However, the appliances back then were made so much better. They would last and last. You are lucky if your appliances will last five years in today's times. People back then didn't have to keep buying the same stuff over and over.
My husband's mom had books like that. She even recorded a stick of gum, a button, everything. I agree about the paper towels, my co workers go through copious amounts of them, and sticky pads. A lot more than that too. I had to let it go. Not my circus, not my monkeys. Lol
Now people don’t even look at their credit card or bank statements but older generations wrote down everything like this, it is so interesting! Thank you for sharing!
I’m watching while making a breakfast sandwich to eat tomorrow on the way to hospital for hubby’s drs appointment. I’m also fixing my lunch ,brown bagging to eat at hospital.
We bought a refrigerator at Home Depot about one year ago for about 600.00. Our children have been adults for a long time so it's just my husband and me now. We didn't need a huge frig. I will be 78 this month and my husband is 79. We've been married 59 years this year, God willing.😊
I still have the letters my aunt wrote to me on the back of envelopes, torn clean paper from bills... Once it took four scraps to get the whole letter written!
Wow way to go. Sounds like you are working really hard. Keep up the good work and be sure to touch base with is once in awhile to let us know how you are doing.
For scrap paper I haven’t bought any in years, I use the back of all the junk paper that comes in the mail as long as it doesn’t have any personal information on it. Cut it down to the size I want with my paper cutter.
Appliances, goods, clothes were incredibly expensive when I was young 1970s. We used to rent our TV we couldn't afford to buy one. Our water boiler/heater broke, we went a year without hot water out of a tap until my parents could buy a new one.
I think comparing prices on 1950s, 60s, or 70s appliances, tvs, doesn't take into account that most stuff was made in the USA, and not actually a foreign country, and while at that time the technology was new (tv's) they were EXPENSIVE!! So you can't say inflation doesn't exist today because the prices are the same, you are getting cheap, mass produced garbage now, compared to something THAT actually lasted (like the refrigerator you have now)!! I also bought a new refrigerator to replace my older one that still worked, and wished I wouldn't have--the thing pops loudly all times of the day and night, and scares us all!! Should have kept my old one!! GREAT CONTENT & THANKS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT YOU AND YOUR MOM BRING TO US DURING THESE TIMES!!
I went to eat out with family and friends. I took egg salad, avocado, and fruit and a brownie from home to put on a house salad. I took my own drink. It cost me 4.99 while others were spending 12-15$ a piece. Thanks for the tips.
My son went to college for car restoration but now working a brake factory making good money for something he didn't even go to school for. Paid off that loan too
I am very sparing with my paper towel. I even drain bacon and other things like pork chops on a newspaper. That is what my grand mother did. So far none of us have died from ink poisoning.😂
My last two refrigerators lasted only 5-6 years. One was LG and one was GE. Not top of the line. No bells and whistles. On the last one, the repairman said that refrigerators now are made to only last 5-7 years…something about the compressor. It costs so much to fix them that you might as well buy a new one. My neighbor lived to be 99 years old. She still had the refrigerator they got when she was married and it was still running in the basement when she passed. It was 70 years old.
Yes! To free college. My boys are in one of the many 2 year programs that the state covers (electrical and robotics programming). They also have an internship that pays 21 dollars per hour and 40 hours per week-- including class hours! They're paid to be in class 😂. Other son is doing a 4 yr and has an almost full ride for academics.
My mom still does that everything she spends goes on paper and on a different note, I was able to find a turkey for 77 a pound. I felt like I won the lottery
Tawra- have you ever read The wizard of Oz book? It's much better than the movie and has a lot more interesting adventures. I can't watch the movie after reading the book because it's more interesting
I told my niece to cremate me and then spread me someplace fun 😅. I have been using a $500 fridge for 6 years and it is working really well, even came with a 10 year warranty. You can freeze eggs and they work great for baking and scrambled. Just scramble the raw egg and freeze in small baggies. I freeze one egg (for baking) and four egg (for quiche and scrambled) baggies
Sometimes it saves money to buy quality. I went through multiple $20 clippers. I then bought a pair that cost between $100-$200 and I’ve had that pair for well over 15 years. Also, Toyota
My plumber son makes more money than my college grad son! And college grad son married a lawyer that is burdened with so much dept she will be paying on it forever!
