We were so poor...

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a reply to: nugget1

Shoes? You had shoes? Etc

originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: nugget1

Shoes? You had shoes? Etc

We couldn't afford feet.

a reply to: DBCowboy

You tell that to the youth of today, they won't believe you.

originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: DBCowboy

You tell that to the youth of today, they won't believe you.

Today's youth are so poor they can't even get a clue.

We were so poor that we couldn't afford vowels in our alphabet soup.

a reply to: DBCowboy

Soup? We used to dream of soup. Had to make do with a cup of warm gravel.

originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: DBCowboy

Soup? We used to dream of soup. Had to make do with a cup of warm gravel.

You had cups?

We used the dents in my baby brothers head for a bowl.

originally posted by: FullHeathen
a reply to: DAVID64

We were so poor

that we

had to recycle

words

But seriously
We were so poor that I was born in someone else's house.

I was working my way through private school
until I was expelled for a job related incident
at 14.

A house? You were lucky. We had it tough. We used to have to sleep in cardboard box in middle of road.....

a reply to: Oldcarpy2

When I was born my mother used an old discarded burlap sack for my swaddling.
Santa Claus had thrown it away after delivering lumps of coal.

Try keeping coal burning in a 16 oz tin can!

a reply to: DAVID64

We were so poor we had ketchup packet soup.

We were so poor , but the bishop forbid us to use condoms to get more kids , but luckily we had one package and we could use them three times over " regular and inside out

Barefoot ...
The army - your first boots.
i guess I better cry later.

I got a box of Castellos' chocolates,

They look so snug and golden.

Now if I could open it, without getting the sledge-hammer?

Mom, determination on her face ...

"Aha, it just opened",

Erm, ,,, maybe some sticky-tape in your hair.

I was wanting to sell my Commadore-24, and here pitches my school -friend and his dad.

"Look dad, he's even got a CD player"!