Dutch Mantell's Road Expenses... From 1980

[@Youareme42o]

Dutch might not have been my favorite wrestler from back in the day but Dutch is definitely my favorite podcast to hear.

[@Emantis81]

Me too. I love this Poddy. Late to the party but I am glad to have found it. "WE THE PEOPLE" All the way from New Zealand.

[@TheChrisPhoenix]

Same, Dutch reminds me of one of those grandpa's that have so many stories to tell and doesn't bore you while doing so. Not to mention he tells it like it is for the most part unlike certain podcasts that try to kiss companies asses to get brownie points.

[@michaelmansini2307]

This interviewer is one of the best out of all these podcasters. Some of them are unbearable

[@Stevenmulraney]

His intros for the segments are pretty consistent too. You can skip 30s to get to Dutch if the title is clear enough.

[@aidanmcgrath911]

I agree completely. He’s very well prepared, knows the material inside out. He’s light hearted firm but gets everything done . Addresses any fan questions. He has shown nothing but full respect to Dutch who’s a veteran in the industry. The whole show is the best out there. 😊

[@Shassbot]

Arse

[@johnc7512]

Yes I agree James is entertaining and the best one by far.

[@aidanmcgrath911]

@@johnc7512 he really is! I get the impression he genuinely cares about the show. He thinks the world of Dutch and Dutch does also. The show is very well organised and it’s not biased like Conrad

[@PatrickHennessy-ky9xt]

I always get the feeling that Dutch makes out he knows about things when he doesn't. He's winging it a lot of the time.

[@vinceraven1501]

Age & head injuries do that though. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@eamonwright7488]

Love that photo in the thumbnail. Prime Dutch with his elite Ribera jacket!

[@Stebeal-gj9un]

I love Dutch's Camera hahaha

[@thirdratecontent585]

We’ve all drank Fosters. I’m enjoying them by the end of the third 😂 Great show as ever guys!

[@stephenrogers4537]

Did Angelo once wrestle as The Miser?

[@henrylicious]

Basically wrestling as himself.

[@darrenlittle8841]

No one in Australia ever dranks Fosters dude. Thats why it was exported.

[@caulfield618]

Oi, Victor Bravo!

[@jamesrawlins735]

Don't Aussies visiting the US also make fun of Outback Steak House?

[@Evan-lr8nq]

@@jamesrawlins735 I'm from the States and I make fun of Outback...

[@philipbickham7551]

Mike Rotunda was coming to see everyone 😂

[@smittysilver6682]

It would be great to see you again

[@DManCAWMaster]

Gas Prices in 1980= 98 cents a gallon in 1980 = $3.73 today Rent and car payment = $280 today = $1,065.45 today Roundtrip air ticket from Atlanta to San Juan First Class= $225 in 1980= $856.17 today 6 Pack beer= $1.75 in 1980= $6.66 today Dutch charged 4 cents a mile for transportion in 1980 = $0.15 a mile today Hotels averaged $25 per night in 1980 = $95.13 today

[@mharris5047]

Ironically, I just filled the gas tank in my van a few days ago at $3.60 a gallon. The various gas taxes in Michigan come to $1.06 per gallon plus 6% of the full price of the gas so it is probably $3 or so a gallon in many other states (the usual quoted rate in media is incorrect, they usually only look for "gas tax", there are other per gallon taxes on gas in Michigan under different names). The average new car payment in my area of the country is about $1100 per month. The trailer park I live in (admittedly one of the nicer parks) charges about $1100 per month to rent a trailer (I own my trailer outright so I don't pay nearly that much), as people move their customer owned trailers out the park management has a new trailer that they own placed into the lot that they then rent out. A six pack of beer is about $6 or so. The IRS deduction rate for mileage on business is 67 cents per mile. Hotels are well over $100 a night unless you are willing to stay in a hotel intended for long term rental, those are about $300-$700 per week.

[@OliveMule]

Generation me (baby boomers) ruined the earth

[@jyantkiller2732]

​@@OliveMule Wrong. Corporate greed, willful blindness, and enablement ruined it all.

[@erichdowns4604]

1:38 Everything has gone up except wages

[@BasilKarampelas]

The saving grace is that you don't need receipts for expenses under a certain dollar amount. Moving around a lot can help with audit avoidance too.

[@louisvillebsc1976]

I had a friend that wrestled in small circuit and had to keep a day job to play. When broke in hotels and car expenses

[@jasonbuzzalini5174]

Dutch is right! Minimum wage should be around $30 an hour nowadays!

[@KevinEllisGuitars]

Interesting!❤

[@user-vj9qz3br6l]

Fosters beer is a good hidden gem that you can still get relatively cheap - some people don’t like it but I love it

[@caulfield618]

victor bravo all day long!

[@alienfish8521]

I used to drink it years ago.

[@shaundabney4095]

$600 a week in salary paid for his month of bills and he was banking approximately $1800 a month. Unbelievable.

[@jC-kc4si]

Also super high interest rates so your saving accounts really gave a good return. On KZbin you can see an early 80s Chevy commercial advertising an 18% car loan.

