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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 04:34 PM Original message |
Who remembers S & H Green Stamps? |
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BigMcLargehuge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. I remember them |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. I remember them. We collected and redeemed them. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. I do |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 04:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. My mom was fanatical about them |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. They've gone virtual. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 04:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Well, I'll be darned |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. Here are the two books I have left |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. My grandma was a nazi when it came to the stamps.... |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. My mom collected them - along with Blue Chip Stamps in the 1950s and 60s |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. I remember my mom collecting them in the early 80's, but they vanished |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. I do. My mom collected mostly Blue Chip stamps though. |
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faithnotgreed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. definitely - i got a white stag sleeping bag and a telescope |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. I do, my grandmother had books and books of them |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. I sure do! |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. I do. |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. My Mom was an avid collector of them |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. I remember them |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. . |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. I remember them and the Green Stamp Store! |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. Like it was yesterday |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. We used to collect 'em |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. My friend's mother worked at the S&H redemtion store. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. Oh I do. I think we got a set of Funk & Wag's with them. |
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Chicago Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. We got camping gear. Also smokers were 'encouraged' with stamps |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Raleigh cigarettes had coupons you could redeem. |
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Chicago Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 07:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. That was the brand. Raleigh non filters... |
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Dave Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. I do. |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. Waaaay back in '75, saved up enough Green Stamps to get |
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mr_hat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
28. Sure I do. S&H were the Cadillac of stamps. There were rivals |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
29. My parents collected them for years during the 50's-60's. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
31. Yup, remember them well. |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
32. My mother still has a lamp she got with them |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 06:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. I have one, too |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. That sounds like fun. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
33. I do, Plaid stamps too |
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TallahasseeGrannie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
34. They filled the "junk drawer" in our kitchen |
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wovenpaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-05 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
35. Boy, this brings back memories! |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. remember them, used them and redeemed them |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
37. I don't, but my grandpa was an expert--did research on them for his PhD |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
38. Remember them very well. |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. Oh, my, yes. That's how we got our... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
40. I had a partial book filled as part of a 'time capsule' |
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samplegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
41. i think every iron and toaster |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
42. My roomies and I kept them in the freezer |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
44. We used to collect them |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 06:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. You're welcome |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
47. Yeah, I remember those ... |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. My hubby remembers the Blue Chips better too |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 02:05 AM Response to Reply #47 |
62. yup, we were a blue chip family too |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I grew up in Nor Cal ... |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
49. Green Stamps and Top Value Stamps |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
50. My mom collected S&H and King Korn stamps |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
51. We had S&H first then Blue Chip became the big one...... |
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ThingsGottaChange (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
52. OMG Yes!! |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
53. Oh wow! |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
54. I've still got some somewhere |
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astonamous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
55. I still have the my first Bible that we got at the Green Stamp |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
56. Me. And I don't think we EVER redeemed them. |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
57. I got a 'pup' tent and a new 'lewie ville slugger' |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
58. That was major league paste |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
59. I do. They were a major enterprise in my home growing up. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-05 11:54 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Same here. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
61. My parents collected cigarette coupons from Raleigh and Belair, too... |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-05 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
64. Those, Top Value and Buckeye Stamps |
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