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Grocery Shopping in 1971 |
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Post# 1153631 7/7/2022 at 22:31 (651 days old) by bradfordwhite  (central U.S.) |
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 Glass juice bottles, Muzak, original Doritos packaging, no self check-out....
How many brands do you see that are still around?
To me this place looks relatively normal. It's like some of my first experiences in a grocery store. A&P in particular.
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Post# 1153687 , Reply# 1 7/8/2022 at 15:14 (651 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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Memories Paper sacks and boys to fill them, no bar codes, lots of bell bottom pants/trousers, and stamps!
But the best part was at about the 2:30 mark when the two shoppers bumped into each other and neither one pulled out a handgun and shot the other!
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Post# 1153691 , Reply# 2 7/8/2022 at 15:43 (651 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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That little video brought back memories of when I first moved out on my own in May 1970. That first day I went grocery shopping for myself for the first time. I bought two bags of groceries for a little under $9.00!
I recall that the store I shopped at, Purity Market sold 1/2 lb. packages of ground beef for $0.32, the cheap store brand margarine for $0.20, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese for $0.24, an average size box of White King D laundry detergent for $0.89, a tube of Colgate Dental Cream for $0.49, a 10 oz box of frozen peas for $0.08. In those days I was earning $39.90 net a week plus tips, which averaged maybe $1.50-2.00 per day. On Mondays and Tuesdays business was slow and I might only have $0.50 in my pocket as I walked home from work. I could buy a 1/2 lb of ground beef, a box of frozen peas and potato with that $0.50 and that would be my dinner. I really don’t know how young people starting out these days make it. That 50 cent dinner from 1970 would cost at least $4.89 and thats if you could even find a store that sold 1/2 lbs of ground beef! And yes Lawrence, people were a lot nicer to one another then too. You didn’t need to worry about getting lead poisoning every time you left your home. You only got the lead poisoning from your Corelle, LOL. Eddie | ||
| Post# 1153711 , Reply# 3 7/8/2022 at 18:15 (650 days old) by Iej (.... ) | ||
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Nice footage. | ||
| Post# 1153712 , Reply# 4 7/8/2022 at 18:26 (650 days old) by Iej (.... ) | ||
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Just browsing for other supermarkets from that era and stumbled upon the opening of the first 24h supermarket in France in 1972: | ||
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Post# 1153722 , Reply# 5 7/8/2022 at 20:45 (650 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Post# 1153737 , Reply# 6 7/9/2022 at 00:35 (650 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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The analog cash registers!Clerks to check out your order!----and NO FAT folks shopping! | ||
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Post# 1153744 , Reply# 7 7/9/2022 at 04:05 (650 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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| Post# 1153748 , Reply# 9 7/9/2022 at 06:12 (650 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
dot matrix printers | ||
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Post# 1153752 , Reply# 11 7/9/2022 at 07:43 (650 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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Shopping I worked in a grocery store, sacking groceries, from summer of 1969 until summer of 1971. So, I see a lot of similarities in the film. And I see quite a few things that differ. Notably:
The store is exceedingly clean, this film would not have been made late in a business day.
The customers are, for the most part, well-dressed. Quite a few men are wearing ties and jackets even.
The "crowd" is manageable, the store is not overly-populated , so there's lots of room for shoppers to casually shop with virtually no competition for space. There's an atmosphere of these people being on a vacation or a casual getaway.
All of this leads me to believe this is not a candid film. Everyone you see knows he/she is being filmed, this is a staged production. Considering 1971, it's likely that the store would be closed on a Sunday morning - perfect time for a collection of invited "shoppers" to come and participate in the filming. They might be store employees, store/chain employees/executives and their families, etc. All intended to show shopping at this store in the most-positive light.
And it works.
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Post# 1153759 , Reply# 13 7/9/2022 at 09:22 (650 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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I think you're correct that this is earlier in the business day due to the tranquil traffic and lower volume of people.
