re: #80 Sol Berdinowitz

I witnessed a scene in German supermaket some years back in which a kid, aged around ten, came in and slapped down 20 marks for two bottles of schnapps.

It was clear from the conversation with the cashier that the woman knew the kid and knew that he was getting it for his father, but such a scene would be inconceivable in the USA.

Times change
I recall as a kid around that age I would go to the store and get cigarettes for my parents (dad smoked L & M filtered, mom smoked Chesterfield non-filtered)