Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted December 18, 2024 Posted December 18, 2024 Good Lord! I remember when these were a nickel! Spotted at the supermarket checkout last night ~ standard sizes. 1 3 Quote
Yul Lose Posted December 18, 2024 Posted December 18, 2024 I did my holiday candy run to Sees yesterday and man have prices gone up, $30.00 lb now!!!! 1 1 2 Quote
Trailrider #896 Posted December 18, 2024 Posted December 18, 2024 I can remember when a dollar was worth...a dime! 3 1 Quote
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted December 18, 2024 Posted December 18, 2024 9 minutes ago, Trailrider #896 said: I can remember when a dollar was worth...a dime! Think you got that bassakwards maybe. I remember when Cokes (in Texas all soft drinks are Cokes) went up to 25 cents and we thought we were being robbed. JHC 2 Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 18, 2024 Posted December 18, 2024 18 bars for 3.19 Quote
Pat Riot Posted December 18, 2024 Posted December 18, 2024 (edited) 1 hour ago, Yul Lose said: I did my holiday candy run to Sees yesterday and man have prices gone up, $30.00 lb now!!!! That’s better than the last 3 years when it was $34 or $36. Still isn’t the $22/pound it was before The Silliness. Holy ****! It’s $40 per pound on Amazon. Edited December 18, 2024 by Pat Riot 2 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 18, 2024 Posted December 18, 2024 (edited) 3 hours ago, Capt. James H. Callahan said: Think you got that bassakwards maybe. I remember when Cokes (in Texas all soft drinks are Cokes) went up to 25 cents and we thought we were being robbed. JHC I remember when they changed the Coke machines from $.05 to $.06 and people went nuts. I was five, maybe six, years old and my mom’s cousin had the machine taken out of his shop over the penny increase!! When I was a teenager, I bought Winston cigarettes out of the machine at the corner filling station for a quarter a pack!! That was in the mid sixties!! They went to $.35 and I nearly quit right then! Edited December 18, 2024 by Blackwater 53393 2 Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 18, 2024 Posted December 18, 2024 2 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said: I remember when they changed the Coke machines from $.05 to $.06 and people went nuts. I was five, maybe six, years old and my mom’s cousin had the machine taken out of his shop over the penny increase!! For a very long time Coke lobbied for a 7.5¢ coin so they could raise the price from a nickleb in vending machines, finally they just went to a dime, never 6¢. Quote
Rip Snorter Posted December 19, 2024 Posted December 19, 2024 (edited) As a little boy I found a half dollar coin in the street - early '50's. I was young enough that I was not supposed to leave the block but hoofed it up to the little store that sold a bit of every thing. Today they would call it a convenience store, but not nearly as fancy. I came away from the penny candy counter with a bag of candy and change. Not only did I spoil all my friend's dinners, I got in deep trouble. Edited December 19, 2024 by Rip Snorter Typo 1 3 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 19, 2024 Posted December 19, 2024 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: For a very long time Coke lobbied for a 7.5¢ coin so they could raise the price from a nickleb in vending machines, finally they just went to a dime, never 6¢. I know where there’s an old crank handle COKE machine that STILL takes a nickel and a penny! They don’t use it anymore, but it’s in the basement of the church where we met for Boy Scouts. The one in my mom’s cousin’s place, (when they brought it back a couple months later) also took the nickel and penny! Edited December 19, 2024 by Blackwater 53393 2 Quote
Rip Snorter Posted December 19, 2024 Posted December 19, 2024 A dojo I attended on and off for years had one, a quarter, most slots beer and a coffee can on top of the machine for an honor payment if you got a beer. 1 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted December 19, 2024 Posted December 19, 2024 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said: A dojo I attended on and off for years had one, a quarter, most slots beer and a coffee can on top of the machine for an honor payment if you got a beer. A garage I worked in in Georgia had one of the “slider” machines that they did the same thing with. When I get around to finding the rest of the parts for this one, I may do the same thing!! Edited December 19, 2024 by Blackwater 53393 5 Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 19, 2024 Posted December 19, 2024 4 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: Good Lord! I remember when these were a nickel! Spotted at the supermarket checkout last night ~ standard sizes. Those are king size bars. Quote
Pat Riot Posted December 19, 2024 Posted December 19, 2024 26 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said: A garage I worked in in Georgia had one of the “slider” machines that they did the same thing with. When I get around to finding the rest of the parts for this one, I may do the same thing!! I remember those. You put a dime in and it unlocked the gate so you could get the soda of your choice out. My younger brother figured out a way to keep the gate open so you could get more sodas out, but if you bumped the rails or gate the wrong way it would latch again. We also discovered that if you swipe an extra soda and the gas station owner tells your Dad you not only have to pay for the stolen soda but you get your backside tanned. 3 3 Quote
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted December 19, 2024 Posted December 19, 2024 3 hours ago, Pat Riot said: I remember those. You put a dime in and it unlocked the gate so you could get the soda of your choice out. My younger brother figured out a way to keep the gate open so you could get more sodas out, but if you bumped the rails or gate the wrong way it would latch again. We also discovered that if you swipe an extra soda and the gas station owner tells your Dad you not only have to pay for the stolen soda but you get your backside tanned. And peeled the hide off yer hand on those bottle caps yanking it out! JHC Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 20, 2024 Posted December 20, 2024 Cracker barrel has a few dozen different old time candy bars and a place in Prescott has even more. Big Hunk, Idaho Spud, Merry Cherry, Black Jack gum and a whole herd more. Both places also sell old timey soda pop. I get all my sarsaparilla from Cracker Barrel. 2 Quote
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