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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 6344549, member: 101855"]When I was kid in the mid to late 1950s, you got into a movie for 15 cents. The adults paid a quarter. A Coke at the movie theater was a dime and a bag of chips or popcorn was 15 cents. So for a quarter, you got your movie snack. Gasoline was 29 cents a gallon which included 8 or 9 cents in road tax.</p><p><br /></p><p>Getting $5 for anything seemed like a fortune. My aunt used to give me $5 for my birthday, and I felt rich when I was in the 5th grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 6344549, member: 101855"]When I was kid in the mid to late 1950s, you got into a movie for 15 cents. The adults paid a quarter. A Coke at the movie theater was a dime and a bag of chips or popcorn was 15 cents. So for a quarter, you got your movie snack. Gasoline was 29 cents a gallon which included 8 or 9 cents in road tax. Getting $5 for anything seemed like a fortune. My aunt used to give me $5 for my birthday, and I felt rich when I was in the 5th grade.[/QUOTE]
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