hah!.. My husband found his first real job (post college) paycheck stub [View All]

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net pay $199.41 per week..(salary..no overtime)

The date on the check stub was June 25, 1966
(Also his birthday..probably why he saved it all these years)

he made less than 11,500 a year and had 2 degrees.... in architecture & education

We started reminiscing about the olden days..

His rent was $75 a month for a very nice 2br apartment
phone bill was under $10 a month
elec & gas were included in the rent
Lunch at the elks club (down the street from his office) cost $1.75 for the "blue plate" special

his only credit card was a Standard Oil gas card with a $100 limit

His car payment for his brand new GTO was $83 a month..insurance cost about $20 (he thinks)

He ate dinner at a restaurant almost every night, so he did not shop all that much, but when he did, he said he never spent over $25 bucks, and got 2 or 3 bags of groceries.

he graduated with ZERO school debt, and on that meager income (by today's standards) he took summer vacation for a week, and skied at Vail every winter..and dated a LOT.. (I was in high school then, and did not meet him until 1969)


I'm going to frame it and give it to him on his 65th birthday in a few months :)