1955 Jack Rabbit
The students of Bowie High School in Bowie, Texas sure know how to spend their free time. Ice cream is never a bad idea. Even when it’s hot out, the cone is the best way to enjoy it.
Of course, there’s always the movies, and 1955 had some of the best! Oklahoma, Guys and Dolls, Marty, and TWO James Dean flicks, RIP. A couple dollars covered the tickets, Coke, and popcorn.
But if it’s calories you want to burn, it’s activity time. A rousing game of shuffleboard, billiards, or air hockey can make for a nice competition and some flirting, to boot. Y’all just wait until pickleball gets invented!
I Don't Get It 
Why is it the high school girls in the 50’s photos all look like they’re 30 with 2 kids, a cat, a mortgage and a wine problem?
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I know, right? 100%!
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Any excuse sends me to time-money convertor so I had to look up how much a 1955 dollar is worth now. The answer is $11.38. That is comparable to an average cinema ticket now but, of course, would not also purchase the coke and popcorn.
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Well, I had initially put $2, then checked on it, and changed it to one. A hamburger was 20 cents and movie tickets were less than 50 cents. But I’ll edit it, based on your research. š And I haven’t been to the movie since 2017!
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Oh I wasn’t correcting or questioning your research. I am certain your math is correct. I just got curious about whether cinema tickets were more expensive now than back in the 1950s. Turned out they are a bit.
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The more research, the better. It’s so hard to get it straight in my head lol.
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Oh, to think back to the days growing up when a shake could be a malt if you chose, Kerbey. And in the 1980s, Syracuse had a joint where we could play table shuffleboard between beers. Fun, fun, fun at the Orange Grove.
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Nice!
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