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steavenr
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since 2003-11-17
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0 posted 2008-04-24 10:14 PM


i remember when
gas was nineteen cents in a gas war that involved no guns
when five loaves of bread were a dollar
at the day-old store
when the bread man came in a white truck
dressed in non-hospital whites
when the local candy store was in the neighborhood
and in the basement, yet
when you could see through the floor
in aunt tillie’s store
when you had to bend over the chest-high cooler
for a coke in a bottle (and smaller was better)
when houses were less than atvs
and interest was when you showed it—not paid it
i remember when
old was grandma who passed at fifty-two
and young was the world in which i lived

i looked at my passport today as i filled the tank
and remembered when i could still remember


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Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia
1 posted 2008-04-24 10:16 PM


Steaven, I did enjoy these lovely thoughts from you... it brings back some of my 'I remember when's' ... thank you  love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353
Michigan, USA
2 posted 2008-04-26 07:52 PM


You are a smile a minute.
Enjoyed these treats...and some I do remember when.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California
3 posted 2008-04-26 10:49 PM


I remember so many of these things. Thank you for making me think of them. Remember Oleo? In order to make it yellow, like butter, you put in a small packet of orange powder.
                            Ida

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