Greetings from Eastern Europe (Latvia). Yes, You can Google where it is 😁 We have different eating habbits here, for example we eat only our own pickled cabbage, cucamber, etc. And its totally normal to cook 1 soup, 1 casserole, 1 Russian salad (rosols) for the week and for most part thats it. Just rotate 👌 I looookve You, guys!
Nice video! You should do comparison videos of what the average family spends for daily, weekly, monthly of today and the past years that show how spoiled people are today and why they have debt. How often people ate out, bought Starbucks, nails, spending money on kids, phones, cable, subscriptions, movie theater, entertainment, How much people can save if they cut these out? My husband and I have no debt beside our small mortgage because we do not spend money on those things. We live minimal compared to others.
It's so funny......my sister would leave so much food on her plate and have it thrown away. We either eat everything or take a doggy bag home. I can take the doggy bag and make a scrambled egg breakfast for two the next day. Anytime we have meat that has a bone even chicken wings, rib bones, and so on. I keep and make broth for soup, rice, or stews for my husband and I only. I got these silicone ice trays for $2 at a thrift store to make ice. When I go to a grocery store people complain about the meat prices. I would mention that this is on sale and this is on sale and so on. They would look at me crazy and say," oh that's nice". I slowly built up my freezer to make prime dinners all the time. My freezer has a peep hole that's how much I have. I write and inventory my freezer and pantry every month. Rotate my fridge every week.
Just watched a candy making video and the man said the scissors he uses to cut the candy (just a pair of those sewing tailor large hand held metal ones with the glossy black handle) cost his grandfather 2 week's worth of pay.
I read a funny, cozy mystery series where an older lady had been married 7 times. When each of her husbands died, she buried them side by side so that when she visited one on his birthday she could just visit them all. Lol
FYI floating doesn't mean the eggs are bad. It just means they're old. An egg that has gone bad will smell bad. I've had bad eggs that sink and good eggs that float.
Tawara, I am allergic to Bandaid brand bandaids. I have to use NexCare bandages. For larger boo-boos I use a gauze square and paper tape. I wonder what these folks are buying too to make their grocery bills so high. Is it grass fed and grain finished angus beef, is it lobster, asparagus weekly, what? And then there's the "picky eater" who won't eat anything. Someone on facebook asked me about my potato salad, and I gave them my (hybrid of yours) recipe, and then they asked if I used any particular potatoes. I politely told them that in my house, the least expensive potatoes do for any recipe. I didn't say that I absolutely love red skinned, or yellow skinned potatoes, or that the little creamer potatoes are absolute heaven, because in the end, a potato is a potato, is a potato.
I remember when my folks bought our first TV back in the '50s. Black and white, 3 very fuzzy channels to choose from. Got a color one in the late '60s. Still pretty fuzzy.
I agree you can get stuff cheaper now BUT it is also for stuff made with cheaply made materials. I bet what Grandma bought lasted almost her lifetime. Today, unless you buy exceptionally high quality items---which Wal-mart and Home Depot don't carry--you will have to buy your fridge, your stove and your hair clippers multiple times during your lifetime. That actually makes these products more expensive over time.
My hsb bought oatmeal raisin cookies. 11cookies 5.50. I about fell over. So won't buy that again. Right now making a triple batch. Will bake 12. Going to scoop out the rest and freeze them.
Regarding the band aid. I've heard this a lot lately of rashes from band-aids. At leat 4 times in last 2 weeks. Maybe they have a new adhesive formula. Id contact the company and ask about it
Talking about a refrigerator, the one I bought when we moved was a whopping $2k!!! Fast forward, 8 yrs later it quit working. Repair man said it wasn't able to be repaired because the manufacturers had incased the mother board in insulation in the door!!! It was junked! So sad that we have become a country that just throws things away, instead of making it a item that "could" be repaired. Btw,Newspapers work great on windows!! No lint and free!
Yes, Jill, my parents didn't allow us to waste paper or turn on the AC for the FL summers! Hubby had no AC in FL in 1991. 😂 my mom also uses the little notepads, a half sheet per week 😅😅
My husband has never been to a barber. His dad cut his hair until we got married then i took over. He is 70 years old. I was never trained so his hair never looks perfect but he is fine with that.
