Others approached foreigners in front of the ?shops?, paid for the products they wanted to buy in lei and entered the shop with them (C. V., 129)

It was a song at the Flacara literary circle:

And you buy corked illusions at the ?shop?

The wound is as large as the sea

And eighty-year-old people learn how to rock. (C. V., 97)

One could work abroad at different enterprises. Contracts were closed between enterprises, ministries ( The Transport, The Industry, The Petrol) with companies abroad to build power stations, telephone stations. The directors chose those who were sent to work abroad (one had to know people here as well) and they, on their return, received receipts they that could use in ? shops?. In order to get money, they sold the products they bought in shops for higher prices. (M. A., 155)

Any lady with self-respect carried a shopping bag in the smart little bag she wore at the concert. Because you never knew what merchandise you could come across on the road. For instance we went to the theatre one winter, to Teatrul Mic, and bought tinned meat, because they sold in a side alley. (S. R-B., D. R.-B., 138)

The bags were washed and then reused. They were not thrown away, especially if they were Western. (160)

During the holidays, the theatres ? Ion Creanga ? and ? Tandarica? ( the puppet shows) organized shows for kids in the parks, in Cismigiu, Herastrau and in the bigger parks in the districts. There weren?t any tickets, anybody could watch anytime.