It's probably not staged however. I've seen other footage shot at the same time and the responses are genuine. The camera is stationary and it's possible they surrounded the camera in a blind so people would not know the camera was there. It is an upper or upper-middle class store probably filmed in a new suburb. That's giving the 'shiny' appeal. The last couple minutes of this shows more traffic at the same store. | ||
| Post# 1153889 , Reply# 14 7/10/2022 at 14:04 (649 days old) by moderncleveland (Cleveland) | ||
Love everything about this, the cars, the fashion, the clothes ... it all feels so wonderful and natural to me ... what a great time period. Of course most of my clothes are from this era so I don't see anything unusual about it at all. I sometimes have to remind myself that how I dress is not really the "norm" in this day and age lol!
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Post# 1153897 , Reply# 15 7/10/2022 at 15:07 (649 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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dot matrix printers
lej & Dan, 45 years ago tomorrow (Monday 7/11/1977) I began working for a company that made dot matrix printers for retail POS applications as well as for minicomputer and mainframe systems. Also portable data terminals needed in dial-up applicatons--those used thermal printheads. Occasionally, I worked with the guy who designed the thermal print head. Then followed printers for desktop PCs like those Epsons & Okidatas. Eventually Epson flooded the market with hose printers. Amazing the model designations of FX, LX, and LQ are still used to this day. When I live now, a new production facility to meet the demand for those various printers and such broke ground later in 1977 and began production in 1978.
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Post# 1153902 , Reply# 16 7/10/2022 at 15:45 (649 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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1982ish technically.... my first printer. Yes, as a young teen I bought this computer for $49 and the printer I think was $39 ...just months before the company cancelled their computer division. Sure, go ahead and laugh.....
Never mind that I never got either of them to do ANYTHING productive. lol
I felt like I was moving forward in the world by owning it.
I think the printer actually was/is actually still used for receipt machine printers.
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Post# 1153903 , Reply# 17 7/10/2022 at 15:50 (649 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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| Post# 1153907 , Reply# 19 7/10/2022 at 16:04 (649 days old) by moderncleveland (Cleveland) | ||
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Post# 1153911 , Reply# 20 7/10/2022 at 16:13 (648 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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first video
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Post# 1153958 , Reply# 21 7/10/2022 at 22:49 (648 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 1153965 , Reply# 22 7/11/2022 at 00:39 (648 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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I think I can up your arch though.
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Post# 1153966 , Reply# 23 7/11/2022 at 00:43 (648 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Yes, before there were Kohl's department stores stretching across the U.S. we had Kohl's food stores in the Midwest.
They used to have such good bakery.
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| Post# 1154127 , Reply# 24 7/12/2022 at 15:40 (647 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Kohl's supermarkets were an A&P banner since the 1990's at least. I don't think they were ever part of the Dept. stores. | ||
| Post# 1154132 , Reply# 25 7/12/2022 at 16:27 (646 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Maxwell Kohl did also found the grocery stores in 1949. | ||
| Post# 1154203 , Reply# 26 7/13/2022 at 13:31 (646 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
This is so freaking cool! When looking at all of that produce I have to wonder...was everything ORGANIC and non-GMO back then... I do know there are three ways to look at produce today...
1. Organic 2. Conventionally grown but non-GMO (I THINK) 3. GMO which automatically means not organic.. I'm almost sure there was nothing GMO back then...but I'm not sure if things were automatically organic or conventionally grown only... | ||
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Post# 1154204 , Reply# 27 7/13/2022 at 13:37 (646 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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| Post# 1154205 , Reply# 28 7/13/2022 at 13:50 (646 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY) | ||
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Post# 1154218 , Reply# 29 7/13/2022 at 17:41 (645 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Are you joking? Back in the 40s-50s chemical additives were thought to be an UPGRADE to one's food. Isn't that crazy.
