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Offline Wayne

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any one old enough to remember the 60s
« on: May 28, 2009, 08:34:45 AM »
http://objflicks.com/TakeMeBackToTheSixties.htm


  A fun link for us old farts........or maybe even some young farts...
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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2009, 08:56:24 AM »
I am and that was fun. 
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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2009, 10:42:35 AM »
I have some 4¢ stamps from the 60s. People still called Muhammed Ali, "Cassius Clay" for the most part. I miss American Bandstand. I used to watch it all of the time. The 60s had it good times for some and not so good times for others. I wish we could return the the same mentality & morality that we had in the early Sixties. The late 60s were a whole 'nother thing.
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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2009, 10:48:03 AM »
I have vague recollections

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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2009, 11:07:03 AM »
This one I remember more of.

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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2009, 11:11:49 AM »
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The national debt was $286.3 billion

$286,300,000,000.00 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $1,929,129,775,641.03 in 2009.

Annual inflation over this period was about 4.43%.

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The average salary was $4,743.00

$4,743.00 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $31,959.00 in 2009.

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The average teacher's salary was $5,174.00

$5,174.00 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $34,863.14 in 2009.

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The minimun wage was $1.00

$1.00 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $6.74 in 2009.

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A first class stamp was $.04

$0.04 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $0.27 in 2009.

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A gallon of gas was $.31

$0.31 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $2.09 in 2009.

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A McDonalds hamburger was $.15

$0.15 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $1.01 in 2009.

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Popcorn at the movies was $.20

$0.20 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $1.35 in 2009.

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A soda was $.10

$0.10 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $0.67 in 2009

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A brand new Chevrolet was $2,529.00

$2,529.00 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $17,040.76 in 2009.


Seems to me the only ones making out like a bandit today are Hollywood and the UAW.
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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2009, 11:17:08 AM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on May 28, 2009, 11:11:49 AM
$286,300,000,000.00 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $1,929,129,775,641.03 in 2009.

Annual inflation over this period was about 4.43%.

$4,743.00 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $31,959.00 in 2009.

$5,174.00 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $34,863.14 in 2009.

$1.00 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $6.74 in 2009.

$0.04 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $0.27 in 2009.

$0.31 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $2.09 in 2009.

$0.15 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $1.01 in 2009.

$0.20 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $1.35 in 2009.

$0.10 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $0.67 in 2009

$2,529.00 in 1965 had about the same buying power as $17,040.76 in 2009.


Seems to me the only ones making out like a bandit today are Hollywood and the UAW.

Wow, four decades later, we really haven't advanced our standard of living at all.
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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2009, 11:23:03 AM »
Popcorn for $1.35? In 2009? I don't think so. You gotta take out a second mortgage to buy popcorn and a soda at the movies anymore. By the time you buy your tickets at $8.50 a pop, two sodas and a tub of popcorn, you're looking at $30 shot in the ass.
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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2009, 11:26:23 AM »
Quote from: crockspot on May 28, 2009, 11:17:08 AM
Wow, four decades later, we really haven't advanced our standard of living at all.
I dunno about that.  The advances in healthcare have really changed how we cure/treat many illnesses even though DUmmies complain about the "terrible state of healthcare in the US".
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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2009, 11:28:55 AM »
Quote from: crockspot on May 28, 2009, 11:17:08 AM
Wow, four decades later, we really haven't advanced our standard of living at all.

The national debt is the eyeopener.

When I was a kid I wanted to see the Taylor/Burton movie "Cleopatra".  I was really into ancient Egypt and kings and queens at the time.  But due to Elizabeth Taylor's unprecedented one million dollar fee demand, and the flamboyant production in general, the theaters were forced to charge a dollar per ticket.  My parents refused to pay that extorted amount.  Keep in mind that equates to less than seven dollars today.

So, let's take the average today's ticket price, say $7.50 and convert that amount to 1965 dollars.  That would be $50.54.

Back in the 1960's the price of a movie ticket and the price of a gallon of gas was just about the same.  What happened?  No one balks.  No call for a take over of "Big Movie".  

We need Universal Entertainment Care!  
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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2009, 11:31:19 AM »
Quote from: Eupher on May 28, 2009, 11:23:03 AM
Popcorn for $1.35? In 2009? I don't think so. You gotta take out a second mortgage to buy popcorn and a soda at the movies anymore. By the time you buy your tickets at $8.50 a pop, two sodas and a tub of popcorn, you're looking at $30 shot in the ass.

It is just a comparison of buying power then and now, not a statement of current prices.  That's the point, really.  In the great scheme of things all-things-Hollywood is way out of whack with just about everything else except cars.
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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2009, 11:32:43 AM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on May 28, 2009, 11:28:55 AM
The national debt is the eyeopener.

When I was a kid I wanted to see the Taylor/Burton movie "Cleopatra".  I was really into ancient Egypt and kings and queens at the time.  But due to Elizabeth Taylor's unprecedented one million dollar fee demand, and the flamboyant production in general, the theaters were forced to charge a dollar per ticket.  My parents refused to pay that extorted amount.  Keep in mind that equates to less than seven dollars today.

So, let's take the average today's ticket price, say $7.50 and convert that amount to 1965 dollars.  That would be $50.54.

Back in the 1960's the price of a movie ticket and the price of a gallon of gas was just about the same.  What happened?  No one balks.  No call for a take over of "Big Movie".  

We need Universal Entertainment Care!  
Given 99% of what has come from Hollyweird lately, I'm not sure I'd go if the tickets were just $1.  I just have a better use of my time than that.
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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2009, 12:17:41 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on May 28, 2009, 11:28:55 AM

We need Universal Entertainment Care!  

That would include sporting events also, right?
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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2009, 12:46:44 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on May 28, 2009, 12:17:41 PM
That would include sporting events also, right?

Oh please!  That's a given.
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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2009, 01:49:58 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on May 28, 2009, 12:46:44 PM
Oh please!  That's a given.

I've seen some comparison prices of tickets from the 60's to today. Really sad.
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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #15 on: May 28, 2009, 03:42:10 PM »
First half of the 60's were great, second half were not....on the other hand those were my growing up years...graduated high school in '70.

My, how the world has changed!
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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #16 on: May 28, 2009, 03:45:38 PM »
Quote from: debk on May 28, 2009, 03:42:10 PM
First half of the 60's were great, second half were not....on the other hand those were my growing up years...graduated high school in '70.

My, how the world has changed!

Lordy your old.   :innocent:
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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #17 on: May 28, 2009, 03:47:37 PM »
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Re: any one old enough to remember the 60s
« Reply #18 on: May 28, 2009, 07:05:57 PM »
Yeah I'm old. I remember alot of stuff from the 60's. I graduated High Scool in 1977 . Two weeks before this little movie came out called "Star Wars".
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