Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

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[Richland123]

 

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[Richland123]

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[FilterFunk]

A surprisingly short ingredients list.

 

[5StringBlues]

A surprisingly short ingredients list.

My thoughts exactly when I looked at it.

 

[The Owl]

 

[Richland123]

Candy Cigarettes and Bubble Gum Cigarettes in actual cigarette brand type packages to look like the real thing.

 

[catcauphonic]

Candy Cigarettes and Bubble Gum Cigarettes in actual cigarette brand type packages to look like the real thing.

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The puff of powder smoke that came out when you first blew into the wrapped gum stick ones was a nice touch Haven't seen those in decades, but I did pick up a couple packs of the crunchy white ones with a red tip on one end last time I visited some mish-mash antique store in the Poconos PA

 

[Richland123]

 

[Richland123]

 

[The Owl]

 

[The Owl]

2 cycle Lawn Boy bricktops

 

[Joe Nerve]

Candy Cigarettes and Bubble Gum Cigarettes in actual cigarette brand type packages to look like the real thing.

How evil was that?

I have a rough time wrapping my brain around it.

I "smoked" those candy and gum cigarettes right up until I old enough to steal the real thing from my mother. That was in the 4th grade. I smoked from then right up until I was almost 30 years old. And from HS on I smoked 2 and a half to 3 packs a day.

When I started smoking, cigarettes were $.65 a pack, though they could be had for $.60 at some discount stores.

Around the corner from house was a laundromat that had an old, I think abandoned cigarette machine in it. The price was still $.45, but it was full of brands that nobody (but me) smoked. I clearly remember buying Belair, Kent, and Viceroy out of that machine.

I'm pretty sure this was the machine:

 

[Richland123]

 

[fretter]

Things you still see, I think:

 

[ak56]

Candy Cigarettes and Bubble Gum Cigarettes in actual cigarette brand type packages to look like the real thing.

My daughter was PropMaster for drama productions in high-school. We'd buy those for props. Those were still available in the early 2000's.

 

[Richland123]

My daughter was PropMaster for drama productions in high-school. We'd buy those for props. Those were still available in the early 2000's.

These kinds of candy cigarettes are available today; but, they no longer use the actual cigarette company brand names and packages. Notice they also removed the word "cigarette" from the packages.

 

[Indiedog]

Is nothing sacred anymore (mock indignation)?

It is getting harder and harder for children to imitate bad, adult behavior. What is the world coming to?

 

[Indiedog]

When I visited my rellies in St. Louis in the 60s we'd always go to some sort of historic but tourist-y place that had an "Old-Fashioned" candy store. We stocked up on all sorts of candies that have been mentioned here over the months...the candy ciggies and cigars, the candy "gold", the flavored "sticks" of hard candy, the weird gums from the 20's and 30's, those wax "bottles" of juice, candy "lips" and all sorts of things that were terribly bad for us.

We'd also buy old Civil War bullets and other cool-o, neat-o stuff.

For me, the coolest, general category of "things you don't see anymore" was all the crazy, inexpensive toys that we could buy at the street markets that were everywhere in Bangkok in the mid 60's (we lived there two years). There was a little market just on the other side of our school that we would duck off to. All these rubber and plastic toys were so enticing. Because they were so inexpensive we could spend just a small part of our allowance and buy things without our parents hovering. We felt like kings.

Do kids have a wonderland experience growing up nowadays like we did?
I think the answer is "not so much."

I think I am old.
Anyone else notice that the world has changed? LOL