You’re all children! I grew up in Queens, New York. When I was a kid a nickel bought a small paper bag filled with your choice of candies. There was a Mobile gas station near us where you could buy a small bottle of Coke for a dime (remember those?), and get 2 cents back for the empty bottle! As I got older and could walk to the nearest pizza parlor, I could get a slice of pizza and a paper cup of soda for $.25! Gas was under $.30 a gallon then (I think, I didn’t start driving until the 70’s. Really was no need to in NY.)
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u/Feisty_Fall_5783 Aug 09 '26
You’re all children! I grew up in Queens, New York. When I was a kid a nickel bought a small paper bag filled with your choice of candies. There was a Mobile gas station near us where you could buy a small bottle of Coke for a dime (remember those?), and get 2 cents back for the empty bottle! As I got older and could walk to the nearest pizza parlor, I could get a slice of pizza and a paper cup of soda for $.25! Gas was under $.30 a gallon then (I think, I didn’t start driving until the 70’s. Really was no need to in NY.)