And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
My local mom & pop grocery had one of those back in the 60s - 70s. Filled with ice water. Coldest Cokes you could buy. I think they were either a nickel or a dime. Later, when Coke came out with the 32 oz. glass bottles, they stocked those too. Always traversed the railroad just across the street and always found returnables. Those highly paid high school kids didn't care about an extra 5 cents apparently.
I have drank many a bottle from one of those. The little mom and pop store near my grand parents had one. They also had a large jar filled with lemon cookies and another with pickled pigs feet. Cookies were a penny, might have been a nickel. It has been 60 years since that time.
yeah. same here. the general store down the road from Grandma's house. coke was 10 cents I think it was the last time I bought one there. they used to sell single shotgun shells too. and 3 22lr rounds for 5 cents. and the pump out in front sold at 21. 5 per gallon back then didn't have a car, but I have filled up my uncle's tractor a few times. a simpler time. and I will say a better time too.
I remember this in a gas station (Joe Seebaum’s Chevron) in Rangely Colorado where my aunt and uncle lived. My uncle was the superintendent of the natural gas plant and oil refinery there. They had a bottle and can opener from Joe that I got when my sister and I cleaned up my aunt’s house when she went into assisted living. It still serves its purpose here in my home in Arizona and is a reminder of my youth in the 60s. Good times.
I owned one of those heavy but effective red Coke coolers in the 1970's. We took it to picnics and to the beach. Later, after it rusted out, we got a yellow Nehi soda cooler
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My brain correctly read the sign as "CRACKED ICE" then it read it on purpose as "QUACKED ICE" and kept nudging me and saying "Funny right?" Parts of my brain can be mature, but mostly they have the mental age of a toddler.
Sinclair station/market I worked at as a kid had a large ice water box with the rails that you slid the bottles to the gate that unlocked when you deposited a nickle. We finally had to move it inside because the neighborhood kids would come by at night and pop the caps and drink the sodas with straws. Bubbarust
My Uncle Fred owned the Spurlock General Store in Squires, MO for about 60 years. He and Aunt Dorothy had one of these (although it was labeled Pepsi) and if you wanted a Coke (they had all sorts of flavors in it) you'd flip a nickel and a dime in the little jar next to it and help yourself. This was in the 70's and later they got a Pepsi machine with the glass door. Pop had gone up to 25 cents by then.
My local mom & pop grocery had one of those back in the 60s - 70s. Filled with ice water. Coldest Cokes you could buy. I think they were either a nickel or a dime. Later, when Coke came out with the 32 oz. glass bottles, they stocked those too. Always traversed the railroad just across the street and always found returnables. Those highly paid high school kids didn't care about an extra 5 cents apparently.
ReplyDeleteI have drank many a bottle from one of those. The little mom and pop store near my grand parents had one. They also had a large jar filled with lemon cookies and another with pickled pigs feet. Cookies were a penny, might have been a nickel. It has been 60 years since that time.
ReplyDeleteyeah. same here. the general store down the road from Grandma's house.
Deletecoke was 10 cents I think it was the last time I bought one there.
they used to sell single shotgun shells too. and 3 22lr rounds for 5 cents.
and the pump out in front sold at 21. 5 per gallon back then
didn't have a car, but I have filled up my uncle's tractor a few times.
a simpler time. and I will say a better time too.
and don't forget the jars of pickled eggs!
DeleteI remember this in a gas station (Joe Seebaum’s Chevron) in Rangely Colorado where my aunt and uncle lived. My uncle was the superintendent of the natural gas plant and oil refinery there. They had a bottle and can opener from Joe that I got when my sister and I cleaned up my aunt’s house when she went into assisted living. It still serves its purpose here in my home in Arizona and is a reminder of my youth in the 60s. Good times.
ReplyDeleteI owned one of those heavy but effective red Coke coolers in the 1970's. We took it to picnics and to the beach. Later, after it rusted out, we got a yellow Nehi soda cooler
ReplyDeleteI remember 1 being at gas station in earl years 60s
ReplyDeletePull the bottle out and cold water dripped all over the floor.
ReplyDeleteMy brain correctly read the sign as "CRACKED ICE"
ReplyDeleteOops. Hit the publish button while moving the cursor. Let me try again.
DeleteMy brain correctly read the sign as "CRACKED ICE" then it read it on purpose as "QUACKED ICE" and kept nudging me and saying "Funny right?" Parts of my brain can be mature, but mostly they have the mental age of a toddler.
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DeleteHave see these turned into trailers to pull behind motorcycles.
ReplyDeleteSinclair station/market I worked at as a kid had a large ice water box with
ReplyDeletethe rails that you slid the bottles to the gate that unlocked when you deposited a nickle. We finally had to move it inside because the neighborhood kids would come by at night and pop the caps and drink the sodas with straws.
Bubbarust
My Uncle Fred owned the Spurlock General Store in Squires, MO for about 60 years. He and Aunt Dorothy had one of these (although it was labeled Pepsi) and if you wanted a Coke (they had all sorts of flavors in it) you'd flip a nickel and a dime in the little jar next to it and help yourself. This was in the 70's and later they got a Pepsi machine with the glass door. Pop had gone up to 25 cents by then.
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