I was young in the 60s, and I got a dollar each time…that was lots of money back then. I also got a dollar for allowance, and I once used my dollar to buy an Uncle Wiggly game. Wonder how much that game would cost now…
We only got like quarters and fifty-cent-pieces when I was growing up in the 60s. And no allowance at all. My mother’s excuse to me was that my brother wasted any money he was given, and she couldn’t give me an allowance and not give him one. Even then I couldn’t see why not. Maybe he would have learned something.
I saved my son’s first lost tooth, and whenever the tooth fairy came, I usually stuck a quarter under his pillow. He asked where does the tooth fairy go with all the children’s teeth. I pointed up to the sky and told him that all the stars in the heavens were little children’s teeth….he bought it at the time!
As a wee child, I got a dime each from the Tooth Fairy for my first teeth…In spite of the Fifties being the “Happy Days” decade, inflation had caused the reward for a tooth to go up to a quarter before I was done losing them…That was a long, long time ago (in a place far, far away), and that same quarter would have also paid for a gallon of gasoline in those heady days when money was real an’ actually had decent purchasing power… …
Yes indeed, got a dime a tooth and a quarter a week if all my chores were done. Every Friday night was payday and Saturday we went to the movies. A nickle for the movie, A nickle for the popcorn and a nickle for the drink and a nickle for the call home to come get us. The last nickle was put in the piggy bank. Those were the days but I wouldn’t want to go back and do it all again.
All this talk about the tiny amounts of money we used to get as allowance or from the tooth fairy reminds me that it was all about self discipline and delayed gratification. Was that bad or good? I think it was good but I’m biased by my age group, I think.
The#1BoiseStateFan over 11 years ago
I get 5 dollars
Susan Propst over 11 years ago
I was young in the 60s, and I got a dollar each time…that was lots of money back then. I also got a dollar for allowance, and I once used my dollar to buy an Uncle Wiggly game. Wonder how much that game would cost now…
orinoco womble over 11 years ago
We only got like quarters and fifty-cent-pieces when I was growing up in the 60s. And no allowance at all. My mother’s excuse to me was that my brother wasted any money he was given, and she couldn’t give me an allowance and not give him one. Even then I couldn’t see why not. Maybe he would have learned something.
germanvisitor over 11 years ago
Everyone knows the tooth-fairy is a voodoo priest.
Darryl Heine over 11 years ago
Odd to see teeth taken from the tooth fairy recycled into billard balls for your pool table.
Jaddis over 11 years ago
More likely recycled into dentures
Number Three over 11 years ago
How would you like to lose a bunch of teeth, Lucy?
LOL LOL…. Joke.
But somertimes she asks for it.
xxx
Spent Hen over 11 years ago
I saved my son’s first lost tooth, and whenever the tooth fairy came, I usually stuck a quarter under his pillow. He asked where does the tooth fairy go with all the children’s teeth. I pointed up to the sky and told him that all the stars in the heavens were little children’s teeth….he bought it at the time!
wronhewitt over 11 years ago
As a wee child, I got a dime each from the Tooth Fairy for my first teeth…In spite of the Fifties being the “Happy Days” decade, inflation had caused the reward for a tooth to go up to a quarter before I was done losing them…That was a long, long time ago (in a place far, far away), and that same quarter would have also paid for a gallon of gasoline in those heady days when money was real an’ actually had decent purchasing power… …
BlackHawkDon over 11 years ago
Yes indeed, got a dime a tooth and a quarter a week if all my chores were done. Every Friday night was payday and Saturday we went to the movies. A nickle for the movie, A nickle for the popcorn and a nickle for the drink and a nickle for the call home to come get us. The last nickle was put in the piggy bank. Those were the days but I wouldn’t want to go back and do it all again.
Spooky D Cat over 11 years ago
All this talk about the tiny amounts of money we used to get as allowance or from the tooth fairy reminds me that it was all about self discipline and delayed gratification. Was that bad or good? I think it was good but I’m biased by my age group, I think.
MysteryCat over 11 years ago
Sorry, Linus. You were paid for that tooth—that’s all you get.
(Dont believe everything Lucy tells you. )