Luke Creitz: I remember collecting S&H green stamps & taking the books to the redemption store to buy many household items, including baby items when we were expecting our first child. I also remember collecting Eagle stamps as well, which could also be redeemed in the same way as the S&H stamps. It's always neat to stroll down memory lane. :)
Wilmer Skidmore: What happy memories you bring back! Of COURSE I remember green stamps. It was my job to make sure that all the green stamps we received for that week's groceries went into the books neatly. The books had there own special place in a drawer in the kitchen.And I remember that most of those green stamp books got exchanged for birthday gifts for us kids. My very favourite was the large walking doll my Mom got me for my 12th birthday. I was actually too old by then to play with dolls, but I didn't want to hurt my mother's feelings either....those dolls took a LOT of green stamp books to buy! And she had made it a ! full outfit of clothes as well. So I would play with that doll right out in the livingroom, every day after school -- changing it's outfits and walking it around like a baby. The smile on my mother's face was worth the feeling of making a fool out of myself for an hour. When I was 16 years old, and it was my youngest brother's last year in public school, I talked my mother into donating the doll to the school for it's annual "doll raffle". Mom made 10 new outfits for the doll, including a bride's dress. Everything would be on display while tickets sold 10 for $1. The school ALWAYS made big bucks on those raffles--close to $100 each time. And the young girl who always won was VERY appreciative of the doll and it's clothes. And it all started with green stamps? Imagine.Goldwing...unfortunately I am not one tenth the person my mother was. But you are right, she WAS an angel....Show more
Leticia Laiben: I remember green stamps. The catalog. At one point we lived in a la! rge city and would go and pick out what ever it was we'd decid! ed on. You got green stamps at the strangest of places. The gas station [where they had attendants], restaurants, food mkts.You know, maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to re-issue a form of green stamps and have them be just what the name says . Green. They get issued for conservation purchases. When you buy energy saving devices, or ethanol, or I don't know. The list could be quite long. An incentive program....Show more
Sammy Tabatt: I bought mom and I both a new suit and a new coat and I got my S&H Green Stamps, a whole shopping bag full. I still have a big green swan with a clear glass neck and some little little figurines with pink flowers on them. I remember she was 1 book. Last time I looked she was worth $125.00. We got lots of kitchen things and dishes. I used to have a whole setting of dishes from wash soap. A piece came with the soap. I also used to buy bonds at the post office one stamp at a time. When I was 6 I picked strawberries and put all ! of my money into 'war bonds'. When the books were full they were worth a $25.00 bond. Many long years ago....Show more
Lavelle Viveiros: I marked my territory.Let's see, I pride my self by being able to say that out of, what I estimate to be over 20,000 enrollees, I was the only one to change the behavior modification program ... I did this twice.The first time, I brought the many unwritten rules to the program directors attention. Some of them were needless and thus were eliminated making subsequent clients' journey a little less difficult.The other was (by my objection) the initiation of "mentoring" which allowed for recovery conversation (w/ graduates) when the house was on a "no speaking" ban.I can't tell you how many other times I failed to change it ... lol ... that place had more problems than I had.I'd rather it be instead of there being a monument of me and people asking, "Why?" that there be no monument of me and people ask, "Why not?"...Show more
An! dre Winegar: My father is 93 and looks like he can pull off a few more ! years.
