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jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts) Wed Oct 18, 2017, 04:39 PM Oct 2017

You knew the kid who got to go to Chicago to see the BEATLES (1963)had a rich Dad....

Sometimes it just kind of smacks you in the face how there are really rich folks and really poor folks in our country. Wasn't that way when we were growing up. You knew the kid who got to go to Chicago to see the BEATLES had a rich Dad....that's about all. My neighbor makes $9 Grand a year, disabled. In Walker's Wisconsin gets $15 a MONTH in Foodstamps. Pennies a day. And now Trump is coming after that....I was reading a magazine today at the gym, and one of Paul Newman's watches just fetched $3.7 Million at auction. So some guy has $3.7 Million just to mess around with.

That's all.

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You knew the kid who got to go to Chicago to see the BEATLES (1963)had a rich Dad.... (Original Post) jodymarie aimee Oct 2017 OP

I got to see the Beatles in Las Vegas in 1964 - price of tickets was $2 - 5.00 per ticket. flor-de-jasmim Oct 2017 #1

Beatles did not come to US until 1964 Sneederbunk Oct 2017 #2

I saw the Beatles in Cincinnati in (I think) 1965 cyclonefence Oct 2017 #3

I did too. My parents drove 4 15 year-old girls down and sat in the car sinkingfeeling Oct 2017 #9

Cool cyclonefence Oct 2017 #10

That was before my time. But I bought the album of the Beatles at The Hollywood Bowl lunamagica Oct 2017 #4

I went to Chicago to see the Beatles. I forget what year it was. Vinca Oct 2017 #5

OP is not about the BEATLES jodymarie aimee Oct 2017 #6

Agreed! FiveGoodMen Oct 2017 #8

thank god my moms a junkie.. im sure she has all my beatles stuff... samnsara Oct 2017 #7

flor-de-jasmim

(2,125 posts)

1. I got to see the Beatles in Las Vegas in 1964 - price of tickets was $2 - 5.00 per ticket.

Reply to jodymarie aimee (Original post)

Wed Oct 18, 2017, 04:43 PM

Oct 2017

http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-trb-las-vegas-exhibit-beatles-20140811-story.html

Sneederbunk

(14,286 posts)

2. Beatles did not come to US until 1964

Reply to jodymarie aimee (Original post)

Wed Oct 18, 2017, 04:46 PM

Oct 2017

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)

3. I saw the Beatles in Cincinnati in (I think) 1965

Reply to jodymarie aimee (Original post)

Wed Oct 18, 2017, 04:59 PM

Oct 2017

and my parents were not rich. Back then, it was possible to see super groups with spending a fortune.

sinkingfeeling

(51,444 posts)

9. I did too. My parents drove 4 15 year-old girls down and sat in the car

Reply to cyclonefence (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 18, 2017, 06:03 PM

Oct 2017

through the concert. We were from a rural school 40 miles from Columbus. My dad was a farmer and mom drove a school bus.

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)

10. Cool

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #9)

Thu Oct 19, 2017, 12:06 PM

Oct 2017

I took the train with three friends from Charleston, WV. The night the concert was supposed to happen, it rained--do you remember? And we made panicked calls home to see if we could stay overnight for the rescheduled concert the next night.

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)

4. That was before my time. But I bought the album of the Beatles at The Hollywood Bowl

Reply to jodymarie aimee (Original post)

Wed Oct 18, 2017, 05:19 PM

Oct 2017

It took place in '65. The album included a couple of "tickets" which were $5.00. Super cheap.

But I get your point, and and it's a real tragedy that your neighbor is in danger of losing what little he has

Vinca

(50,253 posts)

5. I went to Chicago to see the Beatles. I forget what year it was.

Reply to jodymarie aimee (Original post)

Wed Oct 18, 2017, 05:23 PM

Oct 2017

My best friend had great parents who drove us there from Ohio. No one involved was rich . . . and we got within feet of meeting "the boys." (Parents made restaurant reservations in their hotel and my friend and I crept up the back stairs. It was a blast. Even when the cop caught us. LOL.)