{"id":26170,"date":"2023-12-06T04:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T03:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/?p=26170"},"modified":"2023-12-05T15:15:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T14:15:07","slug":"min-fortvivlan-pa-epa-i-karlstad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/?p=26170","title":{"rendered":"Min f\u00f6rtvivlan p\u00e5 EPA i stan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/EPA.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" src=\"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/EPA-300x123.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/EPA-300x123.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/EPA.jpeg 703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Det var dagarna f\u00f6re jul. Vi var p\u00e5 s\u00e4llsynt bes\u00f6k i stan, jag var nio eller tio \u00e5r och hade mina samlade tillg\u00e5ngar i fickan.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Varuhuset hette EPA och var k\u00e4nt f\u00f6r sina l\u00e5ga och j\u00e4mna priser. Allt kostade en krona, tv\u00e5 kronor, tre kronor och s\u00e5 vidare. F\u00f6rkortningen betydde Enhetsprisaktiebolaget, fast det visste jag inte d\u00e5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jag fick g\u00e5 runt sj\u00e4lv och handla, det var stort. Aff\u00e4ren kryllade av folk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Efter ett tag hade jag k\u00f6pt julklappar till min syster, min bror och min pappa. Artiga expediter slog in varenda present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mamma d\u00e5?<\/strong><br>Men s\u00e5 var det mamma. N\u00e4r jag k\u00e4nde efter i fickan fanns det bara en liten ynka slant kvar. En 25-\u00f6ring. Det var inte mycket pengar p\u00e5 den tiden heller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Har jag bara 25 \u00f6re kvar till mamma? Runt omkring mig tr\u00e4ngdes folk som hade b\u00e5de mynt och sedlar i fickorna och jag b\u00f6rjade sk\u00e4mmas s\u00e5 \u00f6ver min d\u00e5liga planering. Jag m\u00e5ste ju ha en julklapp till mamma med. Vad f\u00e5r man f\u00f6r s\u00e5 lite?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Till slut hittade jag en halvliggande tomtenisse i porslin.<br>&#8211; Ska jag sl\u00e5 in den?<br>&#8211; Ja tack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">P\u00e5 julafton ber\u00e4ttade jag om min usla planering. D\u00e5 blev sn\u00e4lla mamma r\u00f6rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>En h\u00e4lsning fr\u00e5n 1961<\/strong><br>I g\u00e5r hittade vi tomtenissen i en gammal pl\u00e5tburk efter pappa. F\u00f6rst hade mamma sparat den, sedan pappa. Sj\u00e4lva hade vi inte \u00f6ppnat burken p\u00e5 tjugotv\u00e5 \u00e5r. D\u00e4r l\u00e5g den och h\u00e4lsade fr\u00e5n mig sj\u00e4lv som tio\u00e5ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Efter en stund slog jag upp p\u00e5 n\u00e4tet hur mycket 25 \u00f6re d\u00e5 \u00e4r v\u00e4rt i december 2023. Svaret \u00e4r 3 kronor och 59 \u00f6re.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Som minne \u00e4r den v\u00e4rd mer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tomtenissen.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tomtenissen-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tomtenissen-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tomtenissen-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tomtenissen-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tomtenissen-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tomtenissen.jpeg 1474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#bdf6bc\"><em>### Det \u00e4r efter EPA-varuhusen som Epa-traktorerna och nu \u00e4ven Epa-dunket f\u00e5tt sina namn.<\/em><br><em>### Varuhuset hade d\u00e5ligt rykte i vissa kretsar; dels bland snobbar, dels bland rasister.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/\">Hem<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/?page_id=170\">Om mig<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/?page_id=1385\">Skriva &amp; prata<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/?page_id=100\">Politik<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/?page_id=102\">L\u00f6pa<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/?page_id=108\">Viktor Root<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<br><em>Inl\u00e4gg nr 2 323, (c) Sven-Ove Svensson (men dela g\u00e4rna).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Det var dagarna f\u00f6re jul. Vi var p\u00e5 s\u00e4llsynt bes\u00f6k i stan, jag var nio eller tio \u00e5r och hade mina samlade tillg\u00e5ngar i fickan. Varuhuset hette EPA och var k\u00e4nt f\u00f6r sina l\u00e5ga och j\u00e4mna priser. Allt kostade en krona, tv\u00e5 kronor, tre kronor och s\u00e5 vidare. F\u00f6rkortningen betydde Enhetsprisaktiebolaget, fast det visste jag &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/?p=26170\" class=\"more-link\">Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Min f\u00f6rtvivlan p\u00e5 EPA i stan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[8,24],"class_list":["post-26170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-familjen","tag-historia","tag-karlek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26170"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26176,"href":"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26170\/revisions\/26176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sven-ove.nu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}