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09/20/2007 02:07:17 PM · #1 |
I'd be rich if I were making the pay I am now!
When I was born, my mom bought a newspaper and saved it. I just turned 30 and she gave it to me for fun to see how times have changed. It was pretty interesting to see what was being talked about and the prices of things. This year on my birthday I bought The Washington Post so in 30 more yrs I can open it....if i'm alive.
1977
1 lb. hamburger...79 cents! today about $3-$4
Listerene........89 cents! today about $6
Brand New Renault......$4,388!
Ritz Camera Ad:
Quantary 80-200mm macro focus zoom.......$129.95
Canon G-111 17...........................$114.95
Pentaz w/ 50mm f1.7 lens.................$259.95
It didn't have a real estate section but that wouldve been neat to see the prices of homes.
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09/20/2007 02:09:16 PM · #2 |
If it were 1977 I'd be in line to see Star Wars....AGAIN! :D
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09/20/2007 02:11:40 PM · #3 |
If it were 1977 my job wouldn't exist.
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09/20/2007 02:16:50 PM · #4 |
Mine would be, but i'd have to use paper! My company was stuck on paper til the late 1990's. Only because it's an inconvenience to carry around typewriters. The government can be so cheap sometimes....
Originally posted by vxpra:
If it were 1977 my job wouldn't exist. |
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09/20/2007 02:27:53 PM · #5 |
If it were 1977, I wouldnt exist... I was born in 1980 :)
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09/20/2007 02:27:59 PM · #6 |
...I wouldn't exist. Lol!
It would be a lot of fun to time travel back and use the money I can easily spend in a week to buy a car or something.. |
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09/20/2007 02:35:45 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Nald:
If it were 1977 I'd be in line to see Star Wars....AGAIN! :D |
Thats EXACTLY was I was thinking! |
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09/20/2007 02:56:58 PM · #8 |
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09/20/2007 03:09:06 PM · #9 |
Mom would be dragging me out of church for grabbing the feet of the people sitting in front of us. I think it's the year too that I shit in pants trying to squeeze my butt cheeks while walking my bike back to the baby sitter, didn't make it, and walked around with crap in my pants for a couple of hours until until Mom showed up.
Bad year for Mom that 1977.
Originally posted by Beagleboy:
I'd be in grade 2. |
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09/20/2007 03:11:50 PM · #10 |
The Canadian dollar would be pretty much at par with the US $ ....which it is again now.
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09/20/2007 03:16:12 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by UrfaTheGreat:
It would be a lot of fun to time travel back and use the money I can easily spend in a week to buy a car or something.. |
I expect the shopkeepers (and the Secret Service) to get mighty interested when you start passing money with some funny dates on it ... ;-) |
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09/20/2007 03:19:28 PM · #12 |
lol...If it was 1977 I would be entering the world kicking and screaming with a lightsaber in one hand and a camera in the other.
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lol at Jacko
Originally posted by Jacko:
Mom would be dragging me out of church for grabbing the feet of the people sitting in front of us. I think it's the year too that I shit in pants trying to squeeze my butt cheeks while walking my bike back to the baby sitter, didn't make it, and walked around with crap in my pants for a couple of hours until until Mom showed up.
Bad year for Mom that 1977. |
Message edited by author 2007-09-20 15:21:04.
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09/20/2007 03:21:08 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by digitalpins:
lol...If it was 1977 I would be entering the world kicking and screaming with a lightsaber in one hand and a camera in the other. |
Ouch! I'm not sure your mom would appreciate this ... ;-( |
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09/20/2007 03:22:50 PM · #14 |
1977
The Top News Story of 1977
- US admits 10,000 Boat People from Southeast Asia
Headlines in 1977
- Huge power failure causes a New York City blackout
- Israel elects Menachem Begin prime minister.
- President Sadat of Egypt visits Israel
- Terror attacks in Northern Ireland intensify
Life and Times in 1977
The average yearly income in 1977 was $13,572. When James E. Carter was President, a house cost $48,800. Milk was 97 cents a half gallon, 10 lbs. Of potatoes cost $1.40 and $1.55 would bring home the bacon. Back then we could buy a loaf of bread at the supermarket for 49 cents.
Sad, but times are not much different, other then the cost of things. There's still fighting in the middle east, and threat of terror attacks.
Message edited by author 2007-09-20 15:25:05.
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09/20/2007 03:27:40 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by UrfaTheGreat:
It would be a lot of fun to time travel back and use the money I can easily spend in a week to buy a car or something.. |
I expect the shopkeepers (and the Secret Service) to get mighty interested when you start passing money with some funny dates on it ... ;-) |
and my plans have been foiled.. hehe |
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09/20/2007 04:26:28 PM · #16 |
It would be nice to make per yr now the average cost of a house...250,000.
Originally posted by atsxus:
1977
a house cost $48,800. |
Message edited by author 2007-09-20 16:26:54.
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09/20/2007 04:27:21 PM · #17 |
1977, the year I started college.
I shared a brandnew 4 bedroom townhouse with 4 other girls.
Two baths, basement with laundry, dishwasher, furnished, all dishes etc., etc., EVERYthing new, for the tremendous sum of $90/mo plus phone.
Draft beer was 50 cents, a pack of 25 smokes, 75 cents, a cup of horrible vending machine coffee, 25 cents. Don't ask how much the schooling/textbooks were, I only remember the important stuff! :)
(Though I see my "fresh water fishes of Canada" was $12.75, and it was one of the biggies...)
Eta; I seem to recall this was about the time that minimum wage was about $2.50)
Message edited by author 2007-09-20 16:33:19. |
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09/20/2007 04:32:45 PM · #18 |
If it was 1977, I wouldn't feel so bad about buying season tickets to the Portland Trail Blazers......
Blazers won it all in 77, should of waited till the last second to buy this years tix's.
/gasp |
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09/20/2007 04:34:46 PM · #19 |
| I would be out on my Moped screaming around town bugging the shite out of everyone.... Roadhog |
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09/20/2007 05:05:03 PM · #20 |
Oh I bought a newspaper on the dates of my kids birthdays too by the way. I planned on giving it to them when they turn 25.
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09/20/2007 05:08:29 PM · #21 |
| i would be an itch in my old mans pants. |
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09/20/2007 05:09:23 PM · #22 |
| If it was 1977, I would be working at Ringo Starr's house in Berkshire, formerly owned by John Lennon. |
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09/20/2007 05:41:45 PM · #23 |
September 19, 1977 I started my first real job with ITT. A few days ago would be 30 years if my job hadn't been outsourced in September 2001. Hope that new middle class guy in China is enjoying it. ;)
Ahhh to be 21 again! Party all night and sleep a couple of hours
and be ready to do it all again!
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