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[mud]

The good ole days!

I quit smoking when cigarettes went up to fifty cents a pack.

 

[ROADY]

I quit smoking when cigarettes went up to fifty cents a pack.

Same here Mud. That was a long time ago.

 

[twisted-hippie]

I quit smoking when cigarettes went up to fifty cents a pack.

I remember the first time I paid a $ 1.00 for a pack at the Philly airport in 1970 .

 

[seabreeze]

I remember the first time I paid a $ 1.00 for a pack at the Philly airport in 1970 .

That was about the time I threw a pack out the window in SC, I said it was my last.
I got to Fla and paid $1.50 for a pack to get back home, I think that was my last smokes.

 

[mud]

That was about the time I threw a pack out the window in SC, I said it was my last.
I got to Fla and paid $1.50 for a pack to get back home, I think that was my last smokes.

I spent a total of sixteen months on an aircraft carrier back in the
early seventies. Once we left the US territorial waters, cigarettes
were fourteen cents a pack or $1.40 a carton at the PX aboard
the ship.

 

[seabreeze]

I spent a total of sixteen months on an aircraft carrier back in the
early seventies. Once we left the US territorial waters, cigarettes
were fourteen cents a pack or $1.40 a carton at the PX aboard
the ship.

In 1955 we bought our smokes from a switcher from Bell Lines across the road from Ryder for $1.70 a carton. (any brand)
I didn't smoke in the service and don't know the price in 1959-60.

 

[wongway]

Under the New COO , when freight is slow , we get the 1st loads as a log hauler before shiny wheels haul them !!!! Its on page 15 of the COO !!

!

 

[BIG R GUY]

Under the New COO , when freight is slow , we get the 1st loads as a log hauler before shiny wheels haul them !!!! Its on page 15 of the COO !!

!

Hey partner. How do we know if maybe that truck was growing on the tree and just became too top heavy for the branches?

 

[wongway]

Hey partner. How do we know if maybe that truck was growing on the tree and just became too top heavy for the branches?

Lucky the Driver side Mirror was saved !!

 

[Triplex]

Lucky the Driver side Mirror was saved !!

But why is the driver twisting his neck to see instead of using the mirror?

 

[BIG R GUY]

Maybe he was going to back up to try and stand the tree back up?

 

[wongway]

But why is the driver twisting his neck to see instead of using the mirror?

Moldavian driver trainee !

 

[wongway]

Hey Big Dave can we get one of these fancy crew cabs for my partner & me when we are training the New Group of Moravian Drivers this summer ! But can get some chrome stacks & mirrors for the back seat drivers too ?

 

[kboomarang]

Big Dave.... man of action!

 

[BIG R GUY]

He wants my partner and I to start training Moldo’s in 1 of those. 3 in the back seat at a time. 5 man team. Told that bastard no way.

 

[Triplex]

He wants my partner and I to start training Moldo’s in 1 of those. 3 in the back seat at a time. 5 man team. Told that bastard no way.

If that tractor is only 96" wide and less than 12' 6" high then maybe you can get Slave to drive it.

 

[BIG R GUY]

If that tractor is only 96" wide and less than 12' 6" high then maybe you can get Slave to drive it.

And it doesn’t need any bolts tightened up.

 

[Big Dave]

And it doesn’t need any bolts tightened up.

But you gotta push the clutch down just right…..

 

[Triplex]

But you gotta push the clutch down just right…..

...or it won't start?

 

[slavenomore]

I quit smoking when cigarettes went up to fifty cents a pack.