Yeah because, you know, teens who start smoking do so by rolling their own.
On Nov 17, 2006, at 9:57 AM, Mariann Millard wrote: > Bravo for that store in sticking to its guns in not selling > a tobacco product--cigarette papers--to a minor. Makes > total sense when one stops to think what cigarette papers > are originally intended for, regardless of other creative > "off label" non-nicotine uses. > > Mariann > >> My main memory of that store is that when my daughter was >> learning to play the flute and would go there to buy >> cigarette papers (which she had been instructed to use to >> clean her flute), they would always refuse to see them to >> her. When I went there with her to explain what she >> needed them for, they told me that they still would not >> sell them to her, and that I would have to buy them. >> >> Recently, I learned that it is illegal to sell cigarette >> papers to a minor. If the person at the Hopkins Store >> had told me that, I would not have been so upset at the >> store. But I do much prefer having Donna's there. >> >> Steve. >> >> Christine Gray wrote: >>> >>> We used to call the store where Donna's is "the dink." >>> I don't know why. I think its actual name was The >> Hopkins Store. > >>> >>> >>> The people who worked there were sort of grayish and >>> quiet and in their own world---in my opinion >>> >>> >>> >>> There was a lunch counter there at one time. It might >>> have had a pharmacy. >>> >>> >>> >>> It was never a busy place. >>> >>> >>> >>> One thing about it that always surprised me was that no >>> matter what you needed, the Dink would have it---no >>> matter how arcane---eyelash curlers, Coca-Cola syrup, >>> staplers, flea powder, games and puzzles, pacifiers, >>> detergent, lighter flints---yet the shelves always >> seemed nearly bare. > >>> >>> >>> Christine Gray >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> -------------- > >>> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of >>> *D. Williams *Sent:* Friday, November 17, 2006 8:51 AM >>> *To:* Chat@charlesvillage.info >>> *Subject:* Re: [Chat] [Discussion] Charles Village >> History > >>> >>> >>> The store where Donna's was well...t was kind of like a >>> pharmacy, pre-convienience store/outfitters, tobacco >>> shop...thing, for lack of better descriptors! >>> >>> Don't forget, the Friends meeting house has lots of >> archives! > >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> -------------- > >>> From: /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ >>> Reply-To: /The Charles Village Chat List// >>> <Chat@charlesvillage.info>/ To: >>> /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ CC: >>> /Chat@charlesvillage.info/ Subject: /Re: [Chat] >>> [Discussion] Charles Village History/ Date: /Thu, 16 >> Nov 2006 19:22:14 EST/ > >>> >>> Thanks everyone for all the good hints in which to >>> investigate the history in the 1960s-2000. Oddly, >>> its a period where not many documents have made >>> their way into public archives yet, so its the most >> difficult to research. That's why we will rely on you all >>> to help us along! >>> >>> >>> >>> I'll be asking lots of questions in the next two >>> months, and hopefully you will all help just by >>> reminiscing where you shopped and who you met, etc. >>> >>> >>> >>> Why was the store where Donna's is now, "strange?" >> Intriguing! > >>> >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> >>> >>> Paul K. Williams >>> Kelsey & Associates, Inc >>> 2629 Guilford Avenue >>> Baltimore, MD 21218 >>> (410) 366-2629 >>> BaltimoreMarylandHistory.com >> <http://baltimoremarylandhistory.com/> > >>> >>> 1929 13th Street, NW >>> Washington, DC 20009 >>> (202) 462-3389 >>> WashingtonHistory.com >>> <http://washingtonhistory.com/> >>> >>> >>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Chat mailing list >>>> Chat@charlesvillage.info >>> >>> http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesv >> illage.info > >>> >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> -------------- > >>> Talk now to your Hotmail contacts with Windows Live >>> Messenger. <http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2749??PS=47575> >>> >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> -------------- > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Chat mailing list >>> Chat@charlesvillage.info >>> >> > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chat mailing list >> Chat@charlesvillage.info >> > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info >> > > _______________________________________________ > Chat mailing list > Chat@charlesvillage.info > http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info > _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list Chat@charlesvillage.info http://charlesvillage.info/mailman/listinfo/chat_charlesvillage.info