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To: FamiliarFace

I still have some flatware I got with green stamps!


81 posted on 10/31/2021 8:09:24 PM PDT by boatbums (Lord, make my life a testimony to the value of knowing you.)
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To: boatbums

I still use the electric fry pan I “bought” with my green stamps. The hot pot gave up the ghost after 10 or so years, but the electric skillet is still perfect. I dinged the lid once, but it’s in great shape otherwise because I take decent care of it. They sure don’t make appliances, small or large, the way they used to.

Thank goodness for green stamps, though. I went to college on a nearly full scholarship. My family was lower middle class at the time, and there was nothing left over for frivolities. So I asked my parents that if I did the menial task of putting the stamps into the books, would they allow me to get sheets, a blanket, a pillow, and a few household necessities with those for myself for college. I know Mom probably wished for a few things herself, but they agreed. Those items all lasted quite some time, but the electric fry pan is the only thing I still have from then, 43 years ago.


86 posted on 11/01/2021 4:53:07 AM PDT by FamiliarFace
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