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Remembering when you could eat for cheap

In Missouri’s equivalent of Butte:

$3 pitcher nights in college. 25 cent wing nights. Dollar well drinks. $5 cup keg parties. $2 burgers. $3 giant burritos. $5 for 10lbs of chicken legs. Ribeyes for $4/lb on sale. $2 for 10lbs of potatoes. Shotgun ammo for $4/box.

Doesn’t really feel that long ago…
 
As a young California dude. Taco Bell. 60's Taco "Bell beefers", a sloppy joe. .25 cent each. Used to buy 3 and a root beer. Those early Taco Bells, had lava rock fire pits, right in front of the entrance. As a young teen, growing up in Ohio, Mac D offered a quarter pounder, fries, & soda, for .99 cent. Early teen years.
 
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There was a”penny pitcher” night at my local college bar. We took full advantage of that. Weekly.

Undesirable people found out about it, and they eventually had to shut it down.
 
Thursday night.
Free Beer at Grandma's Bar - Powell WY
Till 10:00 pm

Then back over to Hansel & Gretels till closing time.

Then a case on the floor board, and head for the hot pots at Mammoth.


But you gots to skedaddle when the sky starts getting light, or the rangers will catch you.


Circa 1986
 
I remember my wife and I going to the cafe early on Sunday mornings and buying coffee for 25 cents a cup with unlimited free refills.

I would sure get a lot of work done around the house after downing five or six cups.
 
In Missouri’s equivalent of Butte:

$3 pitcher nights in college. 25 cent wing nights. Dollar well drinks. $5 cup keg parties. $2 burgers. $3 giant burritos. $5 for 10lbs of chicken legs. Ribeyes for $4/lb on sale. $2 for 10lbs of potatoes. Shotgun ammo for $4/box.

Doesn’t really feel that long ago…
Warrensburg? Fake i.d.'s were happily accepted with no push back. Friend got bullied into a fight. Got arrested. The bully's jaw was smacked so hard the skull needed a metal plate. Went to trial. Judge in MO could ask questions during criminal trials so the judge did: "Mr. Alias, how many times did you hit Mr. Smith after he swung at you?" My buddy's reply, "Your Honor, before or after he hit the ground?" Even with that response, no conviction. Bartender and bouncer backed my buddy's recap of things.
 
Local Skyline in college had all-you-can-eat night once a week for $10. My fraternity would load up coolers of Natty Lite or Keystone and walk back and forth across the parking lot for refills. Pretty sure we put that particular franchisee out of business.
 
Ormsby House casino in Carson City, Nevada. Football Sunday for .50 cents dogs and brats and any beer. mtmuley
 
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