My mother-in-law's funeral cost $14,000!!! My dad was buried free because he was a veteran and my mom next to him for free at Fort Custer here in Michigan.
Thank you Tammy. I don't often have them this long but I have been sick and not up doing so much or things that would cause them to break. Guess that is a plus for being sick. : )
Hi guys! Can you make a video specifically targeting “Mom’s that would like to stay home?” The younger generation thinks this is impossible. Also there is a push to “not buy a home” so you pay someone else gets rich. So many lie’s are coming from top down. (I stayed home in 2000 s)
🇨🇦Just read this online.."When a loved one dies and they've been cremated, put their ashes in an hour glass and they can still be a part in your family games night." Lol
Our problem now is we spend too much, WAY too much money on meals and entertainment!! We eat out too much, we buy cable and internet, we over pay for cars and we don’t repair things anymore. If something breaks we throw it out and buy a new one. My dryer popped a piece of copper solder on the electrical board, to replace the board was going to cost 500.00 almost the price of a new dryer. More than I paid for it used. My husband got his solder gun and soldered it back together. I used that dryer for another 4 years.
My daughter bumped the shelf where her bf grandma's ashes lived...needless to say she had to throw out her whole outfit, jacket, cushions, blankets etc not a good idea...
I just looked you up on thrift book. They said 43 people are waiting for a book that they get about twice in six months. 😵💫I think I bought your old one for 8.99. They just happened to have one. So funnsies coming in the mail
Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 3 Bedroom 1990 $895 today that’s worth $2103.25 but yet it’s $3200 plus utilities now. So as I’m watching this crying because the prices of cost of living isn’t the reason I’m struggling it’s because $89% of my monthly income goes to rent. I just don’t know what to do. And my landlord just raised the rent $550 starting December 1st and the tenant act told me they’re allowed because the unit was built after 2018 and that I should be lucky I’m only paying $3150. I have 2 kids and a job with benefits and a pension with the city transit. 😢 I’m living so frugal and even moved just outside the city last year for $150 less in rent and now this has happened. Do I quit my job after 14 years and start over somewhere else 😢 signed a struggling mom because of rent. Also I have zero debit, no car payment, just $500 credit card 😢
@ 46:00 I know people -- otherwise reasonable, mature adults -- who say they HAVE TO put it on their credit card so they can get their 2% back at the end of the month. I just don't have the patience for gimmicks like that. Also @ 1:05:40, re: wifi fridges, similarly I know a young man in his 20's who spent over $200 on a (sit down now) wifi-enabled meat thermometer that he can access with his phone from wherever he happens to be... but neither his grill nor his oven, or even slow-cooker are wifi-compatible... I just don't get it...
Last weekend, our Walmart had large butterball turkeys for 10 cents a pound. I bought 9 huge turkeys and paid $13!
I’m so jealous!!!
NICE!
I find it ironic how we fuss so much about the environment now, but we waste SO much more than the generations who never even heard of "going green."
However, the appliances back then were made so much better. They would last and last. You are lucky if your appliances will last five years in today's times. People back then didn't have to keep buying the same stuff over and over.
So true !!!
That is because they are made in China and with plastic instead of metal.
This is especially true for tvs we keep having to replace ours every few years it’s very irritating
Right!!! I have 90’s kitchen appliances still kickin and many of my clients have had to buy them over and over. No thank you
I have a dishwasher and refrigerator, that are over 25 years old! still working great!
That was really interesting! Please thank your grandma for allowing us to look through her prices & learn. 🥰Blessings from South Australia💕🐨
My husband's mom had books like that. She even recorded a stick of gum, a button, everything. I agree about the paper towels, my co workers go through copious amounts of them, and sticky pads. A lot more than that too. I had to let it go. Not my circus, not my monkeys. Lol
Now people don’t even look at their credit card or bank statements but older generations wrote down everything like this, it is so interesting! Thank you for sharing!
I’m watching while making a breakfast sandwich to eat tomorrow on the way to hospital for hubby’s drs appointment. I’m also fixing my lunch ,brown bagging to eat at hospital.
