Oh dear, it seems that I collected the stamps. Maybe my mom did too, vague, vague memories of her collecting.
There's a S&H Green Stamps sign attached to a tree on one of my riding routes. I'm surprised the paint has held up this long.I remember as a kid, we got most of our groceries at a big store that offered S&H Green Stamps (who remembers that), but we got our meat from a little meat market. Then, my mom overcooked it.
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There's a S&H Green Stamps sign attached to a tree on one of my riding routes. I'm surprised the paint has held up this long.
Perfect example of how things were made to last back in the day!
Of course casey, actually agree but still...
My bro was an MG fan I was a Morgan fan - til he told me their frames were wood - shot my dreams down pretty fast.
My first husband had a Royal Enfield which would never start in the rain. He figured anything that would start in the rain was kept in England - all others were shipped overseas. LOL!
Morgan is still around. The closest dealer to you is in Toronto. LOL - Couldn't afford one then - still can't!
I've driven a handful of them. I have a couple friends who own them. and I'm jealous, of course...
They still look the same, but they have removed all but a tiny amount of wood from the frame. Just enough to be traditional, but not enough to be a problem.
https://www.morgan-motor.co.uk
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Living in Dallas, I know I can't buy "fresh" seafood, unless I want to spend a fortune. I am perfectly fine with frozen. Like you, I want to buy it still frozen, and thaw it out right before I cook it.
I buy frozen, wild caught Gulf shrimp all the time. I always buy it shell on. It is more work, but if the shrimp is pre-shelled, the texture isn't as good when cooked, IMO.
I am also able to buy fish filets that are vacuum packed and frozen. Those work out well, too. Again, I thaw them at the last minute. They thaw fast.
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Me too! Mom collected green stamps obsessively. Cutting them up and pasting them into the little books was my chore.
I know Mom redeemed them, but I can’t remember what for...
That is a nice display of meat offerings, jd. Like others have said, though, I don't buy anything pre-made like that. I'm cheap, and I'll admit it. The idea of spending $8.99 a pound for green peppers or onions goes against my grain. Still, they sure look pretty.
We had Green Stamps in Minnesota, but we also had Gold Bond Stamps, which were essentially the same thing in a rival company. I know that my mother almost exclusively shopped stores and gas stations that gave Green Stamps, but we always collected a few books of Gold Bond stamps as well.
I think that at one time, most of the glassware and dishes in the house were bought by redeeming stamps. Mom was quite frugal, born of necessity.
I think a lot of supermarkets had their own free line of glassware that you could earn by spending money there. They sort of had their own line of stamps for that chain of grocery stores. IGA still had their own line of glassware until just a few years ago when our local IGA closed.
I’ll bet you those are worth money!Do you folks remember Welch's Jelly jar glasses? That's what my sister an I drank from as kids.
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I’ll bet you those are worth money!
My SIL has a couple with Peanuts Gang motif. She uses them when we drink wine. I put mine back (before she pours the wine) and get myself a right proper wine glass - an on the rocks glass. I'm like a rangy giraffe and don't play well with stemmed glassware.Do you folks remember Welch's Jelly jar glasses? That's what my sister an I drank from as kids...