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@relentless-red said
@Trev33
Was this year's chocolate bar tournament cancelled for COVID?

The only way to sort this is to play the legends versus the youngsters.
Impossible with the forum being split Europe and North America the way it is, plus snickers will just win again anyway 😁

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@kevin-eleven said
Who cares about wages when we're being paid in candy?
I’d care if 30 years ago they were getting 20 bars and I’m only getting 4 an hour for the same job 😡

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@trev33 said
I’d care if 30 years ago they were getting 20 bars and I’m only getting 4 an hour for the same job 😡
People 30 years ago worked a lot harder than you do! 😛 😉

-VR

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@very-rusty said
People 30 years ago worked a lot harder than you do! 😛 😉

-VR
I've retired from working hard. Tried it, wasn't for me. How was your coffee?

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@ponderable said
And how did wages develop in the same time?
When I was a kid a candy bar was 25 cents and a 2 liter soda was about 2 dollars.

Now a candy bar and a 2 liter are about the same price.

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@trev33 said
I've retired from working hard. Tried it, wasn't for me.
Me, too. And in China the "lying flat" lifestyle has also emerged. These people have the right idea.

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@trev33 said
I've retired from working hard. Tried it, wasn't for me. How was your coffee?
Damn...I forgot to ask it~!

-VR

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@badradger said
Candy came from off of the Island.
in the back room she was everybodies darling

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Hitch hiked her way across the USA

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@the-gravedigger said
Hitch hiked her way across the USA
I hitch hiked across Canada once with no money.
I had to steal food 😩
One time way up north I was in the middle of nowhere so I had to walk 40 kilometers!
When I got to the next town I couldn't stop walking...my body just kept walking!
I had to fall down to stop.
An old couple saw me laying next to the road and asked me if I needed help.
They gave me a ride in their pick up truck and I was so tired I fell asleep instantly and hit my head off the dashboard.
The wife wanted to take me home and help me regain my strength but the husband said no.

At a later date I saw an entire mountain side on fire at night. It was incredible.

I almost got run over by a moose too 😳
They are huge!

One guy picked me up and said hitch hiking is dangerous and how do I know he isn't a killer?

I said..."how do you know I'm not the killer?"

I'll never forget that look on his face 😄

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@great-big-stees said
Then (the early 50s...1950s 👍) I remember spending a nickel and getting a grab bag full of “Jaw Breakers” and “Blackballs”, both of which, I’m sure were invented and peddled, wholesale, by dentists. I haven’t seen either of them in decades.😥😲
The Jujube's of that time would pull the fillings out of your teeth, they had to reformulate them and softened them up in the 70's. I lost a couple fillings because of them.