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21. My first job paid $1.60 an hour in 1972, as I recall.

Thu Feb 25, 2021, 02:35 AM

Feb 2021

But a gallon of gas was under 50 cents, and a week's worth of groceries was around $10 to $20 for 2 people, and we ate quite well on that. *sigh*

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Hey Roger, You are not in THAT Kansas Anymore. [View all] Tommymac Feb 2021 OP

That would have been 1985 dweller Feb 2021 #1

They seem to always want to remind us ... dchill Feb 2021 #2

It's like the conscience they suppress still haunts them Tommymac Feb 2021 #7

Oh take my word for it, he is most assuredly MuseRider Feb 2021 #3

Understand how you feel. Tommymac Feb 2021 #8

I am trying not to take a break. MuseRider Feb 2021 #14

I was looking back too MuseRider Feb 2021 #12

My summer job was at an amusement park here in New York. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2021 #13

My mom helped me, MuseRider Feb 2021 #15

O, I am so sorry! That must have been awful! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2021 #16

My first job paid $1.60 an hour in 1972, as I recall. Silver Gaia Feb 2021 #21

I remember that, too. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2021 #22

If the minimum wage kept pace with KSU tuition Dagstead Bumwood Feb 2021 #5

Thanks for the math. Tommymac Feb 2021 #9

👆👆 crickets Feb 2021 #23

My brother was raised in the same household as I in Arkansas. TomSlick Feb 2021 #6

I had a roommate from southeastern Kansas. Tommymac Feb 2021 #10

Let's see - a SE Kansas, Paul Harvey conservative? TomSlick Feb 2021 #11

In the early 1980s I was on a journey from libertarian to liberal. speak easy Feb 2021 #18

Thank You for that. 1980 still stings. Tommymac Feb 2021 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author speak easy Feb 2021 #26

September 26, 1983. The end of the world WAS minutes away. speak easy Feb 2021 #27

Not sure whether to thank you or run and hide again... Tommymac Feb 2021 #30

this is the argument my brainwashed mother believes. SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2021 #17

What a dissembling POS. BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #19

+1 crickets Feb 2021 #24

My brother lost the remote control to his TV edhopper Feb 2021 #28

I heard Richard Trumka (Pres of AFL-CIO) panader0 Feb 2021 #29

This is a generational problem RANDYWILDMAN Feb 2021 #31