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To: george76
He said he was working in December when an armed man wearing a ski mask walked into the store as it opened and demanded cash and cigarettes.

Cigarettes?!

17 posted on 02/24/2018 9:04:42 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Rummyfan

Cigarettes have resale value.
Or he may have just needed a Lucky Strike.


27 posted on 02/24/2018 9:51:10 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Rummyfan

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He said he was working in December when an armed man wearing a ski mask walked into the store as it opened and demanded cash and cigarettes.

Cigarettes?!
>

Cigs, in this case, AKA ‘Kools’


30 posted on 02/24/2018 10:24:10 AM PST by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: Rummyfan
Cigarettes?!

At $80 to $130 a carton retail (depending on whether you live in Jersey, Maryland or NY), when the store opened there was a ton more value in smokes, than there was cash in the register.

39 posted on 02/25/2018 5:02:08 PM PST by Go Gordon
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