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For some reason, couldn’t sleep last night and started thinking of various old prices I remember from way back when:
Late 1950s – remember getting a bottle of Coca-Cola for 5¢
Moved to Framingham, MA in 1962 – our house, as I recall my parents talking about it, cost $18,000 – and it was pretty nice.
High school – worked at Mr Hamburg, a local Boston chain that tried to compete against McDonald’s – Hamburger, fries, Coke = 45¢ (burger 20, fries 15, coke 10) – and the Coke was 8 oz, not the monostrosities you get now, where a small is 16 oz (there was no small at Mr Hamburg – we had one size).
I made $1.60 an hour my first year there (1967). In 1968 I got a 5¢ raise – all the way up to $1.65/hour
Late 1960s – used to get the Boston Globe for 10¢. Sunday Globe was 25¢.
First car – 1971 – before my junior year at Duke – my parents got it for me because I was traveling so much for golf tournaments – a Firebird, which was pretty cool – cost $3,200 – I remember when she was writing the check, my Mom looked up at me and said, “I’ve never written a check for this much before.”
Pro golf – 1977 – 93rd on PGA Tour money list – made about $23,500 official money – last year 93rd on money list made $1,200,000. Paid my caddy $125/week + 5% of my winnings. Caddies today make way more than that per round.
First house – 1984 – while a resident in orthopaedics at Duke - $88,000 – but the key thing was I felt like I got a deal on the mortgage because I only had to pay 12% - down from the 17-18% of the early 1980s.
Richest I ever was – 1958 – went to YMCA every Saturday morning in Bellefonte, PA. We would stop and get a hot chocolate in the winter before my swimming and boxing lessons. I was 6-years-old. One Saturday, found a $10 bill on the sidewalk – Cokes cost me 5¢, which was all I ever bought. Felt like I had all the money in the world.
I’m sure you guys have similar stories. Lonewolf will top us all!
Late 1950s – remember getting a bottle of Coca-Cola for 5¢
Moved to Framingham, MA in 1962 – our house, as I recall my parents talking about it, cost $18,000 – and it was pretty nice.
High school – worked at Mr Hamburg, a local Boston chain that tried to compete against McDonald’s – Hamburger, fries, Coke = 45¢ (burger 20, fries 15, coke 10) – and the Coke was 8 oz, not the monostrosities you get now, where a small is 16 oz (there was no small at Mr Hamburg – we had one size).
I made $1.60 an hour my first year there (1967). In 1968 I got a 5¢ raise – all the way up to $1.65/hour
Late 1960s – used to get the Boston Globe for 10¢. Sunday Globe was 25¢.
First car – 1971 – before my junior year at Duke – my parents got it for me because I was traveling so much for golf tournaments – a Firebird, which was pretty cool – cost $3,200 – I remember when she was writing the check, my Mom looked up at me and said, “I’ve never written a check for this much before.”
Pro golf – 1977 – 93rd on PGA Tour money list – made about $23,500 official money – last year 93rd on money list made $1,200,000. Paid my caddy $125/week + 5% of my winnings. Caddies today make way more than that per round.
First house – 1984 – while a resident in orthopaedics at Duke - $88,000 – but the key thing was I felt like I got a deal on the mortgage because I only had to pay 12% - down from the 17-18% of the early 1980s.
Richest I ever was – 1958 – went to YMCA every Saturday morning in Bellefonte, PA. We would stop and get a hot chocolate in the winter before my swimming and boxing lessons. I was 6-years-old. One Saturday, found a $10 bill on the sidewalk – Cokes cost me 5¢, which was all I ever bought. Felt like I had all the money in the world.
I’m sure you guys have similar stories. Lonewolf will top us all!
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