My daughter started her junior year of high school last week, so I thought it would be fun to do a little comparison between her junior year and mine.
Average income
1987: $24,350
2009: $40,523
A gallon of gas:
1987: .89
2009: 2.51
One dozen eggs
1987: .65
2009: 1.34
Biggest Hit Single
1987: La Bamba by Los Lobos
2009: (current) I Got a Feeling by Black Eyed Peas
Top Grossing Film
1987: Three Men and a Baby
2009: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Top TV Show
1987: Bill Cosby Show
2009: True Blood
NYT Bestseller (paperback mass-market)
1987: Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
2009: 92 Pacific Boulevard by Debbie Macomber
Wow, that's wild!!! I love seeing how things change like this. Very interesting...
ReplyDeleteIs True Blood really the top TV show? I can't believe of everything there is to watch, that's the best we could do. lol Oh well. I'm happy it's got vampires.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter started her Junior year this year, too. Ugh. I can't believe it. Seems like only a couple years ago I was taking her for her first day of kindergarten, and now she's prepping for college.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comparison. Hard to believe what 1987 was like compared to now.
wow, that's incredible. Great post.
ReplyDeleteKitteh, don't be hatin' on True Blood now. I heart that show.
ReplyDeleteYour Jr. year was my Sr. year...and I have the prices written down in my memory book. I love comparing then to now, though when I look at gas and movie prices, I get a little depressed. LOL
I was behind two teens at the grocery store this week. They were wearing skinny jeans, long layered tops, and Converse sneakers.
ReplyDeleteThey smiled and said hello and I said "you guys could be wearing my wardrobe from the 80's."
One of them squealed "Omigod I LOVE the 80's!!"
Yeah, I'm old... but the 80's came back.
They are so lucky they make skinny jeans with lycra and spandex. Dude, we used to lay on our back snd have our friends help us pull the zipper up. I can remember peeling off skinny peg leg jeans and my entire body tingled and burned with relief. There's an entire generation of 40-somethings with back issues, kidney problems, and hip issues because of those jeans!!!
Oh yeah, I remember having to lay on the bed to zip the jeans, and then trying to get up after. Remember we had to protect our big hair at the same time. Fashion was hard work then.
ReplyDeleteRemember when it rained and the bus smelled so badly of re-liquified AquaNet it would gag you? Plus you couldn't let anyone near you with a lighter or you'd go human-torch.
ReplyDeleteGood times... good times. :)
It wasn't just the girls. During my glam-metal stage I think I must have been on Aqua Net's christmas card list...
ReplyDeleteMr. Belegon, please send pictures. Love, Gwen
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