Sep 12, 2015

“You used to buy them with green stamps...”

More from the SLO Tribune on the local mat crew...



Details here...

...and no, we don't accept Green Stamps for mats!



2 comments:

Roger said...

Hmmm, what percentage of the readership here remembers green stamps?

I do.

Unknown said...

I remember Blue Chip Stamps and Green Chip Stamps.... I'm an old geezer though. I think one of the catalog stores was out on Lankershim Blvd in North Hollywood(?) I honestly can't remember a single item I ever 'bought' with my stamp books and don't remember seeing a surf mat in the catalog. I do however remember renting the blue and yellow canvas mats from the Sorrento Grill in Santa Monica. My mom would drop my younger brother and me off with 5 or 10 bucks for the day. That was enough for mat rentals, burgers and cokes for lunch. My best guess on a time frame is about 50 years ago. She'd likely be locked up today for child neglect. HAHA - we had a blast!