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Do You Remember

grandmoon — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 01:11:12 GMT

When the supermarkets specials had a limit on how many you could buy ??

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harley_babes_hoard — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 01:15:59 GMT

they still do in some instances

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polksaladallie — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 01:17:05 GMT

Do you remember when supermarkets did not sell meat?

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serendipityricho — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 01:53:05 GMT

Hi Grandmoon--think the limit in the old days was to stop the

small corner stores from buying cheaper than from the same suppliers.

Once the big supermarkets -squeezed the corner stores out and most of them closed down

-it dosnt matter any more..............................Richo.

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imastawka — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 02:09:49 GMT

I remember when they were called grocers

and you wrote your list, gave it to them, sat down,

ate the broken bikkies from the bottom of the tin,

and waited for them to do your shopping for you.

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polksaladallie — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 02:15:26 GMT

Department stores used to have a chair to sit on while the staff member wrapped your item in brown paper and tied it with string with a loop for carrying. Well, I was with my mother, when that happened, I am not that old.

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2106greencat — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:04:13 GMT

I remember going to the convenience store (we called it a dairy) and buying a glass bottle of milk for 4c.

I think it was a pint (looked a similar size to the 600ml plastic bottles we now have.

I also remember, buying a certain amount of lollies for 5c, quite a good sized bag we would get, rather than a certain amount PER LOLLY!

And fish and chips on a Friday night was the treat, pretty sure it was about 40c for the fish, and ths chips were basically a Free Side, used to cost about a $1.20

S****** - I am OLD

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harley_babes_hoard — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:04:40 GMT

When I first started working as a checkout chick there was no conveyor belt you had a wooden rack you used to have to pull the groceries up with, then shot them down to the packer.

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imastawka — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:05:52 GMT

S****** - I am OLD

Not that old apparently..........you're quoting dollars and cents.

Woe is me

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2106greencat — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:05:29 GMT

Was that a rolling rack harley - our corner store had one, like lots of rolling pins lined up to make it easy to slide the items along.......

I had forgotten that...

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2106greencat — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:07:56 GMT

@imastawka wrote:
S****** - I am OLD

Not that old apparently..........you're quoting dollars and cents.

Woe is me

Think decimal came in when I was about 7 or 8, (this is in NZ) not really sure to be honest.....obviously I am old enough to have a memory problem !!

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cmcoins2000 — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:14:52 GMT

@2106greencat wrote:
Was that a rolling rack harley - our corner store had one, like lots of rolling pins lined up to make it easy to slide the items along.......

I had forgotten that...

Sugar - so had I.

And a packer - we were so spoilt.

I also remember a flat bed truck with huge silver scales would cruise the street at the same time every week.

All the fruit, veg, salads etc.

Put straight into your basket - no placky bags - didn't even have to leave home.

With the price of petrol these days - we could probably afford - a tomato.

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grandmoon — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:18:00 GMT

I remember taking a billy can to the dairy to buy the milk.

The man would measure out the milk into the billy can.

Icecreams in a cone were 1 penny or a baby cone were a half penny.

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azureline** — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:20:18 GMT

@cmcoins2000 wrote:
@2106greencat wrote:
Was that a rolling rack harley - our corner store had one, like lots of rolling pins lined up to make it easy to slide the items along.......

I had forgotten that...
Sugar - so had I.

And a packer - we were so spoilt.

I also remember a flat bed truck with huge silver scales would cruise the street at the same time every week.

All the fruit, veg, salads etc.

Put straight into your basket - no placky bags - didn't even have to leave home.

With the price of petrol these days - we could probably afford - a tomato.

I used to take the list to the shop with my mum, wait for them to pack it, then we would get a taxi home, after we had a milkshake at the cafe.

The baker delivered with a horse and cart and the milkman had a van, the milk came in a big vat and was pailed into our enamel milk bucket.

My grandfather used to go on Saturday morning to the butcher and carry home a half sheep on his shoulder, in a big calico bag.

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cmcoins2000 — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:22:36 GMT

@grandmoon wrote:
I remember taking a billy can to the dairy to buy the milk.

The man would measure out the milk into the billy can.

Icecreams in a cone were 1 penny or a baby cone were a half penny.

Then you also remember 'bullets' - licorice & chocolate.

A huge 8 a penny - went a long way.

I also bet you remember listening to the radio.

I used to race home from school for another episode of 'Tarzan'.

OOOOOOAAAAAAAGGGGGG - however he used to yodel at the beginning.

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2106greencat — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:23:15 GMT

I lived rural so fruit and vege were grown on our property, but I do remember the milk man - we had tokens to put in our empty bottles and left them at the end of the driveway and would have fresh milk delivered daily (not on weekend, hence the trip to the dairy).

Most likely woudn't have worked over here with the heat, by the time you got your bottles from the end of the drive they would have curdled!

In good old NZ, you were happy when they weren't frozen!

Which sparks another memory, breaking the ice on the chooks and dogs water containers......bbbrrrrr.

But honestly, what a fun, fresh, clean and happy childhood I remember, no video games, just make your own fun. Run/bike/ride around in the daylight and go to bed when it was dark.

I wouldn't want to be without the technology of today, we all have to grow and change, but I am glad I have memories of the simpler times.

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cmcoins2000 — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:25:49 GMT

@azureline** wrote:
@cmcoins2000 wrote:
@2106greencat wrote:
Was that a rolling rack harley - our corner store had one, like lots of rolling pins lined up to make it easy to slide the items along.......

I had forgotten that...
Sugar - so had I.

And a packer - we were so spoilt.

I also remember a flat bed truck with huge silver scales would cruise the street at the same time every week.

All the fruit, veg, salads etc.

Put straight into your basket - no placky bags - didn't even have to leave home.

With the price of petrol these days - we could probably afford - a tomato.

I used to take the list to the shop with my mum, wait for them to pack it, then we would get a taxi home, after we had a milkshake at the cafe.
The baker delivered with a horse and cart and the milkman had a van, the milk came in a big vat and was pailed into our enamel milk bucket.
My grandfather used to go on Saturday morning to the butcher and carry home a half sheep on his shoulder, in a big calico bag.

'Those days are gone my friend.'.

'We hoped they'd never end'.

????Warm milk in bottles at school - YAAAAA.

With special lids for special occasions - Christmas - Holly with Berries.

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harley_babes_hoard — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:27:39 GMT

Greencat, I think that might have been a later edition. Mine was just a plain one.
I don't miss those paper bags though, more times than not the bottom fell out of them and you've end up with groceries all over the floor.

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grandmoon — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:31:38 GMT

I remember the baker delivering with his horse and cart, the milkman came during the night so we didn't see him. We also had the man who delivered the wood and coal during the winter and he also delivered the ice as well, I remember him giving us big chips of ice to suck in the hot weather.

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imastawka — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 03:35:34 GMT

I also bet you remember listening to the radio.

Wireless, Helen, wireless!