I signed up for an exchange account so anybody know whether I need a new ID card I think the last one I got was 33 years ago. And how do I stop the DM exchange emails I’ve unsubscribed for two weeks now. They just keep coming.
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The Exchange….or PX?
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tuna
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Never found much discount at the BX / PX. Only thing I enjoy about going onto a base now is parking in an E9's "reserved" spot, because I still enjoy triggering them.
Yes, I walk on grass whenever possible, too.
Yes, I walk on grass whenever possible, too.
I smoked Lucky Strikes in Nam, but never had to buy them. I would save up all the menthols I got from C Rations. One menthol was worth three Lucky Strikes in trade to the black brothers!
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Marty McFly
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Sounds like a good deal. Those menthols are nastyI smoked Lucky Strikes in Nam, but never had to buy them. I would save up all the menthols I got from C Rations. One menthol was worth three Lucky Strikes in trade the black guys!
That's a deal I'd take any...well @ $.99 MPC maybe notI smoked Lucky Strikes in Nam, but never had to buy them. I would save up all the menthols I got from C Rations. One menthol was worth three Lucky Strikes in trade to the black brothers!
How many Lucky's for a peaches and poundcake?
Begs the question, why did you switch?I smoked Lucky Strikes in Nam, but never had to buy them. I would save up all the menthols I got from C Rations. One menthol was worth three Lucky Strikes in trade to the black brothers!
Old school dude, Kool=fag
Cosco...I'm single and live alone, married w/kids sure
I wonder what a carton of Marlboros would cost at the Kirtlsnd AFB exchange today?
I used to get them cheap on the Indian Pueblos, but the now charge the same as off reservation.
I used to get them cheap on the Indian Pueblos, but the now charge the same as off reservation.
In God We Trust
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The PX is for booze and tobacco. Aside from that, high ticket items like TVs and such just to beat the tax.
In God We Trust
NES Member
Last I saw Marlboro was like $12 a pack. More than half of that has to be taxes.
Back in the 90’s I’d buy a couple cartons a week at Camp Edwards and sell them to the guys at work and the bar. I’d make about $2 a pack and they saved a decent amount also.
What about batteries? They were a big 'ask' in the 80s.
Remember the Bong Son Bombers? A pack of Kools from the PX in trade would get you a plastic bag with ten joints. Each was about 1/2 in diameter and 6 inches long. By the time you had smoked half of one, they were so filled with resin you threw it away and lit another! The fire bases were littered with half smoked Bombers.
The Vietnamese loved menthols!
The Vietnamese loved menthols!
900 mile due east and 12 years earlier they were .99 cents a carton or free in 5 pac's of C's
I smoked Marlboro's while I was in the Navy in the late 70's...$2 a carton with your chit (punch card). I think you were allowed 10 cartons a month and each time you bought a carton, they'd punch a hole in the chit. I can't imagine smoking 10 cartons a month.
No-one smoked 10 cartons a month even in a war zone. American cigarettes were a valuable commodity to be traded. Most of us were was too too busy and didn't care.
