Quote Originally Posted by papaOU View Post
Sitting at the light on 36th and South Walker, three young kids walked by carrying a five gallon bucket full of crushed aluminum cans. I am glad we had pop bottles. Wonder how many trips they have to make to see any money. Cans are cheap and items to buy are high
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It takes 34 cans to make a pound.....at 50 cents a pound you might have 1 and a half cents each.....pop bottles were 2 cents each and 25 cents for the case.....but, a Coke was a nickle.....so was a snickers Candy Bar.....Do you remember the little bottles of Grapette????? or a nickle Ice Cream??? I remember going into a small grocery store (convenience store now) and buying a box of peanuts (looked like B-B's) and getting some sort of change...most likely it was a penny but sometimes....you got a Dime.....Made you keep coming back.....Or how about an RC Cola with Peanuts in it????then a dash of Salt?...