Penny Candy
a lighthearted look at life's cheapest joys88 total reviews
Comment from Patrick G Cox
Very good, and I agree, the penny is the victim of the greed of our age, a penny did buy heaven in the 50's and it has long bought all a man (or woman) might need until our age invented inflation.
Not many people know that the Standard Unit of Currency in the UK is not the Pound, but the Penny. In old money it was one 240th of a pound weight of pure silver - hence 240 pennies in One Pound Sterling. Ah, now those were the days, a Penny was a man's wages for the day and he could feed his entire family on that.
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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Very good, and I agree, the penny is the victim of the greed of our age, a penny did buy heaven in the 50's and it has long bought all a man (or woman) might need until our age invented inflation.
Not many people know that the Standard Unit of Currency in the UK is not the Pound, but the Penny. In old money it was one 240th of a pound weight of pure silver - hence 240 pennies in One Pound Sterling. Ah, now those were the days, a Penny was a man's wages for the day and he could feed his entire family on that.
Comment Written 03-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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thank you for sharing this fascinating information - and for the positive review!
Comment from Sarah_Goldwell
excellent i really enjoyed it. it reminded me of the days when i was a child you could buy 4 blackjacks for an old penny. with the pc world we now live in, i doubt i'm allowed to even say the work blackjack let alone find value for a penny. thank you for sharing your poem
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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excellent i really enjoyed it. it reminded me of the days when i was a child you could buy 4 blackjacks for an old penny. with the pc world we now live in, i doubt i'm allowed to even say the work blackjack let alone find value for a penny. thank you for sharing your poem
Comment Written 03-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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Thank you so much for this most thoughtful review!
Comment from RaymondJohn
The penny only costs 1.8 cents to make now. Boy, you sure stirred up some great memories. I really loved it. We didn't have ta candy store with all the canes you show, but the neighborhood grocery had a great supply of all kinds of penny candy. My favorites were the licorice pipes and the nickel nips. I mist those days very much and would love to feel the joy again. Best wishes and thanks for a truly great write. Best wishes. Ray.
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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The penny only costs 1.8 cents to make now. Boy, you sure stirred up some great memories. I really loved it. We didn't have ta candy store with all the canes you show, but the neighborhood grocery had a great supply of all kinds of penny candy. My favorites were the licorice pipes and the nickel nips. I mist those days very much and would love to feel the joy again. Best wishes and thanks for a truly great write. Best wishes. Ray.
Comment Written 03-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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I did love those nickel nips!! I'm so glad you have great memories like mine, too. Thanks for sharing. :-)
Comment from Shane Marquardt
I really enjoyed this work. What a great job telling a story in this genre of writing. You presented great images, told the story with humor, and brought back some fond memories.
I enjoyed my trip to Mr. Shrack's gas station. Thanks for sharing.
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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I really enjoyed this work. What a great job telling a story in this genre of writing. You presented great images, told the story with humor, and brought back some fond memories.
I enjoyed my trip to Mr. Shrack's gas station. Thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 03-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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And thank you for such warm and positive remarks~
Comment from Nescher Pyscher
I had a cand store down the street from me when I lived in Germany. It was Pfennings that bough the Swedish Fish, but the concept is the same, I think.
Took me right back to my little boy self, Dew. Good stuff.
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reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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I had a cand store down the street from me when I lived in Germany. It was Pfennings that bough the Swedish Fish, but the concept is the same, I think.
Took me right back to my little boy self, Dew. Good stuff.
:0)
Comment Written 03-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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I'm so glad this made you think of Pfennings - it's great that even people from different countries have similar memories - thank you!
Comment from Aussie
Love the candy store; I do not understand a lot of your names for local produce (being from Australia) but generally I sort out the message that is underlying your writing. We call candy - lollies! I really enjoyed the thought provoking and mouth-watering poem that you have written. Love the colours chosen to go with the candy! Ah, the good old days when sweets were real, handmade, tasted like they should. Loved the poem.
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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Love the candy store; I do not understand a lot of your names for local produce (being from Australia) but generally I sort out the message that is underlying your writing. We call candy - lollies! I really enjoyed the thought provoking and mouth-watering poem that you have written. Love the colours chosen to go with the candy! Ah, the good old days when sweets were real, handmade, tasted like they should. Loved the poem.
Comment Written 03-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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I love it that people from England, Germany and now Australia
all have similar memories even if they had different specific candies - thank you so much for sharing this and for the review!!!
Comment from justmade
I can relate to this one very much. It's the same here.
Prices went up and laters coins were no longer able to be things they used to. I was reintroduced last year but it could regain it's lost power. Thing is many people no longer wanted to use it.
Nice poem, I loved it.
Much love,
Justmade.
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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I can relate to this one very much. It's the same here.
Prices went up and laters coins were no longer able to be things they used to. I was reintroduced last year but it could regain it's lost power. Thing is many people no longer wanted to use it.
Nice poem, I loved it.
Much love,
Justmade.
Comment Written 03-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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thank you for your most thoughtful comments and your kind review!
Comment from Zelphiablue
I had a lovely review typed here, and then the page locked up and it dissapeared so if it appears twice, I apologize.
This was a really cute poem. I liked the way it was nostalgic and took me back to a time where life sure seemed simpler and we had our priorites straight as kids! A comic book and some candy and I was good to go!
I loved the paragraph or so you wrote after the poem about Mr. Shracks gas station. It really made the poem for me. You should consider entering this or submitting it to one of the nostalgia magazines, I'll bet they would publish it!
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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I had a lovely review typed here, and then the page locked up and it dissapeared so if it appears twice, I apologize.
This was a really cute poem. I liked the way it was nostalgic and took me back to a time where life sure seemed simpler and we had our priorites straight as kids! A comic book and some candy and I was good to go!
I loved the paragraph or so you wrote after the poem about Mr. Shracks gas station. It really made the poem for me. You should consider entering this or submitting it to one of the nostalgia magazines, I'll bet they would publish it!
Comment Written 03-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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Considering you are giving me a kind and positive review, I don't care if it shows up 5 times! ;-) Thank you and thanks for the idea about nostalgia magazines!
Comment from DREAMGIRL
How sweet (pardon the punne) but this is one of those poems that brings me back to those days where candy and yes penny candy brought so much joy. Life was fun when there was candy and you had the pennies rolling around in your pocked with nothing but the anticipation and the mouth watering.
Thamk you for this piece it brought me down memory lane and back to the time of candy buying and innocence.
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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How sweet (pardon the punne) but this is one of those poems that brings me back to those days where candy and yes penny candy brought so much joy. Life was fun when there was candy and you had the pennies rolling around in your pocked with nothing but the anticipation and the mouth watering.
Thamk you for this piece it brought me down memory lane and back to the time of candy buying and innocence.
Comment Written 03-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 03-Oct-2008
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I'm so glad this gave you a chance to revisit your own lovely memories! thanks so much for your review. :-)
Comment from Gray Celles
Yes and there was in my home town a penny icecream to be savoured. Good memories again pearl but perhaps it would have been better in free verse as the rhythm didn't flow as well as in others of your works. But thank you for the memory and I enjoy your 'turn of phrase' God Bless
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reply by the author on 02-Oct-2008
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Yes and there was in my home town a penny icecream to be savoured. Good memories again pearl but perhaps it would have been better in free verse as the rhythm didn't flow as well as in others of your works. But thank you for the memory and I enjoy your 'turn of phrase' God Bless
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Comment Written 02-Oct-2008
reply by the author on 02-Oct-2008
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thank you for your review - I will have to reread to see where the rhyme did not satisfy :-)
