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  1. green papaya

    old candy bars were called lunch bars?

    old fashioned candy bars were once used as a quick meal replacement
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    What's For Breakfast...

    sometimes I try to recreate a 1870's - 1880's army breakfast meal beef hash, bread, coffee bread & stewed fruit, coffee stew, bread, coffee
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    would you wear a army helmet while firing WWII - Vietnam era firearms?

    it would be kind of fun wearing WWII - Vietnam era helmets & gear and firing the weapons of the time period , kind of like living history, but people at the public range might think it's funny? I guess it's best to have access to a private range out on a farm or something to do that?
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    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    vintage toys in every box of Cracker Jack , they use to have little toys inside, but now all they have is cheap stickers or paper items, so kids dont accidentally choke on something.
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    Hiking food.

    dried fruits & nuts, bottled water, burittos, brownies, crackers, cookies, grapes
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    Proper Barber Shop

    a bottle of Wildroot lasts for many years, I dont see they stay in business I still have my father's Wildroot that he left me
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    Proper Barber Shop

    I get all my haircuts at home , just as good as a Barbershop , havent been to a barber in over 8 years, saves a lot of time and money, plus I know how to cut hair from all the experience.
  9. green papaya

    does Food still taste the same as back in 1900 - 1920? or 1930's?

    fresh caught wild fish from the ocean like Salmon , Tuna, Stripped Sea Bass, Flounder, etc probably still tastes just as good as back in 1900? unless they contain mercury or other contamination from modern times?
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    What's for Dinner?

    beef with onions & gravy over egg sunny side up on a bed of rice kind of like the Hawaiian Loco Moco
  11. green papaya

    You know you are getting old when:

    you know your getting old when old ladies at the supermarket start noticing you and smile and the young ladies dont pay attention to you like they use to
  13. green papaya

    does Food still taste the same as back in 1900 - 1920? or 1930's?

    I wonder how good the beers were back then? they seem to have perfected beer making these days , much more refined and not as crude, they use to sell beer by the bucket back in the old days.
  14. green papaya

    does Food still taste the same as back in 1900 - 1920? or 1930's?

    do you think there are some foods from today that would taste exactly as they tasted back around the turn of the century? or a little later like the 1920's - 30's? is regular milk from the grocery store the same as it was back in 1900? or is it less creamy or low fat? if a person from 1900 was...
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    Prewar steamship fares

    What cost $213.00 in 1941 would cost $3325.85 in 2013. most blue collar working people couldnt afford the trip back in 1941
  16. green papaya

    ice cold lemonade & hot dogs 1930's

    a guy could take a girl out on a date go to dinner & a movie for a dollar
  17. green papaya

    ice cold lemonade & hot dogs 1930's

    the daily wages back in 1938 was around .25 cents an hour probably less before the minimum wage laws in 1938 low wage workers made $1.00 - $2.00 a day , professionals like doctors made $1.50 an hour or more
  19. green papaya

    ice cold lemonade & hot dogs 1930's

    Fried Egg Sandwiches, Hamburger steaks & Banana Fritters only 10 cents
  20. green papaya

    ice cold lemonade & hot dogs 1930's

    only 5 cents each
  21. green papaya

    What's For Breakfast...

    Belgian Waffles & sausage with black coffee
  22. green papaya

    I remember when.....

    I remember when America was more fit & trim and people were not covered in tattoos no "All you Can Eat Buffets" seems like all you can eat buffets are the norm these days? every casino has them they didnt have the COLOSSAL Super sized foods and people didnt die from eating peanuts, it was...
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    I remember when.....

    I remember when boys didnt play with dolls "dollies" [action figures] back when a men were men and it was not considered OK to behave like a little boy when your an adult or grown man and still collecting child's toys, especially dolls toys were for little kids & babies, these days it seems...

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