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To: jwparkerjr
I'm in NC, living 15 miles from where I was born.
I remember my mom sending me to the drug store with two dimes to get her a pack of cigarettes. The pack came out of the machine with two pennies scotch-taped to it; and I'm not making that up.
18 posted on 09/14/2010 10:52:01 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (HM2/USN M/3/3 Marines RVN '66-'67)
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To: ComputerGuy

I remember the pennies being inside the cellophane wrapping on the package.


25 posted on 09/14/2010 11:07:55 AM PDT by jwparkerjr (It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
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To: ComputerGuy
The pack came out of the machine with two pennies scotch-taped to it

I know you are not making it up.

I once had the job of inserting three pennies, with the aid of a machine, under the cellophane of a pack of cigarettes. The reason this was necessary is the cost of a pack of cigarettes went from twenty cents to twenty-two cents and the cigarette vending machines could only accept quarters. This job didn't last long because the cost per pack quickly went to a quarter.

29 posted on 09/14/2010 3:18:27 PM PDT by MosesKnows (Love many, Trust few, and always paddle your own canoe)
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