Elaina Adolfson: I guess up til now I've made my mark in my little corner of the world, nothing extraordinary or amazing. I've been a kind person and have helped others whenever possible. I've raised 2 daughters to be independent and contributing citizens. I've helped care for my parents. I have been a strong advocate for animals and have rescued and cared for many.In the future, I hope to continue my volunteer work with animals. I will be content, if at the end of each day, I can say I did my best today and tomorrow is another chance to do more....Show more
Carolin Southers: Hairy MaryMary never cut her hair. So her hair grew and grew, on her head, her arms, and her legs. Some people called her Hairy Mary. Mary did not like being called that, so she did not like people who called her that behind her back. Mary was so careful about not being friends with people who called her Hairy Mary that some called her Wary Hairy Mary.Mary owned many cows that s! he milked to sell to people. There was lots of grass for her cows because Mary lived on the prairie next to the highway, but the pasture where her cows grazed was on the other side of a river. So Mary built a flat boat to carry her cows across the river called the Wary Hairy Mary Prairie Dairy Carry Ferry.One day, Mary got the idea of using berries to flavor her milk. Soon her Wary Hairy Mary Berry Prairie Dairy Carry Ferry became famous. People always asked her to mix all kinds of different berries together with the milk. But Mary angrily said no, she only sold ordinary berry flavored milk.Everybody liked her ordinary berry flavored milk, but people thought she was a little scary, and so some people called her Scary Wary Hairy Mary. This made Mary even madder, so sometimes Mary became very contrary and would not give them a ride on her ferry. So they started calling it the Very Contrary Scary Wary Hairy Mary Ordinary Berry Prairie Dairy Carry Ferry.However, people soon dis! covered if you asked her very politely in a very gracious way to let yo! u ride across the river, she would always let you ride. Pretty soon everybody learned the Very Contrary Scary Wary Hairy Mary Ordinary Berry Prairie Dairy Carry Ferry Query so they could ride across the river....Show more
Judie Kise: A relative by marriage is 101 + 1 month and still going strong. 2 aunts by marriage made it to 99. My blood relatives never made it to ninety so far but I have a cousin who is 89 this year and looks 65. Of the 11 cousins + me, ranging in age from 89 down to 65, only one has died and that was from cancer at 51. The rest of us are in good health and each one of us has made a vow not to die until all the others are gone.
Bianca Lannier: I remember the S & H Green stamps that you collected. Never did get enough to buy anything.
Cassey Hollinghurst: If so, are they in reasonably good health and still enjoying life? Sadly none of my relatives ever lived that long (but all had long-ish lives); but in October this year 3 of my relat! ives would have been 100 had they lived, and all within ten days of each other (my father and both my father-in-law and mother-in-law). It doesn't seem so long ago that 70 (three score years and ten as they say) sounded really old.
Jude Kennelly: THOSE STAMPS WERE S&H GREEN STAMPS.I REMEMBERED MY MOM GETTING THEM AND HAVING US KIDS PAST THEM INTO HER BOOKS. THAT WAS ABOUT 55 YEARS AGO.
Eva Lichlyter: I remember s&h green stamps, blue stamps, and plaid stamps. a certain # of stamps on a page, a certain # of books for an item. there were redemption centers, where you could choose just about any item in creation, from coffeemakers to kayaks. given along with grocery purchases, it was fun to fill the books, and even more fun to redeem. i remember my mother paid a small loan to my aunt with green stamps. thanks for the memory. i wish they still had them, but sometimes in grocery stores they do something like that, you can get dishware, cutlery, or cookware with thei! r stamps....Show more
Cole Desher: How do you make pants last? ! Make the coat first.What time is it when the elephant sits on the clock? Time to get a new clock.Why do we drive in the parkway and park in the driveway?EDIT: Another from Bennett Cerf,What coat do you put on when it's wet? A coat of paint.
Darcie Peraha: I remember that I was the keeper of the S & H Green stamps...then some other yellow stamp came out, and that was added to my list of lick and paste. All those books, full of stamps, and .... I don't believe they were ever redeemed. !To Iritadragon.....YOUR mother was an angel! Taking care of kids AND making doll clothes! Good grief, that is pure ambition at its best. I suspect you have grown to replace her in many ways. My mother always made popcorn balls (the best in the world) and everytime she made them, she would end up pouring the hot syrup over her hands...blisters for weeks! Sometimes, I wonder how any of us, parents and kids, survived childhood. I am sure I did somehow, but today, I cannot swear to it :-! )...Show more
Vernita Robberson: Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.Why do firemen wear suspenders? To hold their pants up.Corny, but most jokes are. I don't know why, but these 2 riddles came to mind. My Dad told them to me.What's black and white and read all over? A newspaper....Show more
Jude Colbenson: No, the oldest person I know in my family tree is my aunt(mother's sister) who will be 95 this year. She is still in good health, although she says she can tell she has really slowed down these last couple of years!
Sammy Hatzenbihler: My mom was the housewares buyer for 23 years.
Cliff Tyre: My mark is 3 children who had a total of 10 and they have added 7 more
Ofelia Kieck: I told them the ones I remember and they are asking for more riddles. They are elementary school age. The two riddles I remembered were: 1. Railroad crossing. Watch out for the cars. Can you spell that without any R's? 2. What is white! and black and red all over?
