penny: POWER OF THE PENNY IS GONE
- 08/29/13 07:13 AM
I sensed it long before it became a reality. It was about about 25 years ago that I started not caring about the penny. Yes, I mentally gave up the support. The 25 years prior to that, I knew that it meant something. You see when I was growing up, a penny did some wonderful things A PENNY OPEN SOME PRETTY BIG DOORS You could go into a candy store (they call them liquor stores today) and not only purchase quite a bit with a penny, but have several good choices to do so. Yes, it is incredible to imagine that (7 comments)
penny: WHY DO THINGS HAVE TO BE SO DARN EXPENSIVE
- 07/17/12 01:37 AM
Whatever happened to the fun part of buying something? I am referring to a time in my growing up years where you could take a penny and go the store and have so many choices on what to spend it on. Let me remind you that there were evenĀ things that sold as 2 for a penny. Unbelievable, but true. THOSE WERE MEANINGFUL TIMES Now if a penny can do all that and mind you I am a kid, then a nickel can open you up to things that bring joy and wonder. A nickel means you may need a bag to (4 comments)
penny: A PENNY USED TO MEAN SOMETHING.....REMEMBER?
- 02/17/11 02:20 AM
I sensed it long before it became a reality. It was about about 25 years ago that I started not caring about the penny. The 25 years prior to that, I knew that it meant something. You see when I was growing up, a penny did some wonderful things A PENNY OPEN SOME PRETTY BIG DOORS You could go into a candy store (they call them liquor stores today) and not only purchase quite a bit with a penny, but have several good choices to do so. Yes, it is incredible to imagine that today. Look what we did. We killed (6 comments)