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Floyd R. Turbo

(29,101 posts) Tue Sep 17, 2024, 11:34 AM Sep 2024

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As a kid I could go to the market with a dollar and come home with milk, bacon, eggs, and bread. Not now; [View all]

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with those damn cameras everywhere! 🤬

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As a kid I could go to the market with a dollar and come home with milk, bacon, eggs, and bread. Not now; [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2024 OP

They make things so very inconvenient! niyad Sep 2024 #1

Bastards! 🤬 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2024 #2

A dollar!?! TheBlackAdder Sep 2024 #40

So, two bottles of milk, but no bread. surrealAmerican Sep 2024 #3

Sorry ma! I fixed it ma! 😬 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2024 #19

Plus you can get murder-raped for crossing the street - according to the orange anus... Probatim Sep 2024 #4

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Yes a dollar would buy milk, bacon, eggs, and bread back in the late 1800's. KS Toronado Sep 2024 #5

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And still have your dollar! Permanut Sep 2024 #6

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Too soon there are likely going to be readers. facial recognician ... Prairie_Seagull Sep 2024 #7

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It depends on how old you are Beck23 Sep 2024 #8

You can imagine what that same anecdote sounds like in Argentina! peppertree Sep 2024 #18

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according to online cost of living calculators... sarchasm Sep 2024 #9

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They had stores when you were a kid? lastlib Sep 2024 #10

Funny, but I'll let you and Floyd work this one out between you. RussellCattle Sep 2024 #11

We had a store!😁 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2024 #27

Sam Drucker, proprietor, amirite? lastlib Sep 2024 #35

Yes, you could homegirl Sep 2024 #12

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i do recall barbtries Sep 2024 #13

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Where I grew up, we used to have the Wonder Bread & Hostess plant, across the bridge from my Middle school ... aggiesal Sep 2024 #14

We had a Wonder Bread bakery in our neighborhood. On the bottom floor there was a conveyor belt Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2024 #30

Yes, and back then my dad made $29 a week as a drill press operator at Rockwell. appleannie1 Sep 2024 #15

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LOL Mblaze Sep 2024 #16

Yep! 😁 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2024 #32

This is why it is important to buy property Beck23 Sep 2024 #17

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I've often wondered how people restrained themselves from robbing banks happybird Sep 2024 #26

Saw a documentary about bank robberies a few years ago. A primary reason small town banks didn't get Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2024 #34

By the sounds of it True Dough Sep 2024 #36

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You and Jimmy Buffett both... malthaussen Sep 2024 #37

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I remember Figarosmom Sep 2024 #41

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