We bought a refrigerator at Home Depot about one year ago for about 600.00. Our children have been adults for a long time so it's just my husband and me now. We didn't need a huge frig. I will be 78 this month and my husband is 79. We've been married 59 years this year, God willing.😊
I still have the letters my aunt wrote to me on the back of envelopes, torn clean paper from bills... Once it took four scraps to get the whole letter written!
I love your channel,learnt so much from you. I even got 2 part time jobs in addition to my full time...turns out door dash can pay pretty well
Wow way to go. Sounds like you are working really hard. Keep up the good work and be sure to touch base with is once in awhile to let us know how you are doing.
For scrap paper I haven’t bought any in years, I use the back of all the junk paper that comes in the mail as long as it doesn’t have any personal information on it. Cut it down to the size I want with my paper cutter.
"Dying on a dime"" would be a good name for the video LOL
Appliances, goods, clothes were incredibly expensive when I was young 1970s. We used to rent our TV we couldn't afford to buy one. Our water boiler/heater broke, we went a year without hot water out of a tap until my parents could buy a new one.
I think comparing prices on 1950s, 60s, or 70s appliances, tvs, doesn't take into account that most stuff was made in the USA, and not actually a foreign country, and while at that time the technology was new (tv's) they were EXPENSIVE!! So you can't say inflation doesn't exist today because the prices are the same, you are getting cheap, mass produced garbage now, compared to something THAT actually lasted (like the refrigerator you have now)!! I also bought a new refrigerator to replace my older one that still worked, and wished I wouldn't have--the thing pops loudly all times of the day and night, and scares us all!! Should have kept my old one!! GREAT CONTENT & THANKS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT YOU AND YOUR MOM BRING TO US DURING THESE TIMES!!
I went to eat out with family and friends. I took egg salad, avocado, and fruit and a brownie from home to put on a house salad. I took my own drink. It cost me 4.99 while others were spending 12-15$ a piece. Thanks for the tips.
My son went to college for car restoration but now working a brake factory making good money for something he didn't even go to school for. Paid off that loan too
Interesting. What college? My brother would have loved studying car restoration in college also.
@@mynasain145 Ohio Technical College in Cleveland
I am very sparing with my paper towel. I even drain bacon and other things like pork chops on a newspaper. That is what my grand mother did. So far none of us have died from ink poisoning.😂
My last two refrigerators lasted only 5-6 years. One was LG and one was GE. Not top of the line. No bells and whistles. On the last one, the repairman said that refrigerators now are made to only last 5-7 years…something about the compressor. It costs so much to fix them that you might as well buy a new one. My neighbor lived to be 99 years old. She still had the refrigerator they got when she was married and it was still running in the basement when she passed. It was 70 years old.
Yes! To free college. My boys are in one of the many 2 year programs that the state covers (electrical and robotics programming). They also have an internship that pays 21 dollars per hour and 40 hours per week-- including class hours! They're paid to be in class 😂. Other son is doing a 4 yr and has an almost full ride for academics.
Loved this video. ❤
We have many friends in construction who cannot find enough good tradesmen to hire
My mom still does that everything she spends goes on paper and on a different note, I was able to find a turkey for 77 a pound. I felt like I won the lottery
Hello from Deadwood!! Couldn't make it to the live, but better late than never! 😊❤
Tawra- have you ever read The wizard of Oz book? It's much better than the movie and has a lot more interesting adventures. I can't watch the movie after reading the book because it's more interesting
Thanks, Ladies!
I told my niece to cremate me and then spread me someplace fun 😅. I have been using a $500 fridge for 6 years and it is working really well, even came with a 10 year warranty.
You can freeze eggs and they work great for baking and scrambled. Just scramble the raw egg and freeze in small baggies. I freeze one egg (for baking) and four egg (for quiche and scrambled) baggies
Sometimes it saves money to buy quality. I went through multiple $20 clippers. I then bought a pair that cost between $100-$200 and I’ve had that pair for well over 15 years. Also, Toyota
My plumber son makes more money than my college grad son! And college grad son married a lawyer that is burdened with so much dept she will be paying on it forever!
