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From: "MC Ward" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: Cigarettes
>I used to get packs of cigarettes in my Christmas
> stocking too, along with the chocolate and Teaberry
> gum I liked--just as if Winstons were equally normal.
> And my crazy grandmother's annual gifts to my father
> were a carton of Luckies and 2 pairs of white socks.
> This was in the days when a pack cost 25 cents and a
> carton $2.50. Now, here in Pennsylvania, a pack goes
> for $5.15 and a carton for over $50. It's insane to
> smoke! But God, I love it.
>
> At least I'm not a singer (anymore). Bono still
> smokes, and Cher did too for years.
>
> When I worked for Fred Jameson, he "quit" (buying) and
> bummed from me instead. He used to tear the filters
> off my Merits and get 2-3 puffs out of them, nervously
> looking around to make sure his wife wasn't in the
> vicinity. Wonder who's supplying him now....
>
> Candice
>
>
Why was your grandmother crazy? The socks, granted, were a bit excessive,
but otherwise it was a nice present.
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