on a lighter note...

[Wishfulthinker580]

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I had a wealthy uncle who would slip $5 to me and my brother back in the '50s. Probably a $50 dollar bill today. Now I'm doing it with my grandkids.

I’ve got some fond memories of that

 

[yamoon]

I'm really old. I remember sixteen cents and you got a free drinking glass.
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Sadly, I remember gas wars when it went to 19 cents a gallon. We bought our gas from a station where the guy pumped a handle that filled the glass container at the top of the pump, then gravity pulled it down into your tank. He even cleaned your wind shield, and if the lady in the front seat was wearing shorts, he never left a single spot or bug.
Mike

 

[Grandpa Moose]

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Generator for a bicycle head light. Had one on my paper route bike

 

[Nyati]

You hit the vino collapso a bit early?...same post only 3 later.....

 

[Nyati]

 

[Nyati]

 

[Nyati]

 

[Nyati]

 

[Newboomer]

Yup, my grandma used to do that too.

My grandpa would give me a silver dollar for my birthday. That was a very big deal for a little kid in the 40s and 50s.

 

[Nyati]

 

[Nyati]

 

[Newboomer]

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My mom used tincture of iodine. That got your attention.

 

[Newboomer]

I'm really old. I remember sixteen cents and you got a free drinking glass.
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I remember 25cents a gallon and the local Sunoco station had 6 grades of gas.

 

[MS 9x56]

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Generator for a headlight, tailight. Dad bought me one when I got a paper route so I would be seen when delivering in the dark.

 

[MS 9x56]

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Lift handle load potato push handle down pick up French fries put in hot oil 5 minutes dump salt eat.

 

[BeeMaa]

Almost thought it was one of these...

 

[1911Fan]

 

[1911Fan]

 

[steve white]

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Also, "Do I look fat in this?" (nobody was fat...)

 

[The Engineer]

Ice tongs.