[BigEdLB]

Chesterfield... My mom’s cigarette brand when she was pregnant with me ... early 1950s... Garden Hose water... I love the taste of rubber on a hot summer afternoon...

[jttpwalsh]

Chesterfield... My mom’s cigarette brand

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In my day, cigs were 35 cents a pack, and if Walt, at the corner store, knew what kind your parents smoked, he’d sell them to you. Naturally, this system was rife for abuse. Jimmy’s Dad smoked Marlboro, popular with high school kids, so he’d charge them $1.00 and buy two packs.

One day, Jimmy’s Dad came home early, from work, and stopped for a pack. “Geez, you’re out, already?” said Walt. “Two packs since noon?”

That night, at dinner, his Dad put his new pack on the table, and said “So, I heard you were at Walt’s, this afternoon”.

We didn’t see Jimmy for about a week, except when he was looking out his bedroom window :)

[mountn man]

I love the taste of rubber on a hot summer afternoon...

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