Your Thrift Habits (1948)

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  • Modern-day moral tale resembling Ben Franklin's autobiography.
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  • @gabscc3346
    @gabscc3346 Před 4 lety +427

    I don't know about you, but these tutorials are helping me out

    • @ccrunk75
      @ccrunk75 Před 3 lety +35

      I'm a 45-year-old mother of four grown children and these are helping me out!

    • @mikesilva3868
      @mikesilva3868 Před 3 lety +3

      Mst3k jokes now they're ripping off spaceballs,watch out for snakes,slim goodbody2525,gallifreyan cruises,crow she's changing Into a oompah loompah,
      Tom Servo: Wow, you hardly ever get to see Jawas in the nude.
      Tom Servo: [as Mac blows a bubble gum bubble] Wanna see my spleen? It's pretty cool.
      [Eric pops the bubble]
      Tom Servo: Ahh! I need that to live!
      [a garbage can begins to shake]
      Crow T. Robot: Remember: When you throw away your Tickle-Me Elmo, you've got to remove the batteries.
      [Mac makes Eric's hands into an V-shape]
      Crow T. Robot: That's neither the church nor the steeple.
      Crow T. Robot: I think we landed too far from the movie.
      Jonah Heston: This reminds me of the summer my dad hit a deer.
      Tom Servo: [imitating Mr. Bill] Oh, no!
      [Mac's pale, skinny hand reaches for a Coca-Cola]
      Crow T. Robot: My precious.
      Crow T. Robot: Yeah, keep trying, music. This isn't that interesting.
      Crow T. Robot: That is some next-level beekeeping.
      Jonah Heston: It's a smart move. Distract the dogs with some Peter Cetera music.
      Tom Servo: Alright, this 80's movie has fulfilled its sweatbands-and-a-montage quota. Very nice job
      It's a Peter Gabriel video!" "Yeah, somebody hit that kid on the head with a SLEDGEHAMMER!"Who is that rapping, rapping behind my chamber door? Huh, darkness there, and nothing more."Your crappy effects are powerless against meIt's Talos with breasts!These are cola nuts. These are uncola nuts."We are the music makers. We are the dreamers of dreams."Wow, this is like a Pixar film! In that it exists, and has a title!
      🤣

    • @angelolegend5190
      @angelolegend5190 Před 2 lety

      InstaBlaster

    • @holleyjomartinez4009
      @holleyjomartinez4009 Před 2 lety +14

      I wish we would have had these movies in high school!

    • @panatypical
      @panatypical Před rokem +4

      They are quite instructive.

  • @ppena4128
    @ppena4128 Před 4 lety +264

    As a child, I remember being taught:
    USE IT UP,
    WEAR IT OUT,
    MAKE IT DO,
    DO WITHOUT.

    • @christinab.2864
      @christinab.2864 Před 2 lety +25

      What about make every purchase count or make the purchase stretch?

    • @tj921able
      @tj921able Před 2 lety +2

      @@christinab.2864 I like your idea better.

    • @matthewlivermanne4441
      @matthewlivermanne4441 Před rokem +5

      Same here. Still do it.

    • @ppena4128
      @ppena4128 Před 8 měsíci

      My saying handed down from pioneer ancestors. Fun fact: my 2nd great grandmother- from Sweden - was a handcart pioneer. She pulled a cart from Nebraska to Utah; she noted that when they stopped for the evening, she'd take her trusty needle and thread and sew up the blisters on her feet of the day - in order to walk again at sunrise. Hearty folk. Dedicated. I often think about this when I start complaining about the distance from my parking spot to the store entrance...

  • @dontlook742
    @dontlook742 Před rokem +61

    I can’t explain why but these videos feel like a warm hug from the past.

  • @writeract2
    @writeract2 Před 6 lety +306

    Jack has absolutely lovely handwriting - they used to teach penmanship back then - lovely.

    • @ritageraghty4404
      @ritageraghty4404 Před 5 lety +34

      I am from Ireland and our government has returned cursive handwriting to schools, because it is found that kids without cursive handwriting can't use scissors well and have poor sense of co-ordination in hands.

    • @FedUpSouthernGirl
      @FedUpSouthernGirl Před 4 lety +14

      @@ritageraghty4404 there is a connection between the drawing of lines and quickness of thought. It's a beautiful harmony between The mind and the body

    • @MsColl90
      @MsColl90 Před 4 lety +1

      Stephanie Walker no there isn’t. Don’t make stuff up.

    • @mickdavis2385
      @mickdavis2385 Před 4 lety +10

      They stopped teaching cursive ? Now they have twerking class and classes for pregnant moms. Let's rewind time please.

    • @FedUpSouthernGirl
      @FedUpSouthernGirl Před 4 lety +4

      @@MsColl90 actually there's quite a lot of evidence to back this up. So no, not making it up
      www.makeuseof.com/tag/handwriting-creative-skills/

  • @leahpatts6007
    @leahpatts6007 Před 8 lety +506

    Am i the only one who noticed how beautiful this guy's penmenship is?

    • @soft_serve_666
      @soft_serve_666 Před 6 lety +34

      Leah Patts Back then, teachers would walk around the classroom with rulers and smack anyone's hands with said ruler if their penmanship was too sloppy.

