I liked this one. They didn't just give the clear budget examples and stop there but also threw in various situations and showed where it made sense to be flexible. Still applies.
These partial sentences this man narrates.. _"want that camera.... wanna go.... more fun at the mixer...." I'm laughing, he clearly thinks Jack is a neanderthal.
3 years later, Jack sadly was killed in action near Chipyong-ni during the Korean war. He had $73 in his savings account which was turned over to his parents who added a line called "Sofa savings" to their budget. See? $73, almost enough for that new sofa.
Holy crap! The family budget only allows 18.00 per week for food for 4 people! (I know money was different then) What I’m not getting is why does he need to purchase his own school lunch with HIS money? Shouldn’t his parents be providing his foods? And why did he have to buy a pen for school? My family always bought my school supplies for me? Also who only has one pen?
I have a friend who was given a certain amount of money each week while at high school that was for things like lunches, toiletries and other supplies with a bit left over for extras, so if she blew it on junk she had to go without something she needed, it was her parents’ way of teaching her that money is a finite resource on a smaller scale before she was completely on her own financially.
Their Parents grew up during the Great Depression then WW II so some of them were very frugal. Jack Arnold on The Original Wonder Years was very frugal with his Money.
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I liked this one. They didn't just give the clear budget examples and stop there but also threw in various situations and showed where it made sense to be flexible. Still applies.
These partial sentences this man narrates.. _"want that camera.... wanna go.... more fun at the mixer...." I'm laughing, he clearly thinks Jack is a neanderthal.
3 years later, Jack sadly was killed in action near Chipyong-ni during the Korean war. He had $73 in his savings account which was turned over to his parents who added a line called "Sofa savings" to their budget. See? $73, almost enough for that new sofa.
That would be close to $800 in today's money.
I thought he was George Furth the actor. Looks like him.
Holy crap! The family budget only allows 18.00 per week for food for 4 people!
(I know money was different then)
What I’m not getting is why does he need to purchase his own school lunch with HIS money? Shouldn’t his parents be providing his foods? And why did he have to buy a pen for school?
My family always bought my school supplies for me?
Also who only has one pen?
That would be $196 a week in today's money.
I have a friend who was given a certain amount of money each week while at high school that was for things like lunches, toiletries and other supplies with a bit left over for extras, so if she blew it on junk she had to go without something she needed, it was her parents’ way of teaching her that money is a finite resource on a smaller scale before she was completely on her own financially.
People must have been real poor back in the day
Inflation.
Their Parents grew up during the Great Depression then WW II so some of them were very frugal. Jack Arnold on The Original Wonder Years was very frugal with his Money.