Are you this old?

[turnkey4099]

$1.10 an hour, evening custodian at the Target . Overtime after 40. and I could work all I wanted.

Burned a lot of cardboard on Sunday evenings ;-)

First paying job a 16. $6 day and found working summer fallow. The day was a farmers day, Daybreak breakfast and hit the fields, quit about 6 or 7

 

[turnkey4099]

And wash your windshield . . .

And short stick the oil.

 

[Cougsfan]

It is funny how we remember the past as being better. In truth, aspects of it were definitely better, but overall when you get down to it, life is better now. For every positive there is a negative.
I remember how changing plugs and points in a car every 15,000 miles was a must, flat tires were a way of life, and 100K miles was major milestone. My everyday truck now has 220K miles, no plugs or points and never had a flat tire.
I remember the nice kids in my class, but not so much the bullies. I'd prefer to forget how the black kids in my town were treated.
I could come up with a bunch more but would rather not. It is much easier on the mind to remember the pleasant things. And I suppose that is not all bad.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Washington state back in the day had tokens to pay the tax so in addition to some change one also had carry some tokens. I don't rcall where one bought those tax tokens. Perhaps jusst got them in change with purchases? I think those tokens were still in use for bit after the War.

I remember mill tokens (0.1 cent) when I was a kid, but haven't even heard of them for decades. Inflation eliminated the need, since our dollar is now worth 10 cents, our dime is worth a penny, and the penny is worth a mill.

 

[Jstpssng]

Canada phased out the penny in 2013.

 

[Oaktree]

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To be sure people dressed a lot better in the past, often IMHO over-dressing (such as the picture you posted). I don't think my father ever went out in public wearing either shorts or a T-shirt when I was growing up...always a collared shirt and long pants.
Then again, I'm guilty of kind of looking like a slob if I'm just running to the store.

 

[Bird]

Fancy bread. I remember my mom complaining about inflation, when it got to be impossible to find a 10 cent loaf of bread.

In 1951-53 I used to buy "day old" bread for 3 cents a loaf at the local bakery to feed my hogs; always bought 100 loaves at a time and it was still fresh enough we ate a lot of it. In fact it was 3 cents per loaf OR PACKAGE so I nearly always bought some cinammon rolls or cakes that the hogs sure didn't get.

 

[Jstpssng]

In 1951-53 I used to buy "day old" bread for 3 cents a loaf at the local bakery to feed my hogs; always bought 100 loaves at a time and it was still fresh enough we ate a lot of it. In fact it was 3 cents per loaf OR PACKAGE so I nearly always bought some cinammon rolls or cakes that the hogs sure didn't get.

15 seconds in the microwave and those cinnamon rolls were as good as fresh.

No doubt you had a microwave back in 1953.

 

[Bird]

To be sure people dressed a lot better in the past, often IMHO over-dressing (such as the picture you posted). I don't think my father ever went out in public wearing either shorts or a T-shirt when I was growing up...always a collared shirt and long pants.
Then again, I'm guilty of kind of looking like a slob if I'm just running to the store.

I NEVER saw my Dad or his Dad without a long sleeved shirt and long pants on.

 

[ponytug]

Funny; as a kid, I learned from some old timers how to keep cool in the heat by wearing loose fitting heavy cotton clothing. As a result, I almost never wear short sleeves, except to dress for parties. Shorts, never. I have countless unworn t-shirts given to me by others.

Ties are a different story. Never while doing outdoor work.

All the best,

Peter