Tell me you're old without telling me you're old

I got a quarter a week for allowance. I would divide it up each week and get two ten cent candy bars and one five cent candy bar. I loved Hostess pies but I never bought one because they were 13 cents. it meand that I ended up with an extra two cents that I couldn't spend (penny candies were not worth it to me.). Comically, I never did get the "saving money" knack as a kid. It literally never dawned on me that I could go without and have 50 cents the next week. It's true that the human brain is not fully developed until age 25. That's when you start really grasping the concept of long term consequences/benefits.

If only someone had told me about compound interest...
Especially since banks had high interest rates back then, even on savings. You didn't need a specific kind of bond or certificate.
 
Especially since banks had high interest rates back then, even on savings. You didn't need a specific kind of bond or certificate.
Yep. Frankly, with all the banking hijinks going on the last couple of decades, if I had a large sum of money right now that I wanted to stash as "ultimately liquid", I'd put it in a safe deposit box (or hole in the ground) before I'd put it in a savings account.

Edit: It just struck me that the other advantage of a safe deposit box is that the government doesn't know you have it. Then again, the hole in the ground can save you from this:

FBI Misled Judge in Obtaining Warrant To Seize Hundreds of Safe Deposit Boxes

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I sold hi-fi in Bellevue, Washington (suburb of Seattle and right next to Issaquah*). One day a bunch of "kids" my age came in to buy a 17" sony Trinitron TV. They kind of looked familiar and then it hit me. It was the band, Heart. The WHOLE band with one guy missing. They must have had some video project going on...

*The band's hometown was Issaquah.
 
In 1965 in the great PNW, I was driving a 1957 Plymouth Fury with a huge trunk, fins, and a push button automatic. It was cool. I was cool. One day, I had a flat tire, a not uncommon occurrence in those days. When I opened up the trunk to get the spare tire, I noticed for the first time that I could see the springs on the back of the back seat. A little push, and it folded nicely into the cabin of the car. Ahhhh, an idea formed. A big thing in those days was to sneak people into drive-in movies using the trunk. Unfortunately, they were often caught by the roaming security guys who spotted people climbing out of a trunk. No need to do that with a 1957 Plymouth Fury. Me and friends never get caught using my car. Two decades later, the drive-in was turned into a mall that killed most of the downtown businesses. Today, the mall is mostly empty. I miss that drive-in.
 
I’ve been living about 35 miles from Mt. Hood for the last 35 years, and have been to Trillium Lake quite a few times. But I live on the Washington side of the Columbia, which is even nicer in many ways . ;)

It was October, very rainy, and the only skiers there were myself and the USST. Palmer Glacier was the only thing open. One of the US coaches told me that Mt Bachelor was opening that weekend and it would be all snow there, so off I went. There was no lift on the top half back then, but the snow was great and well worth some hiking.
Only skied Mt. Bachelor once. It was after a heavy snowfall and only the snow under the lift had been groomed. If you tried to ski the powder, you'd come to a dead stop. I took a tumble as I hit the powder after an unexpected low jump because I didn't turn in time and one of my skis did not release before I screwed up my knee. Walked with a cane for months after that. Sure was a pretty place though! I live in the Seattle area but lived near Troutdale for about 11-years.
 
Under the student desk nuclear attack drills in grade school.
Did that myself and brought a white sheet to school to cover up with in case of nuclear explosion. That was supposed to reduce severity of burns if you weren't vaporized by the initial explosion. I lived less than 20-miles from Vandenberg AFB and we all kept that sheet in our desks.

One day early on they had us all walk or ride out bikes home and record the time we arrived. Then we handed in a paper with that time on it. If it took us more than 20 or 30-minutes to get home, they said they would keep us in the school during the incoming nuclear attack.
 
Only skied Mt. Bachelor once. It was after a heavy snowfall and only the snow under the lift had been groomed. If you tried to ski the powder, you'd come to a dead stop. I took a tumble as I hit the powder after an unexpected low jump because I didn't turn in time and one of my skis did not release before I screwed up my knee. Walked with a cane for months after that. Sure was a pretty place though! I live in the Seattle area but lived near Troutdale for about 11-years.

Ouch! Yeah, the Bend area is super beautiful for sure. But I really like it up your way too. I lived in Snohomish and then Everett for a while, and skied Stevens Pass a lot, and occasionally Alpental and Crystal as well.
 
Found an old credit card statement that showed admission to Disneyland was $49 per person.
I remember carrying around the booklets of C, D, and E tickets for Disneyland. The E-tickets were for the best rides and attractions. That's where the saying "That was a E-ticket ride" came from to describe other great or harrowing experiences.
 
I wore a AAA Safety Patrol badge and belt like these in the 1960s.
 

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