reecejackox
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i won £2 on a tombola
a random man gave me £40 on a train once
a random man gave me £40 on a train once
When I was nine or so I found a ten dollar bill. It was just sitting there neatly folded over the sewer grate like someone deliberately put it there. In 1977 that was a lot of money for a kid, and my Mom said I could keep it all if I shared it with my kid sister. So...off we went to the neighborhood candy/variety store of the type you just don't see anymore. We spent 7 of the dollars on The Bride Game. We played that game until it practically fell apart. You had to go around the board collecting the things you'd need for your chosen wedding style. I was *always* the semi-formal bride because the cake had purple seashells on it and I thought it was so pretty. You'd never see a game like that for girls nowadays. But I digress...the 3 dollars we had left over we bought candy at a time when full-sized Hershey's Bars cost 15 cents. I know we bought lots of 2 cents and penny candy along with the chocolate. My Mom didn't even bat an eye when we came in and started playing the game surrounded by candy. She didn't even make us ration it to last like Halloween candy.
https://embarrassingtreasures.com/2012/11/25/spin-again-sunday-the-bride-game-1971/
I looked it up. Your description reminded me of the Pretty, Pretty Princess board game when I was younger.
Oh, I just remembered a good one. Back in around 2006 or so, when the Nintendo Wii came out, I waited in line at Toys R Us and bought a consoles and several controllers. I continued to buy up controllers at Target stores and one more console. A couple weeks later, when everyone was sold out of EVERYTHING Wii related and it was nearing Christmas, we listed all the items on Ebay. We made nearly $800 in profit!
ZOMG! That brought me right back to sitting on our orange shag rug playing this game. We also had Mystery Date. You know, the one with the plastic door that you twist the knob and open to see what kind of date you got. Nobody wanted poor Pointdexter, but I thought he was sweet.
I just remembered-my brother-in-law won a Nintendo Wii out of a crane machine on the Wildwood boardwalk. Actually, it was a brick wrapped in heavy paper and tape, but he took it to the back of the arcade and got the game.
Lol. That just seems dirty. Like hoarding ADRs but worse with the money involved. Snooze ya lose.
Oh, I just remembered a good one. Back in around 2006 or so, when the Nintendo Wii came out, I waited in line at Toys R Us and bought a consoles and several controllers. I continued to buy up controllers at Target stores and one more console. A couple weeks later, when everyone was sold out of EVERYTHING Wii related and it was nearing Christmas, we listed all the items on Ebay. We made nearly $800 in profit!
Supply and demand good for you that’s called capitalism at its finest. People don’t realize everything we buy has this but complain about little things yet they don’t complain about other people over paying for real estate in there neighborhoods and bringing prices up unless they don’t own a home. Everything has a price and it’s only worth what someone is willing to pay at the time of sale.