re: Did your mom buy you off-brand school supplies?

Well, I never got to have one of the cool metal lunch boxes with a thermos (Bonanza, Rat Patrol, or such) that some of the kids had. Just a brown paper bag, usually reused multiple times, for my sandwich. Probably just as well, a glass thermos wouldn't have had a long life expectancy around me, anyway.

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Check Cola at lunch

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Shasta black Cherry all day. Wrapped in paper towel and foil to keep it cold for lunch.

As a lefty, I loved and hated Paper Mate Erasable Pens. By the bottom of the sheet my hand was blue and the sheet was a blur. While a curse the pens; the teacher couldn't read it, so I could always bullshite to get one or two more questions right.

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Yes because we were poor and had to save money wherever we could.

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When one thinks about it, cheap stuff probably was more than adequate.

K&B pencils

I don’t think great value existed then

But pro wings, rustler jeans and flea market knock off stuff did . But most everything I got came from a garage sale. We didn’t have money and I was raised in a house with love, but I’m thankful I was able to do more for my kids

I don't remember school supplies specifically but knowing my parents, they most definitely bought what they thought was the best value regardless of brand or price. I do remember having Crayola so that was important but they refused to buy the expensive Coca cola rugby shirts when they were popular, got a knock off Pepsi sweatshirt instead.

I was born in 1963. Mostly got the good stuff for school. I did wear the Tough skins clothes in elementary school. Mom bought the matching jacket for me. I had the red, green, blue and white sets.

I’ll never forget the day in 5th grade I showed up in those white tough skins jeans and jacket. I was nicknamed Elvis. A picture was taken that still shows up for my ridicule to this day.

No hard feelings, mom tried hard to dress me well.

Mead note books and camo pencils, son.

I honestly don’t know. I think I gripped that I still had colors and pencils left over from last year, why did I need more? Did the same with clothes, I’d rather have worn old clothes than go spend a hour of my life trying on new.