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marlakay

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32. So true most women stayed home

Mon Apr 27, 2020, 02:53 AM

Apr 2020

Like my mom and dad took car to work. We had bread man, milk man, etc and a small grocery store about 10 min walk away which I rode my bike to.

The glass milk bottles were sterilized and used over so it was very green back then that way especially since things were made to last and you didn’t have to buy a new one every few years.

I got very sick when I was 7 of the measles with 104 temp and doctor came to the house.

This morning as I looked at my 2 adult daughters and my 92 yr old mom and me on FB chat all with prayer hands doing Yoga with Adrienne together I thought there is something special about this time I hope we keep with us. I feel closer to them now.

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Amazon did not "invent" home delivery [View all] SoCalDem Apr 2020 OP

"Home delivery used to be the norm". My tired brain went to "the Wells Fargo Wagon" scenei niyad Apr 2020 #1

So did mine! csziggy Apr 2020 #9

LOL, and we have Winthrop Paroo (Ron Howard) at 2:40 Brother Buzz Apr 2020 #28

We had a milkman and a bread man. Couldn't have had Xmas without Montgomery Ward Walleye Apr 2020 #2

I always HATED the "limit 1" sign SoCalDem Apr 2020 #4

Oh yes popular book in my house. We would mark the things we wanted from Santa. Walleye Apr 2020 #7

"We had become consumers, and we've never stopped, until recently." Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #3

"We" as a society..not me personally SoCalDem Apr 2020 #5

Sears catalog Skittles Apr 2020 #6

Montgomery Ward, too. Iggo Apr 2020 #15

Which, Corgigal Apr 2020 #40

I don't think anyone thought that DrToast Apr 2020 #8

Invented needs. Bad for the planet, bad for community. lostnfound Apr 2020 #10

Hey,don't knock home Wellstone ruled Apr 2020 #11

I'm old enough to remember having a milk man who delivered dairy products, eggs and sometimes totodeinhere Apr 2020 #12

Helms bakery trucks with the pull out drawers full of fresh donuts. Yum! SammyWinstonJack Apr 2020 #13

Oh yeah! shanti Apr 2020 #26

We had a milk delivery, July Apr 2020 #14

I don't think we stopped buying things at all even the last month jimfields33 Apr 2020 #16

With so much home delivery of groceries... MicaelS Apr 2020 #17

Can't say that would happen here shanti Apr 2020 #27

I am 62 and on disability. MicaelS Apr 2020 #39

And I totally understand that n/t shanti Apr 2020 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author shanti Apr 2020 #42

For a short while I worked in a drug store and delivered prescriptions. rickford66 Apr 2020 #18

Amazon has saved me Meowmee Apr 2020 #19

Yes I remember my parents got delivery of something called a Dem4Life1102 Apr 2020 #20

We still do!!! LeftInTX Apr 2020 #23

Really? Why? Dem4Life1102 Apr 2020 #35

The paper-only version will have special editions, "in-depths", "investigations", "commerations" LeftInTX Apr 2020 #36

My grandfather was a pharmacist who owned his store and my dad delivered prescriptions for him on dsc Apr 2020 #21

I remember the Sears catalogs from the 1970s neeksgeek Apr 2020 #22

Same exact reaction here misanthrope Apr 2020 #33

We only had one car in Japan and my mom didn't drive LeftInTX Apr 2020 #24

Didn't the changes happen with rise in personal automobile use ? JI7 Apr 2020 #25

I think many people walked to the store. LeftInTX Apr 2020 #31

I also remember potato chips and pretzels in cans being delivered Tribetime Apr 2020 #29

Sears, the ultimate in home delivery ornotna Apr 2020 #30

So true most women stayed home marlakay Apr 2020 #32

Oh that is cool!! Love it!! LeftInTX Apr 2020 #37

I love my mom but not close to her marlakay Apr 2020 #38

Sears is the closest comparison JCMach1 Apr 2020 #34

Don't forget the diaper services! Horse with no Name Apr 2020 #41