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Cheap Thrills: More then one definition

The August 10, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum"  is
In my day, they were known as "cheap thrills" something that we did that was exciting but did not give real satisfaction. Share with us some of your favorite cheap thrills If they are called something else now, share that too!.

Can anything be called cheap anymore?
Even something exciting
that doesn't give you any satisfaction
cost (at the very least)
the price of a tank of gas.

Cheap trills
when I was young and inexperienced
in the ways of the world
was filling up Grandpa's car with gas
and going to a drive in movie
or (at Christmas)
driving through the wealthy neighborhoods
admiring the houses
all decked out for Santa Claus.

Cheap thrills
today is anything
that I can do at home
which doesn't cost more
then a tank of gas.

Then there was the other definition of cheap thrills, which I didn't learn about until I enter junior high (middle school) or high school. That definition concerned doing something you weren't supposed to do. In Blackwell, this included going to the Diversion Dam and smoking weed among other things such as having an older person purchase a six-pack of beer, etc. These cheap thrills could get a person into real trouble if caught. Of course today, these cheap thrills are quite a bit more expensive then when I was in junior high (Blackwell) or high school (Shawnee) in Oklahoma.