Things were cheaper- not that long ago

p4ul · Apr 6, 2023

Probably be a bit more than £14.50 if it was this Friday?

My memories are of the fun we had rather than the music played, fortunately it is the concert available online so I revisit it regularly.

Ticket says “To Be Retained” can I safely bin it now?

STANDY · Apr 6, 2023

I remember riding my bike 3-4 train stations away as a 13-14yo and my sisters kids weren’t allowed to leave the street.

Different times

DrmexicoII · Apr 6, 2023

p4ul
Probably be a bit more than £14.50 if it was this Friday?

My memories are of the fun we had rather than the music played, fortunately it is the concert available online so I revisit it regularly.

Ticket says “To Be Retained” can I safely bin it now?

Who were the other guests in addition to Quo? Very cool gig to have attended.

bonzodog · Apr 6, 2023

Twelve years back I walked into a Rolex A/O bought a non date sub of the shelf for £4050.00 .

p4ul · Apr 6, 2023

DrmexicoII
Who were the other guests in addition to Quo? Very cool gig to have attended.

INXS
The Alarm
Then Quo & Queen

Saw quite a few at that time, Clapton, Deep Purple, Yes, Ry Cooder Paul Simon Graceland Tour, UB40 spring to mind.
Think I was born at a good music time I saw The Who with Keith Moon and Genesis Foxtrot era a real personal highlight.

Forgot! Springsteen Born in the USA Tour at Wembley…mind blowing.

JimInOz · Apr 6, 2023

I remember walking into Peter Chew Emporium in Singapore about 1977 and buying a 5513 for less than my fortnightly pay at the time.

Duracuir1 · Apr 6, 2023

1990. I had one year on the job. Was 21 years old and the only one stupid enough to spend my night shifts alone in a bush, on an island with only a revolver, night vision goggles and a cellular phone. The Island was on the St. Laurence river between New York and Ontario and used to - allegedly - smuggle AK-47s into Canada. I really thought I could make a difference. Glad I never “caught” the smugglers…

That was a long time ago James…

Togri v. 2.0 · Apr 6, 2023

Time and our perception of it is a strange thing. It’s strange to think about that Julius Caesar‘s love affair with the Egyptian queen Cleopatra is closer to us in history than it is to the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza

Tony C. · Apr 6, 2023

I seem to recall paying 75 cents to watch a "Double Feature" (i.e. two films) at a movie theater when I was a kid. Around the same time, huge lofts in Soho (NY) were being rented (mostly) by artists, and for a pittance. Worth millions today.

JwRosenthal · Apr 6, 2023

Tony C.
I seem to recall paying 75 cents to watch a "Double Feature" (i.e. two films) at a movie theater when I was a kid. Around the same time, huge lofts in Soho (NY) were being rented (mostly) by artists, and for a pittance. Worth millions today.

I was cleaning out some old paperwork in my desk and found a household budget that I had written with my ex c. 2005ish. All inclusive of mortgage, bills, food, entertainment, insurance etc- $3.6k- and that was a high ball estimate!

Duracuir1 · Apr 6, 2023

From 1992. And to make this watch related.

My wife picked up a lot of watch boxes, booklets etc… at auction a while back. This guide was included. It’s huge. I selected a few pages only.

The Father · Apr 6, 2023

hi tech from 80’s

Turpinr · Apr 6, 2023

STANDY
Love how old people think 33 years is not that long ago… 😁😁

Hahahahahaha 1990 isn't long ago 🤬
Back then all my joints worked and arthritis wasn't mentioned.
The only watch I wore was for running.
You're right, it is a long time ago.

jumpingsecond · Apr 6, 2023

Back in 67 A clapton cost $92 but only if you knew Debbie in NYC

Canuck · Apr 6, 2023

In 1965, when I took a job in a jewellery store that sold Rolex, the Rolex Date-Just in steel and 14-karat gold was $495.00. The 18-karat Rolex Day-Date with 18-karat President bracelet was $1,995.00. In 1971, my steel Rolex Air-King Date was $215.00.

Aroxx · Apr 6, 2023

SC1
And even better (not to sound like That Guy)... the one G&D (Gas and Dash) I experienced as a gas attendant (and three shoplifting incidents when I worked as a 3rd shift stock boy at the local supermarket) you were not only allowed legally, but encouraged by management, to "engage" the perp... being a big yet fast boy I had some serious fun kicking the shit out of three of those four humans while waiting for the police to arrive (the fourth, a drunk older lady, at the supermarket, kicked the shit out of me while I had her pinned down - bit me seven times and absolutely shanked me in the nuts with a closed fist... I didn't let go of her but man did she leave some physical & psychological scars).

By contrast: my daughter worked PT at a supermarket last year to get some spending coin... she told me repeatedly about shoplifters and what she was instructed to do by management:
"Ask them to please put it back... if they don't and exit the store call the police with the best descriptors you can offer. Under no circumstances are you to engage them in any manner after asking them politely to put the merch back."

