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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 73568" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>It's amazing to me how many things that are considered to be "necessities" now were "luxuries" back when I was a kid! Of course, my parents made Scrooge look like a spendthrift by comparison.</p><p></p><p>If you wanted to socialize, you went to visit relatives! Or they came to your house! And I can honestly say I don't ever remember going out to a restaurant to eat with my parents! Not even once. A few times on trips with my grandparents, but that was it. And I don't ever remember my parents going out together for an evening - not even one time! They just didn't do that. We didn't walk around with a soft drink in our hands constantly like kids do now either. Once in a while our mom would buy one of the big bottles and we'd all share it - it was like "dessert". Then we'd take the bottle back for the 5 cent deposit. We got a very small allowance and if we wanted extra money, we'd scour the neighborhood for pop bottles to take back to the store - 2 cents for the little ones and 5 cents for the big ones! Or in the winter when it snowed and school was out, we'd be the first kids on the block out asking the neighbors if they wanted their sidewalks shoveled. I can honestly say that it never even occurred to us to ask our mother for extra money! It would have been a waste of time. And I don't ever remember going to a department store and buying NEW clothes! Shoes, yes ... but not clothes. My mom made some of my clothes and I had two older cousins and I got their hand-me-downs. And if you wanted to go shopping, there was NO MALL! You got on a city bus and you rode for an hour and walked all around downtown to the different stores. Then after you finished your shopping, you had to drag all your purchases back on the bus with you and ride for another hour to get home! We had ONE dial telephone that attached to the wall with a cord ... and we didn't consider it an inconvenience to have to sit there and talk on the phone! And I didn't know anybody who had more than one bathroom in their house! Maybe some people did, but nobody I knew! And we didn't mind any of this! We didn't know any different and it was all OK. But I used to envy my best friend terribly! She was an only child - she actually had her OWN ROOM! And a DOG! And a "Clue" game!</p><p></p><p>When I got older and started driving, I could go back and forth to work all week on $5 worth of gas! And for a dollars worth, you could spend a whole Friday or Saturday night cruising around with your friends. I know we earned a lot less back then, but paying for gas was more an inconvenience - it didn't take such a huge percentage of your pay check like it does now. And when I first started smoking, cigarettes were about 25 cents a pack - but my dad got them on the military base where they were about $1.50 a CARTON! Is it any wonder that we all smoked like chimneys back then! And cigarette machines were everywhere! For a quarter (later 35 cents) you could buy any brand you wanted ... even if you were ten! :cool:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 73568, member: 1883"] It's amazing to me how many things that are considered to be "necessities" now were "luxuries" back when I was a kid! Of course, my parents made Scrooge look like a spendthrift by comparison. If you wanted to socialize, you went to visit relatives! Or they came to your house! And I can honestly say I don't ever remember going out to a restaurant to eat with my parents! Not even once. A few times on trips with my grandparents, but that was it. And I don't ever remember my parents going out together for an evening - not even one time! They just didn't do that. We didn't walk around with a soft drink in our hands constantly like kids do now either. Once in a while our mom would buy one of the big bottles and we'd all share it - it was like "dessert". Then we'd take the bottle back for the 5 cent deposit. We got a very small allowance and if we wanted extra money, we'd scour the neighborhood for pop bottles to take back to the store - 2 cents for the little ones and 5 cents for the big ones! Or in the winter when it snowed and school was out, we'd be the first kids on the block out asking the neighbors if they wanted their sidewalks shoveled. I can honestly say that it never even occurred to us to ask our mother for extra money! It would have been a waste of time. And I don't ever remember going to a department store and buying NEW clothes! Shoes, yes ... but not clothes. My mom made some of my clothes and I had two older cousins and I got their hand-me-downs. And if you wanted to go shopping, there was NO MALL! You got on a city bus and you rode for an hour and walked all around downtown to the different stores. Then after you finished your shopping, you had to drag all your purchases back on the bus with you and ride for another hour to get home! We had ONE dial telephone that attached to the wall with a cord ... and we didn't consider it an inconvenience to have to sit there and talk on the phone! And I didn't know anybody who had more than one bathroom in their house! Maybe some people did, but nobody I knew! And we didn't mind any of this! We didn't know any different and it was all OK. But I used to envy my best friend terribly! She was an only child - she actually had her OWN ROOM! And a DOG! And a "Clue" game! When I got older and started driving, I could go back and forth to work all week on $5 worth of gas! And for a dollars worth, you could spend a whole Friday or Saturday night cruising around with your friends. I know we earned a lot less back then, but paying for gas was more an inconvenience - it didn't take such a huge percentage of your pay check like it does now. And when I first started smoking, cigarettes were about 25 cents a pack - but my dad got them on the military base where they were about $1.50 a CARTON! Is it any wonder that we all smoked like chimneys back then! And cigarette machines were everywhere! For a quarter (later 35 cents) you could buy any brand you wanted ... even if you were ten! [img]:cool:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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