Money for Halloween? - It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) Discussion

[–] pschroeter 9 years ago

In the sixties a quarter could have got you a large comic book, or five large candy bars, two soda pops, ect. I remember it as being a impressive amount of money to have as a kid.

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[–] avortac4 (3430) 2 years ago

Use punctuation, and write your acronyms correctly, please. It's "could have gotten", not "could have got".

I bet you are one of those people that say "I was bit" instead of "I was bitten".

Also, 'ect'?? What the heck is 'ect'?! Do you possibly mean 'ETC.'?

To add, it's "AN impressive amount", not "A impressive amount". Have you ever learned this language called 'english'? I hear it's pretty good to know when writing posts in english discussion boards and forums.

I recommend you learn it.

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[–] liscarkat (16469) a year ago

You should write "people who say", not "people that say".

Be consistent with your use of single and double quote marks.

"English" is capitalized.

Crapping on someone's writing in a forum is petty and pompous, but if you're going to do it, it's best to make sure your own writing is flawless.

I recommend you think about that.

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[–] stones78 9 years ago

when is this on again?

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[–] Sitcom_Sally 9 years ago

The 20th.

"There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on." - Rod Serling

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[–] rosiedeene 9 years ago

When I was a kid (I'm sounding so old here) there was a little corner store that sold penny and .05 candy (Swedish fish, tootsie rolls, jaw breakers, maryjanes), so getting money was just as good as getting candy. I would usually get about a dollars worth of change (mostly pennies and nickels, the adults knew how much we needed for the store), so I was able to buy a decent amount of candy.

Too bad that type of change won't get you anything anymore. The closest I've seen now is 5 tootsie rolls for a dollar at party city.

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[–] crazydude1989 8 years ago

When I was a kid (I'm sounding so old here) there was a little corner store that sold penny and .05 candy (Swedish fish, tootsie rolls, jaw breakers, maryjanes), so getting money was just as good as getting candy. I would usually get about a dollars worth of change (mostly pennies and nickels, the adults knew how much we needed for the store), so I was able to buy a decent amount of candy.

My grandmother ran a deli/grocery/candy store for 33 years and I know exactly what you mean. Except she sold all those little candies for a penny. She hated counting it out too. haha. She also sold little stupid toys/cigarettes/t shirts/hats/sunglasses/ comic books. I think candy bars were a little more expensive but the tootsie rolls, Swedish fish, gum were a penny. I can't remember everything she sold but it also included Laffy Taffy, Now & Later, cherry "chance" candies (either sweet or sour), Warheads, you name it. When I was in kindergarten in 1994 we had our 100 Days of School celebration and we had to bring in 100 of something, and I asked my grandma to give me 100 orange fruity Tootsie rolls. lol.

#pennygetyourownwifi

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[–] novastar_6 8 years ago

In the novelization for the 1981 movie Halloween II, the old couple where the man's watching TV and the woman finds blood on her counter, earlier in the night she tells the trick-or-treaters her husband ate all the cookies, so she gives them all coins to buy candy the next day.

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[–] crlnrgbrght5 8 years ago

What about all the candy they threw in the bags (except for Charlie Brown, who gets rocks)? Then Lucy asking for an extra piece of candy for her brother, who's not there, after they already threw a handful in, greedy much?

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[–] liscarkat-2 8 years ago

Yeah, in the early and mid '60s when this was made my allowance went from twenty-five to fifty cents a week, and I could actually buy some stuff with that much--comic books, candy, etc.

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[–] avortac4 (3430) 2 years ago

What about someone getting a quarter do you find unbelievable, and why? Please elaborate, this IS a discussion board, after all.

Zorro III is an Amiga expansion slot, if I remember correctly. Otherwise, your name is not very imaginative or original, it's one step up from 'Joker' (how many unimaginative people took that word after the movie came out and thought themselves to be geniuses..?)

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