Broom Hilda by Russell Myers for March 10, 2025

“Yeah, mister? Well, you’re really, really FAT!” ZAP!!

Coffee was a nickel 200 years ago? That’s outrageous!

I remember when gas would go on sale for 25 cents. How old does that make me?

People started drinking coffee in the 14th century, Broomie would have been in her 900’s/

She’s really, really old and that coffee is getting really, really cold.

There was a drug store next to where I worked in the early seventies that sold coffee for a nickle.

I remember when they would refill your cup for zip

On the rare occasion when I stop in a Starbucks, I order a “medium coffee” just to pi ss them off.

The other day I ordered a cappuccino with oat milk in the organic shop I like to go to. Theyhave a lovely café area there. Well, it cost me 4.80 € and the cup was barely bigger than an espresso cup. Perhaps the mount like 2 esspressi bot not more. The cappuccino tasted incredibly good but with this prize I will keep this a treat for days like birthdays or winning the lottery. :-/

Oh Broomie, you’re not just paying for the coffee! You’re also paying for that drive-through “experience”. Take your time. Put the car in “D” and sit back and enjoy the brew.

way over 70…

I like listening to old radio shows. It was great when someone would get a turkey sandwich and a cup of coffee and get charged 35 cents.

And now, with the new guy in office…. :)

Wow, buddy — how would you like to wear that coffee?

Lordy, I’m old!

ba dum tss

Sometimes, Broomy, it pays to keep your mouth shut

Simmons Gas Stations, mid 60’s: $.30/gal (gas wars would bring it down occasionally to $.23). Those where I lived had a car lift that you could rent for a couple bucks per hour and put your car up and work on it — changed shocks absorbers on two of our cars (mine and my mom’s), and I think we could do oil changes even if we didn’t buy their oil. Good times. Oh yeah, almost forgot; S&H Green stamps and/or Blue Chip stamps, and occasionally ‘gifts’ if you bought $5 or more of gas.BUT keep in mind, the minimum wage was around $1/hr in those days.