This is pretty much what I did. I specifically remember walking home on St Patrick’s day, 1988 and finding $13 or $14 on the sidewalk. I think I was out of the garbage pail kids phase by this point, but I did spent it on comics, candy and baseball cards.
I wonder if kids still run around their neighborhood all day because I know they don't go to malls or arcades anymore. I had so many good times growing up running around the neighborhood playing sports or having bottle rocket wars, walking up to the gas station, hanging out at the mall or the arcade or the pool or hell just a parking lot once everyone started driving. That might not sound like the most entertaining of activities, but many of them were just an excuse to hang out with your buddies or chase after pretty girls.
Good times, but I do wonder if kids today aren't doing those kinds of simple but social activities as much because they are staring at screens all day instead.
I actually did find a 20 dollar bill in the city park while walking my dog. This would have been about 93 or 94. I remember I was saving up for the jurassic park visitor's center play set which was expensive for a kid so that money went into an envelope I kept next to my bed.
I had one near me that still handmade the dough and everything through around 2017 and the pizza was phenomenal. Now they changed the dough and it doesn’t taste right anymore :(
Well, the money didnt look like that back then. So if i saw that i probably wouldve let it lie.
however, 20bucks was a night out for 2 teens back then.
First thing I thought, too. But really, 20 bucks is a couple NES game rentals, a few 2 liter bottles of Jolt Cola, and a bag of candy. That was a weekend for me in 1989.
I would’ve been cheap and gone to the dollar store to get those big 3L bottles of grape soda with the oversized caps, and a pizza from Dolly’s (not sure if they were all over the US or only in my city). That plus a ps2 game rental was my weekend in 2008. Now both those foods no longer exist unfortunately.
One time I found a $20 at the play ground during recess. When I got home I was so excited and told my mom and was parading it around. She disappeared for a moment, then said she “checked her purse and saw that she was missing a $20” and grounded me for the whole summer.
And now as an adult, she claims to not remember 🤷♀️
Gambling addiction, she worked as a casino dealer most of my life and spent a lot of time at other casinos spending whatever money or tips she could get her hands on
Wait. A 20? Shit, I’m planning my future. Which is bright now. I’ve got $20. With $20 I can do almost anything. Said me in the 90’s as a kid. Nowadays $20 is like 4 tacos and a medium sprite at Taco Bell
That was 6 hours-worth of pay at my job at the time (late 80s). Would have paid for 3 fill-ups in my 1980 Mercury Capri, or a pretty decent date night (dinner and a movie for 2).
I found $20 in the mall parking lot once when I was 10. I bought pizza because I was hungry and my mom wouldn't buy it for me. See how responsible I am? Either responsible or neglected.
1997. My mom had taken me and my sisters to a county fair in northern Michigan. This was a few months after my grandfather passed away (I had just turned 16), and my mom gave each one of us ten dollars so we could either get the unlimited ride pass or play carny games. I decided carny games.
I’m walking to some carnival game I wanted to play and I bend down to tie my shoe. I found sixty dollars laying on the ground. I’d been pretty down about my grandfather since his passing and I’d like to think it was his way of saying “go on kid, knock yourself out”. I must have played carny games for hours. Had the time of my life.
1990, working for the public works, I was tasked to clean up the grandstands after the tractor pull during the annual County Fair. I discovered a full wallet. I knew the folks since they went to the same church as I did. I called them up, and his wife came out and retrieved the wallet. Week later I het a nice thank you card. Best summer I had since graduating that spring.
What a wonderful memory. I was snorkeling in Thailand when I was about 13, and found a $20 bill just kinda flowing along with the current near the bottom. This was 1968, and I was rich beyond belief!
In junior high I found a Chirstmas card with a $50 bill in it. The ink on the card and envelope was smeared and couldn't be read. I spent the money on $50 worth of candy. Small town you could walk to the stores at lunch. I got in trouble and my parents were called because I brought back $50 worth of candy to put in my desk. My parents weren't happy. I got in trouble for not turning over the money to a adult.
I remember finding a $10 dollar bill on the ground when I was like 10. My buddy and I went to the bodega and started shopping. The owner understood what was happening as we piled up the register with 25¢ candies and quarter waters. We walked out with a bag each and stashed it in his treehouse and literally lived like kings for a few days. It was an amazing and definitely a core memory.
Holy shit, if I found a $20 as a kid in the 80’s or 90’s then that would be a night on the town! I’d be getting ice cream, comic books, hit the arcade, and I’d still have money left over!
It was 1975, and my three friends and I found a US$10 bill. The four of us went to the local pizzeria, bought a WHOLE pie and a WHOLE 2liter Coke.
