HOLY COW!! IT'S a Sale
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By today's standards that is really cheap but I remember a schoolmate's Dad was a heavy equipment operator in
1970. He made $1 an hour.
A few years later he got a raise to $2 an hour when they were expecting another child.
1970. He made $1 an hour.
A few years later he got a raise to $2 an hour when they were expecting another child.
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I made $3.15 per hour in 78 as a Sonic car hop. Looks like your Dad really hot screwed by the company.
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Those Were The Days !
That ole boy's dad ran a bull dozer all day. I'm sure he was good at it but it had to be a tough job. I agree. The pay sounds low.
My first job was at the local grocery store in 1980. $3.35 an hour and they worked us like Hebrew slaves. I hated that job.
Quit that and went to work an auto repair/junk yard for a $100 a week and all the parts that I could carry out !!
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1976 I got paid $1.95/hr working at the convenience store down the street, as my old man paid me squat to stock the shelves in ours. 77 I was up to $2.15/hr when a guy came in to buy smokes and asked if I knew anyone that would work for a $160 a week as he needed a labourer. That was my last few hours working there and I then found out I was working on a milk truck at 15 years old for some 80/90 hours a week for that $160. Had a riot... and have never regretted it or looked back since.
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I was working for $160 a week plus great benefits in 1976. The problem was I was living in the Washington D.C. metro area, and dealing with the cost of living that went with the territory. I was lucky to have a rent controlled apartment in Bethesda, Md., 15th floor, overlooking the National Institutes of Health and the Bethesda Naval Medical Center. Same place today rents for almost $2000 per month. A year later, after pinching pennies and saving enough to pay for truck driver school, I got my first job in the trucking business, and made $15,000 in 1977.
Moving back to rural Pennsylvania, the dollar carried more weight. I lived with my folks for a year, payed $25 month room and board, bought my first GTX, married my wife of 47 years. Last fall, I was having breakfast with a fellow FBBO member at a local restaurant. The owner, who also owns the local milk hauling outfit, asked me if I would consider driving part time for him now that I'm retired. I said thanks, but no thanks. Driving a truck got me to the finish line, but once I crossed it, I was done.
Moving back to rural Pennsylvania, the dollar carried more weight. I lived with my folks for a year, payed $25 month room and board, bought my first GTX, married my wife of 47 years. Last fall, I was having breakfast with a fellow FBBO member at a local restaurant. The owner, who also owns the local milk hauling outfit, asked me if I would consider driving part time for him now that I'm retired. I said thanks, but no thanks. Driving a truck got me to the finish line, but once I crossed it, I was done.
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'll take every single one!!!
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You worked for your family's competition?!?
That's cold...
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Nothing wrong with a guy on the inside... lol
In '71, I lied about my age to get a landscaping job, as I was only 14. $1.65/hr, 40hrs+ a week, for the Summer, as I had 2yrs of High left. Rode to work with my Friend Mike everyday, in a '69 Charger R/T, 440/4spd. Those were some Great Days !!!
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Ok, I'll add mine...
First job outside of helping around the house, mowing yards, lacing 21 " front wheels for jap foof bikes or 'porting' cylinders started at 2.85 in Jan 76. Rapidly rose to 3/hr and rose about annually for the next ~6 years. I was a LOT better off in high school and college than I've been since!
First job outside of helping around the house, mowing yards, lacing 21 " front wheels for jap foof bikes or 'porting' cylinders started at 2.85 in Jan 76. Rapidly rose to 3/hr and rose about annually for the next ~6 years. I was a LOT better off in high school and college than I've been since!
Here is a side question for y'all -
What started to drive prices for everthing higher ?
My Dad said in the mid 70's that oil prices control everything.
Don't get me started on how he traumatized everyone when gas prices went up !
In 1949 he and his friends could take the train from Boullion to New Oeleans and back for a dime !
It just didn't take much money to live back then.
Is it corporate greed ?
Greedy poloticians ?
Greedy stock market ?
I believe it is because people just can't live within their means. If they my $100k a year, they will spend $120k
Momma said that credit cards are the Devil.
Thoughts ?
What started to drive prices for everthing higher ?
My Dad said in the mid 70's that oil prices control everything.
Don't get me started on how he traumatized everyone when gas prices went up !
In 1949 he and his friends could take the train from Boullion to New Oeleans and back for a dime !
It just didn't take much money to live back then.
Is it corporate greed ?
Greedy poloticians ?
Greedy stock market ?
I believe it is because people just can't live within their means. If they my $100k a year, they will spend $120k
Momma said that credit cards are the Devil.
Thoughts ?
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It’s complicated. That’s a huge understatement. I spent a lot of money on school to learn how the process works. All players in the system like to spend more than they bring in. Like musical chairs, just don’t get caught standing when the music stops. The key to beating the system is spending less than you bring in, legal tax avoidance, and tax deferred return on your financial assets.
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it seems like 75 was the start of big increase of car prices. I wanted to buy a 75 duster for my wife, the price was over $5000, a 75 Cordoba was a few hundred more than the Duster, but twice the car, so that's what we would up with. I bought an 83 Chrysler Town and Country wagon and it was $13000 loaded.
not so famous bob
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this hard to believe ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Well Hud, you're right on track, by mentioning most of those, including the Time frame. It started Long before that, but That was the tipping point. Key word will be Inflation, and What it really is...
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In the late Thirties my father could take a girl to the movies then to the White Tower/Castle for less than a dollar! In 1969 I got a job at the local Chrysler Plymouth dealer for $1.50/hour, 46 hours straight time. Then I got the job at the design office as a file clerk for $1.95/hour. Plus OT.
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