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I remember what it feels and sounds like to pull the knob on a cigarette vending machine
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:42 pm
Anyone else?
What if we were healthier overall back when more people
smoked? Maybe cigarettes were replaced with food and the population is now full of wheezing lardos.
Is there anything more annoying that someone who preaches to you that you shouldn’t smoke? Seals.
What if we were healthier overall back when more people
smoked? Maybe cigarettes were replaced with food and the population is now full of wheezing lardos.
Is there anything more annoying that someone who preaches to you that you shouldn’t smoke? Seals.
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Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:46 pm to weagle1999
Still see those working in a couple bars.
Definite nostalgia value.
Definite nostalgia value.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:46 pm to weagle1999
In high school I used to get cigarettes at the Kennesaw Waffle House. The machine was in the the first door (lobby) before you get all the way into the store. Some cavalier Tammy ran out to card me one time when I was 17, legal age was 18, I showed her my drivers license and she couldn't count and said "thanks" and we both went about our business.
I think her name literally was Tammy.
I think her name literally was Tammy.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:46 pm to weagle1999
Yes. I also remember what it sounds like and feels like to put an 8 track tape in an 8 track player. And the sound/feel of FF, REV, and switching sides.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:49 pm to weagle1999
Yes. This site has a lot of old farts like us.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:50 pm to PowerTool
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Still see those working in a couple bars. Definite nostalgia value.
I have only seen cigarette vending machines in casinos.
And those are the newer kind with the wire screw like a chip machine.
This post was edited on 6/11/26 at 9:51 pm
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:50 pm to deeprig9
Pretty sure we were buying a box of Marlboro Reds for $1.25 at the “Gator Stop” on Tunnel Blvd when I was in high school.
Also remember the huge cloud of smoke that would billow out of the teachers lounge after first break. Whole hall of
My HS would smell like smoke.
Also remember the huge cloud of smoke that would billow out of the teachers lounge after first break. Whole hall of
My HS would smell like smoke.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:52 pm to tigerinthebueche
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Yes. I also remember what it sounds like and feels like to put an 8 track tape in an 8 track player. And the sound/feel of FF, REV, and switching sides.
Weren’t 8 tracks only one sided?
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:53 pm to weagle1999
There were a few of them that would also spit out a book of matches at the same time.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 10:03 pm to weagle1999
Ten years ago third rock tavern in Kenner still had one of these. I can’t speak for today.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 10:07 pm to weagle1999
LSU Student Union still had them when I was there. Including in the pool hall and bowling alley where you could buy beer in yellow flower waxed cups and watch the Asians play turbo pong.
Bygone era.
Bygone era.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 10:07 pm to tigersownall
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I can’t speak for today.
Can one person carry that many quarters?
Posted on 6/11/26 at 10:12 pm to McLemore
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LSU Student Union still had them when I was there. Including in the pool hall and bowling alley where you could buy beer in yellow flower waxed cups and watch the Asians play turbo pong.
Bygone era.
You just out old fricked an old fricker. My dad was at LSU and would take me there bowling during that era.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 10:16 pm to weagle1999
quote:
I remember what it feels and sounds like to pull the knob
Posted on 6/11/26 at 10:21 pm to weagle1999
Lenny's pool hall, late 90s... the go to place for all underage smokers. Got many a pack there.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 10:23 pm to weagle1999
“can I get some quarters for the cigarette machine?”
Posted on 6/11/26 at 10:25 pm to weagle1999
3.50. 
Posted on 6/11/26 at 10:25 pm to AgCoug
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This site has a lot of old farts like us.
You are correct sir.
Posted on 6/11/26 at 10:32 pm to weagle1999
The first time I bought cigarettes (at least for myself) I was, I think, 12 or 13. It was from a vending machine just like that one. It was in the cafeteria of Caraway Hospital in Birmingham. It was a pack of Vantage and cost something like .50 cents.
I say “for myself” because I’d already bought many packs for my mom by then. As early as when I was about 5 or 6 she’d stop at the store, hand me a dollar bill and tell me go in and get her a pack of Pall-Mall Gold, me a candy bar, but to make sure I bring back her change.
The world was far different in the 70s.
I say “for myself” because I’d already bought many packs for my mom by then. As early as when I was about 5 or 6 she’d stop at the store, hand me a dollar bill and tell me go in and get her a pack of Pall-Mall Gold, me a candy bar, but to make sure I bring back her change.
The world was far different in the 70s.
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