Klarinet Archive - Posting 001135.txt from 1998/04

From: "L. BORCHERT" <lborcher@-----.Edu>
Subj: Re: Cigarette Papers
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 18:07:02 -0400

Imagine what the clerks thought when I went in and bought a whole
case of OCB brand papers (no glue). Many of my students are under 21 and
cannot legally buy tobacco products in New Mexico or any other state, for
that matter.
When I was teaching public schools in a very small town,
population 667, in Northern Minnesota, I would NOT buy them locally and
even when I bo ght them from a neighboring community I told them it was to
soak up the excess oil when I oiled my pocket watch.

Laroy

Dr. Laroy Borchert
New Mexico State University

On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Labadorf wrote:

> I bought a double-wide pack at a convenience store near here for about $2.
> Even so, for the amount that one needs at a time, it's still cheap even at $3.
> Around here, however, I think they would look more askance if I told them what
> I really needed it for!
>
> Tom L.
>
>
> In a message dated 4/18/98 6:28:19 AM, you wrote:
>
> >When I first went to a local convenience store to buy the cigarette papers,
> >the clerk looked askance at me until I explained why I was using the papers.
> >She commented that she was happy to hear there was a legitimate use for the
> >papers.
> >
> >Try to avoid the kind with the glued edges.
> >
> >Cigarette papers aren't cheap. I think a small package cost nearly $3, no
> >doubt because of the "illegitimate" uses.
> >
> >Cindy
>