I can remember wanting to go to the Fillmore, maybe even to that concert, but not being able to afford the $1 each way bus fare to San Francisco, and the $2.50 or so admission.
It sounds so cheap.
But you have to consider that in ’67 I was a full time student, with tons of lab hours, too, and only working 15 hours a week. I think I made $1.25 an hour for my university sponsored job.
My share of the apartment rent was $37.50 a month, and we each put in $5 a week for groceries. That left about 20 bucks a month for things like the electric bill, bus fare, and maybe the occasional new pencil, or splurging on a sandwich or ice cream.
Entertainment mostly came out of anything left over from the groceries.
Best fast food in town… though I seldom get fries.
Ask for extra extra “grilled whole” onions… the name notwithstanding, they’re not whole onions, but you get grilled fresh slices instead of that chopped stuff.
Married in ’74. 2 bedroom apartment with a 2-car garage included near Cal State Fullerton for $78 per month. Making $3.50 per hour as a draftsman. Wife making $1.50 an hour at Broadway as a sales clerk. I tell you, were living large!!!
It took me a while because I was sure I recognized the eyes and mouth and, if I had to resort to looking at the “after” photo, I would be smacking myself in the forehead. But after some time, I came to the opinion that this is none other than
Of course I recognize the adult. I am constantly amazed at how people can see the adult in the child photo. Looking at them side-by-side all I get is same number of eyes and other facial openings.
Well done LiverLips & Susan.
The first “fidget spinners” I saw were something like $7.50 at a mall gift shop that sells puzzles and digital picture frames, and office toys, like basketball nets for wastebaskets, and magnetic paper clip sculptures.
The next ones were about $5 at Target…
Eventually $2 in a plastic bin near the cash register at a craft store.
The last ones were being given out free, as business cards, printed with a company name and phone number.
Just like the solar-powered calculators. Started out at around 30$ here, then over the next year they ended up being handed out as business-card-samplers, but they were so thin that there was no robustness in them and they didn’t survive many tours in your shirt pocket.
But, still, very handy to have at times. Great Memories!!!
Oh, yeah.
When they came out here I was in Grade 12, they were geared toward the University set, sines, cosines, all types of trig functions, size about that of the first cell phones (think Maxwell Smart’s shoe-phone), prices were up in the 1000 – 2000 ranges, only for the “rich kids”, not for peons like me…
Got married and three years later she bought me a simple calculator for Christmas for 99.99, just had the basics, add, subtract, multiply, divide, also had a memory function, size was about the same as a desk phone. High-tech stuff for us at the time. Two years later calculators were under 10 bucks and had same functions plus square-root and other niceties, and the size of a snuff-box. Five years later better functions still and the size of a credit card, free promotional or for a couple of bucks.
Amazing!
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I thought I remembered that Lt. Columbo’s dog was a basset hound. This particular photo triggered that memory. So I did a quick search.
A perfect companion for Columbo!
Beach babe!
Robert Papp
When life hands you lemons, paint them.
Makes me want to pucker just looking at all that sour!
Lemon curd! Lemon Meringue pie! Sooo many martinis…. Salmon with lemons! When life hands you lemons, get extravagent!
Greek lemon potatos. Shish-ka-bob.
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I can remember wanting to go to the Fillmore, maybe even to that concert, but not being able to afford the $1 each way bus fare to San Francisco, and the $2.50 or so admission.
It sounds so cheap.
But you have to consider that in ’67 I was a full time student, with tons of lab hours, too, and only working 15 hours a week. I think I made $1.25 an hour for my university sponsored job.
My share of the apartment rent was $37.50 a month, and we each put in $5 a week for groceries. That left about 20 bucks a month for things like the electric bill, bus fare, and maybe the occasional new pencil, or splurging on a sandwich or ice cream.
Entertainment mostly came out of anything left over from the groceries.
Here ya go! Today’s Albertson’s ad.!
Prices are so ridiculous now I’m not sure I know any more whether that’s supposed to be expensive or cheap!
The cheapest chicken these days is often Costco rotisserie chicken… $5 for a big bird.
I get about 10 meals out of 1 of those chickens. I even save the bones for stock when I make chicken and dumplings.
BTW, SS, Have you had an In-N-Out Double Double with grilled onions and fries yet?
