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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 06:51 PM
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Just in time for school I found three old cigar boxes, kids needed them for school ..
The boxes still smell of cigars.

I wonder how parents managed to find cigar boxes for the kids back in the 60's.

The cigars cost 49 cents.

A nice memory of school days.

Image now sending a kid to school with a cigar box still smelling of cigars.

We used them to hold pencils and things.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 06:56 PM
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1. Parents didn't "manage to find" cigar boxes in the 1960s.
They were easier to get then--your dad was a regular-enough cigar smoker he bought them in boxes, or a neighbor (remember them?) was and saved the boxes for the neighborhood kids, or you could go to a corner cigar store and get an empty one for the asking.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 07:01 PM
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2. I do love the smell of the boxes.
My father didn't smoke but a lot of people did.

These boxes look brand new.

There were a lot of us back then, I bet you still needed to know someone.

They are nice well made boxes.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-21-11 11:15 PM
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3. My grandfather gave me one for my school supplies.
Back in the 1960s.

I think it said "King Edward".
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-22-11 04:49 AM
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4. Glad you didn't find one of my old cigar boxes, would've smelled
but not like cigars. Instead there would be a blend of cigar and dank icky bud. I know (now) that it's best to keep it in airtight glass containers, but back in the day...
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betharina Donating Member (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-22-11 08:07 AM
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5. my grandpa kept me and my five siblings well stocked...
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