Germaine Tieken: Well, I collected '! trading stamps' all the way up to the 70's....had a gazillion books of them and looked forward to trading them for goods :-)
Delmy Varano: As a youth I made skid marks with my bike. Then later with my car.Guess you know where skid marks end up after a certain age.Probably just my family and if I ever made a mark through work, I never knew about it. Don't recall saving any lives either. Guess God will let me know where I made one and where I messed up, some day....Show more
Robt Betker: My mother's step-mother was born on March 2, 1891 and passed away on April 3, 1991. It was said that she wanted to live to be 100 years old, and she did.My father passed away at the age of 96 in 2008.
Toby Women: If I happened to make one person laugh, smile or cause them to not think about their problems if only for a moment, I would be happy. If to do over, I would have chosen a career in the health field so that I could do more to help people in their time of need. Perh! aps even in counseling.
Cole Desher: I had a great grandmother who lived till 106. Unfortunately she was not a relative by blood, I was adopted.That many years ago, 106 was very unusual!
Particia Thorton: I was one of the first professional editors to write a practical reference guide on the TV Post-Production business. It was used in colleges across the US for over twenty years. I used to have college students across the country calling me at the movie studio to ask homework questions. I hope they all got a lot out of it.Now I volunteer as a wish granter for the Make-A-Wish Foundation helping seriously ill (not necessarily terminal) children realize their fondest dreams.If you really want to make a difference please use the link below to volunteer or donate.Thank you...Show more
Rana Rudell: Poppy - 89 isn't exactly young you know.
Magda Vandergriend: That is an easy one: S & H green stampsI used to hate it when my mom came home from shopping & I ha! d to lick all those darn things & put them in the books. Don't remember! what we used to get with them though.
Catheryn Barringer: OMG!I remember my mom doing the blue stamp books and the green stamp books. I never knew what she was doing exactly but I guess now I know.Thank you for enlightening me and bringing back a nice memory.
Carmina Stickney: Close: Grandmother 98, Her Sister: 99....No health problems. Never even visits the doctors...Gynecologist? Nope. Mammogram? Nope. I just don't get it.
Renay Billiar: had an uncle who passed away last year aged 96 years old,,his father/my grandfather passed away years ago at the age of 84 years old,
Raul Lushbaugh: Sure...I remember them.
Ty Kirton: My Dad died at 81 from a stroke. My Mother lived to 102, but her health wasn't to good after she was in her late 90's.
Letitia Bigelow: No one in my family gets passed 89. A woman read my palm,{she just did this for fun}, and said I have a long life line. She didn't say how long. My mother died of a stroke and my dad ! a fatal brain disease. both my grandfathers had heart attack, one grandmother from cancer and the other durning childbirth. So what are my odds I will live a long life? Don't think so.
Laveta Fathy: Q- What did the elephant say to the man?A- How can you breath through that thing?My 5 year old came home from kindergarten with that one!
Cherlyn Tefera: riddley riddley I supposetwo fat cheeksand no nosehow do you catch an unusual rabbit?unique up on himwhat makes a garden a bad place to tell secrets?the potatoes have eyes, the corn has ears and the beanstalk.if a plane crashed right on the border of two countries where should the survivors be buried?they'd rather not be.why was 6 afraid of 7?because 7 8 9.what walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs at midday, and 3 legs in the evening?man....Show more
Ervin Laeger: Oh yes, Had not thought of that in years. Green stamps then, credit card "rewards" now. All things change only to remain the same.
Marcia Ch! eathan: Our country is in a time of change and people need to feel more! fulfilled. If you have made your mark, please do tell what is was. If not, please do tell what you want it to be.
Rosella Figliola: What is big at bottom and small at the top and the thing in the middle goes flippity flop?a bell
Thurman Buege: I don't , but my Father in law has talked about them , he's in his 80's take care
Clemmie Burkleo: One of my mother's cousins died just recently. She was 103 and in fairly good health until the last year or so.On my wife's fathers side of her family, she had an aunt that reached 103, an uncle who was 102 and another aunt who was 99.
