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True we are seeing so many things change....some won't survive this & simply vanish...
An intense poem....the close was great.
posted by
shamasehar
on May 20, 2020 at 9:32 PM
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Re:sassyass 64
Things change, even the charity shops have notices. Please do not leave anything by the door. We are full up. It was a craze to buy old things one could not call them antiques. I bought copper kettles at £5 One would be lucky to get £25 today.
Then I was offered a large house for £5000. it would be probably 5 hundred thousand today. 
posted by
C_C_T
on May 18, 2020 at 11:08 AM
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Re: Kabu
Funnily enough , the local shop keepers were up in arms when a Woolworths store opened. I think their price was sixpence, yes one could buy a bucket for sixpence.
Of course eventually because places kept expanding there was a nice trickle of trade for most shops.
posted by
C_C_T
on May 18, 2020 at 10:56 AM
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Re:Pat
Yes I guess there will not be a big resurgence of high street shops. No It was a change of venue after that.
posted by
C_C_T
on May 18, 2020 at 10:51 AM
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Re: FS.
Yes I guess so FS, but not many of the walkers experienced wartime. I think it is more of a breakdown of natural reserve.
posted by
C_C_T
on May 18, 2020 at 10:47 AM
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Re: Corbin
Yes Corbin just a little comfort amidst the worry.
posted by
C_C_T
on May 18, 2020 at 10:45 AM
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That's a great way to handle it!
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on May 18, 2020 at 6:56 AM
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For a lot of people, it is does remind them of wartime. As for me, I've never had wartime on American soil, so I do not know...A poem that makes one think.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on May 18, 2020 at 5:25 AM
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It seems the demise of small businesses due to the virus is not just
in one country. Sad to think of all those hopes and all that hard work, just zapped away by a trick of fate. I'd like to give the guy a rose who returned the dog's favors all wrapped in newspaper.
posted by
Pat_B
on May 17, 2020 at 3:13 PM
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Re: Love those old Dime stores.
The Woolworth's restaurant served really inexpensive
meals. They had them in Australia, Kabu.
https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/woolworths-lunch-counter-diner/
posted by
Sherri_G
on May 17, 2020 at 1:29 PM
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lat year when I was in the USA I visited a 5 and Dime Store. We didn't have them in Australia. We had a Coles store where one was supposed to be able to buy things for a penny.
posted by
Kabu
on May 17, 2020 at 11:56 AM
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So many mom & pop shops are gone and it is sad.
The bric brac was once a sought after thing, but now hardly anyone goes to stores looking for these treasures.
posted by
Sherri_G
on May 17, 2020 at 10:50 AM
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