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re: You know you are old - 65+ when you remember
Posted on 6/4/17 at 1:01 pm to Purplehaze
Posted on 6/4/17 at 1:01 pm to Purplehaze
I am not in the 65+ crowd, not really even close to it.. I am 39, but a few of these I can relate to.
The barber shop I go to still has a coke vending machine (with the bottled cokes), while it is $1 now, when I was a kid it use to be like $0.15. But it is the only place I know that still has a bottle coke vending machine.
I graduated HS in 1997. Lunch was $0.75. Looking back at it today, that was one hell of a deal for a full lunch meal (including a drink). If you put together a sandwich today, two slices of bread, ham, lettuce, etc. cost under $0.75, but that's not including a drink.. And at least with the school lunch, you got a cup of fruit, bread, etc.
Car seats were not really a thing yet when I was a kid. Today kids have to be over a certain weight and height before not using a car seat, but I remember just sitting in the back seat of the car, no seat belt... Well, I think they had them.. But I remember my dad use to let me ride in the back of his truck like it wasn't a big deal.
In middle school we had no AC. The windows were always open and on days the wind blew a lot, it would blow dust inside.. Students who sat by the window had to hold their papers down with whatever they had (ruler, etc).
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1. Coke vending machines that cost 6 cents
The barber shop I go to still has a coke vending machine (with the bottled cokes), while it is $1 now, when I was a kid it use to be like $0.15. But it is the only place I know that still has a bottle coke vending machine.
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3. School lunches cost a quarter in Vermillion Parish
I graduated HS in 1997. Lunch was $0.75. Looking back at it today, that was one hell of a deal for a full lunch meal (including a drink). If you put together a sandwich today, two slices of bread, ham, lettuce, etc. cost under $0.75, but that's not including a drink.. And at least with the school lunch, you got a cup of fruit, bread, etc.
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6. No seat belts in cars
Car seats were not really a thing yet when I was a kid. Today kids have to be over a certain weight and height before not using a car seat, but I remember just sitting in the back seat of the car, no seat belt... Well, I think they had them.. But I remember my dad use to let me ride in the back of his truck like it wasn't a big deal.
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7. No school in Vermillion parish had air conditioning
In middle school we had no AC. The windows were always open and on days the wind blew a lot, it would blow dust inside.. Students who sat by the window had to hold their papers down with whatever they had (ruler, etc).
Posted on 6/4/17 at 1:10 pm to OweO
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