Canisdirus

The only thing worse than self analysis...is having someone else do the analyzing.

History will judge the baby boomer gen...as the fail point.

fourlocks Loc: Londonderry, NH

Yup; remember 'em all. Living through two world wars and the depression, our parent's were called "The Greatest Generation." I wonder how us Boomers will be remembered once we're all gone?

BrianFlaherty Loc: Wilseyville, CA

And, the ONLY bottles that got 5 cents were "glass gallon jugs" for the hardware store to re-sell them to be filled with "paint thinner;" or, gas for those "new-fangled power lawn mowers." Every Tuesday morning, we'd pull our red "Flyer" wagons through the alleys of Los Angeles to collect the jugs that people set out for the trash collectors to pick up.

I stopped doing the gallon jugs because my mother told me I was "stealing money" from the trash guys who were paid such low wages that they NEEDED the money (for their families) that they got for selling the jugs themselves. My family was a "Union Family;" and, VERY conscious of folks who "worked for a living!"

MY earliest "kid's songs" were on 78's--Woody Guthrie's "Songs to Grow On"; and, Pete Seeger; and the "Almanac Singers." And, "Peter and the Wolf;" and, "The Churkendoose," (sung by Ray Bolger). I still have THOSE records and more.

OwlHarbor Loc: Pacific North West USA

As a kid, I had a paper route and a height of 200 papers to deliver on a bike. The once-a-month collection of money was always a challenge. I still, read a local paper but many are online now. As a kid, there was a five-and-dime store with a soda fountain.

PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA

My generation collected and washed "pop" bottles to collect two cents each. Sometimes, after we had our driver's license, we'd get enough to buy a dollar worth of gasoline, enough to cruise around town on a Friday night.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

We are the generation that stood with our hands over our hearts facing the American Flag in the classroom and recited the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of the school day.

We are the generation of fathers and family members who sacrificed their lives for others around the world.

We are the generation that respected the police that walked the streets and we are the generation that knew that small crimes, even like breaking a window, would not go unpunished.

We are the generation that cared for their less fortunate family members and did not turn them out to sleep on the streets. When their families could not be there, a church and the community were there to help.

We are the generation that had industry in the towns to employ our fathers and family members so that they could provide for their families and the educational needs of their children.

We are the generation that valued marriage and the importance of a mother and father in the household.

We are the generation that understood the importance of the unborn regardless of being able to provide for them for we knew that there were others who would welcome them into their homes with care and love.

We are the generation that knew the difference between men and women and we knew what the definitions of both was.

Yep....This is us.

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

double post ignore

Fredrick Loc: Former NYC, now San Francisco Bay Area

Thanks for the great memories!
There was a schoolyard on the block where I grew up in Queens, NY. I lived there all summer, playing baseball and basketball. When I was under 10 I would take a wagon on Sunday’s to the schoolyard to collect empty soda bottles from the big kids rival teams from different bars in the neighborhood. Those were really wonderful days. Although we had very little, I was very happy, and had a wonderful mother who was my rock.
I got 2 cents for the regular bottles and 5 cents for the big bottles! Don’t ever remember washing them, though!

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

That was what we got, also!

fetzler Loc: North West PA

When I was a kid bottles were 2 Cents. 6 bought a pack of Twinkies.