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applegrove

(132,419 posts) Tue Feb 14, 2012, 11:14 PM Feb 2012

When you had a few dimes as a kid what did you buy? I used to buy those candy cigarettes, [View all]

Last edited Wed Feb 15, 2012, 12:47 AM - Edit history (1)

Bazooka gum, Sweehearts, or sour cream and onion chips. My sweet tooth was so bad as a kid that I used to eat baby aspirin, kids' vitamin, vitamin C tablets before I was old enough to walk the 5 blocks to Mama Teresa's corner store.

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When you had a few dimes as a kid what did you buy? I used to buy those candy cigarettes, [View all] applegrove Feb 2012 OP

Baseball, football, basketball cards. (early to mid 70's) Grantuspeace Feb 2012 #1

Yep, I bought football cards. geardaddy Feb 2012 #13

I had that one! And still have triples on the '72. Grantuspeace Feb 2012 #21

Partridge Family trading cards MorningGlow Feb 2012 #19

I have a couple of them too. Grantuspeace Feb 2012 #22

Italian Ices, from the little store around the corner, under the El! elleng Feb 2012 #2

lol, I used to buy cigarettes from the big kids. Joe Shlabotnik Feb 2012 #3

Orange pop pscot Feb 2012 #4

They need to bring back gum cigarettes. n/t ellisonz Feb 2012 #5

A local variety store in the early '60's used to sell something called a "Surprise Pack" for a dime. Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2012 #6

Booze. cliffordu Feb 2012 #7

45 rpm records unionworks Feb 2012 #8

Candy? I bought the real thing! Bake Feb 2012 #9

Vending machine cigs for 25 cents in my day. Graybeard Feb 2012 #28

Shoot! I thought I was the only one who remembered cigg vending machines! Bake Feb 2012 #36

They sold me the real thing once Rambis Feb 2012 #10

My stepmother (rest her soul) used to smoke Tareytons Bake Feb 2012 #37

Comic books. n/t RebelOne Feb 2012 #11

betchya I bought more! rurallib Feb 2012 #31

Bub's Daddy and Now and Laters and Bottlecaps geardaddy Feb 2012 #12

Potato Chips. My Mom would not buy them . She was ahead of her time. Thought they were junk food. Paper Roses Feb 2012 #14

Bubble gum. Fleer's and Double-Bubble. trof Feb 2012 #15

Little round peanut cartons that guaranteed... jamesatemple Feb 2012 #16

Soda RZM Feb 2012 #17

Wax lips and nik-l-nips... pipi_k Feb 2012 #18

Baseball Cards Populist_Prole Feb 2012 #20

Mad Magazine, comics, that sort of thing. Moondog Feb 2012 #23

Bazooka bubble gum and Monkees trading cards. grntuscarora Feb 2012 #24

Little Golden books for frogmarch Feb 2012 #25

That is so sweet. applegrove Feb 2012 #26

We had those too... pipi_k Feb 2012 #42

Comic books and then more comic books. Graybeard Feb 2012 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #29

Buttered onion roll Ohio Joe Feb 2012 #30

Comic books, Mad Magazine, cherry phosphates, The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2012 #32

Fake tattoos Tabasco_Dave Feb 2012 #33

Hershey milk chocolate bars csziggy Feb 2012 #34

Old Fashioned Taffy (in the wax paper) PassingFair Feb 2012 #35

Lik-a-maid sticks and root beer! RedCloud Feb 2012 #38

Bazooka bubblegum Art_from_Ark Feb 2012 #39

Depending on what time of year it was, & precisely how many dimes I had, it could be...... Bad_Ronald Feb 2012 #40

Zotz MadrasT Feb 2012 #41

Bazooka gum, and baseball cards nt Broken_Hero Feb 2012 #43