January 1, 1980

Going back 30 years to 1980.


JANUARY 1ST

I noted that this was the 4th year of the journal and that this was the fourth decade Liz and I had lived in. (This is now the seventh decade!!!) I was hoping we'd get a break from prices going up like they had during the last five.

Gas had gone up from 33 cents to a current $1.10 a gallon. Home prices had gone up 50% since we bought our house in 1975.

Some events from the seventies:

1973 graduated college, bought first car (1973 Ford Pinto ($2200), got married and started teaching.
1975 bought house in Round Lake Beach for $33,000.
1977 bought Chevy Mailbu
1974 bought used Pontiac Tempest

We slept until 2 PM. Liz got up before me and took down Christmas decorations and cleaned up from last night's party.

Watched bowl games and charged the Tempest battery.

Oh, to Be 28 Again. --RoadDog


Points to Ponder: Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.