Greetings from Eastern Europe (Latvia). Yes, You can Google where it is 😁
We have different eating habbits here, for example we eat only our own pickled cabbage, cucamber, etc. And its totally normal to cook 1 soup, 1 casserole, 1 Russian salad (rosols) for the week and for most part thats it. Just rotate 👌
I looookve You, guys!
I like to imagine someone finding my bill/expense tracker in 50-60 years and think everything was so CHEAP 🤣
Nice video! You should do comparison videos of what the average family spends for daily, weekly, monthly of today and the past years that show how spoiled people are today and why they have debt. How often people ate out, bought Starbucks, nails, spending money on kids, phones, cable, subscriptions, movie theater, entertainment, How much people can save if they cut these out? My husband and I have no debt beside our small mortgage because we do not spend money on those things. We live minimal compared to others.
It's so funny......my sister would leave so much food on her plate and have it thrown away. We either eat everything or take a doggy bag home. I can take the doggy bag and make a scrambled egg breakfast for two the next day. Anytime we have meat that has a bone even chicken wings, rib bones, and so on. I keep and make broth for soup, rice, or stews for my husband and I only. I got these silicone ice trays for $2 at a thrift store to make ice. When I go to a grocery store people complain about the meat prices. I would mention that this is on sale and this is on sale and so on. They would look at me crazy and say," oh that's nice". I slowly built up my freezer to make prime dinners all the time. My freezer has a peep hole that's how much I have. I write and inventory my freezer and pantry every month. Rotate my fridge every week.
I wonder how long those appliances lasted. They lasted for decades back then.
Just watched a candy making video and the man said the scissors he uses to cut the candy (just a pair of those sewing tailor large hand held metal ones with the glossy black handle) cost his grandfather 2 week's worth of pay.
I read a funny, cozy mystery series where an older lady had been married 7 times. When each of her husbands died, she buried them side by side so that when she visited one on his birthday she could just visit them all. Lol
FYI floating doesn't mean the eggs are bad. It just means they're old. An egg that has gone bad will smell bad. I've had bad eggs that sink and good eggs that float.
Very sweet family..thank you
Tawara, I am allergic to Bandaid brand bandaids. I have to use NexCare bandages. For larger boo-boos I use a gauze square and paper tape.
I wonder what these folks are buying too to make their grocery bills so high. Is it grass fed and grain finished angus beef, is it lobster, asparagus weekly, what? And then there's the "picky eater" who won't eat anything. Someone on facebook asked me about my potato salad, and I gave them my (hybrid of yours) recipe, and then they asked if I used any particular potatoes. I politely told them that in my house, the least expensive potatoes do for any recipe. I didn't say that I absolutely love red skinned, or yellow skinned potatoes, or that the little creamer potatoes are absolute heaven, because in the end, a potato is a potato, is a potato.
I remember when my folks bought our first TV back in the '50s. Black and white, 3 very fuzzy channels to choose from. Got a color one in the late '60s. Still pretty fuzzy.
This is interesting! ❤
I agree you can get stuff cheaper now BUT it is also for stuff made with cheaply made materials. I bet what Grandma bought lasted almost her lifetime. Today, unless you buy exceptionally high quality items---which Wal-mart and Home Depot don't carry--you will have to buy your fridge, your stove and your hair clippers multiple times during your lifetime. That actually makes these products more expensive over time.
My hsb bought oatmeal raisin cookies. 11cookies 5.50. I about fell over. So won't buy that again. Right now making a triple batch. Will bake 12. Going to scoop out the rest and freeze them.
Regarding the band aid. I've heard this a lot lately of rashes from band-aids. At leat 4 times in last 2 weeks. Maybe they have a new adhesive formula. Id contact the company and ask about it
Talking about a refrigerator, the one I bought when we moved was a whopping $2k!!! Fast forward, 8 yrs later it quit working. Repair man said it wasn't able to be repaired because the manufacturers had incased the mother board in insulation in the door!!! It was junked! So sad that we have become a country that just throws things away, instead of making it a item that "could" be repaired.
Btw,Newspapers work great on windows!! No lint and free!
