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I remember the buckets yes! Another thing was to buy like a hundred kilos of potatoes and store them in the cellar (especially around the winter time), in woode

by krychu 7y ago

I remember the buckets yes! Another thing was to buy like a hundred kilos of potatoes and store them in the cellar (especially around the winter time), in wooden containers. Zero waste as potato bags were emptied and collected back by the seller. Again, you’d take another bucket and refill with potatoes when needed. Ah! And these were potatoes from local farms. Owners would bring them over in 25kg / 50kg bags on a horse carriage.

badpun 7y ago
> And these were potatoes from local farms. Owners would bring them over in 25kg / 50kg bags on a horse carriage. Still happens today in my city in Poland. The only changes are that the farmers have a car now and, more importantly, that they use an annoying megaphone over which they loudly announce their arrival on every street - the usual case of advertising adopting technology to make the world a worse place...