Hey old guyz. Tell us a story from the old days ;)

[traderben]

Saw a VW Bug, with a SBC engine, at Riverside drags in 1965.
Reved a little too high on the line and rolled over on its side.
Too much torque...

 

[mfoster]

Don’t forget about the cb craze

 

[Crubear]

$10 would buy you two bricks of 22, lunch at McDonald's, and half a tank of gas..... with change left over.

 

[Gaffer1968]

$10 would buy you two bricks of 22, lunch at McDonald's, and half a tank of gas..... with change left over.

But to be fair, prices, wages, etc. were much different, too. In 1968 basic training, I got my first 'advance payment.' Pay was 90-something/month which was conveniently set to not rise until you'd hit over two years active service.

What really ticked me off was they marched us over to table and we were all given a twenty, a five and a one dollar bill. THEN, they marched us over to the ****** barber to get all our hair cut off and I had to pay that sheep-shearing bastard the one dollar bill.....

 

[Crubear]

Gaffer, they didn't say be fair.... and in 69 I was 10 years old

 

[lostchild]

$10 would buy you two bricks of 22, lunch at McDonald's, and half a tank of gas..... with change left over.

But it was also a day’s wages.

 

[Crubear]

Fine. I could go out after breakfast, play until lunch, then go out and play until dinner, then go out and play until the street lights came on. The only thing I had to worry about losing was my brother - and it didn't matter if he got wet.

Bunch of old farts on this thread.

 

[streetroc]

Many years ago when I was just a young lad we used to post inappropriate memes in the inappropriate memes thread without getting hats

 

[Gaffer1968]

Gaffer, they didn't say be fair.... and in 69 I was 10 years old

I understand. I was 18, 1A with no job prospects then and no alternatives because I couldn't afford a hippie college deferment..... but I do remember what things cost and what I got paid and what benefits there actually were (for example, a carton of cigarettes for a dollar or a pint of vodka for 90 cents.) :0)

 

[Stampede]

Many years ago when I was just a young lad we used to post inappropriate memes in the inappropriate memes thread without getting hats

Now you're just making things up.