You Know You Are Old When

[TiaraPoodleAthletes]

Too young to feel old, but I did anyway while in a copy store 30 years ago. Fly, Blackbird Fly (by the Beatles) was playing on the store's sound system and I was copying and singing along quietly to myself ....... I noticed a much younger person, by perhaps 15 years than I, giving me a nod and slight smile. She said, "You like that song, huh?" I said that I really liked the band and most of their songs; I was in a way baiting to see if she new the band. She didn't say anything, so I said, "It's the Beatles." "Oh", she said, "I have heard of them." I then asked if she could name the 4 members ...... She did not know the name of one member. It was a shock to me as a slammed into indication of the passing of time.... I was 35 yrs old.

 

[WinterDeere]

You are correct. Food inflation seems to be much higher.

I could be wrong, but it seems restaurants are not near as crowded as in the past.

... and it's a vicious cycle. The more prices go up, the less crowded the restaurants. The less crowded the restaurants, they more they need to raise prices to cover their fixed costs. The more they need to raise prices... repeat.

 

[WinterDeere]

There are still some around but like Winter Deere said, not as many as years ago. They were a Mass. based corp. The Fribble! My kids loved the clown sundae

I'd still put a srawberry Fribble up against any milkshake made today. That was perfection in a glass, to the 14-year old version of me.

 

[ultrarunner]

Carton? What's that?
We got ours in a glass bottle with the little tab lid.

Milk at home bottle at the door… school always carton but different from cartons common today.

 

[bigtiller]

Too young to feel old, but I did anyway while in a copy store 30 years ago. Fly, Blackbird Fly (by the Beatles) was playing on the store's sound system and I was copying and singing along quietly to myself ....... I noticed a much younger person, by perhaps 15 years than I, giving me a nod and slight smile. She said, "You like that song, huh?" I said that I really liked the band and most of their songs; I was in a way baiting to see if she new the band. She didn't say anything, so I said, "It's the Beatles." "Oh", she said, "I have heard of them." I then asked if she could name the 4 members ...... She did not know the name of one member. It was a shock to me as a slammed into indication of the passing of time.... I was 35 yrs old.

I remember girls arguing over which Beatle was cuter and falling into a daze thinking of them.

 

[goeduck]

Two days ago...

Big Mac meal here is still around $9.

I got two sausage McMuffins and a large sweet tea for $5.48 a couple days ago.

Those high prices people keep quoting are exceptions and not the norm.

I don't know about Big Mac meals here, but a medium Whopper meal here is over $13.

 

[MossRoad]

I don't know about Big Mac meals here, but a medium Whopper meal here is over $13.

Haven't been to BK in quite a while, so can't comment on prices here.

I never get a meal at a fast food place. I don't care for french fries. I just get a sandwich and a drink.

Now if the wife is with me, we'll get a meal and an extra sandwich and split the pop. Kinda like dating.

 

[Jstpssng]

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Except that I saw it in B/W. One of the local stations had a peacock, with an artist's paint brushes for tail feathers. I never understood the significance as we couldn't see the various colors.

 

[Jstpssng]

Carton? What's that?
We got ours in a glass bottle with the little tab lid.

Ours came in 5 gallon cans.

 

[ultrarunner]

Two days ago...

McDonald's says $18 Big Mac meal was an 'exception' and news reports overstated its price increases

McDonald’s is fighting back against media reports it says have exaggerated its price increases. In a post on the company’s website Wednesday, McDonald’s U.S. president said reports suggesting the price of the average Big Mac has doubled since 2019 were false.

apnews.com

Big Mac meal here is still around $9.

I got two sausage McMuffins and a large sweet tea for $5.48 a couple days ago.

Those high prices people keep quoting are exceptions and not the norm.

It could very well be regional or statewide in states like CA with $20 minimum fast food franchise wage in place?