    • @amandahudson431
      @amandahudson431 Před 5 lety +31

      They still taught cursive and taught kids to write before they expected them to write.

    • @minniemouska4320
      @minniemouska4320 Před 5 lety +40

      I was a teacher for 30 years, retired recently. Back in the day we taught cursive beginning in third grade and every year up til seventh. Penmanship was graded and on the report cards. Now they don’t teach it til end of school, maybe 3 weeks due to pressure to score on tests all year.

    • @azmike1
      @azmike1 Před 5 lety +28

      Leah , Americans don’t write, spell or speak anymore. They are electronic zombies knocking on death’s door.

    • @LivingMyLife1991
      @LivingMyLife1991 Před 5 lety +23

      @@azmike1 Not just Americans. It happens all over the world. Kids nowadays know how to use a tablet, even before they learn how to read and write.

  • @ayshafareed4935
    @ayshafareed4935 Před 2 lety +153

    For those asking about dad getting an allowance even though he is the provider. Usually the men provided and gave the earnings to the wife. She budgeted, paid bills, saved for family holidays. She gave hub an allowance for his little regular luxuries and needs. It worked well for most families (including mine) in western countries from what I heard from others. Also had ppl from European families and other areas did this too, so must have been a very common arrangement for those days.

    • @mirozen_
      @mirozen_ Před rokem +22

      I remember my folks doing things this way! My dad didn't exactly have an "allowance", but he did give my mom his paycheck when he got it and then just got money from her whenever he needed it. Mom kept track of the bills and budget so that expenditures were coordinated between them. My dad didn't make a lot of money, but we never really had any financial concerns because they spent carefully.

    • @estrellacasias
      @estrellacasias Před rokem +5

      They've been doing this since viking times believing women were more Magical for lack of a better word we were known as more intuitive

    • @mirozen_
      @mirozen_ Před rokem +6

      @@estrellacasias You are referring to how most women in "Viking" society were in charge of the household and domestic decisions? Most certainly true, but what I'm talking about when I'm describing the way my folks did things is a bit more all encompassing I think. My mom coordinated all spending.
      Before my brother and I were born both she and my father held jobs. (In fact she earned a bit more at her job than he did.) Early on in their marriage they would both write checks drawing from their joint bank account. They found that this made it a pain when it came to balancing expenses to income. With my mom coordinating all income and expenditures things ran smoothly.

    • @petrmaly9087
      @petrmaly9087 Před rokem +5

      This was the norm in the pre-christian and christian civilisations from the dawn of history to the era that is still in the living memory. Many other civilisation regions had it the same way. The job of the man was to earn money for the household, the job of a woman was to manage the household. Economics literally means "household management".

    • @JewelBlueIbanez
      @JewelBlueIbanez Před rokem +3

      You’ll also notice the wife has the same allowance

  • @conniewojahn6445
    @conniewojahn6445 Před 2 lety +39

    Jack's father is probably very proud of him, and rightly so. Jack went on a journey of discovery and fount a new way of looking at and treating his finances. His new knowledge will serve him well and last his lifetime. Good for you!

  • @katherinesommerville2370
    @katherinesommerville2370 Před 4 lety +36

    This was great. Very humbling. I'm so lucky I've even got a camera on my phone.

  • @RealJudyi
    @RealJudyi Před 5 lety +112

    Making a graph is genius. I'm good at saving but I tend to forget about how far along I get and then start another item to save up for even tho I'm still not 100% done with the last one. I'm going to do this for my passport and my next trip overseas.

    • @mainecoon6514
      @mainecoon6514 Před 4 lety +3

      Those graphs are well thought out and genius. Today, we have Excel were we can make graphs or use the templates provided. Best of luck on your saving for an overseas trip.

    • @dkhnova
      @dkhnova Před rokem

      I can remember being a child and sitting in my father's home office in the basement and seeing him make a graph of his net worth, assets and investments, and debt. I barely understood what it was, but I got the idea. Twenty-some years later and I was doing the same thing in Excel. Like the chart in the film, my chart shows my goal (savings for retirement) and how close I am to reaching it.

  • @rmath8605
    @rmath8605 Před 4 lety +50

    I've actually used a similar approach to budgeting and saving when I wanted to be able to buy something specific. Trouble is in our fast paced and constantly changing society, by the time you've saved up for what you are trying to buy, it has been discontinued or is no longer available.

    • @indianapolisjones1615
      @indianapolisjones1615 Před 2 lety +3

      Or obsolete and the New item cost twice as Much.

    • @lampyrisnoctiluca9904
      @lampyrisnoctiluca9904 Před 2 lety +1

      there is always a replacement.

    • @tj921able
      @tj921able Před 2 lety

      If it says DISCONTINUED, give it 2 weeks and it will be NEW AND IMPROVED. 😂😂😂🏷

    • @petrmaly9087
      @petrmaly9087 Před rokem

      Cameras are offered for years, in many cases without much change in price. And if you want a new iphone 17 and by the time you save the money, it might be discontinued, but there will be even newer iphone 18.

  • @TinsTime
    @TinsTime Před 9 měsíci +5

    these videos of Old TV Time are addictive to watch and very practical to apply in our days...