I was fυcking gobsmacked at that. World gone soft.

I don't want to derail this thread but I just can't help myself on this. I agree that by-and-large society has gone soft. But in this case I would say society has gotten smarter. Encouraging vigilante retail workers to engage in physical altercations with shoplifters is just stupid. Especially female workers who probably have no martial arts training. What if the guy or gal pulls a knife or a gun? Or just kicks your ass? Or what if the worker breaks grannies hip? Or she hits her head and dies? There are a thousand scenarios where this is just totally not worth the risk and cost of whatever the person is shoplifting. Would you want your daughter getting injured or killed trying to save Shop-O-Rama $50 of merchandise?

I think the approach is right. Confront the person so they know they've been caught, then call law enforcement and let them do their job. I've heard a badass Navy SEAL who could kick 99% of the asses on this planet say the same thing. You just never know who your fυcking with. Even people who don't look like much may have been training BJJ for the last 30 years and will just destroy you. Or somebody is having a really bad day and pulls a weapon. A lot of murders are not pre-meditated. Somebody is just having a really bad day and shit goes off the rails. De-escalate, check your ego, and bow out is the smarter move.

myatt · Apr 6, 2023

Duracuir1
From 1992. And to make this watch related.

My wife picked up a lot of watch boxes, booklets etc… at auction a while back. This guide was included. It’s huge. I selected a few pages only.

This is a gold mine. Could you upload the rest of the pages....better still create a thread (or append to the appropriate one) with historical pricing catlog/ads.

SC1 · Apr 6, 2023

Aroxx
I don't want to derail this thread but I just can't help myself on this. I agree that by-and-large society has gone soft. But in this case I would say society has gotten smarter. Encouraging vigilante retail workers to engage in physical altercations with shoplifters is just stupid. Especially female workers who probably have no martial arts training. What if the guy or gal pulls a knife or a gun? Or just kicks your ass? Or what if the worker breaks grannies hip? Or she hits her head and dies? There are a thousand scenarios where this is just totally not worth the risk and cost of whatever the person is shoplifting. Would you want your daughter getting injured or killed trying to save Shop-O-Rama $50 of merchandise?

I think the approach is right. Confront the person so they know they've been caught, then call law enforcement and let them do their job. I've heard a badass Navy SEAL who could kick 99% of the asses on this planet say the same thing. You just never know who your fυcking with. Even people who don't look like much may have been training BJJ for the last 30 years and will just destroy you. Or somebody is having a really bad day and pulls a weapon. A lot of murders are not pre-meditated. Somebody is just having a really bad day and shit goes off the rails. De-escalate, check your ego, and bow out is the smarter move.

You mentioned everything but my balls... my schnutts were swollen for days post-takedown. How about some empathy for the schnutts?

And while you did mention my daughter and current days (and of course I don't disagree) you also omitted two important deets:

1. Back when I was that high schooler and working those two starter jobs very few morons were armed, guns were less prevalent, no one but Bruce Lee & David Carradine knew jackshit about jujitsu or the martial arts and folks with mental illnesses weren't being kicked out of institutions and onto the streets.

2. Lawsuits weren't being doled out like candy. So make no mistake here -- a lot of the current corporate bottom line on shoplifting isn't necessarily "smarter" or even under (but definitely conveniently seen as) the mask of employee protection but in fact a policy birthed out of a fear of litigiousness.

...but to current times, yes -- too much fuckwittery out there to engage over a box of Pop-Tarts (even with the double fudge icing variant) even though we all pay for it in the end.

EuroDriver · Apr 6, 2023

Early '90's I was in college. I would get change from $10 to fill up my 1972 Datsun 510. I also switched from Marlboro at a dollar-and-change to GPC cigarettes (or something like that) for less than $1/pack. I used to wear Fossil watches back then and eventually bought a Bulova Marine Star for about $150, which was about as much luxury as I could afford.

My cell phone carrier used to be AirTouch, which eventually became Verizon. Using it had to be an urgent necessity because the per-minute charges on an analog cell phone (a gray Motorola flip phone with a pull-up antenna) were sky-high at around $.40/minute. Oh, and I also carried a pager

SC1 · Apr 6, 2023

EuroDriver
Early '90's I was in college. I would get change from $10 to fill up my 1972 Datsun 510. I also switched from Marlboro at a dollar-and-change to GPC cigarettes (or something like that) for less than $1/pack. I used to wear Fossil watches back then and eventually bought a Bulova Marine Star for about $150, which was about as much luxury as I could afford.

My cell phone carrier used to be AirTouch, which eventually became Verizon. Using it had to be an urgent necessity because the per-minute charges on an analog cell phone (a gray Motorola flip phone with a pull-up antenna) were sky-high at around $.40/minute. Oh, and I also carried a pager

All of this ↑ 100%!!

Man I miss my Datsun!