Aluminum Can Shortage: Certain Sodas and Beers In Short Supply

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ETV said:
Guessing all the homeless folks collecting cans are about to cash in.
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That may be true for some somewhere. For years, we have been keeping our cans & turning them in at the recycle place that takes them. I can't get any money from those 8-10 bags of cans anymore. The place we turned them into stop paying anything for them. I could maybe get 10-12 dollars for my haul but the last couple of times I went to turn those bags in I was paid like $5.32 cents. It wasn't worth my effort.
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
That may be true for some somewhere. For years, we have been keeping our cans & turning them in at the recycle place that takes them. I can't get any money from those 8-10 bags of cans anymore. The place we turned them into stop paying anything for them. I could maybe get 10-12 dollars for my haul but the last couple of times I went to turn those bags in I was paid like $5.32 cents. It wasn't worth my effort.
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I got $4.92 Saturday lol
 
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Orangeburst said:
Sorry for the diversion. Nice to get away to a better time from todays troubles
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Reading these posts brings back great memories of growing up in Knoxville. My pinball place was Palace Lanes on Chapman Hwy, mainly a bowling alley but with a few good pinball machines. I'd pedal there on my bicycle after delivering papers and play the pinball machines. When I was 14/15 made the jump from the bicycle to a Suzuki 305, taking over the payments from my older brother. My paper route customers were not too happy though, when I started riding the Suzuki through their yards.
 
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McDad said:
You think future kids will ever get to experience the simple pleasures like we did? A few weeks ago we discussed playing in the creek. We used to walk to the store for icees (maybe slushies) sold in mini baseball helmets.

Are those times gone forever?
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Oh heck no. My kids (thanks to the Mrs) didnā€™t have 1/4 of the freedom I had. As long as I was there to work when my dad told me to be I could be anywhere until then.
 
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RavinDave said:
Reading these posts brings back great memories of growing up in Knoxville. My pinball place was Palace Lanes on Chapman Hwy, mainly a bowling alley but with a few good pinball machines. I'd pedal there on my bicycle after delivering papers and play the pinball machines. When I was 14/15 made the jump from the bicycle to a Suzuki 305, taking over the payments from my older brother. My paper route customers were not too happy though, when I started riding the Suzuki through their yards.
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Both of my parents went to Seymour HS...both lived right off opposite sides of Chapman. My grandparents both just passed away recently and my mom and aunts are putting their house off of Old Sevierville pike on the market soon. For my entire childhood, it was my favorite place to be on planet Earth (besides silver dollar city/ Dollywood) it's maybe half a mile from Chapman, my uncle Tiny (huge dude of course) still lives on Old Sevierville too. Dads side of the family lived on the opposite side of Chapman where come onto it at what is always called "the Y". My dads relatives own pretty much an entire holler and the hills on both sides between em. Always grew tobacco and grew most of what was eaten, flora and fauna, while working full time jobs as well. My uncle's were all tough as damn nails...most are dead now. My dad was 1 of 13 kids, all born at home, but 2 of them died as babies. They got indoor plumbing at Mammaw and Pappaws house when my dad was in grade school lmao...and he was the 2nd youngest.

Anyway, cool to hear you're from my favorite place on planet Earth too... brings back good memories of far simpler and better times. When men were men, and fools werent tolerated .. we are so screwed

Edit.. my dad went from dirt floor poor country boy to 26 years USAF and retired a full bird colonel, was base commander on the reserves for his last 2 years. Also had a masters in instructional technology (computers) and a bachelor's in religion from Carson Newman. He accomplished a lot in his short 68 years of life. Miss him
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
Both of my parents went to Seymour HS...both lived right off opposite sides of Chapman. My grandparents both just passed away recently and my mom and aunts are putting their house off of Old Sevierville pike on the market soon. For my entire childhood, it was my favorite place to be on planet Earth (besides silver dollar city/ Dollywood) it's maybe half a mile from Chapman, my uncle Tiny (huge dude of course) still lives on Old Sevierville too. Dads side of the family lived on the opposite side of Chapman where come onto it at what is always called "the Y". My dads relatives own pretty much an entire holler and the hills on both sides between em. Always grew tobacco and grew most of what was eaten, flora and fauna, while working full time jobs as well. My uncle's were all tough as damn nails...most are dead now. My dad was 1 of 13 kids, all born at home, but 2 of them died as babies. They got indoor plumbing at Mammaw and Pappaws house when my dad was in grade school lmao...and he was the 2nd youngest.

Anyway, cool to hear you're from my favorite place on planet Earth too... brings back good memories of far simpler and better times. When men were men, and fools werent tolerated .. we are so screwed
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That is Godā€™s country my friend.
 
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McDad said:
You think future kids will ever get to experience the simple pleasures like we did? A few weeks ago we discussed playing in the creek. We used to walk to the store for icees (maybe slushies) sold in mini baseball helmets.

Are those times gone forever?
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Unfortunately, I think they are. In the summertime Iā€™d be outside as soon as the dew was off the grass and would be outside most all day. My dad worked at Ford Glass and was on shift work. When he was on graveyard it was if I was banned from the hours of 9:0 to 3:30
 
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