[tubman]

In the early sixties where I lived, $5 was good for an evening's entertainment. Gas was $23.9 a gallon, so 2 bucks got you all you needed. Hauenstein or Cold Spring was $.25 a bottle at the muni. At the end of the evening, we got the "45 cents for a three course meal, at McDonalds!". (A burger fries, and a shake even.) I was making about three and a half bucks an hour at the local Red Owl supermarket (union job) and living at home, so life was good.