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Iggo

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15. Montgomery Ward, too.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #6)

Sun Apr 26, 2020, 09:32 PM

Apr 2020

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Amazon did not "invent" home delivery [View all] SoCalDem Apr 2020 OP

"Home delivery used to be the norm". My tired brain went to "the Wells Fargo Wagon" scenei niyad Apr 2020 #1

So did mine! csziggy Apr 2020 #9

LOL, and we have Winthrop Paroo (Ron Howard) at 2:40 Brother Buzz Apr 2020 #28

We had a milkman and a bread man. Couldn't have had Xmas without Montgomery Ward Walleye Apr 2020 #2

I always HATED the "limit 1" sign SoCalDem Apr 2020 #4

Oh yes popular book in my house. We would mark the things we wanted from Santa. Walleye Apr 2020 #7

"We had become consumers, and we've never stopped, until recently." Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #3

"We" as a society..not me personally SoCalDem Apr 2020 #5

Sears catalog Skittles Apr 2020 #6

Montgomery Ward, too. Iggo Apr 2020 #15

Which, Corgigal Apr 2020 #40

I don't think anyone thought that DrToast Apr 2020 #8

Invented needs. Bad for the planet, bad for community. lostnfound Apr 2020 #10

Hey,don't knock home Wellstone ruled Apr 2020 #11

I'm old enough to remember having a milk man who delivered dairy products, eggs and sometimes totodeinhere Apr 2020 #12

Helms bakery trucks with the pull out drawers full of fresh donuts. Yum! SammyWinstonJack Apr 2020 #13

Oh yeah! shanti Apr 2020 #26

We had a milk delivery, July Apr 2020 #14

I don't think we stopped buying things at all even the last month jimfields33 Apr 2020 #16

With so much home delivery of groceries... MicaelS Apr 2020 #17

Can't say that would happen here shanti Apr 2020 #27

I am 62 and on disability. MicaelS Apr 2020 #39

And I totally understand that n/t shanti Apr 2020 #43

This message was self-deleted by its author shanti Apr 2020 #42

For a short while I worked in a drug store and delivered prescriptions. rickford66 Apr 2020 #18

Amazon has saved me Meowmee Apr 2020 #19

Yes I remember my parents got delivery of something called a Dem4Life1102 Apr 2020 #20

We still do!!! LeftInTX Apr 2020 #23

Really? Why? Dem4Life1102 Apr 2020 #35

The paper-only version will have special editions, "in-depths", "investigations", "commerations" LeftInTX Apr 2020 #36

My grandfather was a pharmacist who owned his store and my dad delivered prescriptions for him on dsc Apr 2020 #21

I remember the Sears catalogs from the 1970s neeksgeek Apr 2020 #22

Same exact reaction here misanthrope Apr 2020 #33

We only had one car in Japan and my mom didn't drive LeftInTX Apr 2020 #24

Didn't the changes happen with rise in personal automobile use ? JI7 Apr 2020 #25

I think many people walked to the store. LeftInTX Apr 2020 #31

I also remember potato chips and pretzels in cans being delivered Tribetime Apr 2020 #29

Sears, the ultimate in home delivery ornotna Apr 2020 #30

So true most women stayed home marlakay Apr 2020 #32

Oh that is cool!! Love it!! LeftInTX Apr 2020 #37

I love my mom but not close to her marlakay Apr 2020 #38

Sears is the closest comparison JCMach1 Apr 2020 #34

Don't forget the diaper services! Horse with no Name Apr 2020 #41