  • @RoboCoonie
    @RoboCoonie Před 5 lety +399

    I'm going to save up $2 from each paycheck until I can afford my 2020 Land Rover Discovery Sport!

    • @verycutetaco
      @verycutetaco Před 5 lety +57

      Bitter Gay Man good you just have to work for 1041 years!

    • @pansyflower9697
      @pansyflower9697 Před 5 lety +14

      They will be out of business by then

    • @Michelle77Va
      @Michelle77Va Před 4 lety +3

      Lol

    • @lazyhomebody1356
      @lazyhomebody1356 Před 4 lety +17

      Well, it's been five whole months. I bet you're getting close!

    • @mainecoon6514
      @mainecoon6514 Před 4 lety +5

      @@pansyflower9697 yeah, they'll be obsolete by then

  • @mikepeterson764
    @mikepeterson764 Před 7 lety +286

    That 40 dollar camera he bought, would cost 400+ dollars today.

    • @jackd5089
      @jackd5089 Před 5 lety +14

      That's because LBJ during the veitnam war. Didn't want to raise taxes so guess what he just printed more money

    • @dpguinee
      @dpguinee Před 5 lety +12

      with inflation it's probably about equal. but you wouldnt want a camera like that today anyways...

    • @davidbrown8303
      @davidbrown8303 Před 5 lety +12

      Not really you can buy a camera just like jacks at the second hand store for 20 dollars or less.

    • @aleksandramakari
      @aleksandramakari Před 5 lety +12

      Aislinn G, there's nothing wrong with film cameras. They work perfectly, it's just we need film lol. But no electronics at all it's great. No corrupt files just happening yknow.

    • @davidbrown8303
      @davidbrown8303 Před 5 lety +7

      @@aleksandramakari the thing with digital is you don't ever have to buy film. and anyone of any age can afford it. In them days kids had to spend their allowance on film.

  • @brysonhahn8736
    @brysonhahn8736 Před rokem +28

    Ive watched and read numerous financial advice pieces, and i really enjoyed this one. easy to understand, regardless of education level and age. most of all, i absolutely loved that they provided practical examples of budget flexibility, when an expense may be worth derailing your original goal, and when to cut back on other expenses to stay on track. i believe this would be a good resource for teaching today's adolescents about the basic concepts of budgeting/saving.

  • @VicvicW
    @VicvicW Před 2 lety +11

    I think this is a really good way to introduce kids to budgeting. So often people whine that kids aren't taught how to budget, but they think that it has to look like a household budget! Kids don't have to manage a household, so have no idea of expenses. They do, however, manage pocket money or the money from their little job. It is far more realistic to ask them to consider how they spend the money they have, and if they coulddo it better.

  • @Wipper86
    @Wipper86 Před 3 lety +15

    This show has helped me. Now I'm gonna make a weekly, monthly, and yearly budget.

  • @paulbroderick8438
    @paulbroderick8438 Před 4 lety +56

    Basic budgeting instruction should be mandatory in all high schools. Avoiding credit debt, concentrating on needs rather than wants and
    a make do and mend approach will ultimately benefit. A big hat and no cattle, or as they used to say in England, brown boots and no
    breakfast will place you on a debt treadmill!!

    • @chelseagirl278
      @chelseagirl278 Před 3 lety +5

      @@gw437 not everyone has responsible parents, sadly. In Ontario, starting in high school they have a Financial Responsibility course that is mandatory. I think it should start in kindergarten!

    • @chelseagirl278
      @chelseagirl278 Před 3 lety +1

      @@gw437 it is common CENTS but it rarely exists in this world!

    • @chelseagirl278
      @chelseagirl278 Před 3 lety

      @@gw437 now we just have Instagram and TikTok morons who can’t tell the time or write in cursive. Sigh 😔

    • @KossolaxtheForesworn
      @KossolaxtheForesworn Před rokem +1

      the system is built to have people in debt.

    • @SoloRenegade
      @SoloRenegade Před rokem

      pay expenses first each month, before buying luxuries. Use cash, as you can physically see the money leaving your pocket.

  • @chaqillenikita748
    @chaqillenikita748 Před 5 lety +41

    This is still good advice. 👍🏼

  • @augustcanyon3438
    @augustcanyon3438 Před rokem +8

    What a delightful, relevant, and educational piece that all people should see.

  • @konnichiwala889
    @konnichiwala889 Před 6 lety +116

    I used to save my lunch money and just eat when I get home

    • @Daringtobemyself
      @Daringtobemyself Před 5 lety +8

      I used to save my lunch money too.

    • @angela-6451
      @angela-6451 Před 5 lety +1

      Me too 😁👍

    • @gm6719
      @gm6719 Před 4 lety +5

      You can also work for free for your employer and eat at your mum's to save yourself money and time while your boss is making crazy profits on your back, I guess he isn't saving his lunch money ...

    • @marvinabigby5509
      @marvinabigby5509 Před 4 lety

      Adam's. Worked in the cafeteria so we could eat lunch.how things differ kid to kid in school.

