With Christmas 3 days away, he had one more gift to buy.
For weeks he walked ditches, and scrounged trash barrels.
Bottle deposits were only 2 cents in 1957.
Finally, he had 50 bottles!
When he went to the Dime Store with his dollar, this was all he could afford.
It was Grandma's favorite present....
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If you or anyone you know has written a Friday Flash 55, please come tell the G-Man.
I will visit, read, enjoy, comment, Then Book!!! So from the most gracious host from coast to coast, have a Wonderful Week-End.
Peace...!!!
Oh, it's a little ceramic doggie -- which is way better than a ceramic zebra. And ... you still have it. Of course, you do.:)
ReplyDeleteA truly beautiful 55, G-man.
ReplyDeleteI've posted two this week, but they're nowhere near as seasonal or moving as yours.
Great job!
Bottles didn't fetch much more than that in 1967 either. Maybe a nickel.
ReplyDeleteProbably the best gift Grandma ever got.
Well played sir. Well played indeed.
I managed to scrape up 55 words this week despite everything. Just finished them matter of fact.
55 Flash Fiction Friday #24: Qismat
Awesome story G-Mon! Grandma musta been proud.
ReplyDeleteIma post one again.
You know it is those simple little things that usually mean the most. Great 55. They had deposits back in 57? I had no idea. Of course that was the year I was born so I suppose I wouldn't know.
ReplyDeletehave a fabulous weekend too!!! mine's up, but i have a rather one track mind today....
ReplyDeleteway cute, g! i don't have a 55 this week again (busy this time), but i did dig up some poetry. no hearts & flowers kind, but i dig it. :)
ReplyDeleteYou are sooooooooooo psychic G-Man!
ReplyDeleteI've missed playing and just darn well made time to do it this week.
I'm up!
{{{{{{{{but you felt that already!}}}}}
Imagine three eight year-olds finding an empty case of long neckers worth 48 cents+ twelve cents for the box... we didn't know what to buy first, the limo, or the yacht...
ReplyDeleteHi G: We are on the same wave length this week with Granny 55's...I'm up!
ReplyDeleteThe first dog I ever had contact with was a collie...and I loved watching Lassie on tv...I usually cried when Timmy would yell LASSIEEEE!!! Have a great weekend! :)
Was it you who bought it for your grandma G-Man?
ReplyDeleteHow lovely is that, especially that you still have it! :)
aawww that's so sweet. ;-)
ReplyDeleteSophia and I just got back from visiting her great grandma in Alaska.
Hi, Galen. Sweet story. When I was 16, I had no money to buy my boy friend a birthday present. I saved pop bottles and sold them to the local grocery store. Made enough to buy a bottle of after shave lotion.
ReplyDeleteMine is up! D
I love the doggie. Nice job G. Mine's up.
ReplyDeleteAwwwww! Puppy collie doggie!!! I used to want to cry too when I heard Timmy yell "Lassie!" I don't know why. Maybe I wanted her to come when I called? That would explain why I used to yell "F**ker! Here F**ker!" whenever I felt betrayed.
ReplyDeleteOMG that's so screwed up I did NOT just type that. Or at least I did NOT just untype it.
At least now I have peoples of various types not to mention a Bloodfang kitty Violet cat and a Teddy Bear Kitty Bright Vada cat! (She's Bright Vada colored!)
Oh no, must suppress urge to say: "Wow, did there used to really be dime stores, Grampa?" :D
This is what happens when I mix chocolate peppermint VitaSoy with coffee.
And yes I did like the Flash 55. Were you the bottle scrounger?
awwww, now how sweet is that?
ReplyDeleteit's a wonderful thing to be able to go buy gifts for the people you love when you are little isn't it?
Happy Monday!!!
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