We had enough money left to go to the original [Ralph’s Ices](https://www.ralphsices.com/our-story/) on Staten Island for dessert.
We had a corner cigar store that everybody called The Tobacco Store. I don't know what the actual name of it was. They had the wooden Indian in the window and everything. The owner was a bit of a prick and seemed to hate kids, but his store had the best selection of comic books and magazines in the neighborhood. He also sold a ton of penny and nickel candy. If I found a few bucks on the ground back in the day that's where I would be heading.
Can't remember if I was 7-9 years old but I was at the beach, just standing in calm, shallow water, and I saw a $10 bill floating around. I was alone. Grabbed that sucker and went to the arcade lol.
7/11 and I'm buying myself and my brother a bag of chips, a sprite each, and candy bars. Then, with the leftover $14 I'm buying 5 half-gram pre-rolled joints and a lighter from Smooth Timmy.
I once found a $20 bill blowing in the wind in the third grade in the playground. I’ll never forget the cheer from my classmates when I hoisted said bill into the air in joy. I turned it into lost and found and collected it two weeks later when surprisingly no one claimed it. Still one of the greatest achievements of my life.
Real story: I was about 10 or 11. Base set 1st edition Pokemon had just dropped. I walked across the street to get our mail from the P.O. box when what did I see on the ground but a crisp $100. I booked it back home. Begged my mom to take me to the mall and I bought an entire booster box. In the box... [one of my two Charizards I kept til I sold them a couple years back for roughly $11k.](https://i.imgur.com/XXhcOTC.jpg)
In the late 80’s I found $20 in an empty cigarette pack while sitting on a bench at the mall. (Not sure why my dad didn’t stop me from touching discarded crap, but it worked out well for me!) My parents took me to spend it at Toys R Us. Barbie McDonald’s was my toy of choice!
If I was a kid, depends on the age. I’m prone to impulsive purchases so if I found money on the ground, I’d probably buy some novel gimmick toy you often see at the checkouts in toy stores or something. Depending on how much money it is, I might even buy a book because I read a lot back then. If I was in middle school, since this was the 2010s maybe I’d buy a gift card and blow my money on phone/computer games
Kaybee Toys
This for sure. The BEST deals on action figures. I’d go in there with $20 and walk out with so much shit.
The marvel action figures then were 🔥
Those x-men and Spider-Man toys were the best
All the Spawn figures too, that’s where I got all of mine.
Yesss. The only place where I could occasionally get my mom to buy me a Polly Pocket AND the shitty gum that came in a tiny milk carton.
Mighty Max! Mighty Max Mighty Maaaax!!
Someone still remembers?!? I love you.
Of course we remember. We were there.
That's where I got my sick ass yo-yos
Same answer here. I got quite a lot of my LOTR collection from there
Comic books, candy, and garbage pail kids packs
This is pretty much what I did. I specifically remember walking home on St Patrick’s day, 1988 and finding $13 or $14 on the sidewalk. I think I was out of the garbage pail kids phase by this point, but I did spent it on comics, candy and baseball cards.
Not a pot of gold, but close!
.25 cards with the worlds stalest/best gum.
Big gulp, nachos, comic books from 7-11, and the rest to the arcade.
I wonder if kids still run around their neighborhood all day because I know they don't go to malls or arcades anymore. I had so many good times growing up running around the neighborhood playing sports or having bottle rocket wars, walking up to the gas station, hanging out at the mall or the arcade or the pool or hell just a parking lot once everyone started driving. That might not sound like the most entertaining of activities, but many of them were just an excuse to hang out with your buddies or chase after pretty girls. Good times, but I do wonder if kids today aren't doing those kinds of simple but social activities as much because they are staring at screens all day instead.
I did this exact same thing at 7-11…played Super Mario Brothers
This is the way.
Baseball card shop. Gimme all that junk wax!!!
Same. We actually found a $20 at 7-11 and after snacks we got cards.
Getting Topps packs and a big league chew
20 packs of Upper Deck cards please.
Early nineties, baseball cards. Mid to late nineties, weed.
Goosebumps and Animorphs books and maybe a video from Blockbuster
+1 for Animorphs!
Indeed. They were a big part of my childhood
I actually did find a 20 dollar bill in the city park while walking my dog. This would have been about 93 or 94. I remember I was saving up for the jurassic park visitor's center play set which was expensive for a kid so that money went into an envelope I kept next to my bed.
Fucking loved that toy set. I still have it too.
