Just for us old people

Well, since our Raxall was just a rinky dink little drug store and Walgreens was/is huge, I gather Walgreens won.

Here, where I live now, we have Pharmasave and Shoppers. Shoppers gets my business, unless Pharmasave has a good deal on toilet paper and kleenex.

I think Shoppers is winning this competition.

There's another well known drug store here, but I don't remember the name and they're not close enough to me to get my attention.

I get shoppers optimum points (I'm up to 54,000 :-D), and at Pharmasave I get Air Miles (not much goin on there).

Was that Raxall or Rexall?

I did it again!

I consider myself to be very fortunate to have been born in the U.S. of middle class parents, enjoying the West Coast (L.A.) culture of the late fortiess, fifties and sixties. It's been good.
Plus, I was too young for WWII, the Korean conflict and too old for Viet Nam and the middle east wars.
PURE LUCK. I could die now with gratitude, but with regret for the suffering of people in other countries and our own misfortunates.

You must be just about the same age as my parents.

interesting, our social security pays almost 3/4 of our heath insurance.

Yes, littleK
Yes, Dys

It was a sad day when Idlewild was changed to JFK, although I respect the reason why, but Idlewild--it sounded so romantic and exotic.

Pennsylvania 6-5000.

One of favorite stories from Dys' childhood is when his grandma had to go to work at 65 because none of the work before had social security benefits.

She took a job at a school cafeteria, making out menus and doing the cooking. Since she had never bought store bread, she was not going to let those kids eat that white, dought stuff, so before driving to work, she would bake extra loaves and take them to school. Some the parents actually sued her and the school because they thought she was making extra money by baking the bread herself.

I wonder if anyone realized that she was doing it because that was the way she took care of her own family? I wonder if anyone there had enough altruism to understand her motives?

No good deed goes unpunished.

Was the matter cleared up? I hope the suit was not successful.
No wonder Dys is such a sourpuss. Injustice will do it to you.

<smiles at JLN's post.>

And I'm smiling too, c.i.

Yes, JLN, the matter was cleared up and I'm sure she continued baking the bread for the school kids.

Isn't it amazing how such an old sourpuss can be such a sweetie?

I liked JLN's post too, natch. We have some of the same background, except I'm more of a spring chicken.

when school started again in september 1945 - i was in grade 10 - writing paper was difficult to obtain in germany (well , any paper was scarce :wink: ) .
at a PT meeting our teacher asked the parents if there was any way they might be able to help out . my dad had stacks-and-stacks of copy paper ; one side had pre-written/copied but the other side was still unused : that was the solution !
so for several days i would carry an extra satchel with that paper to school - much to the delight of our teacher BUT much to the annoyance of my school-buddies
hbg

So that's where ehBeth's satchel-carrying came from--btw, those little girl with a satchel pics are some of the cutest I've ever seen.

seems that ehbeth decided she had to show her "executive" style early
she's pretty well given up on it now - had enough of being an executive early on !
hbg

I also had an executive phase :-D

My phase also passed and I was wondering if any of you had any Pez?

Popeye Pez here

I enjoyed the "executive phase," because I was able to make real decisions that affected real people by increasing salaries, benefits (including year-end bonus), and retirement plans. Increased cash in the bank by 700 percent during that same period. Now, that was fun.

BBB
Great Depression: hobos, food kitchens; hand-me-down clothing
School desks with ink pots
Black Studebaker Touring Cars with eising glass windows & engine cranks
Cars with rumble seats and side running boards
Victory gardens
Uncle Sam Needs You posters
white margarine with yellow food coloring that had to be mixed in
Saving the aluminum lining in chewing gum packages
Winding string into big balls
Rationing books: food, clothing, gas
Standing in line to buy mayonaise and meats
Raising rabbits and chickens to provide meat for family
Buying war bond tickets in school
Radio programs: The Shadow, The Green Hornet, The Lone Ranger
FDR radio broadcasts
Telephones: Operators asked "Number please"
Filling S & H Green Stamp books
The Saturday Evening Post and Norman Rockwell magazine covers
Girls putting their hair in pincurls everynight
Stuffing socks in girls bras to have bigger breasts
Jitterbugging at school dances
Reading a friend's copy of "Forever Amber"
Saddle shoes
Japanese best friends sent to internment camps
Dating sailors from the nearby navy base
Getting airmail letters from boyfriends overseas
Getting two mail delivers each day
Standing in line to watch the movie "Snowwhite & the Seven Dwarfs"
Getting bonus dinnerware when attending movies
Boys getting Mohawk haircuts
Picking tomatos and walnuts on farms due to labor shortage

I thought of a few more:

Complaining about old women wearing scarce nylons when I wanted them
Soda fountains, thick milkshakes; cute guys
Drinking Coca Cola along with aspirin to get drunk
School yard game: guessing movie star names from clues
Boys hitting girl's shoulders instead of saying hello
Girls stretching their sweaters below their hips
Inviting sailors to Sunday dinners at home
Cutting out paper dolls and playing with them
Constantly washing dishes in the sink
Wringer washing machines
Constantly ironing clothes
Darning socks

BBB