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[mspatmac]

What a great story @Annabellethecat66    Thanks for sharing.  

[Witchy Woman]

@Foxxee 

Such a sweet memory!

We weren't allowed cereal very often, but those boxes were like gold!

Sometimes there would be a "special offer" for something or other.  

I also miss the liner notes in vinyl records.  

[SeaMaiden]

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@Carmie wrote:

I remember when I  was in 3rd grade. ( 1963)   We moved for one year to renovate our house.  There was a small grocery store accross the street.  My mother would give me quarter to buy a box of cereal.  I could get any kind I wanted.

The  truly good ones with prizes in the box or cut out features on the back of the box  were twenty- seven cents.

My mother would not give me two cents more.  We had to live within our means, I was told.  Oh, how times changed.

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[lgfan]

I remember getting a glass diamond ring as a cracker Jack's prize.

[CandieGirl]

My brother and I would pick the cereal according to the prize/surprise at the bottom. It was exciting! Such simpler happy times.

[qualitygal]

That is absolutely the truth.  We did seem to enjoy reading while eating, didn't we.  Or if Look or Life magazine arrived.  Then there was Reader's Digest. That's a really small book now. Sad to say.

[Othereeeen]

I think part of reading at the kitchen table while eating serves another function....it's "relaxing" and seems to make eating easier...

I read here at the computer when I eat my one main meal each day...

I think it's the same reason reading in the bathroom is so popular. ( And I hope I have not offended anyone!!!)  

Remember when the bathroom was sometimes called "the reading room" or when your Dad took the rolled up newspaper and you knew where he was headed?

I suppose people now use the smart phone for the same purpose....

When alone, I don't mind reading at the table, but if someone prepared a meal for me or there was someone here to talk to, no way would I take out a paper or a phone to "read" while eating!!!

[San Antonio Gal]

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@CandieGirl wrote:
My brother and I would pick the cereal according to the prize/surprise at the bottom. It was exciting! Such simpler happy times.

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@CandieGirl  - I also picked out the cereal according to the surprise inside.  The cereal didn't matter.  It was all about the surprise.

[DREAMON]

I miss a much simpler uncomplicated life. 

Simple things meant so much.

[qualitygal]

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@Othereeeen wrote:

I think part of reading at the kitchen table while eating serves another function....it's "relaxing" and seems to make eating easier...

I read here at the computer when I eat my one main meal each day...

I think it's the same reason reading in the bathroom is so popular. ( And I hope I have not offended anyone!!!)  

Remember when the bathroom was sometimes called "the reading room" or when your Dad took the rolled up newspaper and you knew where he was headed?

I suppose people now use the smart phone for the same purpose....

When alone, I don't mind reading at the table, but if someone prepared a meal for me or there was someone here to talk to, no way would I take out a paper or a phone to "read" while eating!!!

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Growing up, our bathroom was called "the library".