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hunter

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14. Yeah, I remember when entertainment was affordable.

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:39 AM

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Concerts, baseball games, football games, Disneyland, Las Vegas... hell, even going out to a movie.

When I was a kid a major league baseball game cost two school lunches and a chocolate milk. In high school every kid on the "honor roll" ( B+ average or above ) got free tickets to certain games. Nobody was concerned if unaccompanied kids rode the bus.

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