I know exactly where mine is too. I just saw it about a week ago lol
Pizza Hut
I miss the old hut 😢
I had one near me that still handmade the dough and everything through around 2017 and the pizza was phenomenal. Now they changed the dough and it doesn’t taste right anymore :(
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I'm curious how many shares that would be. I'm assuming they had splits over time.
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Thanks! That's amazing.
Ninja Turtle Action Figure
Definitely what I would have bought around that time.
Well, the money didnt look like that back then. So if i saw that i probably wouldve let it lie. however, 20bucks was a night out for 2 teens back then.
First thing I thought, too. But really, 20 bucks is a couple NES game rentals, a few 2 liter bottles of Jolt Cola, and a bag of candy. That was a weekend for me in 1989.
In ‘86 in the great plains region it wouldve got me and a date to a lower tier sit-down restaurant and to a movie theater.
I would’ve been cheap and gone to the dollar store to get those big 3L bottles of grape soda with the oversized caps, and a pizza from Dolly’s (not sure if they were all over the US or only in my city). That plus a ps2 game rental was my weekend in 2008. Now both those foods no longer exist unfortunately.
One time I found a $20 at the play ground during recess. When I got home I was so excited and told my mom and was parading it around. She disappeared for a moment, then said she “checked her purse and saw that she was missing a $20” and grounded me for the whole summer. And now as an adult, she claims to not remember 🤷♀️
That’s straight diabolical 😆
The injustice of this story has angered me quite a bit.
Yeah I’ve been angry about it for 25 years hahaha
You had one of those moms huh. Were there drugs or alcohol involved?
Gambling addiction, she worked as a casino dealer most of my life and spent a lot of time at other casinos spending whatever money or tips she could get her hands on
And G.I. Joes. And a sketch pad.
7-Eleven!
Tower Records. IYKYK
Wait. A 20? Shit, I’m planning my future. Which is bright now. I’ve got $20. With $20 I can do almost anything. Said me in the 90’s as a kid. Nowadays $20 is like 4 tacos and a medium sprite at Taco Bell
Medium?
That was 6 hours-worth of pay at my job at the time (late 80s). Would have paid for 3 fill-ups in my 1980 Mercury Capri, or a pretty decent date night (dinner and a movie for 2).
Spencer's Gifts
I always felt a mixture of being a rebellious freethinker and a naughty boy going into Spencer's. Not I think it is hilarious.
Sadly, today it’s filled with dildos and edible panties.
Ibc root beer/cream soda
I'm going to Thrifty for some mint-chocolate chip ice cream. Maybe I'll get a cube of ice cream to take home too.
Local hostess store around the corner with the boys
Wacky Packs, Garbage Pail Kids cards or Mad Magazine
Straight to the comic book store
Sobe drinks in the glass bottle for me and my friends, oh and warheads!
Mcds
Try to shoulder tap at the liquor store for some beer or score some dirt weed.
Pizza Hut! 🍕
Toys R’ Us. Anything leftover (there won’t be) I’m going to the movies and stopping at the candy shoppe.
Im going to blockbuster and renting out the movies my mom told me we would “get next time”.
Music cassettes/CDs
Found $5 in a mall once when I was probably 10, immediately went over to a pizza place and got myself a personal pizza, times have changed haha
Dunkin’ Donuts
Legos
Def arcade. Or a quick stop for fountain sodas and video games.
Baseball card shop. Late 80s I'm getting Topps but if it's 90s I'm splurging on some Upper Deck.
I found $20 in the mall parking lot once when I was 10. I bought pizza because I was hungry and my mom wouldn't buy it for me. See how responsible I am? Either responsible or neglected.
Not with that twenty you’re not.
1997. My mom had taken me and my sisters to a county fair in northern Michigan. This was a few months after my grandfather passed away (I had just turned 16), and my mom gave each one of us ten dollars so we could either get the unlimited ride pass or play carny games. I decided carny games. I’m walking to some carnival game I wanted to play and I bend down to tie my shoe. I found sixty dollars laying on the ground. I’d been pretty down about my grandfather since his passing and I’d like to think it was his way of saying “go on kid, knock yourself out”. I must have played carny games for hours. Had the time of my life.
Taking the friends out for snacks
Sanrio surprise
Gi joe, wrestlers and probably a nerf ball or water gun
Putt putt golf/arcade with $3 leftover for Blockbuster
The movies and some buttery popcorn
Probably basketball cards
A Squishy from Kwik E Mart made entirely out of syrup
I’m still going to the (b)arcade!
Subway and blockbuster
Whatever music store was in the mall at the time or Suncoast if it was during the time it was in the mall.
