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My Grandma Donna Farley's Big Mistake

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Some people come into the world with a bang. For example, on August 2, 1934, my Grandma Donna Farley was born on her very own kitchen table. She grew up on a farm in a very small town in Ohio called Pemberville. She did not have a lot and to show this she told me this story. “When I grew up, my sister and I would just be excited to share a bottle of Coca Cola my grandfather would bring us. I would be working outside on the farm and my sister would be washing the dishes inside. My grandfather would pull up with the one bottle of Coca Cola. This was a glass bottle of Coca Cola worth 5 cents back then. My sister and I would share that every Sunday and it would just make our day,” Donna said. “You only shared one bottle?! It was 5 cents? My sister and I will get a bottle each and it would cost $1.50 for one bottle!” I replied, shocked at the price. She did not have a lot as a kid, but now she wants her sons …show more content…

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