Feeling nostalgic

[HayesGreener]

Hard to believe but I remember. 65 years ago I rode my bike 4 miles into town to go to MacDonalds with a dollar in my pocket. I think burgers were around $ ,20 at the time. Fries were .15. The price list below was around my first year in the Air Force when my monthly pay was less than $100

 

[Belt Fed]

Used to be a place called the satellite burger bar not far from me. I rode to it a lot. Hamburgers were 19 cents

 

[youngolddude]

I used to get .22 long rifle ammo at the gas station for $.49/50. I asked online for price of similar and yikes!

 

[Warrior9(Ret)]

When I was a kid (back in the 60’s and 70’s) going to places like McDonalds was a treat. The whole sat down and enjoyed the meal together. Afterwards we’d then go to the Penny Arcade or to a movie.
Bobs Big Boy and A&W were my favorites

 

[HayesGreener]

When I was a kid (back in the 60’s and 70’s) going to places like McDonalds was a treat. The whole sat down and enjoyed the meal together. Afterwards we’d then go to the Penny Arcade or to a movie.
Bobs Big Boy and A&W were my favorites

A&W had the best pork tenderloin sandwiches anywhere!

 

[Sld1959]

I remember quite clearly when I was like 9 or 10 walking 7 miles to the corner store picking up bottles along the way and when I got there bought several ice pops the long ones in plastic. Ate them walking home with a buck and change left in my pocket.

It was the day of a full eclipse and I could not resist looking at it.

 

[youngolddude]

When I was a kid (back in the 60’s and 70’s) going to places like McDonalds was a treat. The whole sat down and enjoyed the meal together. Afterwards we’d then go to the Penny Arcade or to a movie.
Bobs Big Boy and A&W were my favorites

When I was a kid, there was no inside seating in McDonalds. We sat in the car and ate our meal in our '53 Chevy.

 

[Mr.W.]

Ah, yes. If it weren't for memories, some days I'd have little to think about. I simply can't read for the duration of my waking hours, and television offers little interest a great deal of the time.

 

[HayesGreener]

So did

I remember quite clearly when I was like 9 or 10 walking 7 miles to the corner store picking up bottles along the way and when I got there bought several ice pops the long ones in plastic. Ate them walking home with a buck and change left in my pocket.

It was the day of a full eclipse and I could not resist looking at it.

So did you do that 7 mile walk uphill both ways through snowdrifts like the rest of us?

 

[Sld1959]

So did
So did you do that 7 mile walk uphill both ways through snowdrifts like the rest of us?

Lol usually I rode bike but bottle picking was a pia stopping getting off and on the bike all the time. Plus the burlap bag of bottles was awkward.

 

[rcurtner]

Remember hitch hiking about 20 Miles to town to watch Saturday matinees for .15 cents. As best as I can remember started doing this when I was 10 in 1957, never had a problem catching a ride. Can anyone imagine a kid doing this in 2025.

 

[Warrior9(Ret)]

Lol usually I rode bike but bottle picking was a pia stopping getting off and on the bike all the time. Plus the burlap bag of bottles was awkward.

I lived by the beach so getting bottles was easy pickings. I had a milk bottle crate strapped to the book rack on the back of my bike. I’d fill it up, go redeem them, then go to the ice cream shop and get a double fudge banana split

 

[Old_Me]

we had not only Mc Donalds but also Burger Chef, later to be bought out by the Burger KIng company
yes, burgers were around 20¢, fries were cheap too (cannot recall the pricings) the burgers were cooked well, and were not assembled like crap.

always fast service, but no dine-in seating area as i recall, till later years

milk shakes were also super thick at Mc Donalds

if it weren't for what happens to me when i have milk..??

i'd down 2 of them right now

 

[Gofer]

The other amazing thing about McDonald’s was that the counter employees (almost all high school kids) totaled up your order on a piece of paper and actually did MATH.
I ordered coffee from a local place the other day and the employees (local college students) couldn’t subtract 3.83 from $25 without a calculator

 

[HayesGreener]

Remember hitch hiking about 20 Miles to town to watch Saturday matinees for .15 cents. As best as I can remember started doing this when I was 10 in 1957, never had a problem catching a ride. Can anyone imagine a kid doing this in 2025.

 

[KillerFord1977]

So did
So did you do that 7 mile walk uphill both ways through snowdrifts like the rest of us?

Yep
It was deep enough that it was uphill, boths ways

 

[Winchester67]

Der Wienerschnitzel here. You always had enough money to take a girl on a date there. And before I was old enough to drive, we would take the city bus downtown from the suburbs. Holy cow. Can you imagine doing that today with your kids? The Department of Family Service would be on you for child abandonment/endangerment and everything else they could think of.

 

[Winchester67]

And as an aside, I am shocked how much time I spend every day being nostalgic. From what I drive to what I take to the range, I am stuck in the 60's with a dose of the 50's even though I was not alive then.

 

[Old_Me]

The other amazing thing about McDonald’s was that the counter employees (almost all high school kids) totaled up your order on a piece of paper and actually did MATH.
I ordered coffee from a local place the other day and the employees (local college students) couldn’t subtract 3.83 from $25 without a calculator

shoot, that's easy, your change would have been $1.380....pfft college dummies.

 

[Grayfox]

When I was a kid I used to spend most of my summers at my Grandparent's farm. I remember my Grand Daddy taking me to the local general store. We'd get 5 cents of bologna, five cents of cheese, a 5 cent pack of crackers and a 10 cent drink. For a total of one quarter, we had a filling lunch.
And like many here, I too remember going to the local burger place and getting a full meal for less than a buck.
But those days are long gone.