Of course!
Best fast food in town… though I seldom get fries.
Ask for extra extra “grilled whole” onions… the name notwithstanding, they’re not whole onions, but you get grilled fresh slices instead of that chopped stuff.
Married in ’74. 2 bedroom apartment with a 2-car garage included near Cal State Fullerton for $78 per month. Making $3.50 per hour as a draftsman. Wife making $1.50 an hour at Broadway as a sales clerk. I tell you, were living large!!!
Bought a house in ’73 with my already ex-husband.
Small (800sq ft) fixer-upper (that we thought was ok as is), 2 bdrm 1 ba, no garage, in town but kinda the low rent district… $16,000.
Had to sell it in ’84… $69,000.
Would now be maybe $550,000.
….
We opened a vintage clothing store in San Francisco in ’74 .
Old storefront, also low rent district, but not bad a bad neighborhood… Also about 800 sqft… $800/mo.
Probably 10 times that now, and AFAIK never remodeled.
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Oooh, when is that?
you just missed t
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And now she’s gone, and the boys, sadly, aren’t talking, though both have children in this age range.
Their father is King, and, I probably shouldn’t mention, married to the woman he was cheating with at this time… Not that Diana was any angel either.
It’s a crazy world.
And the Queen remained that family’s anchor for so long.
SHE was a rock.
It took me a while because I was sure I recognized the eyes and mouth and, if I had to resort to looking at the “after” photo, I would be smacking myself in the forehead. But after some time, I came to the opinion that this is none other than
Yes.
I recognized him too…
Though maybe only because I’ve seen pictures of him much younger than the one in Nighthawks’ spoiler box.
Of course I recognize the adult. I am constantly amazed at how people can see the adult in the child photo. Looking at them side-by-side all I get is same number of eyes and other facial openings.
Well done LiverLips & Susan.
aka
daleandkristen
EASY one!!!!
It’s a gang of goldens! I believe they are more commonly known as “goldangs!”
Heaven!
It’s gotta be with all those angels!
I would just throw myself down on the ground and wallow in their affection and acceptance. Goldens are like that!!!
If you’re interested, Golden, CO hosts a very popular event each year for these guys:
https://www.visitgolden.com/events/annual-events/goldens-in-golden/
I’ve got one.
For a moment I thought you meant a golden retriever😁
I would have one in an instant. She/he might slow Buddy down. 😀
The first “fidget spinners” I saw were something like $7.50 at a mall gift shop that sells puzzles and digital picture frames, and office toys, like basketball nets for wastebaskets, and magnetic paper clip sculptures.
The next ones were about $5 at Target…
Eventually $2 in a plastic bin near the cash register at a craft store.
The last ones were being given out free, as business cards, printed with a company name and phone number.
Just like the solar-powered calculators. Started out at around 30$ here, then over the next year they ended up being handed out as business-card-samplers, but they were so thin that there was no robustness in them and they didn’t survive many tours in your shirt pocket.
But, still, very handy to have at times.
Great Memories!!!
It seemed to me it took several years for them to go from $30 to the dollar store, where you can still buy one.
What amazes me is that one year the first simple calculators I ever saw were on display at Macy’s for $2000(!).
Reverse polish entry, tiny red led display, no memory or square root.
….
My father-in-law, a marine engineer, was happy to get one about two years later for $900, to replace his slide rule.
A year or two later we bought him one with way more functions, parentheses, memory, LCD… For about $45.
You can get one like it now for maybe $5.
Oh, yeah.
When they came out here I was in Grade 12, they were geared toward the University set, sines, cosines, all types of trig functions, size about that of the first cell phones (think Maxwell Smart’s shoe-phone), prices were up in the 1000 – 2000 ranges, only for the “rich kids”, not for peons like me…
Got married and three years later she bought me a simple calculator for Christmas for 99.99, just had the basics, add, subtract, multiply, divide, also had a memory function, size was about the same as a desk phone. High-tech stuff for us at the time. Two years later calculators were under 10 bucks and had same functions plus square-root and other niceties, and the size of a snuff-box. Five years later better functions still and the size of a credit card, free promotional or for a couple of bucks.
Amazing!
I think I remember buying a Texas Instruments calculator for over a hundred in the 70’s when I first started working.