Memories

I realize that I am older than many of the readers here, but today I want to start a series of Memories from days gone by:

Banking

- Remember when banks lured customers by offering a free toaster is you opened an account or deposited a certain sum in an existing account?

- Today you have to get up early in the morning and read your morning paper to ascertain the name of your bank.

Car Buying

- Remember when you were purchasing a car and the salesman wanted you to buy the vinyl option and even the undercoat option?

- Today you have to wonder why the Automakers are giving great discounts. For the past thirty days even the Federal Government got in on the act. They developed a short lived scheme entitled "Cash for Clunkers."