On Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 8:03:19 PM UTC-5, Hank Rogers wrote:
>
> I remember buying moms
> cigarettes for 30 cents or less, and later, when I was old enough to
> drive, gasoline was about 25 cents.
>
I remember my brother sending me to the store about 4 or 5 doors down and
buying cigarettes for him for 25¢ and him complaining when they went up
to 30¢ per pack.
>
> That's how life was then, and I didn't have a problem with it, and I
> still don't today.
>
Me, neither.
>
> We were never forced to eat anything, but if we didn't want the food we
> could walk away. Sometimes, if I wasn't very hungry, I would only eat
> till I was full. We were never punished for that.
>
Here, it was "if you don't like what's on the table you can leave." But
no coming back later and prowling in the kitchen for something to eat.