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08/06/2025 11:31 am
So true!
John Bono
North Jersey
08/06/2025 12:10 pm
Ah yes, "that pen!" I was in the 5th or 6th grade when I got one exactly like that. I remember being amazed! "Wow, four colors!" 😀 😀
08/06/2025 12:21 pm
Buffalo Courier Express (if I remember correctly) Or it might have been the Buffalo Evening News. We'd stop after Sunday Mass for the paper and a dozen fresh French Cruellers. 😋
08/06/2025 3:05 pm
08/06/2025 4:03 pm
Back then, our town had "Beck's 5 & 10 Cent Store". Nowdays, everything would probably be at least $29.95 ! 
08/06/2025 4:38 pm
@michaeldetorrice Growing up in Affton, Missouri a suburb of St. Louis, We had Affton Variety Store owned by an elderly lady and her son who never married. The store was literally a five and dime.
08/06/2025 7:56 pm
@michaeldetorrice Growing up in Affton, Missouri a suburb of St. Louis, We had Affton Variety Store owned by an elderly lady and her son who never married. The store was literally a five and dime.
Yes, that sounds like how things used to be ! Near to us were also somewhat bigger "C.G. Murphy" and a "Woolworth's" department/5&10/variety store. Later, there were "Zayre's", "Topps" and "E.J. Korvettes" stores. All these are long gone now, as with (most) of the really cool automobiles in their parking lots !
As a kid, I used to be able to identify most American cars just by their tail-lights, lol. 
09/06/2025 6:05 am
@michaeldetorrice Growing up in Affton, Missouri a suburb of St. Louis, We had Affton Variety Store owned by an elderly lady and her son who never married. The store was literally a five and dime.
Yes, that sounds like how things used to be ! Near to us were also somewhat bigger "C.G. Murphy" and a "Woolworth's" department/5&10/variety store. Later, there were "Zayre's", "Topps" and "E.J. Korvettes" stores. All these are long gone now, as with (most) of the really cool automobiles in their parking lots !
As a kid, I used to be able to identify most American cars just by their tail-lights, lol.
I remember those stores. There were a myriad of the 'nickle & dime', '5 & 10' and '5 & 10 Cent' stores all over. Today we have Dollar Stores; but try finding items for a dollar - they're far & few between.
And, oh my, do I recall the small stores with penny candy. The clerk stuck his/her hand in, retrieved your treat. No plastic gloves like we have today. I guess all the sugar nullified any germs; 'scuse me - cooties!!