Re: I can remember when...

From	felix <me@nothere.invalid>
Newsgroups	aus.tv, aus.computers
Subject	Re: I can remember when...
Date	2016-01-17 00:24 +1100
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On 16-January-2016 11:17 PM, Batchman wrote:
> felix wrote:
>
>> Yes!
>>
> When you needed biscuits, you'd go to the grocery, the grocer would greet
> you BY NAME, you'd tell him which biscuits you wanted and how many.
>
> He'd take the TIN down from the shelf, weight out the required amount, and
> present them to you in a brown paper bag.
>
> Back when I was going to primary school my mother would often give me six
> pence (five cents) so that on the way to school, I could stop at the local
> grocery and get some broken biscuits (there were always plenty available)
> for a snack at morning recess.

yep!.. and this is what the tins were like  :)

< 
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