They were hosing down nature, and schools, and anyone and everything with DDT, poisons, and who knows what other carcinogens. It's wasn't until birth defects in humans and entire animal species and bird species were threatened with extinction that they realized the heavy handed-ness of spreading all those chemicals just might be a problem. It was the 1970s when people were only starting to get organized and demanding to stop being used as human guinea pigs. And of course there were the ubiquitous republicans bad talking those who were speaking up and looking out for society. As usual, republican criminals/oil industry were wrong and did serious damage to society again. For example: with the Salton Sea drying up in southern California there is a real fear that the fine sediments in the lake will become air borne during wind storms. The Salton sea is basically a low spot that doesn't not drain and used to receive a lot of run off from farms in the central valley. So the lake floor is a repository of the history of chemical poisons from last century. If they become air borne it will be disasterous. | ||
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Post# 1154222 , Reply# 30 7/13/2022 at 17:56 (645 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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| Post# 1154241 , Reply# 31 7/13/2022 at 20:15 (645 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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Post# 1154263 , Reply# 32 7/13/2022 at 23:38 (645 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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As far as "modified" foods: That's a broad category.
I'm sure we've been grafting trees, vines, and plants for centuries. No doubt animals have been spliced and twisted and modified to give the most muscle bound variant. Won't even take a shot at the dates this started. It's truly impressive, if not scary, what man has done to feed his varied appetite. | ||
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Post# 1154266 , Reply# 33 7/14/2022 at 01:16 (645 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Muzak | ||
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Post# 1154365 , Reply# 34 7/15/2022 at 13:54 (644 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ) |
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What do the stores you shop at play if anything? Oldies from the 1960s & 1970s. | ||
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Post# 1154383 , Reply# 36 7/15/2022 at 19:51 (643 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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What types of stores are playing "oldies" and really any music these days?
Most stores I go to don't play anything. One store that does, Grocery Outlet, can be found playing 70s rock, or muzak, or country, or nothing. It just depends on who the manager is that day it seems. I would think most chain stores wouldn't play anything of a particular radio played genre for fear of being too biased. That's not good for business. Nor is having the store too hot. When I lived in Southern Virginia I went to an eye doctor for the initial visit. Not only did they have christian based paintings and plaques on the waiting room walls they were playing christian themed soft rock. So annoying. I cancelled the appointment and left after sitting through 5 minutes of that. Just so rude. | ||
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Post# 1154386 , Reply# 37 7/15/2022 at 20:30 (643 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI) |
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Anything from the 70s, 80s and 90s are "oldies". Even the 00s might fall into that category.
I noticed my Kroger playing local Adult Contempory radio. | ||
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Post# 1154392 , Reply# 39 7/15/2022 at 23:32 (643 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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The Kroger near me was playing the following when I was there a few days ago - My Baby Loves Lovin', White Plains; In the Summertime, Mungo Jerry; Temptation Eyes, Grass Roots; and some other 1970-1975 songs. Seriously doubt anyone would find any of them offensive. | ||
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Post# 1154403 , Reply# 40 7/16/2022 at 08:00 (643 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ) |
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So innocent sounding, untill you actually listen
My baby loves love | ||
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Post# 1154412 , Reply# 41 7/16/2022 at 12:35 (643 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1160103 , Reply# 42 9/21/2022 at 22:23 (575 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Post# 1160107 , Reply# 43 9/21/2022 at 22:59 (575 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Now we have to bring our own grocery bags or pay 5 cents for a paper one as the activists had free plastic bags banned that they say are single use and go in the ocean and kill the fish. I use these supposed single use bags many times and resent some supposed do gooders decided whats right for me. So now I have to buy wastebasket bags. Nobody asked my opinion.
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Post# 1160117 , Reply# 44 9/22/2022 at 06:56 (575 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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Post# 1160127 , Reply# 45 9/22/2022 at 09:37 (575 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ) |
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Why not just build it into the price? To get people to reuse bags. | ||
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Post# 1160128 , Reply# 46 9/22/2022 at 10:23 (575 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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To get people to reuse bags | ||
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Post# 1160129 , Reply# 47 9/22/2022 at 10:44 (575 days old) by luxflairguy (Wilmington NC) |
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Take my own! I've taken my own Tyvek bags for years! Only use disposable bags for wet items such as chicken and just sprayed veggies. | ||
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Post# 1160131 , Reply# 48 9/22/2022 at 11:35 (575 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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Post# 1160137 , Reply# 49 9/22/2022 at 12:48 (575 days old) by luxflairguy (Wilmington NC) |
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"sensory experience of shopping?" What a laugh! | ||
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Post# 1160176 , Reply# 50 9/23/2022 at 02:01 (574 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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Post# 1160180 , Reply# 51 9/23/2022 at 02:59 (574 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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#43 I know what your saying. After I used up my supply of collected plastic grocery bags as garbage bags, I too had to break down and buy the smallest garbage bags they make: 4 gallon bags.