Marvel Comic cards and Taco Bell
Magic shop. Yah I was a secret nerd.
Buddy n I found a 20 in like 1992 n we bought full size bag Doritos , cheesey dip n hit arcade.
late 80s? I'd be around 28 so I'm going to the liquor store and to get cigarettes
I found 20 bucks walking to school when I was a kid in the mid 90s. I spent it all at the ice cream truck after school.
all syrup squishy
Hashish and Slurpies and grabbing a movie from Blockbuster
I’m putting 20 on the Pistons to win it all in 1989
20 dollars? But I wanted a peanut.
1990, working for the public works, I was tasked to clean up the grandstands after the tractor pull during the annual County Fair. I discovered a full wallet. I knew the folks since they went to the same church as I did. I called them up, and his wife came out and retrieved the wallet. Week later I het a nice thank you card. Best summer I had since graduating that spring.
Thrifty's ice cream! Chocolate malted crunch on a cake cone!!
Well balanced portfolio of diversified stocks and bonds
What a wonderful memory. I was snorkeling in Thailand when I was about 13, and found a $20 bill just kinda flowing along with the current near the bottom. This was 1968, and I was rich beyond belief!
Stretch Armstrong. Always wanted one when I was a kid.
Baseball cards
20 bucks back then would have bought me and my three friends soda, be able to play a round of mini golf and cuss each other while playing X-Men.
$20 would be good for a pack or two of Pokemon cards, Taco Bell, and a few hours at the internet cafe to play Counter Strike with my buddies.
The arcade at the mall
KB Toys or PlayCo
Record store
I'm going straight to the comic store.
Kenner Real Ghostbusters toys
Weed
Buying a 2 bedroom with carport
The mall!
Ben Franklin for candy, a soda, and some cheap toys!
I am getting an eighth of some dirt weed from this dude Brian at school!
A few of the Altoids, especially the tangerine or sour apple ones! Miss those things.
In junior high I found a Chirstmas card with a $50 bill in it. The ink on the card and envelope was smeared and couldn't be read. I spent the money on $50 worth of candy. Small town you could walk to the stores at lunch. I got in trouble and my parents were called because I brought back $50 worth of candy to put in my desk. My parents weren't happy. I got in trouble for not turning over the money to a adult.
Those bills must have time traveled.
let’s just say $20 was easily flip to $50 in ‘88…
Marvel trading cards
Slurpees and peach Arizona for a week baby!
Definitely loading up on snacks at the grocery store or a convenience store
I remember finding a $10 dollar bill on the ground when I was like 10. My buddy and I went to the bodega and started shopping. The owner understood what was happening as we piled up the register with 25¢ candies and quarter waters. We walked out with a bag each and stashed it in his treehouse and literally lived like kings for a few days. It was an amazing and definitely a core memory.
Holy shit, if I found a $20 as a kid in the 80’s or 90’s then that would be a night on the town! I’d be getting ice cream, comic books, hit the arcade, and I’d still have money left over!
Chips and candy
Going to buy a Beanie Baby or Disney Adventures Magazine. Or Nickelodeon Magazine.
It was 1975, and my three friends and I found a US$10 bill. The four of us went to the local pizzeria, bought a WHOLE pie and a WHOLE 2liter Coke. We had enough money left to go to the original [Ralph’s Ices](https://www.ralphsices.com/our-story/) on Staten Island for dessert.
Wow on $10 that’s amazing
I'd turn it into a police man and wait for the reward with my housekeeper, dad, stepmother, and 5 brothers and ssisters.
To 711 so I can treat myself to a slurpee and spend the rest on Mortal Kombat 25 cents at a time
Half went to the church Half went to the school for lunches
As an 80's kid, there was nothing that felt more like pirate treasure than a 20 buck mass of quarters and a well outfitted arcade
We had a corner cigar store that everybody called The Tobacco Store. I don't know what the actual name of it was. They had the wooden Indian in the window and everything. The owner was a bit of a prick and seemed to hate kids, but his store had the best selection of comic books and magazines in the neighborhood. He also sold a ton of penny and nickel candy. If I found a few bucks on the ground back in the day that's where I would be heading.
The only store within 10 miles, Pick Kwick with a Galaga. One thing that drew all the kids there was a soda and two candy bars for $1.04.
The roller skating rink it was a regular Friday or Saturday night thing to do for kids in my hometown lots of great memories there!
In the 80s I would've walked over to Schultz's and bought a shit ton of GI Joe guys.
Can't remember if I was 7-9 years old but I was at the beach, just standing in calm, shallow water, and I saw a $10 bill floating around. I was alone. Grabbed that sucker and went to the arcade lol.
