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  • Rusty Raven M
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    11 months ago

    I remember when public transport was divided into local neighbourhoods, and the bus driver would use a hole punch to mark the date and time. Sometimes they’d punch the wrong place and you’d get an extra day free.

    • Thornburywitch
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      11 months ago

      Going to school on the train, in winter the connie would sling a metal cylinder filled with hot coals in each compartment to put your feet on so they didn’t freeze.

    • Catfish
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      11 months ago

      Oh yes. Green Cardboard tickets. And a kid could go anywhere in the state for $2