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Coke-in-MN 
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 Topic: Shopping in the 50's
Posted: 20 hours 40 minutes ago at 12:18am |
When the butcher knew you , the early super markets , hours they were open , Friday night or Saturday trips depending if farm or city stores I worked for National Tea Co while in High School started at 15 doing carry out and stocking shelves . The days of S&H green stamps as a bonus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGt8_01O8o0
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Life lesson: If you’re being chased by a lion, you’re on a horse, to the left of you is a giraffe and on the right is a unicorn, what do you do? You stop drinking and get off the carousel.
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bikley
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Posted: 15 hours 29 minutes ago at 5:29am |
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Life was better back then
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 12 hours 38 minutes ago at 8:20am |
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every August mom would take us 4 kids to SEARS to get new cloths for the following school year... they better last all year.
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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DMiller
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Posted: 2 hours 60 minutes ago at 5:58pm |
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Early 60s same here, would take a bus from East Alton to Page and Kingshighway in St Louis, Famous Barr, JC Pennys and Sears all in same
Block. Montgomery Ward catalog store on same block of Page. Ate at Famous Barr Diner then shop, Mom Grandma, myself and little brother. Took all day Pants hung like sails as did shirts, shoes bought 1/2 size bigger and double socks until grew in.
Funny how a memory hangs in there.
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Lars(wi)
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Posted: 1 hour 34 minutes ago at 7:24pm |
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My Dad was devout Sears & Roebuck patron, paint, tools, clothing, lawn mowers, etc., even took the family car to Sears Auto Center at times. Dads first cousin was a Sears repair/tech for many years, he was one ☝️ f there best performing techs in the Southern Wisconsin District back in the day. My wife and I, were also Sears patrons, outfitted more than one house with
Kenmore appliances, Craftsman equipment in the garage, (sigh) those were the days.
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I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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