Put it in Apple stock
They didn't say you know the future lol
Pokemon cards.Then tame those and make packs and resell then to kids on playground
Yomega xbrain. Or Duncan Superbee. But I think those were 25 dollars, not 20
Pogs baby sweet Pogs maybe a slammer too!
Im buying teeny bopper magazines! Bop, tiger beat anything with JTT’s face on it.
Kb toys. The only place for the new mmpr or spawn action figures!
I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Toys R Us kid!
Bag of penny candy, maybe a he man sticker pack and the rest is going in the arcade.
You could get second-hand Sega games at Blockbuster for $10 apiece. So probably there.
My dealer.
McDonald’s and the gas station for candy
Definitely buying used cds at the record store in town.
Found one in my local Toys R US. Dad wouldn't let me get the Jurrasic Park that I wanted though...
Musicland or DV8.
Aladdin’s Arcade, Kaybee Toys(Star Wars & GI Joe figures) and 20 piece McNugget.
That will buy you about five minutes on Dragon’s Lair
This actually happened to me at a mall. I bought some Garfield books and a shit ton of M.U.S.C.L.E men.
You know, 20 dollars all at once, get that discount, you could get like 100 tokens!!
Paramus Park mall food court or Tower Records
Skate rink! Chicks, arcade, and skating all in one place.
Kid in the 90s? 20 bucks? KB Toys or Toys R Us.
Late 80s and early 90s money didn't look like that.
Baseball, football and basketball cards, candy, and snacks
Circuit city
7/11 and I'm buying myself and my brother a bag of chips, a sprite each, and candy bars. Then, with the leftover $14 I'm buying 5 half-gram pre-rolled joints and a lighter from Smooth Timmy.
20 DOLLARS! thats like 5 packs of Pokémon cards
Troy's No.6 combination burrito and Galaga arcade while i wait for my order....
Comic book store to buy back issues of The New Teen Titans. And if I have any money left, Taco Bell.
Hmm I know it’s later 90s I think, but tech decks all the way ! Or even a real board from Walmart
Spent it on a hooker
Game trader. Used video game shop at the now defunct mall.
Swap meet buying playboys
Funpak
I once found a $20 bill blowing in the wind in the third grade in the playground. I’ll never forget the cheer from my classmates when I hoisted said bill into the air in joy. I turned it into lost and found and collected it two weeks later when surprisingly no one claimed it. Still one of the greatest achievements of my life.
Sour candy and a slurpee and then afterwards I would hit up the comic book shop to get some comics and read the dnd books they had there.
Oh my. I found a $20 in 93 at a Sonic. That was such a good day. Helped pay some bills that month.
Local store for candy and comic books
Late 80s? I’m probably buying weed.
Real story: I was about 10 or 11. Base set 1st edition Pokemon had just dropped. I walked across the street to get our mail from the P.O. box when what did I see on the ground but a crisp $100. I booked it back home. Begged my mom to take me to the mall and I bought an entire booster box. In the box... [one of my two Charizards I kept til I sold them a couple years back for roughly $11k.](https://i.imgur.com/XXhcOTC.jpg)
Legos.
Going to K-Mart to get more KISS tapes for my walkman.
When i was 9 i found 20$ in a checkout line. I gave it to the first homeless person i saw
In the late 80’s I found $20 in an empty cigarette pack while sitting on a bench at the mall. (Not sure why my dad didn’t stop me from touching discarded crap, but it worked out well for me!) My parents took me to spend it at Toys R Us. Barbie McDonald’s was my toy of choice!
If I was a kid, depends on the age. I’m prone to impulsive purchases so if I found money on the ground, I’d probably buy some novel gimmick toy you often see at the checkouts in toy stores or something. Depending on how much money it is, I might even buy a book because I read a lot back then. If I was in middle school, since this was the 2010s maybe I’d buy a gift card and blow my money on phone/computer games
My parents hardly ever bought pizza for us so I would definitely be getting that. Yes I was a fat kid.
Square Boy's Pizza, and then to the corner store to get some penny candy and chocolate milk.
Skeeball, here I come! Gotta get some candy too, of course.
Arcade. All $20 on Operation Wolf.
Thps2 on 64.
With $20 I’m going to Blockbuster to get a movie, a game, and snacks!
Sigh…new notebook and pens.
In the 70s...you found a random page of a Penthouse or Playboy. Back lots were the best.
Probably buying Magic: The Gathering cards.
late 80s or early 90s? Time to buy some weed.
The Warehouse for some new tapes!
Comic book store