Yes, Jill, my parents didn't allow us to waste paper or turn on the AC for the FL summers! Hubby had no AC in FL in 1991. 😂 my mom also uses the little notepads, a half sheet per week 😅😅
My husband has never been to a barber. His dad cut his hair until we got married then i took over. He is 70 years old. I was never trained so his hair never looks perfect but he is fine with that.
I wish the commissary deal was still that good! You can get some good prices there but not 1/2 price by any means!
I know they aren't near as good now as they use to be at all.
My mother-in-law's funeral cost $14,000!!! My dad was buried free because he was a veteran and my mom next to him for free at Fort Custer here in Michigan.
When our first child was born in 1966 the doctor bill was $125.00. The hospital wasn't much more.
Jill's nails have been looking lovely recently, I've been meaning to comment for a while! Great video ladies.
Thank you Tammy. I don't often have them this long but I have been sick and not up doing so much or things that would cause them to break. Guess that is a plus for being sick. : )
Your grandmother is absolutely gorgeous!!
Hi guys! Can you make a video specifically targeting “Mom’s that would like to stay home?” The younger generation thinks this is impossible. Also there is a push to “not buy a home” so you pay someone else gets rich. So many lie’s are coming from top down. (I stayed home in 2000 s)
There was a recent live last fall about this. Look back. It was one of my favorites; so much truth spoken.
🇨🇦Just read this online.."When a loved one dies and they've been cremated, put their ashes in an hour glass and they can still be a part in your family games night." Lol
Our problem now is we spend too much, WAY too much money on meals and entertainment!! We eat out too much, we buy cable and internet, we over pay for cars and we don’t repair things anymore. If something breaks we throw it out and buy a new one. My dryer popped a piece of copper solder on the electrical board, to replace the board was going to cost 500.00 almost the price of a new dryer. More than I paid for it used. My husband got his solder gun and soldered it back together. I used that dryer for another 4 years.
My daughter bumped the shelf where her bf grandma's ashes lived...needless to say she had to throw out her whole outfit, jacket, cushions, blankets etc not a good idea...
Is the picture on your video you, you're Mom and you're grandma?
yes
@LivingOnADime omgoodness. You look so much like your grandma...to me anyway. You have a beautiful family.
So beautiful!!
Zero on credit cards and I can tell you my bank balance in one minute....
It was 3K in NH to cremate my Grandfather and put his body in the veteran's cemetery.
I just looked you up on thrift book. They said 43 people are waiting for a book that they get about twice in six months. 😵💫I think I bought your old one for 8.99. They just happened to have one. So funnsies coming in the mail
Send pics and a complaint to that bandage company!!
Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 3 Bedroom 1990 $895 today that’s worth $2103.25 but yet it’s $3200 plus utilities now. So as I’m watching this crying because the prices of cost of living isn’t the reason I’m struggling it’s because $89% of my monthly income goes to rent. I just don’t know what to do. And my landlord just raised the rent $550 starting December 1st and the tenant act told me they’re allowed because the unit was built after 2018 and that I should be lucky I’m only paying $3150. I have 2 kids and a job with benefits and a pension with the city transit. 😢 I’m living so frugal and even moved just outside the city last year for $150 less in rent and now this has happened. Do I quit my job after 14 years and start over somewhere else 😢 signed a struggling mom because of rent. Also I have zero debit, no car payment, just $500 credit card 😢
So sorry you are struggling despite working hard. Can you find a job in a cheaper coat of living area. This is not sustainable!
@ 46:00 I know people -- otherwise reasonable, mature adults -- who say they HAVE TO put it on their credit card so they can get their 2% back at the end of the month. I just don't have the patience for gimmicks like that.
Also @ 1:05:40, re: wifi fridges, similarly I know a young man in his 20's who spent over $200 on a (sit down now) wifi-enabled meat thermometer that he can access with his phone from wherever he happens to be... but neither his grill nor his oven, or even slow-cooker are wifi-compatible... I just don't get it...
They are cheaper because they probably made in China. Melbourne Australia
But i bet they were made in america
I pay 10,000 per year for each of my kids. 😂 😢😂😢😂
I went to food lion and thighs were 7.50 a pack and breaststroke were 8 and change so I just got food lion boneless breasts
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Jill😜 those cracks seem to appear over nite🩷 You always look nice, what cracks😜😜