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Old 10-14-2017, 11:17 PM
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On the other hand, the patient was under no obligation to actually SMOKE the cigarettes... he could have tossed them, or sold them to a buddy for a reduced price, and just kept the coupons and cards...
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On the other hand, the patient was under no obligation to actually SMOKE the cigarettes... he could have tossed them, or sold them to a buddy for a reduced price, and just kept the coupons and cards...
Sounds like card collecting today. Keep the inserts/special cards and throw away the rest.. Not quite the way it was back in the day for us....
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Great Articles, article 7 in your post could have been a relative, same last name Wrenn.
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These were fun to read, thanks for the effort it took to post all of them!
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Very entertaining! Thanks for sharing those!
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