Tuesday, January 6, 2009

1969

1969 Prices
Bread: $0.23/loaf
Milk: $1.26/gal
Eggs: $1.14/doz
Car: $3,400
Gas: $0.35/gal
House: $27,900
Stamp: $.06/ea Avg Income: $10,577/yr
Min. Wage: $1.60/hr DOW Ave: 800
US President: Richard M. Nixon
US Vice President: Spiro T. Agnew
Academy Award Winners:
Best Picture: Midnight Cowboy
Best Actor: John Wayne/True Grit
Best Actress: Maggie Smith/The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

If you were born in the year that Neil Armstrong takes his first steps on the moon...
If you were born in the year when "Get Back", by the Beatles was number one...
If you were born when Silly String was the hot "new" toy...
If you were born the year the Manson Family killed the Bianca's...
If you were born the year of the Woodstock Festival, held in upstate New York...
If you were born the year Seasame Street debuted....
If you were born the first year the "Gap" store opened...

If you were born in 1969, let me know.

8 comments:

sharon said...

Oh boy, does that list ever bring back memories! Love you!!!

Shauna said...

your an old but cute fart.

Hunter Bug said...

Silly String?? The Gap?? The Beatles?? You oldie!!!

Straight to Your Hart said...

Was the summer of 69..me and some guys from school..had a band and we tried real hard....keep on going!!

Nope not that year...

Tiffany said...

I've visiting from SITS. I wasn't born in 1969, but I love this list! I was 2 that year.

McAtee Family said...

Does it kill you to know that 1969 is 10 years before I made my debut in this world?!?

KC Mom said...

Yeah...that does kill a little bit.

Natalie said...

So I didn't come along until '72, but Jared was 1969. In fact, he and Tom have the exact same b'day!
You 1969ers are seriously some of the VERY coolest people I know!!

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