tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073353010463155346.post7631826422135516045..comments2023-12-23T17:20:18.285-08:00Comments on Gary In Bama: Wastfull old farts !!Gary in Bamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00095999376990912465noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073353010463155346.post-23863453315732992702014-01-26T20:27:30.829-08:002014-01-26T20:27:30.829-08:00That bottle was only 7 oz. i bet.Thanks for stoppi...That bottle was only 7 oz. i bet.Thanks for stopping in and reading deb.Gary in Bamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00095999376990912465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073353010463155346.post-38668266071794907932014-01-26T20:18:59.995-08:002014-01-26T20:18:59.995-08:00 it struck a cord when i read it. it struck a cord when i read it.Gary in Bamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00095999376990912465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073353010463155346.post-2024025972946542832014-01-26T16:09:00.412-08:002014-01-26T16:09:00.412-08:00thanks. i'm older than you are. we didn't ...thanks. i'm older than you are. we didn't have plastic or styrofoam.<br />the butcher wrapped meat in paper and tied with string which my mother saved. <br />we used the [paper store bags for garbage and had may be half a bag at the end of the week, if that.<br />we ate the tiny tubs of ice cream with little wooden spatulas when we were rich enough to get one.<br />that checkout girl should have been fired for her incredible rudeness.<br />i'm sure it was based on a real incident.<br />you got me thinking about giant candy bars a nickel or a penny could get you two or three penny candies. we'd comb the area for pop bottles and use the money for tghe candy. and if anyone had the riches of a bottle of pop he'd get the first drink but someone had called 'firsties' and secondsies' ,et cetera. then the bottle would be passed around, each one taking a judicious sip and closely watched by all to make sure there was no greed!<br />it was a process of natural inoculation against all kinds of germs and sounds yucky to me today but it was a way of life back at home [west virginia].<br />thanks. deb hAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073353010463155346.post-61122038735320432852014-01-26T06:50:43.355-08:002014-01-26T06:50:43.355-08:00nice reminder of my chidhoodnice reminder of my chidhoodMoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464046406342523552noreply@blogger.com