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54. My Uncle just told me a great Green Stamp story

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 11:39 PM

Apr 2012

He was a trucker for the local Texaco distributor, and they kept the trucks, and a lot of inventory, in the old trolleycar barn. He never drank on the road - but when he and his buddies were working/hanging around the carbarn, there was sometimes a pint of blackberry brandy around. One of the guys had a nice, new Chevy with a little bin on the dash - where he faithfully put his Green Stamps. Somebody got the bright idea of taking the green tax stamp/seal off the bottle, and hiding it in the Green Stamps. When the guy's wife gathered up her Green Stamps and found several liquor seals included, no explanation in the world could save him.......

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Random Nostalgia - who else remembers these? [View all] NRaleighLiberal Apr 2012 OP

I do. emilyg Apr 2012 #1

I do. Kaleva Apr 2012 #2

Mom got a toaster. Ikonoklast Apr 2012 #3

My grandmother got a toaster for opening a new bank account Rhiannon12866 Apr 2012 #47

We Had Shoe-Boxes Full Of Them, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2012 #4

I even collected them when I was a student! CBHagman Apr 2012 #5

Jeez, I was hoping for beer and travel money liberaltrucker Apr 2012 #6

You just have to collect enough! I remember these in about the same era as the Hamm's bear bear OffWithTheirHeads Apr 2012 #7

Ipana! NRaleighLiberal Apr 2012 #9

I thought the Hamm's Bear was great. hifiguy Apr 2012 #21

They still serve Hamm's around town. geardaddy Apr 2012 #33

The Commercials Were Great, Sir, Still Remember Them Fondly: The Beer...Was Not... The Magistrate Apr 2012 #39

The Bear was definitely better than the beer. hifiguy Apr 2012 #42

From the land of sky blue wa-a-ters.... ProudProgressiveNow Apr 2012 #52

Ah, the effects of those early commercials! jamesatemple Apr 2012 #58

Great story! ProudProgressiveNow Apr 2012 #63

My mom would sit us kids down like an assembly line to get those stamps glued in the books. likesmountains 52 Apr 2012 #8

wow brings back memories Bombero1956 Apr 2012 #10

I still have some Duer 157099 Apr 2012 #11

My mom got a rocking chair with Green Stamps Art_from_Ark Apr 2012 #12

I remember them well as a kid in the early 70's Populist_Prole Apr 2012 #13

I do. RiffRandell Apr 2012 #14

Ah...Green Stamps... CherokeeDem Apr 2012 #15

I still have some Green Stamps - and some Yellow Stamps too. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #16

My family got a Scotch cooler, bleever Apr 2012 #17

We had that exact cooler Mendocino Apr 2012 #62

Yes, got a lot of great things with S&H stamps. n/t RebelOne Apr 2012 #18

i remember them well dmoyer Apr 2012 #19

My parents saved them back in the early 1960s. hifiguy Apr 2012 #20

My parents used to save them. HappyMe Apr 2012 #22

I remember them well... virgdem Apr 2012 #23

I do. Iggo Apr 2012 #24

I remember getting the Blue Chip stamps too here in the Bay Area. The best "prize" we got... bluesbassman Apr 2012 #25

S&H was bigger in the fifties on the west coast Brother Buzz Apr 2012 #28

They still exist, as "greenpoints". KamaAina Apr 2012 #26

I got a set of dishes with those before I got married. I got a few other Arkansas Granny Apr 2012 #27

THIS is a tomato (Cherokee Purple) jlayson Apr 2012 #29

Great! (I named that tomato back in 1990 - my claim to fame - and luck!) NRaleighLiberal Apr 2012 #32

You named it! geardaddy Apr 2012 #35

Ah, yes libodem Apr 2012 #30

I do. geardaddy Apr 2012 #31

My mom also collected xloadiex Apr 2012 #34

Oh, yeah. Still Blue in PDX Apr 2012 #36

I got my first ironing board with green stamps! And a chess set. nt raccoon Apr 2012 #37

Kind of like the "Rewards" JEB Apr 2012 #38

I certainly remember Green Stamps, collecting them, pasting them in books and then redeeming northoftheborder Apr 2012 #40

What I miss about the "olden days" was getting free glasses & stuff with your .25 a gallon gas!!!!!! northoftheborder Apr 2012 #41

And they'd clean your windshield too LiberalEsto Apr 2012 #44

I do. I was pretty young, but I remember emmadoggy Apr 2012 #43

I remember that my mother got a chair Rhiannon12866 Apr 2012 #45

Oh yeah. We got our first Weber grill. Auggie Apr 2012 #46

I think a lot of my wedding and bridal shower gifts came from there. femmocrat Apr 2012 #48

I do. n/t CottonBear Apr 2012 #49

I do nt steve2470 Apr 2012 #50

Yup! ProudProgressiveNow Apr 2012 #51

Yep. It was the job of the children in the family to lick them all... n/t DebJ Apr 2012 #53

My Uncle just told me a great Green Stamp story Mopar151 Apr 2012 #54

Late 50's, five teenage high school girls, pack of pall mall cigs., were looking to get into some crunch60 Apr 2012 #55

Andy Warhol did a screen print of them. Arctic Dave Apr 2012 #56

I do! I got a vacuum cleaner in the mid seventies sometime... 1monster Apr 2012 #57

Yes! guitar man Apr 2012 #59

Yep. Also Gold Bond stamps. Liberal Veteran Apr 2012 #60

I saved many of those. Got some good stuff with them too. n/t Little Star Apr 2012 #61