    • @mickdavis2385
      @mickdavis2385 Před 4 lety +5

      @@gm6719 Well that came out of left field

  • @whyaddnamehere
    @whyaddnamehere Před 3 lety +43

    72 years later, I'm watching this on my $1,000 phone that I'm still paying for...😂😂

    • @lampyrisnoctiluca9904
      @lampyrisnoctiluca9904 Před 2 lety +4

      why go into 4 digit dept for a phone that is just 20% better than the ones you would have gotten for two digits you probably did have ?

    • @reidesuga
      @reidesuga Před rokem +3

      ​@@lampyrisnoctiluca9904 exactly. Some people baffled me with the way they spend. I remembered throwing a tantrum to get my dad buying me an expensive phone when i was a teenager. When i got it, i found that it was nothing special. Eventhough it was my dad's money, i still felt so wasteful for buying that.

    • @SoloRenegade
      @SoloRenegade Před rokem +2

      I bought my current smartphone brand new for $60, 5yrs ago (and that was without sales and discounts, that was the regular price). Costs $35/month for the cell service. And it's a Samsung.

    • @darkwinter8
      @darkwinter8 Před 7 měsíci

      You should've created a graph to help you save.

    • @barbaraedgley2634
      @barbaraedgley2634 Před 3 měsíci

      I bought a used cell phone for $100 which i thought was hogh. On a family plan where i pay $25 a month for service.

  • @jessekaplan143
    @jessekaplan143 Před 4 lety +58

    Ralph is actually Don from "How to be Well Groomed."

  • @skyviewsucks
    @skyviewsucks Před 12 lety +58

    that kid's penmanship is damn fine if I may say so myself

    • @SoloRenegade
      @SoloRenegade Před rokem

      because we used to have to write everything by hand with pencil

  • @Aeyia
    @Aeyia Před 5 lety +22

    I love these old videos, they are very informative and I love to see the past through them, simple daily life, yet fascinating. 😍

    • @Elephant-Fresh
      @Elephant-Fresh Před 5 lety +3

      Yeah too bad we can't buy a peach super delight these days

    • @snarkaholic
      @snarkaholic Před 4 lety +2

      @@Elephant-Fresh You can make one easily: Vanilla ice cream; whipped cream; cherries; canned peaches in syrup. Puree half the peaches in a blender; dice the remaining peaches. Pour puree into bottom of sundae glass; add ice cream; pour in more puree; add whipped cream; top with cherries and diced peaches.

    • @Elephant-Fresh
      @Elephant-Fresh Před 4 lety +1

      @@snarkaholic oooh thanks ill give it a shot

    • @holleyjomartinez4009
      @holleyjomartinez4009 Před 2 lety

      Yes … they are fascinating to watch!

    • @rosajimenez7777
      @rosajimenez7777 Před rokem

      yes

  • @warlaker
    @warlaker Před 4 lety +51

    The most important class in school should be personal finance

    • @snarkaholic
      @snarkaholic Před 4 lety +5

      Yes; especially responsible use of credit.

  • @matthewlivermanne4441
    @matthewlivermanne4441 Před rokem +7

    This needs to be taught in elementary school through high-school

  • @deannastevens1217
    @deannastevens1217 Před 5 lety +25

    My Mother has Perfect Penmanship... she even received a certificate... On My /very Best day I can repeat that EXCEPT for her W. I can't do it. Hers is perfect cursive W. I am LEFT handed and my penmanship is exactly like hers except for those W's!!! but I'm grateful to have good penmanship.

  • @dewilew2137
    @dewilew2137 Před 2 lety +7

    For reference, $40USD IN 1960 was equivalent to around $400USD in today’s value. In 1948, it would have been slightly more.

  • @anablythe
    @anablythe Před 2 lety +4

    These videos are teaching me a lot ❤️ Please, Old Tv Time, keep posting🤗

  • @Sheboobellach
    @Sheboobellach Před rokem +29

    "don't indulge" is literally the best advice and also the antithesis of modern society

  • @johnlabus7359
    @johnlabus7359 Před 7 lety +93

    2 bucks back then is about 20 bucks today.

    • @benutting3521
      @benutting3521 Před 6 lety +11

      $21.07

    • @poetcomic1
      @poetcomic1 Před 4 lety +5

      If you had it in four silver half dollars it would be worth more than that now. I can't believe that when I was a kid, we walked around with SILVER coins in our pockets!

    • @bluehydrangea5506
      @bluehydrangea5506 Před 3 lety +1

      3 dollars "allowance" for mom and dad was roughly 32....

    • @matthewkoch6937
      @matthewkoch6937 Před 2 lety

      @@bluehydrangea5506 Why did dad need an allowance? He's the provider.

    • @oldtimetelecommunicationsf2539
      @oldtimetelecommunicationsf2539 Před 2 lety

      @@matthewkoch6937 because he also works around the house, he needs spending money for the week to have some fun.

  • @johnkoval1898
    @johnkoval1898 Před 6 měsíci +2

    My parents had money but they never gave me any, made me work for it. They made me buy things with my own money. A thrift and save mindset that has stuck with me until this day decades later.

  • @theaccidentalhousewife
    @theaccidentalhousewife Před 3 lety +7

    I remember both my grandfathers had such fantastic handwriting ... I'm still jealous and they're both gone now

    • @lydiahubbell6278
      @lydiahubbell6278 Před 2 lety

      All it takes is practice. Handwritten letters are rare.

