I remember 10¢ Saturday matinees when they had a ticket drawing during intermission and gave away all kinds of nifty prizes. I nearly always came home with a toy and Mom got a few hours of blessed relief while the four of us kids were “safe” in the movie theatre.
Yukoneric, I remember a wrestler who went by your name from the 50’s. He was a big ‘ox-strong’ guy wearing genes and logger boots into the arena, but always fought fair. He most always won over the villians such as Tony Boron and others in the Portland Arena.
I also remember going to the local general store with 35 cents to buy .22 cartriges and no one worried that I was a pre-teen terrorist. They wished me luck squirrel hunting!
I can’t tolerate movies today, whether in a theater or on TV, because the sound track so often drowns out any dialogue. I never can follow the plot because I can’t hear the voices. Some of the music” is an assault on the senses. I just don’t get it, but I guess that’s why I’m a plugger.
My husband and I haven’t seen a first-run movie in years due to the high prices they charge for everything. A few years ago, we used to go to a Cinemark Theatre and watch these same high-priced movies several months after they first came out for 99 cents each (but it’s been closed for quite a while now). These days, we don’t even care anymore. We just wait until whatever movie we wanted to see finally comes to cable or network television even though it can take 2, 3 (or maybe more) years to do so.
Why is it more expensive to go to the movies today?
Why is food more expensive, when it is not more expensive to grow or prepare it?
Why does it cost more to go to college, when you will only learn the same things you learned 50 or more years ago?
Why are there illiterate wealthy adults in the US?
I came along in a family of pluggers that never had the few pennies for movies. Those things were for rich folks. We did manage to borrow books at the city library every couple of weeks, Sometimes we had to telephone to renew because it was a month before we could get to town again.
Sherriann: The answer to why movies (and everything else) are so expensive today is simple if you understand how money works.
The purchasing power of a dollar (or any country’s currency) is determined by the amount of stuff that can be purchased versus the amount of money that exists. If any government increases the supply of money without a corresponding increase of goods and services available for purchase, it will take more money to buy the same amount as previously.
It will look like prices have gone up, but in reality the strength of the dollar has gone down. The details of how this happens can get very complex, but that is the gist of it as proven by the actions of hundreds of governments over hundreds of years.
So when people talk of inflation and mean rising prices, that is reversing cause and effect, because what is really inflated is the supply of money. Governments do this so they can spend more money without increasing taxes, which tend to tick people off. But money supply inflation is addictive to governments, so it tends to accelerate and can lead to run-away inflation. Recent examples: A little while ago Turkey revalued the Turkish Lira 1,000,000 to 1. And last summer I saw a Zimbabwean 100 trillion dollar bill.
America is not that bad…yet…but as I have been saying lately, the dollar is the new nickel.
Chuck Trent64 …It is great to feel good, I still do…yet someday you’ll make some of these comments when I’m taking my “Dirt Nap!” Enjoy. May we all see many more good days.
ImaPlugger2 over 14 years ago
I remember 10¢ Saturday matinees when they had a ticket drawing during intermission and gave away all kinds of nifty prizes. I nearly always came home with a toy and Mom got a few hours of blessed relief while the four of us kids were “safe” in the movie theatre.
Pacejv over 14 years ago
Yep. Saturdays. Six…maybe more toons + the latest Flash Gordon!
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
The good ol’ days are gone! Unfortunately.
woodwork over 14 years ago
yeah, two bits….10 for the movie, .05 for the popcorn, .05 for the coke, and you had a nickle to get something on the way back home…
Yukoneric over 14 years ago
I only go to the theater now when my son pays.
Nighthawks Premium Member over 14 years ago
oh well, bet that social security check doesn’t come close to what you made on your paper route back in the fifties….it’s all relative
EarlWash over 14 years ago
Yukoneric, I remember a wrestler who went by your name from the 50’s. He was a big ‘ox-strong’ guy wearing genes and logger boots into the arena, but always fought fair. He most always won over the villians such as Tony Boron and others in the Portland Arena.
“Memories Are Made of This”.
Maddispa over 14 years ago
I also remember going to the local general store with 35 cents to buy .22 cartriges and no one worried that I was a pre-teen terrorist. They wished me luck squirrel hunting!
ImaPlugger2 over 14 years ago
I can’t tolerate movies today, whether in a theater or on TV, because the sound track so often drowns out any dialogue. I never can follow the plot because I can’t hear the voices. Some of the music” is an assault on the senses. I just don’t get it, but I guess that’s why I’m a plugger.
Gretchen's Mom over 14 years ago
My husband and I haven’t seen a first-run movie in years due to the high prices they charge for everything. A few years ago, we used to go to a Cinemark Theatre and watch these same high-priced movies several months after they first came out for 99 cents each (but it’s been closed for quite a while now). These days, we don’t even care anymore. We just wait until whatever movie we wanted to see finally comes to cable or network television even though it can take 2, 3 (or maybe more) years to do so.
SherriannPederson over 14 years ago
So many questions:
Why is it more expensive to go to the movies today? Why is food more expensive, when it is not more expensive to grow or prepare it? Why does it cost more to go to college, when you will only learn the same things you learned 50 or more years ago? Why are there illiterate wealthy adults in the US?
FurryFoot over 14 years ago
I came along in a family of pluggers that never had the few pennies for movies. Those things were for rich folks. We did manage to borrow books at the city library every couple of weeks, Sometimes we had to telephone to renew because it was a month before we could get to town again.
pschearer Premium Member over 14 years ago
Sherriann: The answer to why movies (and everything else) are so expensive today is simple if you understand how money works.
The purchasing power of a dollar (or any country’s currency) is determined by the amount of stuff that can be purchased versus the amount of money that exists. If any government increases the supply of money without a corresponding increase of goods and services available for purchase, it will take more money to buy the same amount as previously.
It will look like prices have gone up, but in reality the strength of the dollar has gone down. The details of how this happens can get very complex, but that is the gist of it as proven by the actions of hundreds of governments over hundreds of years.
So when people talk of inflation and mean rising prices, that is reversing cause and effect, because what is really inflated is the supply of money. Governments do this so they can spend more money without increasing taxes, which tend to tick people off. But money supply inflation is addictive to governments, so it tends to accelerate and can lead to run-away inflation. Recent examples: A little while ago Turkey revalued the Turkish Lira 1,000,000 to 1. And last summer I saw a Zimbabwean 100 trillion dollar bill.
America is not that bad…yet…but as I have been saying lately, the dollar is the new nickel.
ChuckTrent64 over 14 years ago
BOY, & I thought I was a plugger. I am on some of these, but you guys are, well, really older & that makes me feel good.
Pacejv over 14 years ago
Chuck Trent64 …It is great to feel good, I still do…yet someday you’ll make some of these comments when I’m taking my “Dirt Nap!” Enjoy. May we all see many more good days.