Drabble by Kevin Fagan for June 24, 2014

now is the new traadition of talking about the old ones that got too expensive

And a whole lot of gouge.

Like Dunkin Donuts coolattas. 4 dollars for 95% crushed ice. Ridiculous.

I used to enjoy stopping at Dateland AZ for a date milkshake. The last time it cost over $12 for two shakes. That was the LAST time. I won’t support greed!

The worst part of growing old is remembering what things used to cost when you were younger. A soft serve ice cream cone that cost maybe a quarter when I was a kid is now three bucks. My first new car cost $2500. The most recent one was $28,000.

treesareus: Definitely. We should go back to having the millionaire bracket at 91% like under Reagan.

I love going to DQ and asking for a nickle cone. Then watch the faces of the young whippersnappers there.

When my kid was little I bought a hand-cranked ice crusher. A couple of minutes cranking and some unsweetened juice was all it took to make a better, healthier sno-cone than the ones they sold at the stands.

As my pappy would say, “There better be a shot of vodka in that syrup for [$4]”. Got to pay the rent or property taxes on that shack somehow. Despite a nearly 40% vacancy rate, commercial property rents in town start at $2/sq ft/month. Obscene.

Why, I remember when I set up a snow cone stand on the street near our house, sold each one for a quarter. Went home after several hours with about $10 and so proud of my “profit”. That is when my mom pointed out that supplies and syrups and ice cost almost that much, not to mention her time and my 10-year-old time (of several hours). I said, “Oh” and that was my first lesson in basic business. This happened about 1960 and fortunately I have avoided trying to run a business that way ever since!