blake murphy wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 20:28:57 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe wrote:
>
>> ...I'd really be even more upset that I had to pay $2.99 a pound for
>> them!
>>
>> What ever happened to 99 cents a pound for cherries?
>>
>> John Kuthe...
>
> they're hiding out with the fifteen-cent burgers.


When I was a kid watermelons were so cheap that us lil' tykes used to blow
them up on the 4th of July...some of the trashier types would paint the
melons in blackface before they blew 'em up - BOOM...!!! Heehee...

If ya wanted free you'd simply make a midnight raid on a local watermelon
field, it was a very deserted locale and so it was pretty easy to do...one
time we sneeked up on a some HS kids screwing...after we saw that they were
done we hollered at 'em, scared the living SHIT outta them...the gal was so
all shook up that it's a sure bet that she didn't get preggers *that* night,
lol.

We had FABULOUS muskmelons - cantaloupe to you parvenues - I can taste them
now. The area where we lived in west central Illannoy by the Mississip was
sandy, hot in summer, grand for growing melons and other vegetables. A
Heinz processing plant was across the river in Iowa...acres and acres of
tomatoes around there.

There are still roadside stands around there where you can get all this
truck for c. 1965 or so prices...all freshly picked. The quality is superb
and the prices laffably low...


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Best
Greg