Coleman Ocegueda: My mother collected them. In the evening and Saturdays, my mother and I would fill those news print books up with green stamps. After we had what seemed like hundreds filled up, my father and I would walk over to the Green Stamp Store and exchange them for gifts, then we'd stop for either ice-cream or at a fish fry place for enormous fries, made from gigantic p! otatoes. My mother saved all the green stamp books; after she died (1985), my father was going through boxes Ma had put away and there were all those books. The old Green Stamp Store is now a parole office. Thanks for asking the question. I love nostalgia....Show more
Kristina Brockwell: That I leave some sort of legacy behind for my grandchildren. It need not be great or earth shattering. Just a small thing maybe like loving them unconditionally, sharing little bits of Information they may need one day, and the story of my life to draw theirs on. I never knew either of my grandmothers and know nothing of their history. This is my mark, not for the world but those I love. Poppy
Collin Pelfrey: Sure I remember...I got a lot of my things for my first home with green stamps...
Randa Hessell: my mom didn't use them they had themn at loblaws but my babysitter that i went to did
Shamika Schools: You have a house with all South facing windows. A bear! walks by. What color is the bear? (A: He's white. You're at the No! rth pole and you're looking at a polar bear)***********************************************************************If you're driving the school bus and 100 people get on. Next stop 5 people get on and 20 get off. The next stop 40 get off and 0 get on.What color are the bus drivers eyes?(A: I said YOU are the bus driver)You know that once kids start enjoying this kind of word play, a fun thing for them will be books by Ogden Nash!! Oh, how I love Ogden Nash!...Show more
Jinny Dronen: My grand daughter is 8 and she said she would share her favorite riddles. Humpty dumpty sat on a wallHumpty dumpty had a great fallAll the kings horses and all the kings menCouldn't put humpty dumpty together againItsy bitsy spider Little Miss MuffettRock a by baby in the tree topTwinkle twinkle little starThat is all she can think of at the moment....Show more
Patricia Bolduc: I had the idea of making my mark by being a great popular singer. ButI didn't pursue those thoughts and! felt wearing glasses was my down-fall as a woman. And life was so fleeting, I never felt I had the oppor-tunities or support to make it happen. But life happened, and soon Iwas raising children and had a husband to be a housewife to. Another thing I thought would be much more attainable, was to bea writer of true to life experiences from growing up in the 50's. Andthat hasn't happened either. The trouble is now that I'm older, andmy memory dims more with each passing year, I could only writearticles for my pleasure and others. I don't believe there is a fullbook waiting inside to be told. But in order for me to feel more accomplished with my life, I have to take pen in hand, and actuallystart somewhere to tell what I do remember, before it's all gone andforgotten. There seems to still be a fascination with that time period.And there are still those who enjoy reading and remembering thesame era as I do. It's not enough to have had children, and grandchildren. That doesnot! qualify anyone for a prize or even gratitude. I know my daughterexpect! ed more of me, than being just a 'mom'. She doesn't think mystaying home and being a stay at home mom, was anything but thatI was lazy and wanted to just stay home. She resents because shehas to work hard to stay afloat, I should have made the same contri-butions, in order to know how hard it is to 'make it' in the world andrun the course. Until I can prove I am able to succeed at somethingmore than being a mom and grandmother, I will never have herrespect. It's something she's had under her skin since she was ayoung adult, and I am now faced with the challenge of achievingsomething more in my old age. I never asked this of my stay at homemom. I knew how hard she worked at providing a clean house and was a dutiful mom, no matter how I fit into the scope of things. Shewas content to fill this continuous role and was a marytyr in manyways. She was good at what she did, and I for one, never expectedmore from her....Show more
Mahalia Brindle: What is red and white on the ! outside and grey on the inside? Campbells Cream of Elephant soup..What is black and white with a cherry on top? a police car... What time is it when an elephant sits on your fence? Time to build a new fence...Why does Santas garden grow so good?..Because Santa likes to Ho, Ho, Ho..What has a head and foot but no body?..A bed. What has a bed but you can't sleep in it?..A river....Show more
Tana Dumoulin: The biggest mark was to pro-create. Hopefully my daughter will have children and their children will have children.I also do a lot of volunteer work which I hope has a positive effect on the Universe.....even if it's just a tiny mark.
Troy Monsivais: I hope that the mark that I leave on the world will be that my family name continues to be an honorable and respected name. I hope that I have carried through my generation and passed on to the next generation those honorable principles and beliefs that I inherited from many generations of honest and hard workin! g people.
Hans Sachetti: This is a food. To eat it you have to t! urn it inside out. To turn it inside out, you have to heat it up. What is it?Popcorn.A doctor and a nurse are discussing a patient. The nurse is the doctor's daughter but the doctor is not the nurse's father. What's going on?The doctor is the nurse's mother....Show more
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