[@vinceraven1501]

Nowadays, us lower people bringing in less than $1100 a month with bills averaging around $1750 a month is the normal bullsh*t this sorry a$$ country puts you in. 🤔

[@dalelovett7401]

FOSTERS LAGER. There was a music bar in the college town of Columbia, S.C. that sold FOSTERS, In 19 91 you asked for the oil can, bar keep would crack it open and pop a whole on the opposite side of the top, Also every month Mid Atlantic came to the Township Auditorium

[@andrewrussell9869]

I remember Angelo poffo was actually a masked wrestler called The Mizer in their ICW promotion

[@nathueil1]

That thumbnail has Dutch looking like he had nothing better to do that day than hold the title.

[@markchapman2585]

Products are going up getting smaller. Nobody talks about how samll things are getting they called it convenient size for a while

[@mharris5047]

I know I would rather have the larger package and pay more. A bag of Doritos was 16 ounces in the 1980's. Now it is 9 1/2 ounces in most stores. They do sell a 16 ounce bag in Wal-Mart called a "party size" bag at a higher price.

[@gulfy09]

James ask Dirty Dutch what kinda cars he drove or preferred

[@stephenrogers4537]

50 dollars for mustache wax👍😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@VenomFox1-sk5xu]

Yeah it's getting expensive in the southwest. California prices are finally getting over here. Ill have to start doing lucha shows to make rent pretty soon

[@philipbickham7551]

I was talking about the IRS that is his real name?

[@joeytrimble1558]

48 bucks just to go the same way you goin anyway...that ain't bad!

[@philiphooper5051]

Gas in 89 was 79 cents

[@gulfy09]

Or 20 cents per liter Canadian here

[@mharris5047]

In the mid 1980's before Michigan got crazy with different gas taxes we had gas a low as 69 cents per gallon. The various gas taxes in the state today add up to $1.06 per gallon plus 6% of the full price per gallon.

[@RichardBond-dn2fi]

In PA , its $7.20 an hour (or in that ballpark). Pathetic! Should be doubled that amount!

[@aidanmcgrath911]

To think undertaker thought sharing a room with the iron sheik was bad? 😂😂😂

[@SuperStrik9]

$150 a month for rent is INCREDIBLE. We lost the plot bigtime over the following 45 years.

[@timberman1206]

The government is what happened .

[@dannystaton5386]

😮😮😮

[@joelcombs3570]

Thank you James for having DDM I grew up in Hopkinsville Kentucky watching Tojo Jackie Fargo young Bobby Eaton an the Dutch man himself and I can't leave out miss George himself my grandmother name for George Gulas I

[@crummydryver]

Unfettered printing of fiat currency devalues the currency and fuels inflation. That's why everything is so expensive now.

[@vinceraven1501]

That's why I didn't want another stimulus check from the scam artist, I mean government. I'm very surprised that when things went sky high & the amount went so small that there wasn't more thievery than the little that was reported just to be able to survive in this lousy country.

[@johndurham2459]

Seems like people still have money for wrestling tickets.

[@newhere2419]

yeah i dont remember 1980 so rosey. you want to know what home loan rates were in 1980? almost 14%. unemployment? 7.5%

[@1whu965]

My Scottish nan used to say look after the pennies the pounds will look after there self RIP NAN

[@chinatownboy7482]

1980's. Reminiscing over the Reagan Era.

[@mox19380]

everyone laughs at how cheap the poffos were...but they also ALL retired wealthy and were able to decide how they spent their post wrestling life

[@cheesywheeler8322]

Then Reaganomics happened

[@ButWhatIfItIs]

Stella is the best (of the budget beers, I should qualify) I would personally disown a friend or family member if they were to bring carling into my happy home.

[@dhotnessmcawesome9747]

Did he keep all that money in that hat? Look at that thing. It's almost a religious leaders hat! Pray to Dutch.

[@PaulShaw-ex7ri]

Johnny Paycheck Hat.

[@gmanvidz]

My first paycheck as a US Marine in 1980 was $167 for 2 weeks, base pay was $448/month for an E-1. The times they have changed but this is not the country I grew up in.

[@PaulShaw-ex7ri]

Not even close , every where i go it looks like 3rd world to me.

[@bb-gc2tx]

everything was better in the 1980s

[@Kim-j6c5p]

I work for homestyle buffet. One day Elegante came inm the only thing he ate was bread.

[@JonKorpi-o9w]

Fosters lager yum beats Guinness any day no I'm not Australian I'm American

[@outtour7518]

You crazy!

[@junioralsept9335]

We shouldn't have to pay taxes at all.. No one told me when I was born that I had to pay taxes.. It's just a big sham for the government to get a free ride on the backs of us that work...

[@ricksmith3025]

It's actually voluntary. In the constitution. Get an attorney, & file. You'll win.

[@kevinfitz8516]

Dutch probably just outed himself as a Maga which is a shame

[@1megawhite]

My thoughts exactly. He basically admitted to earning a lot and paying little to no income tax. Reeks of Trump😔

[@KYExtemper]

Because he complained about inflation? Okay....

[@darrellgrant7615]

With the state of the economy right now and Jake Hagger now a free agent WWE should seriously bring back him and Dutch and some young blood from NXT for a new “right wing” stable. You can’t convince me it wouldn’t resonate with the public. WE THE PEOPLE