Message #367544

[Eupher]

Frank, you ol'-fashioned nostalgic traditionalist you!

Where I grew up (the shithole section of Michigan), we called the liquid "pop." And the bottles that carried said liquid "pop bottles".

We could get 2 cents on every bottle, provided the bottle was serviceable.

For some time now, Michigan has demanded a 10 cent deposit on cans AND plastic bottles. I suspect it's the same for the odd glass bottle of whatever, say Snapple for instance, that's sold.

Plastic does NOT equate to glass.

Schlepping a big plastic bag of empty 2-liter bottles to the grocery store to "cash in" just ain't the same as schlepping wooden cases of empty Pepsi bottles into the party store for cash-in and purchase of penny candy.

That's what we called the little Mom & Pop stores - "party stores".

They had a smell that I still remember. And sound. You could hear the sound of the refrigeration units as they struggled to keep the drinks cold and you could smell the tobacco smoke and dust. Not unpleasant at all.

Grape Nehi and Orange Crush were faves. As were packs of 5 baseball cards with a thin slice of bubble gum in them.

Ahhhhh........

I'd kill for a bottle of Grape Nehi just about now.....