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Post by luapnor on Apr 25, 2024 8:59:39 GMT -5
My first foray into the chew world started w Redman 1978/9 Then some levi Garrett Realized it made me spit too much so I went to skoal Copenhagen @ 1988ish Quit it all 3/2005 My tobacco interests died at a very early age.... riding around in the bug drinking beer at 16 and smoked an entire pack of marlboro reds... never touched a cigarette again. Then tried snuff at 18 one night at my first machine shop job... never touched that stuff or anything like it again.
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Post by cyclist on Apr 25, 2024 9:14:37 GMT -5
I chew occasionally. A pack every couple years while hunting or fishing. Copenhagen is poison, tried it once...horrible. I chewed Redman or Levi garret...been a couple years. Redman is a derogatory name for Native Americans....the only NA I know....last name is Redmon.
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Post by bullfrog on Apr 25, 2024 9:28:23 GMT -5
I remember her and Uncle Ben. Its unknown if Uncle Ben was real, but the model for Aunt Jemimah was both a legitimate mammy and a civil rights activist. It was not a contradiction to be both. The image of the Indian on the Red Man package was noble and proud. There was nothing undignified about him. And Indians gave us tobacco. The association made sense. Nancy Greene was the original model hired to be Aunt Jemima and one of many used by the companies that owned the brand. She was not known as Aunt Jemima, that was a fictitious name created by the R.T. Davis Milling Company. She died long before the civil right movement began in the 1950s. She did use her position to speak out as an advocate against poverty and in favor of equal rights for individuals in Chicago. She was the model for 20 years and then replaced by another black woman. The figure on the current boxes before they changed the name was not her. It was another model they used when they did the last update to the photo. Uncles Ben's image was based on a hotel maitre D named Frank Brown, but the character was also fictitious. It was also updated a few times before being retired. She was still a civil rights advocate. The 1960s didn’t invent the movement. The Civil War did.
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Post by bullfrog on Apr 25, 2024 9:31:54 GMT -5
I thank an Indian every time I light my pipe up. A good tobacco in a pipe is one of the great joys of life. It it kills me later, I made my choice and will accept the consequences.
I’m not convinced its an evil when used in moderation. Currently smoking tobacco is the devil but smoking pot is God’s magical gift to man.
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Post by ferris1248 on Apr 25, 2024 10:20:28 GMT -5
I don't really care what they call their product. It's their product and they can call it what they want.
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Post by gardawg on Apr 25, 2024 11:12:22 GMT -5
'nuff said ...
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Post by throttle on Apr 25, 2024 11:21:15 GMT -5
Who here remembers Honky bleach? Gets them whites white. Wonder why it didn’t last? So that's where George Jefferson got that word... You don't see this stuff anymore either.
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Post by Tarponator on Apr 25, 2024 18:29:27 GMT -5
Times change and so do product names.
However, some people are very uneasy with change...even making up all sorts of silliness to justify their fear.
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Post by TRTerror on Apr 25, 2024 18:50:46 GMT -5
Some large Companies are worried about change as well. Wonder if they Polled the College Crowd in LA about this name change? I always thought you should know your customers and react accordingly. Why not call it Gay chew or Fags leaf..
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Post by OhMy on Apr 25, 2024 19:25:43 GMT -5
I thank an Indian every time I light my pipe up. A good tobacco in a pipe is one of the great joys of life. It it kills me later, I made my choice and will accept the consequences. I’m not convinced its an evil when used in moderation. Currently smoking tobacco is the devil but smoking pot is God’s magical gift to man. I don't think "current" society thinks pot is God's magical gift to man. You smoke your pipe and enjoy, others that smoke pot (myself not included) should also be able to enjoy. Please also enjoy a glass of wine and enjoy the sunset with your dogs and roosters.
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