re: For those who grew up in the 70s, remember these costumes for Halloween?

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Also, still like those peanut butter candies in the black/orange wrapper. Don't understand the hate. Give me a while pile of them and I'll give you back a pile of wrappers.

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yep

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Walmart sells them on the Halloween candy aisle.

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brb

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You mother like mine? Doesn't throw anything away?

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if i ever wanted to feel sad or simply decide to recreate my daily school activities for my entire elementary, my mom has tiffany-blue boxes from The Palace in monroe that document every single crayon, pencil, pen or marker line i made in school each year labelled by grade.

if i ever reach that point i think i would just have to toss it and not open them because i just dont think i need to start going through the pirate boats and secrety hideouts on an island i drew almost daily.

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I recall those mask hot as shite and breathing was a bitch with your tongue getting slashed up.

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Yeah, the hard plastic mask with a rubber band. My mom bought my costume from the local Ben Franklin and TG&Y.

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I bet that sofa smells like cigarettes and the yellow on those walls is from nicotine

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And if there's a fan/light combo in that room, I bet there's an extension cord wrapped in a gold chain from the fan to a receptacle in the wall!

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TG&Y.

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Those eye holes felt like damn razor blades cutting into the side of your face

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your best buy is at....

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I thought those were pretty good stores as a kid, sort of the forerunner of walmarks without the walmarks crowd

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my core memory is buying cap guns (and rolls and rolls of caps) and mexican jumping beans in a little clear plastic container.

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remember Woolworth's? another cool store as a kid, the one near us sold the jumping beans and real live baby alligators

80s kid, but yes. I remember that couch too.