Saturday Night Retro: Drive-Ins, Jukeboxes, Cigarette Vending Machines.

Yeah, I'm still on the upright side of the grass snow. Just taking a break from daily  grind updating on news, current events and the political circus. Is Hillary Speaker of The House, now? I think I heard CNN report that.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Stay safe, healthy, warm, have some fun. And Pray. It should be at the top of your list.

Anyway, onto tonight's Saturday Night Retro Edition.

A lot of these are before my time, but I do remember some of the cigarette vending machines and Jukeboxes of the 1970s; and Drive-Ins.

Do you recognize any of these or ever used them? Drop a comment.

25 and 35 ₵ per pack? What YEAR was this?

 

 

Bond Girl Sévérine...

...just because.

Bérénice Marlohe

Johnny Sack...

...just because.

Reddit: Johnny Sack appreciation thread.

"Is nothing scared? What happened to this thing? If this was years ago would I even have to ask? For God sakes, we [the mob] bend more rules than the Catholic Church!"

The CSM...

...just because.

Smokers Appear Less Likely to Be Hospitalised with COVID-19.

Bretibart: Study: Smokers Appear Less Likely to Be Hospitalised with COVID-19.

    Smoking increases susceptibility to respiratory infections and media reports suggest that it may increase the risk of being infected with acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus responsible for COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 is known to use the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) as a receptor for cell entry, and there is evidence that smoking down-regulates ACE2 expression in the lung and other tissues.

Their findings, though surprising, appear to be supported by the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These too show that – contrary to expectations – relatively few smokers and ex-smokers have been hospitalised with COVID-19.

    CDC is gathering information about underlying conditions and Covid-19 diagnoses. Smoking status numbers are *very* interesting.https://t.co/iv0FpfPSHy pic.twitter.com/5ojmWcpu91

    — Phil (@phil_w888) March 31, 2020

I knew smoking would have an upside.

This might make gift-buying easy for Christmas! Retro Commercial.

Lucky Strikes Retro Christmas Commercial

..."Merry Christmas and Happy Smoking 200 times." Now that's damn fine Ad Agency copy (script).

USA Today reports Walgreens will continue selling "mental cigarettes".

Written by Dalvin Brown, who apparently is a staff writer of Consumer Technology Reporter for USA MacPaper.

I have my share of misspellings and proofreading faults in what's published here. But this is a blog, not a (supposedly) legitimate and traditional news organization. I don't have anyone to proofread what I write, no editor(s) and I am not paid or compensated by anyone or any organization in what's written here.

Thus, I am confused, that Mr. Brown's USA MacPaper story mentions that Walgreens will continue selling "mental cigarettes".

I'm not sure what "mental cigarettes" are.

Link to USA MacPaper article.

Screenshot:

USA MacPaper story link via Liz Sheld from link at The Right Way.

Maybe "mental cigarettes" are what the Libs are smoking? That would explain a lot.