Quote Originally Posted by bmccasland View Post
Once upon a time, items had prices actually marked on them, not silly bar codes. I miss those days.... sigh...............
On December 24, the neighborhood market (a real market, not a quickie mart) that we go to--that does NOT take credit cards, that does not use bar codes, and that has cash registers that the checkers punch the numbers in to--will close its doors for ever. We are heartbroken, as we love this market, which has been in business for 86 years. It smells like a market. It has a real butcher/meat counter and steaks are hand cut to order. The proprietor, Bill (whom we all knew) recently passed away and while his family worked in the market with him and could keep it going, they are ready to move on.

I suspect there are several others out there still, but they will disappear as their proprietors move on.