Comments on: Snowshoes, Jelly Beans and Rat Bait Cheese http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/31/snowshoes-jelly-beans-and-rat-bait-cheese/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:04:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Scott B. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/31/snowshoes-jelly-beans-and-rat-bait-cheese/comment-page-1/#comment-1065432 Scott B. Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:44:07 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6957#comment-1065432 Funny how in every age, people are always nostalgic for a more charming, by-gone day, ain't it? Funny how in every age, people are always nostalgic for a more charming, by-gone day, ain’t it?

]]> By: Rick http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/31/snowshoes-jelly-beans-and-rat-bait-cheese/comment-page-1/#comment-1065421 Rick Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:52:07 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=6957#comment-1065421 One of the grocery stores my mother sent me to shop at when I was a kid was a lot like that store. It had one of those double wheel coffee grinders at one end of the counter. You didn't "pick and pay" for your groceries. You gave your list to the clerk or just told him what you wanted and he got them off the shelves behind the counter. You then paid him with both money and ration stamps (WW II was going on then). The first so-called super market appeared in the downtown area sometime later (just after the war) in our city and it was really strange to see people going around with carts with loose baskets on them and picking out their own groceries before paying. This looked really modern to me at the time! Rick One of the grocery stores my mother sent me to shop at when I was a kid was a lot like that store. It had one of those double wheel coffee grinders at one end of the counter. You didn’t “pick and pay” for your groceries. You gave your list to the clerk or just told him what you wanted and he got them off the shelves behind the counter. You then paid him with both money and ration stamps (WW II was going on then). The first so-called super market appeared in the downtown area sometime later (just after the war) in our city and it was really strange to see people going around with carts with loose baskets on them and picking out their own groceries before paying. This looked really modern to me at the time!

Rick

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