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[burrheadd]

Wasn't Sears the one that used to send out that big toy catalog every Christmas?

Hated Sears when I was a kid
Had to go there every year in grade school right before school started in the fall
To buy there crappy Roebuck jeans. Had to get them about 4 inches to long and roll a giant cuff on them so I could "grow into them"
WTF I'm not gonna grow 4 inches buy Christmas

 

[Operational needs]

Hated Sears when I was a kid
Had to go there every year in grade school right before school started in the fall
To buy there crappy Roebuck jeans. Had to get them about 4 inches to long and roll a giant cuff on them so I could "grow into them"
WTF I'm not gonna grow 4 inches buy Christmas

But the Wish Book was the best! We didn't even celebrate Christmas and were dirt poor, but I could dream that I might get some of those toys.

 

[Operational needs]

Hated Sears when I was a kid
Had to go there every year in grade school right before school started in the fall
To buy there crappy Roebuck jeans. Had to get them about 4 inches to long and roll a giant cuff on them so I could "grow into them"
WTF I'm not gonna grow 4 inches buy Christmas

Ungrateful brat. Lol. I was very happy when I got new clothes. Didn't happen very often. I usually got hand me downs.

 

[oldngray]

But the Wish Book was the best! We didn't even celebrate Christmas and were dirt poor, but I could dream that I might get some of those toys.

Then you could use the pages of the old Wishbook in the outhouse!

 

[Operational needs]

Maybe it was that one....

Theirs came later.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Ungrateful brat. Lol. I was very happy when I got new clothes. Didn't happen very often. I usually got hand me downs.

When I was a kid going to Mickey D's on Sunday was a big deal.

 

[Operational needs]

Then you could use the pages of the old Wishbook in the outhouse!

Nah. We had running water. Only one bathroom off the back porch with no heat. It had to be a big time emergency to go there in the middle of the night in winter. Lol.

 

[oldngray]

Hated Sears when I was a kid
Had to go there every year in grade school right before school started in the fall
To buy there crappy Roebuck jeans. Had to get them about 4 inches to long and roll a giant cuff on them so I could "grow into them"
WTF I'm not gonna grow 4 inches buy Christmas

I always liked Penney's better than Sears. There were plenty of loyal Sears Suckers around though.

 

[MyTripisCut]

Ungrateful brat. Lol. I was very happy when I got new clothes. Didn't happen very often. I usually got hand me downs.

Hand me downs til I was 18. I actually think I brought back bell bottoms in the early nineties, had two pair from my uncle, he graduated in '77, they wore Roger Daltrey style....

 

[Operational needs]

Hand me downs til I was 18. I actually think I brought back bell bottoms in the early nineties, had two pair from my uncle, he graduated in '77, they wore Roger Daltrey style....

My grandmother sewed at the Blue Bell factory in Greensboro, NC most of her adult life and she would buy rejects for us, cheap. That was usually how we got our new clothes.

 

[oldngray]

Hand me downs til I was 18. I actually think I brought back bell bottoms in the early nineties, had two pair from my uncle, he graduated in '77, they wore Roger Daltrey style....




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Hand me downs from your sister?

 

[Brownslave688]

But the Wish Book was the best! We didn't even celebrate Christmas and were dirt poor, but I could dream that I might get some of those toys.

Oh man I remember the wish book. Would keep kids occupied for days.

 

[cosmo1]

Hand me downs til I was 18. I actually think I brought back bell bottoms in the early nineties, had two pair from my uncle, he graduated in '77, they wore Roger Daltrey style....




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My grandmother sewed at the Blue Bell factory in Greensboro, NC most of her adult life and she would buy rejects for us, cheap. That was usually how we got our new clothes.

Up until my mom passed away, she ran the rummage sales at her church.

You wouldn't believe the stuff she found.

It was kind of embarrassing back when we were in school, but we still have some real treasures people got rid of.

 

[MyTripisCut]

Hand me downs from your sister?

No one wants that!

 

[oldngray]

Up until my mom passed away, she ran the rummage sales at her church.

You wouldn't believe the stuff she found.

It was kind of embarrassing back when we were in school, but we still have some real treasures people got rid of.

I used to go to thrift shops. You can get real bargains there.

It didn't embarrass me a bit.

 

[Operational needs]

I used to go to thrift shops. You can get real bargains there.

It didn't embarrass me a bit.

I like going to thrift shops for hospital auxiliaries best. They usually have nicer stuff because well off people usually donate to them.....and better prices.

 

[Operational needs]

When I was a kid going to Mickey D's on Sunday was a big deal.

Four hamburgers for $1.00. Lol.

 

[Catatonic]

When I was a kid going to Mickey D's on Sunday was a big deal.

I was 18 before I ate at a Mickey D's.
It as the first time I ever ate at a "chain" restaurant.
My parents were blind, so I cooked meals from the time I was 10 years old.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

My grandmother sewed at the Blue Bell factory in Greensboro, NC most of her adult life and she would buy rejects for us, cheap. That was usually how we got our new clothes.

When my daughter and what's his name lived in Burlington (NC), we drove down to Greensboro.

 

[Brownslave688]

Ungrateful brat. Lol. I was very happy when I got new clothes. Didn't happen very often. I usually got hand me downs.

Hated clothes shopping. Not because of me. I found a pair of jeans that fit said get 3-4 different colors and let's go home.

My brother on the other hand made shopping miserable. One Easter we had to travel to 4 different towns to get his outfit.