Michael being excited about $5.00 in 1974

[TVFactFan]

Looks weird today but back then $5 had the buying power of $26. So that was a lot for a 11 year old boy


"Thelma I just got $5.00!!!!

[OH Nuts!]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Looks weird today but back then $5 had the buying power of $26. So that was a lot for a 11 year old boy


"Thelma I just got $5.00!!!!

And they were so poor, so that made the $5 an even bigger deal!

[Bonniegirl]

Yep! I remember as a kid 5 dollars was a lot ! Getting birthday cards from relatives with money in it, some put 1 dollar, some put 2, that was usual, and even that was cool back than .But I remember sometimes getting a 5 dollar bill and it was like I hit the lottery !

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Yep! I remember as a kid 5 dollars was a lot ! Getting birthday cards from relatives with money in it, some put 1 dollar, some put 2, that was usual, and even that was cool back than .But I remember sometimes getting a 5 dollar bill and it was like I hit the lottery !

I need to see a price list at a grocery store from 1974 lol

[OH Nuts!]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Yep! I remember as a kid 5 dollars was a lot ! Getting birthday cards from relatives with money in it, some put 1 dollar, some put 2, that was usual, and even that was cool back than .But I remember sometimes getting a 5 dollar bill and it was like I hit the lottery !

Me too. The following show my age:

I remember when Burger King Whoppers were 39 cents, French fries 15 cents, gasoline 23 cents a gallon, movies for kids 35 cents, local bus fare 25 cents.

[Janice Johnson]

On this very website, a GT Fan said that $5 in 1974 could buy you a Chinese Meal and a Movie Ticket plus popcorn and a drink and you would still have sone change left!

[smittykins]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Yep! I remember as a kid 5 dollars was a lot ! Getting birthday cards from relatives with money in it, some put 1 dollar, some put 2, that was usual, and even that was cool back than .But I remember sometimes getting a 5 dollar bill and it was like I hit the lottery !

I definitely remember thinking that if I had four dollars in pennies in my Mickey Mouse bank, I was rich!

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by smittykins

I definitely remember thinking that if I had four dollars in pennies in my Mickey Mouse bank, I was rich!

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by Janice Johnson

On this very website, a GT Fan said that $5 in 1974 could buy you a Chinese Meal and a Movie Ticket plus popcorn and a drink and you would still have sone change left!

Wow !!!

[Janice Johnson]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Wow !!!

Nowadays, a Movie Ticket, Popcorn, drink, and a Chinese Meal would be roughly $18 for IMAX night, roughly $9 for large Popcorn, roughly $7 for large Coke, roughly $13 for Chinese Meal. So, roughly $47 for what cost less than $5 in 1974!