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.
As elementary school students, Kevin and Larry Munley and I would ride our bikes down to Westover (a neighborhood in Arlington, VA) and pool our pennies to buy (mostly) penny candy and Mr. Ayers' 5 & Dime store.
I lived back then. Collected coke bottles for 2 cent refund. Caught word the refund was going up to 5 cents and started buying 2 cent bottles from my 'guy' over at Safeway. My dad got a bit squirrelly when he couldn't park the car in the garage because of the stacks of bottles. Coke bottle futures Don cha know. Bought a Rupp mini bike frame and all the necessities to complete the build with the bottle proceeds.
I can still smell the cinnamon and sugar in the Yankee Donut Shop in South Yarmouth, Ma. As a 10 - 12 year old, I'd ride my bike to pick up a 1/2 dozen (about 5 cents per) on my way to caddy ($1.25 per loop) at Bass River. Best time of life!.
In the time when a kid got allowance and maybe mowed lawns or had a paper route for a bit more and valued the coins in his/her pockets. My paternal grandmother, who raised 3 kids in eastern Ohio during the Depression asked me once, "You know what poor is? Poor is when the bus costs 6 cents, and you got the nickel but can't find a penny, Now, THAT'S poor!" We kids had riches we would not understand for decades.
I remember when a local phone call on a pay phone was a nickel. I always carried a nickel in my pocket. When they went to a dime, I was frustrated at first.
As elementary school students, Kevin and Larry Munley and I would ride our bikes down to Westover (a neighborhood in Arlington, VA) and pool our pennies to buy (mostly) penny candy and Mr. Ayers' 5 & Dime store.
ReplyDeleteB.C. "Before cellphones", helicopter parents, DEI, the internet, ADHD, Autism, fentanyl and LGBQTA, etc. I grew up back then and life was good.
ReplyDeleteI lived back then. Collected coke bottles for 2 cent refund. Caught word the refund was going up to 5 cents and started buying 2 cent bottles from my 'guy' over at Safeway. My dad got a bit squirrelly when he couldn't park the car in the garage because of the stacks of bottles. Coke bottle futures Don cha know. Bought a Rupp mini bike frame and all the necessities to complete the build with the bottle proceeds.
DeleteI can still smell the cinnamon and sugar in the Yankee Donut Shop in South Yarmouth, Ma. As a 10 - 12 year old, I'd ride my bike to pick up a 1/2 dozen (about 5 cents per) on my way to caddy ($1.25 per loop) at Bass River. Best time of life!.
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ReplyDeleteIn the time when a kid got allowance and maybe mowed lawns or had a paper route for a bit more and valued the coins in his/her pockets. My paternal grandmother, who raised 3 kids in eastern Ohio during the Depression asked me once, "You know what poor is? Poor is when the bus costs 6 cents, and you got the nickel but can't find a penny, Now, THAT'S poor!" We kids had riches we would not understand for decades.
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ReplyDeleteI remember when a local phone call on a pay phone was a nickel. I always carried a nickel in my pocket. When they went to a dime, I was frustrated at first.
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