Sorry, taxis. Uber’s popularity is about more than cheaper fares

National Post ^ | September 10, 2015 | Robyn Urback

[miss marmelstein]

Oh, can it. Several Uber drivers in my family so I know the score.

[lacrew]

No, not an urban myth. I'm not talking about the desktop machine that helps you manually roll. These are much bigger machines. Its an entirely different concept.

Where did I come up with this crap?

My local paper.

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2012/mar/24/state-shuts-down-roll-your-own-cigarette-machines/

And here's a photo of the mythical machine:

[Fledermaus]

That’s huge. The ones I remember were small hand held devices that rolled one at a time.

[lacrew]

These are essentially scaled down versions of the machines that large tobacco companies use. A customer can make a carton of smokes in a few minutes.

Or at least you could....that photo shows the Fire Marshall’s notice on it. Killed by cronyism and government.