In St Charles, Mo., you got your nickel packs from Standard Drug in 1969 (my first year, I was 8). Next to that was Hawthorne Hardware. The Mattingly's dime store was next to that, and they had cello packs. A&P was the last store in that strip. It was four blocks from our house. Mom would grocery shop and I'd buy cards at Standard, then wait on the curb opening my packs (with allowance, birthday and soda bottle return money) while shoving all the gum in my mouth at once.
Starting the next year, when I began mowing lawns, she let me ride my bike up there way buddy, Wayne. We'd buy some cards, meet the guys at Jaycee Park for a pickup game for a few hours, trade cards, then go home and sort them into our shoebox. A set builder from the get-go.
This has been an awesome thread.
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