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The Hobbit Hole III - Journey to the Cross-roads!
Posted on 12/17/2002 7:32:02 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Corin Stormhands
Should we shoot'cha now?
Is it too late?
23,341
posted on
04/02/2003 8:03:22 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.)
To: SuziQ; HairOfTheDog; 2Jedismom; g'nad
I hear smokes are pretty expensive these days. If we really want to send smokes, we should price them out. They're pretty reasonable here in Virginia. In fact they get bought here and sold under cover in NY. Our tax is the lowest or one of the lowest in the country at $0.025 per pack.
To: HairOfTheDog
Is it too late? I done lived through it now.
To: Corin Stormhands; g'nad
Yeah - that could be.... course that is only the state tax... there's the federal taxes... and I think the indian reservations pay federal but not state taxes too. G'nad may be able to get them tax-free at a PX.
23,344
posted on
04/02/2003 8:08:52 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.)
To: Corin Stormhands
Sometimes the price of fame is loss of dignity.
23,345
posted on
04/02/2003 8:10:15 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.)
To: HairOfTheDog; g'nad
Didn't Philip Morris or one of the big tobacco guys get in trouble for trying to send smokes during Desert Storm?
Where I used to work PM, RJReynolds and several others were big sponsors. They'd sponsor receptions and just lay hundreds of packs out on the table for folks to pick up.
Of course I liked the division of PM that carried the Swiss chocolates...
(and then there was Miller Beer....)
To: HairOfTheDog
So there was treasure buried in Bag End!
23,347
posted on
04/02/2003 8:14:29 AM PST
by
Sam Cree
(liberals are the axis of evil)
To: HairOfTheDog; 2Jedismom; g'nad; Corin Stormhands
Are they something that can be sent, for sure? I know when I was stationed overseas (in Germany), we weren't supposed to have tobacco products mailed to us. Don't remember the reasons. Coffee, either, for some reason! Maybe not true anymore, though...and I didn't see that thread.
To: Corin Stormhands; Ramius; g'nad
Heh....Well, I am re-thinking whether the PX would even be selling stuff totally tax-free, I seem to recall now that when Ramius was in the Coast Guard, they had to pay taxes on stuff they bought at the ship's store until they were at sea.
Ramius, we are thinking of sending some smokes in the gift boxes... wondering if someone with access to a PX would be able to get them cheaper.
23,349
posted on
04/02/2003 8:19:28 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.)
To: RosieCotton
23,350
posted on
04/02/2003 8:22:02 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.)
To: Sam Cree
Poor Frodo.... is there no pride? Milk Chocolate?
23,351
posted on
04/02/2003 8:23:02 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.)
To: HairOfTheDog
Frodo looks a little put-out... maybe he's thinking he needs a new agent.
To: Bear_in_RoseBear
I think he's right!
23,353
posted on
04/02/2003 8:23:52 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.)
To: HairOfTheDog
Apparently you can tell by putting in the zip code
here. I tried it with my old zip code, and sure enough, it says "Cigarettes and other tobacco products are prohibited." Also "Coffee is prohibited". So I wouldn't get too worked up over this until we know for sure they're allowed...I'm betting they aren't.
To: g'nad
Happy Birthday, g'nad, and many happy returns.
23,355
posted on
04/02/2003 8:25:04 AM PST
by
Sam Cree
(liberals are the axis of evil)
To: HairOfTheDog
We can't have irritable Marines!Couldn't we just send them some Nicorette?
**cringing...
23,356
posted on
04/02/2003 8:25:38 AM PST
by
2Jedismom
('The commitment of our fathers is now the calling of our time')
To: 2Jedismom
That's stuff is more expensive than cigarettes!
23,357
posted on
04/02/2003 8:27:06 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.)
To: HairOfTheDog
Well, yeah...
23,358
posted on
04/02/2003 8:28:28 AM PST
by
2Jedismom
('The commitment of our fathers is now the calling of our time')
To: HairOfTheDog
As I recall, there's still tax in the PX but the price is still far lower. Yes, then when the ship was underway the "sea store" would sell them completely tax free. Back in 1989, a carton of Marlboros in the sea store was $4.50. I think the going retail at the time was about $20.
I'm sure some smokes would be appreciated.
To: Ramius
Thanks! - I thought I remembered that! - My mind is like a steel trap!
Unfortunately sometimes I can't get the stuff back out.
23,360
posted on
04/02/2003 8:32:19 AM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
(May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.)
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