If I remember right the quart bottles paid a nickel. Made those two cent bottles seem like a cheap find. But, like you guys we scrounged for them all the time. As a teenager I trapped muskrats to by .410 shells. I think that 'ol .410 saved me tons of money. When all my teenage friends were buying Winstons and Colt 45 I was spending my money on 3" Remingtons. Have never smoked or drank, so saved a ton by passing on those two vices. Spent it all hunting and fishing though. I think I made a good choice.
We used to make homemade blow guns out of a straw, and darts out a sewing needle and thread. We would nail bumble bees and regular honey bees going after clover flowers in the yard.. you had to get awfully damn close to hit one..
