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To: Covenantor

>>>slider chest type with ice for the coldest Coca-cola<<<

Oh boy, our local lumber yard had one of those - 5¢ Cokes... Used to walk all the way across town (about a half mile) for one. So cold that they would form a little ice slush when you opened them.

Rambler Metropolitans - Had one of those when I was in the Army. LOL can you imagine - 5 of us used to ride from Ft. Devens, Massachusetts home to Delaware for weekends when we were off. 3 in front and two on the jumpseat in back with their legs stuck into the trunk - back of rear jumpseat was trunk access. There was a bus that would pass us every Sunday on our way back through New Jersey - he would pull up along side as he passed us and all would look and laugh, then he would fall back till I would pass him, then all on the other side would laugh. 5 BIG GI’s in a tin can like sardines. 32 miles per gallon - gas at 25¢ - split 5 ways was doable even when we made $68 a month military pay!

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9,329 posted on 07/01/2009 6:39:50 AM PDT by DelaWhere (Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.. No, not my second childhood either....)
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To: DelaWhere

>>>slider chest type with ice for the coldest Coca-cola<<<
Oh boy, our local lumber yard had one of those - 5¢ Cokes...


Our nearest one was at a gas station a couple of miles from where we lived. Six or seven neighborhood boys riding hand me down Western Flyer (Western Auto brand) coaster bikes would descend on the gas station with our bamboo lances (carpet rollers) and soak our sun burned arms in the freezing water before dragging out the Coke bottle.

Here’s trivia note. The first soda cans I can recall were made of steel with conical tops and....a steel bottle cap. Seems to me that they were only used by local brands and weren’t around for very long. IIRC they were also some brands of beer that used them,


9,332 posted on 07/01/2009 10:11:38 AM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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