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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

They were less than a dollar a pack back then.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In the UK some shops would sell you a single cigarette for less the ten of our new pennies. Around '86 I think.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

The big kid who had a little bit of moustache would buy a pack of 20 for about 2 quid from the corner shop next to the school and would sell them for 20p each to the other kids.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Damn those rich American kids.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Well, that is Richie Rich we're looking at.