What if our flour, sugar, cornmeal,etc. ....
09-28-2011, 05:12 PM
#11
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I wish A LOT of things would go back to "how it use to be"! I use to love going to the gas station and watching the full service guy pump the gas, check under the hood, etc.
LOVED, LOVED, LOVED getting the green stamps and added them to the book while mama put the groceries away.
Could go to the corner store with a dollar and get a sack full of candy.
and so on, I am NOT that old but old enough to remember simpler times.
Sigh.....
LOVED, LOVED, LOVED getting the green stamps and added them to the book while mama put the groceries away.
Could go to the corner store with a dollar and get a sack full of candy.
and so on, I am NOT that old but old enough to remember simpler times.
Sigh.....
09-28-2011, 05:29 PM
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[quote=RenaB]I wish A LOT of things would go back to "how it use to be"! I use to love going to the gas station and watching the full service guy pump the gas, check under the hood, etc.quote]
When our family ( maybe about 1958 or so), went on a car trip one weekend, we stopped at a gas station that had maybe a dozen or more pumps. Several men in white! uniforms came running out. One asked Dad( the driver) how they could help, and said soda and snacks were available inside, and we were welcome to use the clean restrooms. Another had opened the hood, and was checking fluid levels. Two men were washing windows, another checked the tires. The tank was filled, we were asked not only if they could do anthing else, but was everything done to our satisfaction. Only then, the bill was presented with thanks. Now, that was service. Memories.
One of our local grocers carries flour in sacks still. a couple of dollars more than paper sacks.
When our family ( maybe about 1958 or so), went on a car trip one weekend, we stopped at a gas station that had maybe a dozen or more pumps. Several men in white! uniforms came running out. One asked Dad( the driver) how they could help, and said soda and snacks were available inside, and we were welcome to use the clean restrooms. Another had opened the hood, and was checking fluid levels. Two men were washing windows, another checked the tires. The tank was filled, we were asked not only if they could do anthing else, but was everything done to our satisfaction. Only then, the bill was presented with thanks. Now, that was service. Memories.
One of our local grocers carries flour in sacks still. a couple of dollars more than paper sacks.
09-28-2011, 06:05 PM
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You're forgetting about the bar symbols that are needed for scanning. It would not be practical to print those on fabric because they would crack or flake off. I have noticed that you can sometimes buy big bags of rice in fabric bags. They are not very nice though.
09-28-2011, 09:44 PM
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When I was cleaning out my Grandmas house after her death I found tons of little boxes that contained a towel,
they came in boxes of Breeze? detergent. And My mom told me that Dolly Partin was the spokes person.
I would love it it our dry goods came in fabric sacks.
they came in boxes of Breeze? detergent. And My mom told me that Dolly Partin was the spokes person.
I would love it it our dry goods came in fabric sacks.
09-29-2011, 03:12 AM
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Originally Posted by clynns
Remember when you could get a glass inside a box of detergent? Or even at the gas station for a fill up? How about those trading stamps that you could trade in for household goods? Yes, I'm really that old.
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