  • @sharegreats2157
    @sharegreats2157 Před 2 lety +2

    Since I grew up poor I didn't have to do any budgets, because there wasn't much money to waste. Now I have grown older and have much more money which I could waste, but the habit to buy only things which I desperately needed, this habit which I gained during my times of poverty and which is still strong, prevents me from buying too many unnecessary things. That's why colleagues who earn more money than me usually come to me to ask for money if they need some. I always get it back, but it is a sign and proof to me that I am on the right track.

  • @turnofevent8094
    @turnofevent8094 Před 5 lety +13

    Not all bad setting a goal of buying a product, but it shows at end putting more into savings. A person can take from this old video it is not buying everything you want and repurposing items and saving which sets you up to be a person who can make it on your own in future, a budget.

  • @Linuciukas1992
    @Linuciukas1992 Před 3 lety +19

    This Shit motivates me more than anything I seen after 2000

  • @bluebutterfly244
    @bluebutterfly244 Před 11 lety +47

    My stars... who knew you could ever do so much with $8 lol

    • @shydreamguyman4098
      @shydreamguyman4098 Před 7 lety +5

      Blue, imagine a full semester of medical school tuition cost of $16.00 cash .
      that's what it cost in the 1800s . I have a receipt to prove it .

    • @aking3624
      @aking3624 Před 5 lety +1

      I guess he wasen't planning on eating or drinking @ the game...

    • @chrisz8585
      @chrisz8585 Před 3 lety

      I googled it $8 in 1948 is $90.19 in 2021. It is a lot of money.

    • @archkull
      @archkull Před 2 lety

      ​@@chrisz8585 adjusted for inflation, his 2 dollar allowance would be 22 dollars now. I wish my parents wouldve given me 20 a week as an allowance, thats a lot!

    • @chrisz8585
      @chrisz8585 Před 2 lety +1

      I agree with you.

  • @monkeynumbernine
    @monkeynumbernine Před 4 lety +9

    Yaaayyy! A Coronet film!

    • @mengoinggodsway9024
      @mengoinggodsway9024 Před 2 lety

      I think the Coronet films are the best of the films on this channel. Always relatable to the youth, share valuable life lessons, are clear, have decent characters with character development, and are short enough to binge while long enough to adequately share a message.

  • @scottwebb1978
    @scottwebb1978 Před 4 lety +12

    Well Jack managed to get his camera but another hurdle he forgot...Camera Film..oh dear better start saving again jack 😂

    • @oldtimetelecommunicationsf2539
      @oldtimetelecommunicationsf2539 Před 2 lety

      1 roll comes with the camera. processing the film is a completely different cost.

    • @straightpipediesel
      @straightpipediesel Před 2 lety

      @@oldtimetelecommunicationsf2539 Nah, Kodak, which held 60 to over 80% of the film market at this time, bundled processing with every roll of film. This only ended in after an anti-trust suit in 1979. Kodak would also lose its near monopoly on film in the 80's, after the Japanese Fujifilm figured out how to make decent color film.

  • @weahhh63
    @weahhh63 Před 5 lety +11

    I just save any change get- Kinda hard when you don't use cash, but sometimes I'll get cash back and just stick it in my piggy bank. I don't miss it, and if nothing else I have enough to pay rent one month if something happens.

  • @LivingMyLife1991
    @LivingMyLife1991 Před 3 lety +7

    In this age of technology, it’s so hard to save up, especially since you can just use your phone or watch to pay at the store and do online shopping. Buying stuff has never been so convenient and there is also all of these small fees banks take, if you want to do transactions. It’s difficult to keep up, at least for me. I’m bad at saving too. I do like this idea though. Maybe I should try it out.

  • @FedUpSouthernGirl
    @FedUpSouthernGirl Před 4 lety +4

    INSWRT BOGEY VOICE: " look I didn't ask you about charts and graphs, see? I asked you how to make some dough"

  • @lolitaboden6507
    @lolitaboden6507 Před 2 lety +1

    We need to go back to basics by bringing back home economics classes. I learned so much when our jr. high school and high school as part of our curriculum. Industriousness couldn’t hurt anyone.

  • @jessicaprintke4973
    @jessicaprintke4973 Před 2 lety

    I just adore these Thank you

  • @ChadtheHammer
    @ChadtheHammer Před 2 lety +2

    That's the nicest penmanship I've ever seen.

  • @michellephillips2713
    @michellephillips2713 Před 2 lety +3

    Still valuable after I all these years.

  • @panatypical
    @panatypical Před rokem +2

    I remember saving for the down payment on a car, it took 16 months. I worked three swing shifts a week and got off at midnight. I had to walk 2 miles to a bus stop for the last northbound bus. It dropped me off a mile from where I live. It was nearly 2 a.m. by the time I got home. The two graveyard shifts I worked weren't that easy either. For a few years I had a nice late model car until somebody smashed into me. I got okeydoked by my insurance company and the police department and I haven't had a car in months. My only income is my Social Security retirement now. I save for a rental each month but when I get to the rental office there are always extra charges and I can't afford it. Somehow or other I'm going to pull out of this, but for now....

  • @soft_serve_666
    @soft_serve_666 Před 6 lety +11

    I think Jack is trying to channel Jimmy Stewart.

