I'm so old I Remember when:

[R2elk]

Why?

Because the U.S. government has stopped minting pennies due to the cost of minting them is more than they are worth. Canada did away with their pennies years ago.

 

[Love Donkeys]

Peach tree switches for my neighbor's kids my age. Boys and girls alike.

All my father had to do was give me a "hurt" look and stay quiet. I thought my acting out had somehow hurt him. I would end up sobbing for hours.

 

[Evadig]

Because the U.S. government has stopped minting pennies due to the cost of miinting them is more than they are worth. Canada did away with their pennies years ago.

But why does Albertsons want them?

 

[notabitail]

But why does Albertsons want them?

So you can trade them in, I guess.

 

[Love Donkeys]

I remember when every little boy from first grade forward had a pocket knife they carried everywhere. Including school.

Not only boys. I still carry mine in my pocketbook. A few years ago I set off the alarms at the courthouse when they had installed a new X-ray system. Woops!

 

[notabitail]

Not only boys. I still carry mine in my pocketbook. A few years ago I set off the alarms at the courthouse when they had installed a new X-ray system. Woops!

Mine vanished on a trip. Literally vanished.

 

[R2elk]

But why does Albertsons want them?

Some people still get change from paying in cash. They don't want to run out yet.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

The online dealers are offering 100 - 2025 uncirculated pennies (50 - P and 50 - D) for $9.95 + shipping.

Face value of 100 pennies is $10.00, right? So you can buy $10 worth of pennies for $9.95 plus shipping? Wow, what a deal! And people are falling for this scam? Shipping's got to be pretty expensive. I haven't weighed mine but they're heavy!

 

[Love Donkeys]

"Winston tastes good like a cigarette should!"

L. S. M. F. T. I remember these initials and I don’t smoke!

 

[Love Donkeys]

And milk was in glass bottles

We had Ice delivered to our home on the second floor. The "Ice Man" would carry a block of ice, on his back, up the stairs and then put it in our wooden Ice Box.
So many different people/jobs that disappeared over the years. The Ice Man, the Tinker, the Bread Man, the Milk Man, the Rag Man, the Vegetable/Fruit Man, the Doctor making house calls. All apart of my childhood that I haven't thought about for a long time.