Tuesday, December 7, 2021

And Wildcats Too


 

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  1. And Stingers and Yellow Jackets when we had a few extra dimes to spend.
    Good memories. When I saw the Super X logo I had a delightful flashback.

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  2. My X-box as well, except back then there were now web addresses on the box.

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    1. ...there were no* web addresses...

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  3. My Super-X boxes came in yellow boxes with red lettering in the early years. Wildcats and Federal Lightning (Blue box, yellow / white lightning graphic) was consumed by the metric ****ton in our rimfires. Dad was pretty frugal, being a Depression Baby (started working at age 10), delivering groceries in town on bicycle. Wage was 10 cents per week, the weekend getting a bonus nickel.

    Anyway - RIP Dad. I hope I'm half the Dad to my kids that you were to me and my Brother.

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  4. $.50 a box when I first started buying ammo at the local liquor store before hitch hiking to the hills. Never had a problem getting picked up as a 13 year old with a Remington bolt action rifle. That was 1964, So. Cal.

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    1. The local hardware store would change the brand every few months but they were 50 cents a box or $4.35 a brick. I would go half with my cousin who was a year older. He had a tube fed semi-auto and I had a Ted Williams lever action single shot (Ithica M49). For some reason he went through more ammo than I did.

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  5. Longs Cashier: Sir, you can't buy bullets and alcohol at the same time.
    Me: What..???
    Longs Cashier: Hahaha. Just kidding. That'll be $8.50 with the tax.

    True story mid 80s.

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