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re: You know you are old - 65+ when you remember
Posted on 6/4/17 at 6:05 pm to Purplehaze
Posted on 6/4/17 at 6:05 pm to Purplehaze
I remember when Coke machines were a nickle- and the outcry when they added that little penny box and raised the price to 6 cents. Then 7 cents. Outrageous! This was around 1957-58 timeframe in. NOLA.
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Posted on 6/4/17 at 6:07 pm to Purplehaze
I'm 65 and I remember when you could buy a cold 40 pound watermelon for a penny a pound. And they would plug the melon to prove it wasn't over ripe in the center before you bought it. That was a cheap but welcome treat during the hot summer for kids from a big family. Treats like ice cream or something weren't always affordable back then.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 6:14 pm to Purplehaze
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hate to admit it, but I do remember quite a bit of that...
13. The Kaiser aluminum plant stank like shite...
14. A dozen donuts at Krispy Kreme for a $1.20
Posted on 6/4/17 at 7:07 pm to Purplehaze
Beer vending machines.
Posted on 6/4/17 at 7:09 pm to namvet6566
Yep, a 6 oz coke was .05, then upped the price. Gas was .23 a gallon and at the same time, thunderbird wine was .33 twice. 
$3.00 as a teen, one was set for the night. Two bucks for gas and a bottle of Thrunderbird, one would go rocking. 
$3.00 as a teen, one was set for the night. Two bucks for gas and a bottle of Thrunderbird, one would go rocking. Posted on 6/4/17 at 7:44 pm to Purplehaze
Primo beer
No segregation (hawaii)
Kill Haole Day (but not at punahou)
Open coke delivery trucks where you could swipe a coke if lucky
Don's banana ice cream
Cabooses
No segregation (hawaii)
Kill Haole Day (but not at punahou)
Open coke delivery trucks where you could swipe a coke if lucky
Don's banana ice cream
Cabooses
Posted on 6/4/17 at 8:02 pm to dbeck
Burger Chef was my first "real" job after high school May 1968.
Left for the service March 1969.
Can relate to everything on the list, only it was in Lafourche.
Left for the service March 1969.
Can relate to everything on the list, only it was in Lafourche.
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