A set of hazel eyes and brown bangs peering over the counter with a fiver in her hands: “A pack of Salem light 100s please” It was a different time
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Not quite the same thing, but more than once I picked up my dad’s heart medication at the pharmacy for him, medicine that if I’d swallowed it probably would have killed me.
aug 1, 2025, 10:55 am • 1 0 • view
We felt sooooo important
aug 1, 2025, 1:54 am • 1 0 • view
Every time we went to my grandparents house, grandma sent me out with change to get her cigarettes. Sometimes she gave me extra for a candy bar. I was 5 then, but remember like it was yesterday.
aug 1, 2025, 8:40 am • 1 0 • view
No one even batted an eye at the corner store when I bought my dad’s Kents. But they didn’t think twice about letting me sit at the bar with him at the local tappie either.
jul 31, 2025, 6:10 pm • 3 0 • view
Ha! Yes! I forgot about sitting at bars drinking shirley temples and eating maraschino cherries to the bartender’s amusement
jul 31, 2025, 6:14 pm • 4 0 • view
Having a sip of Ballantine was A-ok too!
jul 31, 2025, 6:15 pm • 1 0 • view
Bottle of coke and a pack of smokes. I'd get a sip of the coke as reward.
aug 1, 2025, 1:36 am • 1 0 • view
My folks had an index card with a note on it that said who I was purchasing the Kools for. The note was stuck with a push pin on the front door. I was 8. lol
aug 1, 2025, 5:27 am • 1 0 • view
In my day, it was 50 cents and getting Chesterfields for my grand dad. I was 8.
aug 1, 2025, 1:07 am • 1 0 • view
Funny, I don't remember the price. I'm sure it was under two bucks.
aug 1, 2025, 1:09 am • 0 0 • view
Well, I was a kid in the Dark Ages, so ... 😄
aug 1, 2025, 1:28 am • 1 0 • view