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Another reason 2024 sucks....
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Another reason 2024 sucks....
When I was a kid riding my bike up to High's Ice Cream or other places buying a 25 cent milk shake was no big deal. I was making money turning in soda bottles at the local grocery, running my paper route or cutting grass. 25 cent milk shake whenever no big deal. Now I am 70 retired everything paid off and now have to think do I have that extra 4.45 for that very good milk shake from Cookout burger shop ? Back in 2009 a six pack of Miller HighLife was 2 bucks and change! No matter what life brings in November cost of that milk shake will still continue to be $ 4.45 or more!
Must mention that 4.45 includes the city's 11.5 % local food tax which is something a 70 year old should be exempt from!
Must mention that 4.45 includes the city's 11.5 % local food tax which is something a 70 year old should be exempt from!
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Re: Another reason 2024 sucks....
Couldn't agree more there, forty.
And life was so much simpler back then.
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And life was so much simpler back then.
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- fortyshooter
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Re: Another reason 2024 sucks....
Well I bought that Double Chocolate shake yesterday evening and got back in time to watch Tour of Duty TV show which I like while enjoying that shake! I guess I can afford one per week.
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Re: Another reason 2024 sucks....
I stopped at a local gas station/convenience store/hardware store on Thursday of this week to buy four 9/16 X 2 1/2 carriage bolts and they were $.95 each.
I bought a Coke Zero while I was there and it was $2.39.
Sticker shock. I can remember when I was a youngster, you could buy a hot dog and a coke for $.25 + .01 tax. Of course, that was probably 65 years ago.
I bought a Coke Zero while I was there and it was $2.39.
Sticker shock. I can remember when I was a youngster, you could buy a hot dog and a coke for $.25 + .01 tax. Of course, that was probably 65 years ago.
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Re: Another reason 2024 sucks....
Back then, a Big Mac combo was 99 cents. The sales moto was meal for under a $1 with change back. Burger, fry and a drink.
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Re: Another reason 2024 sucks....
Sticker shock is when you go to the grocery store and can get 100.00 worth of groceries in 2 bags. And we have heads of the country that dont no how inflation works.
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Re: Another reason 2024 sucks....
When I was a kid, there was still a 5 Cent Coke machine in our neighborhood.
Now, I quit smoking (half pack a day) 49 years ago, but Camels were 40 Cents a pack back then.
The other day I was at the grocery store and saw that a pack of Camels is now $9.00 !!
One more. Again when I was a kid, I bought a great running '58 Chevy that was only 10 years old.
I paid $50 for it. Try doing that today, lol.
Now, I quit smoking (half pack a day) 49 years ago, but Camels were 40 Cents a pack back then.
The other day I was at the grocery store and saw that a pack of Camels is now $9.00 !!
One more. Again when I was a kid, I bought a great running '58 Chevy that was only 10 years old.
I paid $50 for it. Try doing that today, lol.
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Re: Another reason 2024 sucks....
I seldom went out for dinner and drove old cheap beaters. Now that I’m retired I spend about $14 daily at the latte shop and drive newer cars.
I have a neighbor that is broke and he tells me I need a boat, snowmobile and a 4-wheeler. All things that will depreciate. In the meantime I’m buying propane tanks and building a garage. All things that should appreciate.
That same neighbor has a brother that is a multi-millionaire. A couple months ago he told me I was the brother he wished he had.
I have a neighbor that is broke and he tells me I need a boat, snowmobile and a 4-wheeler. All things that will depreciate. In the meantime I’m buying propane tanks and building a garage. All things that should appreciate.
That same neighbor has a brother that is a multi-millionaire. A couple months ago he told me I was the brother he wished he had.
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Re: Another reason 2024 sucks....
Where can you get a shake for less than $5? Last time I stopped at a shop for one I assumed the front door came with it!
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Re: Another reason 2024 sucks....
Soft drinks were 10¢ and 25¢ at the A&W I worked at in the early 70's. Owner told the carhops and fountain workers that drinks were always to be served in mugs unless it was a to-go order as a paper cup cost more than the pop in it (which was only a couple of cents). We were allowed a free burger and fries and all the pop we could drink, but no free ice cream. But I did the closing cleanup and was the one who emptied and cleaned the ice cream machine so I got to have free sundaes or milk shakes.


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