![\"card1.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/card1.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
They are starting to run out, 23 years later, but you can still get some old style happy b-day cards at our very own McKay Monkman Drugs, an old style pharmacy still miraculously in business. It’s a place you might not even notice as you wait for the bus on Daly and Broadway, but within those stucco walls there are a few things for sale, my favorite being the rack of cards..<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
![\"card2.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/card2.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
..over at the far corner of the shop. They’ve been there for years and a glance at the designs can verify the age. Looks like the stock is finally starting to bring returns on the initial investment, as the supply has dwindled dramatically from the last time I checked.<\/p>\n
![\"card3.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/card3.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
There are still a few worthwhile cards from which to pick, just make sure you don’t get one that’s really dusty and beat up.<\/p>\n
![\"card4.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/chanfles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/card4.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
I chose this masterpiece, inside it reads “I nearly bought you one, Happy Birthday”. Copyrighted in MCMLXXXIV<\/a> that makes it more than 20 years old, and at only $1 it’s still a bargain! But I only buy these for the designs, it’s not cuz i’m cheap, not at all. Get yours while supplies last! (That might mean a decade or two.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" They are starting to run out, 23 years later, but you can still get some old style happy b-day cards at our very own McKay Monkman Drugs, an old style pharmacy still miraculously in business. It’s a place you might … Continue reading