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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Food/shopping. Fast food was rare. Most food at the grocery store came from the USA. The only discount store was the 5 and dime aka ‘the dime store’ It did not sell food (except 1 penny candies). Cheap (not just inexpensive, I mean cheap – easy to break) toys came from post-war Japan.

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Are You Planning For Aging in Place?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We have a one story ranch home of around 2300 square feet located on 6 acres within 4 miles of stores, medical care, entertainment, gasoline stations and more. Eating and food preparation. Food & food prep. Will you prepare food or is there a service that can deliver hot meals to you. Yep, we have that too.

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