  • @robderham1958
    @robderham1958 Před 2 lety +2

    I believe the camera Jack purchased was an Argus C3. My dad bought one of these after he returned from WWII.

    • @bobmarker6812
      @bobmarker6812 Před rokem

      Yup! I still have my dads with the hard leather case.

  • @miriamhavard7621
    @miriamhavard7621 Před 6 lety +102

    If only MORE people got this. It's not really complicated. So much grifting these days.........

    • @petrmaly9087
      @petrmaly9087 Před rokem +1

      Sure, but this was in the time of a gold standard, the quarters were made out of silver. You can't effectively save up in our modern economy with sky-high inflation when eggs cost double what they cost 5 months ago. I got 3 substantial raises of my pay at work in the past year, yet it still doesn't keep up with the inflation and I can't afford as much as I could a year ago, while our house doubled in value over the past 3 years and an old microscope I bought 5 years ago is now 5 times more expensive.

    • @Kirsten_is_cursed10
      @Kirsten_is_cursed10 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Right…if people only went to less movies and ate less candy they’d be able to afford 4k rent on a studio apartment 😅 Tell me you don’t understand the economy without telling me

  • @marvinabigby5509
    @marvinabigby5509 Před 4 lety +2

    It seems very extravagant to have sundaes and fast food.Growing u I remember eating out once.we went for an icecream cine in our birthday if you were a lucky summer birthday.We didnt recurve allowance. I went to one movie growing uo.Grizzky Adams.

  • @carolynridlon3988
    @carolynridlon3988 Před 7 měsíci

    I enjoy these old films. I know that in today's society it's frowned upon, but where I'm living now it's still much more common to see good manners & other examples from these films being used every day!

  • @Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus

    Typical stupid lame comments on here. But the fact is this is a good video for kids or anyone to see. Kids to adults need to know the value of saving money. And learning to budget can't be learned soon enough in life. They should remake this and show it in all junior high classrooms.

  • @estrellacasias
    @estrellacasias Před měsícem

    Im glad that not only does it show him diy fixing his pen but also shows he chooses to postpone saving money for the sake of recreation. A memory he wants to have

  • @rbsmith3365
    @rbsmith3365 Před 5 lety +9

    In 1948, college students who receives monthly pension of $120 with GI Bill until, you graduate it stopped. Currently cost is out of control and we do not have any malt shops anymore like Woolworth’s. So, I have to save up to $500 for new glasses since, it doesn’t covered by insurance anymore!

  • @shydreamguyman4098
    @shydreamguyman4098 Před 7 lety +49

    These days Stores & other businesses don't want to allow for
    "Saving up for what you want " . Most everything is only available to buy
    " for a Limited Time Only " Also After the 1980s companies began making things with built in defects on purpose so that things wont last as long as they did in the 1970s for instance,So that you have to replace things sooner than you should have to .
    It is also more difficult to spot the things that were never any good to begin with like the Pen, Jack didn't buy which shouldn't be allowed on the market once it's known as being worth nothing to begin with. I can't use the word worthless because companies see that as meaning it's worth something .That is how crooked businesses and their lawyers are now a days

  • @blanchedevereaux5403
    @blanchedevereaux5403 Před 3 lety

    This is great!

  • @silla.1902
    @silla.1902 Před rokem +2

    Oh, this is very useful these days!

  • @kathyklein5255
    @kathyklein5255 Před 6 lety +91

    He has to pay for his own lunch and school supplies? Tough life.

    • @christinab.2864
      @christinab.2864 Před 5 lety +3

      What about the personal budget. Is it really teeth paste, hair shampoo, and soaps should last you a month.

    • @ardentlines814
      @ardentlines814 Před 5 lety +8

      Hell I have to pay for my own food and sometimes clothes and I’m 13.

    • @christinab.2864
      @christinab.2864 Před 5 lety +2

      Ok what about the school supply budget again pencils and papers should last you a month

    • @ardentlines814
      @ardentlines814 Před 5 lety +2

      Christina B. Those last me a school year

    • @Cheryltwin2012
      @Cheryltwin2012 Před 5 lety +25

      I had to pay for my own school supplies and even my own clothes. I cut grass, shoveled sidewalks and when I was older, detassled corn in the summertime to afford the things I wanted for school. My parents gave me one dollar a day to eat in the cafeteria and paid for my books, which were too expensive for me. I could have let my parents pay for my school clothes too but I had to wear things my mother picked and I usually didn't like what she picked. So if I wanted clothes that were more fashionable, I had to pay for them. I saved my money for over a year to get the bike I wanted. At the time, I thought it was mean of my parents to make me pay for things. After all, we were middle class and they could afford it. But I wouldn't have learned anything about the value of things or the satisfaction of earning things on my own if they had. It was not a "tough life". It was preparing me for adulthood.

  • @sarka4727
    @sarka4727 Před rokem +1

    That's a really interesting idea.

  • @notab7626
    @notab7626 Před 3 lety

    Ralph is a clever fella! He knows I want a tripod too

  • @littlehouseguy7782
    @littlehouseguy7782 Před 4 lety +9

    I have always told people that having been on an allowance system and later working part-time all through college were the best 'privilegedes' that my parents ever gave me.

