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[ECBG]

[godi]

Wow! How eye opening these statements are. 

[luvmybeetle]

@ECBG  Thanks, I just sent this to my children.  I was 12 years old in 1957.  I remember some of these things.  I bought a brand new sporty car in 1973 for $3,000.  I wish I could have that car now.

[Marp]

Seems in some respects we remain verrrrry sloooow learners.

[RetRN]

How quickly we forget.

[AuntG]

A four bedroom house for $8000. Who can afford that? Wait, I see it has a half bath near the entry to the one car garage. Maybe if your mother gets a part-time job, we can buy it.

[ScarletDove]

I remember many of them well....

I was 15 in 1957, the next year cigarettes and gas were both 25cents. 

My mother would never allow me to see Gone With The Wind, and to this day I have never seen it! 

I made $1 hr when I worked at the "dime store". 

While pregnant with 1st child, watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.

When first child was born in 1969 was able to grocery shop for $20/wk. We lived on the fumes of dimes...cooked everything from scratch, grew a vege garden, canned fruits and tomatoes, and baked all my breads...

[SeaMaiden]

@ECBG  thanks for sharing!

[ECBG]

@ScarletDove That's amazing!

Please, please see Gone With the Wind.  It is wonderful!  You won't ever get over the richness of this winderful movie!  I've seen it over 30 times!!!

[mspatmac]

@ECBG  Thanks for sharing.  What I found interesting you could substitute 2020 for some of them and we make the same comments but at hugh jump in cost.  Some things never change.