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spinbaby

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27. Parks and museums

Reply to liberal N proud (Original post)

Wed Oct 3, 2012, 10:30 AM

Oct 2012

Back in the 60s and early 70s I spent many happy hours at the Carnegie in Pittsburgh, which was totally free. I don't remember what they charge per visit today, but I'm paying $200 a year for a preferred membership.

Also, I seem to recall that national parks didn't charge you to visit.

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10 things that used to be free [View all] liberal N proud Oct 2012 OP

This one is the just the worse...... a kennedy Oct 2012 #1

Absolutely! dvhughes Oct 2012 #36

Broadcast TV is still free BarackTheVote Oct 2012 #46

Also BarackTheVote Oct 2012 #49

Before deregulation they used to limit the commercial time in an hour of programming. Doremus Oct 2012 #50

Free air and water at the gas station. hobbit709 Oct 2012 #2

Pretty much everything in a hotel. HughBeaumont Oct 2012 #3

I find it interesting that the less expensive hotels provide internet liberal N proud Oct 2012 #4

Oh, no doubt. HughBeaumont Oct 2012 #10

That is all because they don't want you in your room, they want you in their casino! blueamy66 Oct 2012 #18

I go to CES every year. hifiguy Oct 2012 #24

Same thing with campgrounds - KOA=free wifi, Disney=$10/day, and it's wired n/t woodsprite Oct 2012 #28

Not only campgrounds -- national parks, recreation areas, national forest lands, etc. Charging HiPointDem Oct 2012 #39

I love my little "cube" internet thingie I have SoCalDem Oct 2012 #42

As someone who travels off and on, I have noticed that too. MADem Oct 2012 #51

Breakfasts, refrigerators, and coffee makers SheilaT Oct 2012 #38

I'm cheap so I avoid a lot of that stuff... DemzRock Oct 2012 #5

"Trash pickup =" Depends upon one's community. I pay for private; next twnshp over is paid by taxes. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #15

Commercials-time to see what's on other channels abelenkpe Oct 2012 #53

I'd rather drink Drano... meaculpa2011 Oct 2012 #55

Oh come on it's fun. DemzRock Oct 2012 #57

TV is still free. MadrasT Oct 2012 #6

I'm seriously considering going all internet... Jeff In Milwaukee Oct 2012 #8

Depends where one lives. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #16

Here in the Tampa Bay area I get about 45 free channels over the air... n/t EX500rider Oct 2012 #37

I must be creaking because I remember when Skidmore Oct 2012 #7

Certainly agree with some of these pipoman Oct 2012 #9

Full service stations did not completely disappear, Oregon has only full service Bluenorthwest Oct 2012 #21

For a person from OR or NJ to get a drivers license in GA they have to demonstrate that they are Erose999 Oct 2012 #29

it would be interesting to see a list hfojvt Oct 2012 #30

You have traveled outside of Oregon, no? pipoman Oct 2012 #47

What's the relative cost of airline travel nichomachus Oct 2012 #32

yep. the same thing happened to bus travel when they broke the unions. from a reasonably HiPointDem Oct 2012 #40

For me pipoman Oct 2012 #45

Clean Water. vanlassie Oct 2012 #11

Bullseye ! yesphan Oct 2012 #12

this is the one that pisses me off. We pay more for water than for gas yet no one complains. Hamlette Oct 2012 #23

I remember going to Detroit Edison with my mom to sufrommich Oct 2012 #13

Today, local TV is still free, but more than 100 million American households pay for it = NOT FREE. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #14

If you ditch cable and don't get the satellite, you can pick up many local stations for free liberal N proud Oct 2012 #34

I live in rural black zone wendylaroux Oct 2012 #52

A lot of Internet bill paying involves a fee (a "convenience" fee). That's after they pushed... HopeHoops Oct 2012 #17

Number 7...in Oregon, all gasoline is pumped by the attendant, always... Bluenorthwest Oct 2012 #19

I believe most if not all of New Jersey is as well. liberal N proud Oct 2012 #35

Surely "news" is the opposite? Nye Bevan Oct 2012 #20

I'm sorry, but that is simply not true. None of those things were truly free. slackmaster Oct 2012 #22

ya beat me to it... ProdigalJunkMail Oct 2012 #26

none of these things were ever 'free' ProdigalJunkMail Oct 2012 #25

Parks and museums spinbaby Oct 2012 #27

#9 and #10 - smart phones have done away with these. Initech Oct 2012 #31

A while back I had an argument with a paul-bot about madmom Oct 2012 #33

It matters to people because we are splitting up a smaller TBF Oct 2012 #41

The race to the bottom ruined everything AgingAmerican Oct 2012 #43

America Octafish Oct 2012 #44

We had "Free Clinics" in the 70's maveric56 Oct 2012 #48

Except it wasn't free... pipoman Oct 2012 #54

I have to fly for business... meaculpa2011 Oct 2012 #56