A bit of history.
Jan 23, 2020 13:12:04 #
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As I recall, I quit going to the barber when the price of a haircut went up to $2. And I was starting to have a lot less hair. The lowest price I remember was in the '40s, $0.25 for a kid's (me) haircut.
I had a receipt from the hospital for my mother's hysterectomy (around 1952). It included 2-3 days in the hospital, including surgery with anaesthesia. Total $52.
In the late '40s I recall seeing gas at about $0.12/gallon.
I still have a few things in the kitchen that aren't electric.
Been a real long time since I considered spending a weekend in Lincoln or Omaha. Of course I now live in New England.
I had a receipt from the hospital for my mother's hysterectomy (around 1952). It included 2-3 days in the hospital, including surgery with anaesthesia. Total $52.
In the late '40s I recall seeing gas at about $0.12/gallon.
I still have a few things in the kitchen that aren't electric.
Been a real long time since I considered spending a weekend in Lincoln or Omaha. Of course I now live in New England.
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Jan 24, 2020 05:44:33 #
In the early 2000's: "What do I need a cellphone for? We've always gotten along perfectly well without one!"
Jan 24, 2020 06:19:26 #
1Feathercrest
Loc: NEPA
DirtFarmer wrote:
As I recall, I quit going to the barber when the p... (show quote)
When "Cleopatra" starring Elisabeth Taylor came out, I said to myself, $3.50 for a ticket? No way- never did see it. I liked the "Cleopatra" with Claudette Colbert. And, Broadway shows are now extremely un-affordable for moderate income people like me. As a youngster, I saw many great stage shows like "Carousel", 'State Farm", "Showboat". Ate at the automat. Parked my car on the street in front of the old "Birdland", "Barnum & Bailey's Circus" at the old venue. Rode the street car/subway for (nickle token?) cheap. Nothing is affordable for low and moderate income people now.
Jan 24, 2020 06:26:31 #
1Feathercrest
Loc: NEPA
BlueMorel wrote:
In the early 2000's: "What do I need a cellphone for? We've always gotten along perfectly well without one!"
My son bought a smart phone and year subscription [for my birthday] to replace my flip phone. I transferred my phone number to it and hate it. It beeps all the time even when I try to shut it off. I don't even carry it around most of the time now, whereas I always carried my flip phone. I am going to insult my son and transfer back to my [useful] flip phone. I don't want to be connected to all the internet garbage 24 hours a day.
Jan 24, 2020 07:00:42 #
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Jan 24, 2020 07:33:46 #
PH CIB wrote:
That is Funny and Sad at the same time,,,Great to see and read, Thanks for Posting !!!
Yes, indeed.
Jan 24, 2020 07:47:20 #
berchman
Loc: South Central PA
1Feathercrest wrote:
My son bought a smart phone and year subscription [for my birthday] to replace my flip phone. I transferred my phone number to it and hate it. It beeps all the time even when I try to shut it off. I don't even carry it around most of the time now, whereas I always carried my flip phone. I am going to insult my son and transfer back to my [useful] flip phone. I don't want to be connected to all the internet garbage 24 hours a day.
Try learning how to use it. You can turn off "notifications" and it won't beep. I'm 82 and I know how to use a smart phone.
Jan 24, 2020 08:09:59 #
Interesting. Here’s a thought, though: does anyone want to go back to 1957 wages?
Jan 24, 2020 09:31:41 #
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Jan 24, 2020 09:54:56 #
John_F wrote:
Stroll thru.
I noted the comment about electric typewriters. I was an eighth grader in '57/58 and took typing in high school a few years later. I remember that we had only one electric typewriter for the class, all the others being manual. Typing turned out to be probably the most useful class I took in HS.
Jan 24, 2020 10:00:27 #
jaymatt wrote:
Interesting. Here’s a thought, though: does anyone want to go back to 1957 wages?
Not a problem if I get to pay 1957 prices for everything.
Jan 24, 2020 10:44:04 #
flyboy61
Loc: The Great American Desert
Hell, I was there! The year I graduated from High School, and joined the military. Thanks for posting. 
Jan 24, 2020 10:52:31 #
jackm1943 wrote:
I noted the comment about electric typewriters. I was an eighth grader in '57/58 and took typing in high school a few years later. I remember that we had only one electric typewriter for the class, all the others being manual. Typing turned out to be probably the most useful class I took in HS.
I took a typing class in the summer of '56 I think. There was only one electric typewriter in the class. I had injured my finger, so I got it.
I got my father's old Royal manual typewriter when he passed on. Used it until my wife got an electric in the late '80s.
Around '84, the place I worked had electric typewriters for all the secretaries. One day we had a power failure. I was in big demand because they couldn't use a manual. Hard on their long fingernails. I was the only one in the building who could use a non-electric typewriter. About 2 years later they all got word processors and uninterruptable power supplies.
OTOH, it took me a while to learn to type using only my thumbs once I got a smartphone.
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