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Old July 31st, 2008, 11:10 PM
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A coke and a sandwich...
... at Woolworth's, circa late 1950's. A "king size" coke was a dime and a sundae was a quarter!

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Old July 31st, 2008, 11:22 PM
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Re: A coke and a sandwich...
Fire up the time machine, I'm hungry!
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I hate my time period...
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OK, but how tough was it to make a buck in 1950?
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OK, but how tough was it to make a buck in 1950?

Surely, Paul, you remember your first job??
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Well don't forget in one of this former lives, Paul mied for coal in the 30s. I'm sure in the 50s he no problem.

(Paul, I'm not sayin' you're old...)
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Old August 1st, 2008, 02:02 AM
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In November 1957, California minimum wage went from $.75/hr to $1.00/hr.
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OK, but how tough was it to make a buck in 1950?

Surely, Paul, you remember your first job??
I sure do! I was hired to research and set the standards by which hiring would be based for the Michigan penal system.

Unfortunately, I left out a digit on the IQ requirement and...
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Just so long as you didn't leave out a digit in the penile code...
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D@M I wish I lived then just take 1000 dollars with me you know you could buy a car that would run today for like 13,000 for 500 bucks now a days that would be called stealing.
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