'Checking out at the store,

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4. Terrific post!

If you didn't actually have the time to tell this little twit what you just typed, print it out and take it to her next time you're in the store.

I can relate to just about everything you said in your post and I'm 63. We never had two cars in our family EVER. We didn't even get individual Christmas gifts each year because there were seven of us and our parents couldn't afford it, so we got joint gifts and had to share. Now there's a concept that died out - sharing. We also never got our own books. We used the library.

We never used lunchbags that were throwaways. Growing up I never saw a paper towel or paper plate or plastic baggies.

I never had a new coat bought just for me until I graduated from high school and my father bought me a new spring coat as my graduation gift. My mother darned socks.

Yes, we could go on and on.