Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Oh how things have changed

I was about 7 or 8 and my mom pulled up to a store and asked me to run in and get her cigarettes.

Mom:  Do you know what kind?
Me:  Salems - the green ones

I ran in and got the cigarettes and brought them proudly back

Mom:  Oh sweetie -- Mommy smokes 100's not Kings

(I remember being very confused -- why wouldn't "kings" be the big ones?)




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5 comments:

  1. ashebridgeMay 28, 2013 at 10:44 AM

    Oh my gosh that made me laugh! My mom used to send me down our road - a very busy one that I had to cross - to get hers. Salem Light 100's. Must've been a mommy thing then, those green ones! One time I got sent back to get a note from her, nobody ever batted an eye the other times.

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  2. AnonymousMay 28, 2013 at 12:44 PM

    Mine used to smoke in the car with the windows closed and with all 4 of us girls in the backseat- no seat belts- carrying on and even laying on the floor- all while she smoked away.

    Thank G-d things have changed!!

    ~faithful

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  3. mouseMay 28, 2013 at 3:26 PM

    Dad used to send mouse for smokes. He was a Lucky Strike guy. "Kings" had a filter and 100"s were filtered and longer. How times have changed!

    Hugs,
    mouse

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  4. nillaMay 29, 2013 at 10:13 AM

    mmmm...Salem 100's. I used to walk to the store when my brother was a baby to get cigs for my mom. I can't remember her brand anymore. (not menthol, though that was MY brand when I smoked). But I would have been 9, 10 or so? Yes, times have changed a lot.

    We have to protect people from smoking you know. Coz they are too stupid to make their own life choices.

    nilla

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  5. AnonymousMay 29, 2013 at 12:49 PM

    My mom used to send me to buy her cigarettes too, back when they were $3 per carton.

    Those were the good old days.

    I learned what not to do from my mom.

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