The 3rd periodic 340 Club Reunion has been postponed indefinitely

Before there was an Animal House there was a 340 Club; before there was a Dean Wormer there was a Harold "the fuck" Martin; before there was John Blutarsky or a Daniel Simpson Day there was Tim Lutter, Sil Simpson, Dan Joyce, Tim Getzloff, Dick Lichty, Jim Shay, Phil Zangari, Chris Joyce, Dave Petkosh, Mitch Herr, Kenny Giltner, Dean Staherski, Randy Brown, John Emswiler, Sue Krimmell Emswiler and myself; before there were any Delta Tau Chi pledge pins, there were 340 Club cards; before Otis Day & the Knights, the 340 Jukebox; before there were Delta Brothers there were the usual gang of idiots that congregated at 328, 340 (twice) and 338 West King Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for a decade beginning in August 1974. This blog is dedicated to those idiots and those times. God bless Kenny, Mitch and Chris; may they rest in peace.

















virtual 340 Club members

Friday, March 14, 2008

Ask the Kegman

Frankie Ramirez, of San Bernadino, California submitted the following question for the 340 Keg Man - How much did it cost to live at the 340 Club?

Keg Man: Why are you asking me? Tee paid the bills ... nevermind I see the problem he wouldn't remember. Well, lets take 1981. The monthly lease called for $250 paid on the first to G.H.Kratzert the landlord. If one applies the ratio of the Consumer Price Index then (82) compared to now (205) it can be estimated that what costs $1.00 today might have cost 40 cents in 1981.

So, Tee paid $4,375 in utility costs last year. That covered electric, heat, trash, water, phone and cable. 40% of $4,375 is $1,750. $250 rent * 12 = $3,000.
Therefore, TOTAL ESTIMATED COST 1981 = $4,750 or $396 per month.

$396 per month meant $99 each for Tee, Phil, John and Randy. Dividing $99 by 4.3 (average number of weeks in a month) yields $23.

So, I estimate that it cost each person about $23 per month to live at the 340 Club.

Please send your questions to the340club@aol.com and I will do my best to answer them.
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1 comment:

Tee said...

I think it was even cheaper than 340 Keg Man sez. Like he said, I paid the bills and I don't remember but $100 a month sounds high .... I think he likely over estimates the phone bill and the basic cable bill. Bottom line dividing the expenses 4 ways made it pretty darn cheap and left plenty money for beer.

March 15, 2008 at 8:02 PM

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