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Old 07-25-2011, 06:17 AM
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Most here will be too young to remember but a lot of kids picked up spend money literally. Prior to the 1960's there was a deposit on glass soft drink bottles. It got up to about a nickel a bottle before they stopped using glass bottles..

Considering I could get into the movie theatre for a quarter and get a box of popcorn for a dime, picking up 10 bottles would get me a movie, fed and a profit.

Back then people tossed the bottles onto the shoulder of the road moreso than beer cans now.

Even adult could be seen out picking up bottles.
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