    • @bunnyfoofoo9695
      @bunnyfoofoo9695 Před 4 lety +2

      My Dad said " you want a car? work more hours"........lol..

    • @Chahlie
      @Chahlie Před 3 lety

      I am almost 58- I still give myself an allowance. If you make a budget where you live on half of the least amount you will make and never change it, you will very soon become wealthy. Every 3 months put the excess into a dividend paying investment. My 30 year old son has just got a job that is almost double the pay of his previous one, and he is still broke. Too bad empty McDonalds cups don't have any value :(

    • @lampyrisnoctiluca9904
      @lampyrisnoctiluca9904 Před 2 lety

      Whatever I wanted as a child, I had to save for from my allowance. My allowance was larger than the ones of my peers, but not that much. Some kids had allowances larger than mine, but still had their parents buy them stuff. Having to save money on candies to be able to spend more on the book fair was such an educational experience. It made me value things I bought more than I would if my parents had bought them for me. There is also a thing with parents for example valuing clothes more than kid does but at the same time valuing electronic less. This system would definitely made the kid more satisfied, once they learn to save on candies. This is the skill that made my adult life far easier than it would be if I was just given the stuff I said I wanted instead. If I would ever have kids, I will do it to them as well.

  • @jeffkrebs
    @jeffkrebs Před 3 lety +10

    I wasn't wearing my glasses I thought the title was "Your theft habits."
    I thought I was going to be watching a film about people stealing paper clips and fountain pens.
    He could save money by doing a dine and dash and not paying for that peach super delight.

  • @CK-op7ho
    @CK-op7ho Před 4 lety +2

    I love the 50's accent.

  • @MrPhil0267
    @MrPhil0267 Před 11 lety +14

    What you have said is so true. I learned how to manage money from my mother. She always paid off her credit card at the end of the month to avoid interest. Most bills were paid on time to avoid late fees. I understood simple interest better after she explained it to me. Often it is cheaper to pay cash for an item than to charge it on a credit card. Or pay more than the minimum payment on credit car bills so you do not have to pay as much interest. Live and learn.

    • @Twinkie989
      @Twinkie989 Před 7 lety +1

      Some credit cards pay a percentage back- even if you pay them in full every month. We run almost everything through that now to get the %. (Buy most cars for cash, too.)

    • @laurelkane8026
      @laurelkane8026 Před 5 lety

      @@Twinkie989 my husband taught me that. I charge everything like groceries, gas, eating out etc. I pay the balance on my bill when it comes in and still get cash back from the card company.

  • @insufficientfun9889
    @insufficientfun9889 Před 6 lety +54

    Only 73 weeks later, he can afford film for the camera...hahaha After this, I think I'm going to start calling a planned budget "Jackin' it"..jk

  • @nervousordo
    @nervousordo Před 2 lety +2

    2:55 Now people go to Starbucks and spend that family's weekly food budget in one visit.

  • @poetcomic1
    @poetcomic1 Před 4 lety +11

    3:10 Mom gets an allowance like the kids. Jack gets two, mom gets three. Mom is saving up to buy a hand gun.

  • @vasool82
    @vasool82 Před 7 lety +60

    20 weeks, That guy just needs a healthy diet of 2 min noodles and baked beans on toast

    • @musicmix6939
      @musicmix6939 Před 5 lety +3

      geez Rrez 😂🤣😂😭😂😭😂😭🤣

  • @momof2momof2
    @momof2momof2 Před 5 lety +14

    $18 a week for food.... I wish ! :)

    • @aking3624
      @aking3624 Před 5 lety

      Had a sandwich & a drink the other day.. Came out to $17.50…

    • @elizabethnobody6591
      @elizabethnobody6591 Před 3 lety

      That's for the entire family, not just him.

  • @costco_pizza
    @costco_pizza Před 2 lety +3

    Everyone whining about car prices and inflation should watch this video and learn to change their behaviors to deal with the problem.

  • @anawesomedude123
    @anawesomedude123 Před 11 lety +10

    And i thought my handwriting was good... now I feel bad when I throw out my FP when it breaks.

  • @BeauSC4Ever
    @BeauSC4Ever Před 6 lety +14

    Now Jack needs money for film.....ftw!!!

    • @JoeKaye-hn5dt
      @JoeKaye-hn5dt Před 6 lety +4

      Oh shit! And film was NOT cheap in those days; 6 or 8 dollars a roll. I could see him taking that Coke back to the counter and asking for a refund.

  • @chelseaajanel8770
    @chelseaajanel8770 Před 5 lety +4

    Now he just has to save up for the film

  • @thegroupharmonyalley
    @thegroupharmonyalley Před 12 lety +20

    Amazing how much neater and prettier people's penmanship and printing used to be in pre-computer age times....

    • @misstweetypie1
      @misstweetypie1 Před rokem

      I don’t know if it’s the computers that did it; they stop penmanship lessons after 1st grade, if I’m using myself as an example, and almost no handwriting anymore, unless you want to learn it on your own. I’m 25.

