30:00 PM

You fellows are young yet,Papa_D
and me is old.But my mind says it's
19 but traped in a 99 yearold body

Originally posted by: PastorT on 9/2/2005 9:46:52 PM

Turned 54 last June 19th.

Originally posted by: papa_d on 9/3/2005 1:57:48 AM

eyes remember going to mc donalds and getting a full meal for a buck...

Originally posted by: fisherman007 on 9/3/2005 2:12:48 PM

Im only 13 here and goin to be 14 in November.

Alex

Originally posted by: Larry nelson on 9/7/2005 7:37:34 PM

I remember McDonalds burgers costing $.19. They still had car hops then. Man am I ever glad time doesn't stand still. Could you imagine how those car hops would look on roller skates now.

Originally posted by: SuwanneePaul on 9/8/2005 5:12:02 AM

I can remember going on a date in the early 60's with $10.00 in my pocket. Bought gas, burgers, drive in movie and had money left over when I got home. AH those were the days! I'll be 59 September 20th.

Originally posted by: Johneeed on 9/10/2005 2:48:53 PM

Yeah, but only 1 question??

-How long did it take for you to make that $10 for that date??-
lol <!--graemlin::)-->

Johnny D.

Originally posted by: SuwanneePaul on 9/14/2005 5:03:53 AM

I used to dig Guahogs back then. It was a good way to make a living and honestly it didn't take long to make $10.00 if you were not affraid to work. Pretty much the same thing goes today, if you want to work and not live off the state you can do it. To many of the young folks today have had things handed to them and really don't know what a hard days work means. Even though I only took $10.00 on my date back then I still had a bank book with more in it. Just my thoughts...

Originally posted by: John C. Taylor on 9/14/2005 5:24:37 AM

Wow, a ten dollar date---I'd almost forgotten about that. I grew up in a farming background so dollars per hour wasn't even an issue. However, Dad was really understanding about such things. As he handed me a ten dollar bill after we shut down the tractor on a Saturday evening, he would say something like "don't you think you might spending a little too much time with that girl"? Then he would hand me the key to our 500 gal. tank so I could fill up my car.

Dad passed away in April 1998 at the age of 67. He went along with me when I bought my new and current 1998 4x4 GMC 3/4 ton pickup on April 1. We had a great time playing with the truck that day. Just a couple of weeks later, Keith, my only brother, and I drove Dad's ashes to the graveyard in the new 4x4. Since we didn't know where Dad was to be buried, one of my sisters was supposed to lead the way . Renee' hit the gas and we quickly lost sight of her. We drove all over town and finally arrived at the burial site about 20 minutes late. Everyone was standing around wondering what happened to Dad and his two sons. Mom, who passed away in Sept. 2001, broke the tension by saying that I know your father probably wanted to prolong his last pickup ride. I think I'll probably hang on the that truck until the wheels fall off.

Anyway, no matter your age, enjoy a full life. Live your dreams and cherish your memories. Above all, have a lot of fun along the way.

JCT

Originally posted by: scotteph on 9/14/2005 6:24:20 AM

Great stories Paul and John. <!--graemlin::cool:--> Thanks for sharing.

Originally posted by: LandLunker on 9/14/2005 1:07:57 PM

I smiled at the postings of inexpensive gas and $10.00 dates. There wasn't a MacDonalds, when I was growing up. If you had $10.00 you must have held up a bank! They had a free show once a week, they blocked off the street and showed the cartoons first , while the older folks shopped. The popcorn was free.
Pecked potatoes for 1/2 cents a peck or you could pick potatoes for 10 cents a bushel.
Got 10 cents a line for setting pins at the bowling alley. Thanks for letting me remenise, oh I am only 70 years old. Enjoy life while you have the health to do so.

Originally posted by: John C. Taylor on 9/14/2005 1:56:42 PM

Very well stated LandLunker. Your advice is good for all of us.

I didn't see a Micky D's until my senior year in high school. Mom made a better hamburger than they did so I wasn't too impressed.

We didn't really eat there until our first two boys pratically dragged us there because of TV adds featuring the clown RM. Now the young ones (our 2nd family) likes to eat there at least once a week. They've got that playland thing going on so a least the six year old gets to burn off some his excessive energy.

Later---------JCT

Originally posted by: papa_d on 9/14/2005 2:39:15 PM

LANDLUNKER... I'M NOT AS OLD AS YOU ARE BUT I HAD TWO BROTHERS THAT SET PINS IN A BOWLING ALLEY. MANY TIMES THAY GOT HIT BY BOWLING BALL/PINS THROWN BY OVER ZELLOUS DRUNKS. THEY WOULD COME HOME AFTER WORK LIKE THEY JUST GOT DONE FIGHTING. ONE BROTHER EVEN SPARRED WITH SUNNY LISTON THE BOXER. HE GOT SOME BEATINGS TOO. HOWEVER I REMEMBER THE FIRST MICKY D'S GOING UP HERE IN MUSKEGON AND THE BURGERS WERE 10 CENTS AND THE FRIES WERE 15 CENTS. POP WAS ALSO 15 CENTS. YOU COULD FILL UP THE STOMACH FOR LESS THAN A BUCK. THE FIRST 15 YEARS OF MY LIFE WE NEVER HAVE RUNNING WATER OR AN INSIDE JOHN... THOSE WERE SOME COLD TRIPS IN THE WINTER. <!--graemlin::D-->