Dollar got you all of this back in the day 80's
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Technically you should still have 15 cent left over.. now a laters were a dime.. in the bx that had the cheaper version called jingles that was a nickel… lemon heads and all small box candy was 10 cent.. super bubble gum was a nickel.. charms blow pop was a dime.. chic o stick was a nickel.. the original sour power was a nickel and came in a plastic tube that they peeled with a plastic utensil.. awwww the good old days
They can keep that Cosmic Brownie, that shit was disgusting
You don’t know what you missing that cosmic brownie is the shit especially eating it with some cold milk.They can keep that Cosmic Brownie, that shit was disgusting
They had those in Canada?
I'd run to you and trade it for those Now 'N Laters
Yeah the 6ct now and later were a dime. The 11ct were a quarter. In the early to mid 90's
Black just how old are you? Bout 97 give or take?
It was hard icing with brownie crumbs...Word.
Twinkies was 50 cents. And they tasted much better back in the day. They taste like couch cushions now. 
That would be a trade I’d gladly make.
I remember when Krystal cheeseburgers were a dime
We had better snacks in the South. Yall eating that garbage.
Well not better snacks but better grocery stores for sure. Nowadays it's about even. Wegmans and Publix are great quality stores. You have to go to Winn Dixie or Piggly Wiggly for these old school snacks.
I used to love me some star crunch and the raspberry twinkies, those fruit turnovers, etc. Could run bball or ride my bike all day long and burn it all off.
Well not better snacks but better grocery stores for sure. Nowadays it's about even. Wegmans and Publix are great quality stores. You have to go to Winn Dixie or Piggly Wiggly for these old school snacks.
I used to love me some star crunch and the raspberry twinkies, those fruit turnovers, etc. Could run bball or ride my bike all day long and burn it all off.
41.. I’m a real 80s baby.. born 1980Black just how old are you? Bout 97 give or take?
Value of $1 from 1980 to 2022
$1 in 1980 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $3.55 today, an increase of $2.55 over 42 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.06% per year between 1980 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 254.73%.
This means that today's prices are 3.55 times higher than average prices since 1980, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index. A dollar today only buys 28.169% of what it could buy back then.
$1 in 1980 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $3.55 today, an increase of $2.55 over 42 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.06% per year between 1980 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 254.73%.
This means that today's prices are 3.55 times higher than average prices since 1980, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index. A dollar today only buys 28.169% of what it could buy back then.
Throughout the 80s, the prices steadily rose. Here are some statistics from 1980, 1983, 1986, and finally, 1989. It’s easy to see the incline through the decade and make you wish it was the 1980’s again.
1980
As a mid 80’s baby, the $.15 stamp is something I’d never have seen. And can you believe the cost of a new car?
WHAT IT COST IN 1980
Remember when you could take the whole family to the movies for $20? Here are some other things that were cheaper in 1980.
1980
| Income | $19,173.00 |
| New house | $68,714.00 |
| New car | $7,201.00 |
| One dozen eggs | $.50 |
| Movie ticket | $2.25 |
| Postage stamp | $.15 |
WHAT IT COST IN 1980
Remember when you could take the whole family to the movies for $20? Here are some other things that were cheaper in 1980.
- A Commodore VIC-20 computer cost $299.95. It boasted a maximum of 5 KB of memory and didn’t include a monitor.
- Ticket for a Los Angeles Dodgers game featuring Mexican rookie pitching sensation (and future MVP) Fernando Valenzuela: $4.50.
- Cost of one of the year’s most popular novels, Stephen King’s Firestarter: $13.95.
- The price of a pack of cigarettes (people still smoked in 1980): about $1.00.
- A ticket to see The Empire Strikes Back cost $2.75.
- A gallon of leaded gasoline, which is now banned but was still available then, cost about $1.20.
- In 1980 a new house cost, on average, just under $69,000. Barbie’s Dream House cost around $100.
- This year, McDonald’s expanded its menu with the first fast food chicken sandwich, the McChicken (deep fried boneless patty on a bun). Price: 80 cents.
- A 1980 Chrysler Cordoba, memorably advertised by Ricardo Montalban as being upholstered in “rich Corinthian leather,” cost $6,745.
- The Sears Catalog offered a UHF- and VHFenabled 19-inch “big-screen” color TV with a hot feature—a wood-paneled remote control with four buttons—for just $485.
- Irene Cara’s title song from the movie Fame won an Oscar for Best Original Song. The soundtrack LP cost about $6.
- New in the candy aisle: Big League Chew, shredded bubble gum invented by a former minor league pitcher as a chewing-tobacco substitute. A package cost 25 cents.
- A state-of-the-art VHS machine—on which you could watch pre-recorded movies at home!— cost $699. Renting one of the few dozen titles Hollywood had released cost about $8 at one of the many new “video stores” around the country, some of which required membership fees or deposits of up to $50.
Sour power! Reese's peanut butter cups were a nickel each too.
We still got Food Lion, Bi-Lo has long since left the Carolina's.
I think that's what they based vitamin water on
Good times back then. Tickets to the Phillies World series in 80' against the Royals was $12. You can't even drive by Citizens Bank Park for 12 fuckin dollars nowadays
my pop kept a bag of these under his bed
every so often me and my sister would steal one or two or a few
felt like being a millionaire
hit the storehouse on the way to the school bus stop
left with too much shit to carry
every so often me and my sister would steal one or two or a few
felt like being a millionaire
hit the storehouse on the way to the school bus stop
left with too much shit to carry
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cause one of these days 
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