Things that used to cost a dollar a dozen>>>
Doughnuts -- and coffee was a dime, but refills were only a nickle.
Gum drops -- from the big glass jar at the candy shop, and that goes for licorice whips, too
Stamps -- when first class postage was six cents, airmail took a separate stamp worth eight cents.
Eggs -- a bargain when you consider each egg is a day's work for a chicken.
Limes -- only two weeks ago at Sav-Mart. I bought two dozen, and they lasted only a week because I love 'em so
Jelly glasses -- You wonder why juice glasses are so small? Because that's the size jelly came in, and you saved the jar as a drinking glass. They must have cost more with the jelly in them.
Pepsi-Cola -- Introduced in 12 oz bottles when Coca-Cola came in eight ounce bottles. Their jingle was "Twelve full ounces, that's a lot...nickle,nickle, nickle."
Cookies -- Yum
Saturday Evening Post -- The weekly magazine cost a nickle, delivered by a kid earning pennies on his magazine route. Liberty, too, but Life was a dime.
But that is all I can remember right now. Perhaps you can think of some more.
6 comments:
before my time! I do remember gas under a buck lol!
Garnett, below, is right. I used to work in a service station and sold gas at 26.4 cents a gallon. Why point four? Must have been a gimmick to steal customers from stations selling gas at something point nine. Half a cent a gallon made a difference. AND we washed your windshield and checked the water and put air in the tires, free.
do you remember Ben Franklins? i loved that store, as a kid they had everything it seemed:) penny candy, great toys that didn't cost an arm and leg to buy. have a good sunday and i hope you have a good breakfast
Deb
I remember and used to love CHUM GUM...Bam
days gone by and never to be seen again....lol
Charles, I do admire what a steele trap your mind is! You remember so much more than I. The only thing I can think of at the moment is Comic Books. They were a dime a piece and my mom would buy a dollars worth at a time and get mad at me for reading all of them in 20 minutes. They weren't full of ads either!
Annie
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