I always envied the families who had two private jets.

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Oct 22, 2020
12:25:51pm

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Zaphod

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My nine year old asked me if we are rich now because we have a block of

Jeff Spicoli

10/22/20 12:22pm

You have an entire city block in your fridge? That does seem wealthy

TNT

10/22/20 12:23pm

Two story house.

IdahoCoug

10/22/20 12:24pm

Store bought clothes that weren't handed down.

Mister P

10/22/20 12:24pm

Atari, breakfast cereal, cars for the kids

Idahofallsblue

10/22/20 12:25pm

Yeah, kids in high school with their own cars, definitely.

ReyOso

10/22/20 12:27pm

More than 1 TV

RockyBalboa

10/22/20 12:25pm

Laser disc player

cruiserhead

10/22/20 12:25pm

I always envied the families who had two private jets.

Zaphod

10/22/20 12:25pm

Yeah - just not the same as taking a turboprop.

Eddie

10/22/20 12:41pm

Freaking wealthy CBers, I only have a small slice.

Born2Fish

10/22/20 12:25pm

Non-powdered milk bought from the store, cold cereal, cable TV.

Texas Hammer

10/22/20 12:26pm

I mentioned cereal as well. We couldn't afford it. We made our own called

Idahofallsblue

10/22/20 12:29pm

Anyone who traveled to Europe on vacation was rich.

ReyOso

10/22/20 12:26pm

Car phone. Guess jeans. Cable TV. Multiple TVs in the house.

dryflycoug

10/22/20 12:26pm

Satellite TV - the huge satellites before Dish, etc. like what the church had.

cruiserhead

10/22/20 12:26pm

People that had 4 wheelers.

UNLVcougar

10/22/20 12:27pm

Same. That and camper trailers.

dryflycoug

10/22/20 12:28pm

TV or phone in friend's bedroom

Parkercoug82

10/22/20 12:29pm

You should answer the way Jerry Seinfeld did when his daughter asked "are we rich?"

Sea Chicken

10/22/20 12:29pm

Bill Cosby did that first.

gangbusters

10/22/20 12:38pm

Bill Cosby did a lot of things first...

mulletino

10/22/20 12:45pm

Desserts and drinks at restaurants, boats, HBO, dirt bikes, then after my

calvindyer

10/23/20 1:07am

I remember when I didn’t have to wear clothes my mom made. Those were the days.

DKN

10/22/20 12:30pm

In middle school: leather basketball shoes. Swimming pool. Levi's vs. Toughskins jeans

Clark Addison

10/22/20 12:30pm

The kids that had the 1 month punch card for lunch versus the 1 or 2 week one.

Grit for Brains

10/22/20 12:30pm

Store bought clothes and barber shop hair cuts.

JAGA97

10/22/20 12:31pm

Dishwasher, microwave, vcr, a middle-class looking house not falling apart

Pro Logic

10/22/20 12:42pm

People owning ocean yachts and private jets were rich

Archaea

10/22/20 12:45pm

Had a friend with an indoor pool. I thought that Meant something extra

cougfanz

10/22/20 12:46pm

didn't live in my house.

Belboz

10/22/20 12:49pm

Luxury car

D.T. Survivor

10/22/20 12:51pm

I remember riding bikes past a house with a tennis court while visiting my "city" cousin in Idaho Falls.

IdahoCoug

10/22/20 12:51pm

Color TV

John Doe

10/22/20 12:52pm

VCR

Murray

10/22/20 12:55pm

Food available that wasn't already claimed for a meal that week.

BYUtka

10/22/20 1:01pm

This. My friend's family always had partially eaten candy bars and

EpicAccountant

10/22/20 1:17pm

Electric garage door openers

cougarBee

10/22/20 1:12pm

Having a clean house, desserts, backyard fence, big TV, Lunchables.

TheBlueCougar

10/22/20 1:12pm

Polo brand shirts, separate phone number for the kids, in-ground swimming pools

Thrill

10/22/20 1:20pm

People that went on real vacation and didn't just visit extended family.

Coach's Dad

10/22/20 1:35pm

Girbaud jeans

regularfan

10/22/20 7:19pm

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