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Post# 1160216 , Reply# 53 9/23/2022 at 13:38 (574 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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"I have never seen a supermarket where the shopper didn't unload their own trolley onto a bench/counter or conveyor belt."
When I lived in California in 1986-7 I shopped at Alph-Beta and they had the elevated cart-with-front-swing-open design that was a thing back then. The counters were short so you pushed the cart right up in place of where the unload counters would have been. You just open the front of the cart before pushing the cart in so the checker can easily reach the items. Kohls food also had a similar cart if I remember correctly. I know there were other stores with them.
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Post# 1160217 , Reply# 54 9/23/2022 at 13:44 (574 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Another version of drive up cart. Having to reach down into the cart must have been a no go after a short while. That's why the 80s carts were raised.
Remember those cute little lights at each check stand. They'd usually dress them with season decor or change the bulb at christmas. lol
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Post# 1160293 , Reply# 55 9/24/2022 at 08:21 (573 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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Post# 1177484 , Reply# 56 4/7/2023 at 21:21 (377 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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filmed in 1972 | ||
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Post# 1177530 , Reply# 57 4/8/2023 at 08:51 (377 days old) by WhiteWhiskers (Silicon Valley, California) |
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re: filmed in 1972
very depressing video. Old man buys a sack of potatoes, fumbles with his coins and pack of Salem menthol cigarettes at checkout. In the parking lot he gets into a 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle with leaky head gasket and perforated muffler. At home his wife awaits, who is perpetually wearing curlers and bedroom slippers. Life sucks.
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Post# 1177534 , Reply# 58 4/8/2023 at 09:16 (377 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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Post# 1177539 , Reply# 59 4/8/2023 at 09:33 (377 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 1177606 , Reply# 60 4/8/2023 at 19:55 (376 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Post# 1177608 , Reply# 61 4/8/2023 at 20:16 (376 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 1177609 , Reply# 62 4/8/2023 at 20:27 (376 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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 This thread reminds me.
I need to go grocery shopping on Monday.
Usually it's Costco. Sometimes Safeway.
Recently defrosted the chest freezer, and since then have been digging through it and am now working my way through older frozen stuff I forgot I had. Found a large ham in there, LOL.
I am hoping that egg prices after Easter will start to go down to more reasonable levels.
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Post# 1177682 , Reply# 63 4/9/2023 at 11:18 (376 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Luckily we have a small/medium size ish grocery store built in the 50s about 3-4 blocks from our house and for that I'm thankful because I despise more and more having to trudge through a super size store . I want to get in and get out as fast as I can. Was watching this video last night... quite interesting
CLICK HERE TO GO TO petek's LINK | ||
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Post# 1177688 , Reply# 64 4/9/2023 at 14:06 (376 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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Post# 1177828 , Reply# 65 4/10/2023 at 22:53 (374 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Safeway 1980 store | ||
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Short shorts, tube socks, and pornstaches. Soon to evolve into mullets, acid washed jeans, leather jackets, and mohawks. I remember those days (barely), they were weird for the most part.
For women, it would soon evolve into linebacker style shoulder pads and fried curly hair. The teenage girl style was just horrendous but some of the mid 20's to mid 30's women pulled off the mature/conservative look quite nicely.
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Post# 1177908 , Reply# 67 4/11/2023 at 23:50 (373 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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I know what you mean. I like the 80s but when I say that I really mean 1975 up until about 1987. After that, things just got ridiculous.
Big hair became HUGE angry hair. Music became louder but annoying. Movies weren't as interesting. Interior decor lost it's charm. The fun was gone. The class was gone. It was a time that was just big for the sake of being big....and corrupt. And from there up until about 1993, it was a time of upheaval, war, and recession. | ||
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Post# 1179506 , Reply# 68 4/30/2023 at 23:40 (354 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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