tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post787144551788690873..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: BoxesBuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-36374276756466797612011-07-28T23:19:17.464-06:002011-07-28T23:19:17.464-06:00Skip: It was a different day back then, eh? And ...Skip: It was a different day back then, eh? And cheap cigars DO stink... that's where cigars get their bad rap.<br /><br />Red: There are <i>always</i> a box or four hangin' around ECMdP. Lemmee know when you want one. And thanks again for the good words.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-63843305954620285412011-07-28T15:07:29.972-06:002011-07-28T15:07:29.972-06:00What a charming reminiscence.
I have an old cigar...What a charming reminiscence.<br /><br />I have an old cigar box picked up in an antique shop. I use it to support a frail old <i>wooden</i> frame containing an old sepia-tone picture(kinda like your picture) of my husband's family. <br /><br />Those cigar boxes are small treasures in themselves and worth saving. It doesn't seem right to save your precious personal treasures in a plastic box made in China.<br /><br />We're moving to an apartment in a while, in preparation for eventually buying a retirement home in Texas. So I'm throwing stuff out now - nothing comes in. But, dear Buck, I would love to have a sweetly fragrant cigar box from you when I am settled in a home again. So save one for me, please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-26813741134005722182011-07-28T13:06:03.559-06:002011-07-28T13:06:03.559-06:00I had a CO who smoked cigars that were so cheap th...I had a CO who smoked cigars that were so cheap they came in a big round can. I think they were called <i>Headliners</i>. We hated when he'd come into CIC with those things. It took forever to get rid of the stink. They were worse than the smell after we ground up rubber bands and put them in the division officer's tobacco pouch.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-48497364558040699802011-07-28T12:10:23.565-06:002011-07-28T12:10:23.565-06:00Kris: Those things got around. Everyone had '...Kris: Those things got around. Everyone had 'em when I was a kid, no matter if their fathers smoked cigars or not.<br /><br />Andy: I don't remember shoe boxes from my youth. But I DO remember them from past girlfriends...<br /><br />cladd: A quick inner-net search turned up a few hits on London Whiffs, all from around the turn of the 20th century (c. 1900 - 1905). You apparently have an OLD box on your hands... and that's pretty cool!Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-65329427965257731662011-07-28T10:16:52.126-06:002011-07-28T10:16:52.126-06:00Another use we had "back when" was for t...Another use we had "back when" was for the bug collection required in biology.<br /><br />Might you know anything about London Whiffs made by the Feder Bros in Ohio. I have what appears to be a really old wooden cigar box that probably belonged to my grandfather or maybe a great-grandfather.claddnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-2458297775569138772011-07-28T09:24:32.183-06:002011-07-28T09:24:32.183-06:00I remember shoe boxes more than anything. Some ci...I remember shoe boxes more than anything. Some cigar boxes, too, but mostly the shoes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673842520123958712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-69514421625162429622011-07-28T09:20:19.807-06:002011-07-28T09:20:19.807-06:00My older brother kept his model car stuff in cigar...My older brother kept his model car stuff in cigar boxes. And I do remember having one or 2 for various little girl doll items. Not sure where they came from - my dad never smoked cigars and neither did anyone else that I remember.Kris, in New Englandhttp://www.noodlingonit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-52664372549647326322011-07-28T08:36:01.543-06:002011-07-28T08:36:01.543-06:00Lou: It's good to know those things are still...Lou: It's good to know those things are still around.<br /><br />On: I saw that show and thought it was pretty good, except for the European trash collectors moving in.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-22354855495333723922011-07-28T06:34:57.549-06:002011-07-28T06:34:57.549-06:00I saw a PBS show about the garbage collectors of C...I saw a PBS show about the garbage collectors of Cairo. Seems they were being shut out by a foreign company that came in and just buried everything.<br /><br />Recycling is what they did, and after watching them recycle plastic, I was both impressed and disturbed.<br /><br />After they grind up the plastic they send it to China. I was so disturbed I will probably never put a plastic bottle up to my lips again.<br /><br />Can you imagine drinking from a bottle, that was created from plastic ground-up in the inner city of Cairo. Yech!On Plasticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-22450838301991621262011-07-28T04:33:44.667-06:002011-07-28T04:33:44.667-06:00You know how I love boxes, but I still have some f...You know how I love boxes, but I still have some from your first "gifting."Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.com