Do you think?maybe Aunt Bee just put the groceries and household items on an account and that Andy later paid for it?? It was a cash generation, but credit was extended in the form of "charge" accounts where a total was just kept by the business and the customer paid it (cash) when they came in.... Remember the episode where the charge accounts?were cut off? We know they existed - so maybe Aunt Bee charged the household items?
Then again, although I can't think of it right off the top of my head, don't we see Aunt Bee take her purse out and pay for things some times. And wasn't there cash in the purse she had stolen from the carnival? She had SOME money........ "Have you ever noticed you hardly ever see Andy taking out his wallet? Once when Jubal Foster's barn burned down he took out his checkbook, but I do not recall ever seeing him taking out his wallet. Back in the 60's I saw my father take his wallet out a lot because that decade was mostly a cash decade. Not too many credit cards. Specifically, I do not recall Andy ever giving Aunt Bea any money for household expenses. I wonder if Aunt Bea was on Andy's checking account?" Brad "Neil Bentley" Cunningham "My card, in case you ever need my services...." _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
