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OffWithTheirHeads

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21. No shit! At the time, we were probably taking home $50.00 to $60.00 a week.

Reply to Populist_Prole (Reply #20)

Sat Aug 16, 2014, 03:09 PM

Aug 2014

and we could still afford to take summers off. Gas was less than 25 cents a gallon and $2..00 would fill our VW for a week. After Ray Gun was elected, vacations of any kind became rare and short. Note even the American term vacation, like you are vacating your responsibilities as opposed to the European "Holiday" like in holy day.

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Once upon time, back in the day, my first wife and I would quit our jobs [View all] OffWithTheirHeads Aug 2014 OP

This country used to be a lot more fun BeyondGeography Aug 2014 #1

Student loans and college were both affordable even to a truck drivers kid with 4 siblings.... Rowdyboy Aug 2014 #2

Infrastructure was cheap too Bonx Aug 2014 #4

I don't remember those days. onethatcares Aug 2014 #7

Factory town in the 50's Bonx Aug 2014 #12

Yup...College costs have increased 10X since the 70s BeyondGeography Aug 2014 #8

Also housing and food have skyrocketed while minimum wage has barely tripled.... Rowdyboy Aug 2014 #9

Amen! I hitched around the babylonsister Aug 2014 #6

Did you ever make the trail to Vogelsang Camp. or the Golden Crown Mine? Adsos Letter Aug 2014 #3

You must've spent time down in the Poopenaut Valley NBachers Aug 2014 #5

Thank you for the reminder woo me with science Aug 2014 #10

someobody stole Yosemite National Park! snooper2 Aug 2014 #11

Deny, deflect, deceive... woo me with science Aug 2014 #13

I thought it was "act like Putin" day snooper2 Aug 2014 #14

You forgot to add something about Ron Paul, or Teabaggers. woo me with science Aug 2014 #15

Ron Paul? Is that the smoker dude? snooper2 Aug 2014 #16

Deny, deflect, deceive. woo me with science Aug 2014 #17

Yes, *we* know better. Brigid Aug 2014 #19

+1 It's important to take this stuff beyond DU. woo me with science Aug 2014 #22

We did something similar traveling and seasonally working the fruit, or if we found Zorra Aug 2014 #18

I'm dejected at how much being a ladder climbing workaholic is glamorized Populist_Prole Aug 2014 #20

No shit! At the time, we were probably taking home $50.00 to $60.00 a week. OffWithTheirHeads Aug 2014 #21

kick woo me with science Aug 2014 #23