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lastlib

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5. Hey, if you get real eggs, you're rich!

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Fri Apr 18, 2025, 10:50 PM

Apr 18

Like somebody said, when we were young, eggs were so cheap we threw them at the houses of people we didn't like.
Now, when I crack one I want to save the shell and return it to the store for the deposit.

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Are Easter Baskets Getting Out of Hand? if you got them, what was in your Easter Basket? [View all] Demovictory9 Apr 18 OP

Sad that they destroy even the simple pleasures of childhood... hlthe2b Apr 18 #1

A Cadbury egg or two, a chocolate bunny, a few decorated hard-boiled eggs, Ocelot II Apr 18 #2

awww... that's a memory, that green plastic grass. Yes, it was mostly a sweets based holiday gift basket Demovictory9 Apr 18 #3

I recall having mumps when grannie gave me a huge chocolate bunny. my brother ate it nt msongs Apr 18 #4

Hey, if you get real eggs, you're rich! lastlib Apr 18 #5

lol.... good reminder of how cheap eggs were Demovictory9 Apr 19 #7

We got eggs that we had spent the previous day dipping in food coloring Bayard Apr 19 #6

ah yes. Easter clothes were the other gift. before fast fashion,, clothes were a pricey gift Demovictory9 Apr 19 #8

I forgot the little white gloves Bayard Apr 19 #9

those awful candy easter eggs, something chocolate. Very minimalist yellowdogintexas Apr 20 #10