>>> On 5/9/2007 at 11:57 AM, Steve Cavrak <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> When I was a kid, you could buy a 45 RPM record for a  
> quarter or a half dollar 

Not only that; you could listen to it before you bought it. 

>-- pick up a dozen bottles, take them to the  
> store, and get the deposit. 

You didn't forget to check the coin returns on nearby pay phones and vending machines, did you?

> Fast forward to 2007, and a $16 album  
> requires 320 bottles, cans, etc.

Furthermore, with this damn "Green-Up" mentality here in Vermont, the pickins for roadside bottles is getting slim.   

-Vince