  • @icantwiththist9713
    @icantwiththist9713 Před 3 lety

    They are so weird but I can't stop watching

  • @marianapereyra1727
    @marianapereyra1727 Před 3 lety

    Intention is key! 👍💟

  • @tomgoldman4399
    @tomgoldman4399 Před rokem +1

    Wish O could travel back in time

  • @SoloRenegade
    @SoloRenegade Před rokem +1

    Never had an allowance. if we wanted something we had to do extra chores or get a job. And guess what, never struggled managing my money and staying out of needless debt my entire life.

  • @JENDALL714
    @JENDALL714 Před 2 lety

    I would go to the movies, in those days, before home video, it could be years before they run that movie again. The mixer, you see those people everyday.

  • @libratude9595
    @libratude9595 Před rokem +2

    Why doesn't Jack pack a lunch instead of buying school lunches? That will save him some money.

  • @RobertLinthicum
    @RobertLinthicum Před 4 lety +7

    Peach Super Delight = Starbucks Tall Latte. Adds up.

  • @HBTwoodworking
    @HBTwoodworking Před 3 lety +6

    Watch your pennies and the dollars take care of themselves. Live within your means. You may not always have the best, but you will stay out of debt. These lessons have been forgotten. Most people think they need two incomes or can’t live on what they make, when the real issue is their taste for expenditures and credit is stronger than their needs. I heard and Indian saying, “If you can’t afford the chain, don’t buy the elephant.” Live within your means and take care of what you have.

  • @finni-h2x
    @finni-h2x Před 4 lety +3

    Peach super delight...

  • @adaydoesgoby6637
    @adaydoesgoby6637 Před 7 měsíci

    Jack is played by character actor and playwright George Furth. In the 80s, he wrote a play about being a child actor in 1940s Chicago called "Precious Sons." Well, it's about that and also horrific child abuse but I suspect those things often came hand in hand. This is utterly delightful, however.

  • @kaitlynmontgomery5289
    @kaitlynmontgomery5289 Před 2 lety

    I remembered in college I had to be on a budget and it sucked. Then when I graduated and was surprised (forgot about them) to find 4 student loans, it was more budgeting…..then I stopped and my finances were fine. Now tho….I may have to start again. Most of the money I saved to moved is gone. Had to use half of it to help my family with bills and other stuff when my dad lost his job right before my mom had her surgery. I remember spending $100 a month on ITunes cards. Now it’s more like every 3/4 months I buy one (I listen to Kpop). I have been deleting subscriptions I don’t need/use anymore. I’m definitely going to look at what I pay for via entertainment and bills, then expenses for food (which is a lot of money due to my health issues I tend to eat a lot and spend a lot on food). But I’m definitely not saving money on my current plan

  • @eveDjakku
    @eveDjakku Před 13 lety +11

    get the camera on credit... oh wai...

  • @muttonchopsgayever
    @muttonchopsgayever Před 2 lety

    Gee Mrs Cleaver, these are swell films!

  • @nureinherz
    @nureinherz Před rokem +1

    them youngsters were better off than many grown people now. Even with spending nothing other than for the basic needs, many can't save anything, because these basic needs are getting so expensive now :-/

  • @horseenthusiast1250
    @horseenthusiast1250 Před 5 lety +3

    1:50 *STONKS*

  • @BeauSC4Ever
    @BeauSC4Ever Před 6 lety +2

    That show at The Strand.....$1

  • @alphonsocarioti512
    @alphonsocarioti512 Před 4 lety +2

    Ballpoint pens were new technology at that time and expensive.

  • @jeng1395
    @jeng1395 Před 2 lety +1

    Best thing about this video: when he fixes the pen with rubber cement! Ah, simpler times:)

  • @sindobrandnew
    @sindobrandnew Před 11 měsíci +2

    4:52 That's one nice handwriting for a dude who get $2 for allowances.

  • @Dusty_Dog
    @Dusty_Dog Před rokem +2

    Budgeting should be emphasized in schools and at home.

  • @rollandjoeseph
    @rollandjoeseph Před 3 lety +2

    Wow, to think of buying a new pen would brake the budget...then trying to repair it with contact cement..lol

  • @jasonconkey7706
    @jasonconkey7706 Před 2 lety

    I show these to my 20yo wife to show her the way

  • @rosajimenez7777
    @rosajimenez7777 Před rokem +1

    that is a good upbringing.

  • @birdyfilovingheart6365
    @birdyfilovingheart6365 Před 3 lety +5

    Young people, and not so young people, these days may scoff at videos such as this but it all makes sense even in today's world. The idea in the modern word is to land yourself in debt. Everyone wants everything in the now with an "I want I want" attitude. My parents were of this older generation in the film and brought me up in the same way. In turn, I have tried to teach my own children to budget but out of the four of them, only two do so. Still, I tried 😂

  • @baronsorgi1
    @baronsorgi1 Před 5 lety +21

    15 cents for that super Duper peach delight that would cost about $30 today

    • @VicvicW
      @VicvicW Před 4 lety +5

      No

    • @luisreyes1963
      @luisreyes1963 Před 4 lety +1

      And what's that in, Zimbabwe RGTS? 🇿🇼

    • @ARedMagicMarker
      @ARedMagicMarker Před 3 lety +1

      In 1948, $0.15 is the same as approximately $1.62 today. :/

    • @tjlovesrachel
      @tjlovesrachel Před 3 lety

      @@ARedMagicMarker and that’s a bargain