{"id":61562,"date":"2021-03-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/61562\/15-things-we-remember-from-iyyem-el-1500"},"modified":"2023-05-08T14:18:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:18:40","slug":"15-things-we-remember-from-iyyem-el-1500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/61562\/15-things-we-remember-from-iyyem-el-1500\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Things We Remember From Iyyem El 1,500"},"content":{"rendered":"The good old days when $1 = 1,500 LL and it felt so real.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>1. Going to the supermarket and getting a ton of stuff for 50,000 LL, and feeling like it&#8217;s expensive.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media3.giphy.com\/media\/xT9IgfMw5h3HmB7ocw\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  2. Not knowing who Salim Sfeir is.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/61562.png\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  3. Tipping delivery services 4,000 and feeling generous AF.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.tenor.com\/images\/c2041dddd5a1286480756fcb9ab4e222\/tenor.gif\" width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  4. Saying, &#8220;7ayala&#8221; when they ask if they should charge our card dollar aw Libnene. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  5. Giving the valet $100 bill and having them return 145,000 Lira and driving away.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  6. When you used to exchange dollars at the gas station to pay your cab.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  7. An ATM spitting out dollars like it is no big deal.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  8. Grabbing 4 chocolates and having the bill come up to 2,000 Lira.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/E5CHQ9j.gif\" width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  9. Walking into a pharmacy and buying meds for 20,000 LL.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  10. Not having to take an appointment to go visit your money at the bank.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  11. Grabbing a few things at McDonald&#8217;s for 13,000 LL.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  12. Having your Uber account linked to your credit card.<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media3.giphy.com\/media\/3o7WIwYMcAJQTxVTKo\/giphy.gif\" width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  13. Being able to enjoy Apple music and Spotify, now we&#8217;re all about YouTube&#8217;s free music. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  14. Not needing an extra large wallet to accommodate the Lebanese bank notes.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  15. Feeling like things were relatively normal.     <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"162\" data-id=\"433053\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/61562-2-250x162.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-433053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/61562-2-250x162.png 250w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/61562-2-600x388.png 600w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/61562-2.png 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/figure>    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The good old days when $1 = 1,500 LL and it felt so 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