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To: EBH

So they can adjust your gov’t benefits and pension based on what you buy. Fruit and Vegas - full pay. Cigs and beer - sorry, you’re on your own.


15 posted on 06/14/2022 10:47:41 AM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: bigbob

“So they can adjust your gov’t benefits and pension based on what you buy. Fruit and Vegas - full pay. Cigs and beer - sorry, you’re on your own.”

I worked in Norway for a few years in the seventies. A pack of cigarettes was extremely expensive even then. It is worse now. About 14 us dollars. It was most odd to watch young girls roll cigarettes in a bar. Loose tobacco was much cheaper.


55 posted on 06/14/2022 4:10:25 PM PDT by cpdiii (CANE CUTTER-DECKHAND-ROUGHNECK-OILFIELD CONSULTANT-GEOLOGIST-PILOT-PHARMACIST)
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