What do you think of Boomer gen men who wear Polo RL shirt with big logo?

[Balls2U]

My father's fav brand.

 

[True Believer]

My uncle used to smoke this brand, Lark before giving up the habit for good by his early 50s.

 

[glockman]

When I younger, I saw 555 ,Salem consulate and Newport. This one never see before. Need ask @glockman

Yes I remember this UK brand. Their black and gold John Player Special was well known and they even sponsored F1.

 

[glockman]

The good old days when ciggies were sold in tins of 50 sticks. A tin was usually placed on individual tables at funeral wakes.

 

[rocket]

The good old days when ciggies were sold in tins of 50 sticks. A tin was usually placed on individual tables at funeral wakes.

I saw these before.

 

[Charlie99]

The good old days when ciggies were sold in tins of 50 sticks. A tin was usually placed on individual tables at funeral wakes.

I am able to recall those days where the adults have a tin of 50 cigarettes, especially the 555

 

[True Believer]

I am able to recall those days where the adults have a tin of 50 cigarettes, especially the 555

I recall those days when mama shops sold cigarettes in such tins to students at 5 cents per stick.

 

[Charlie99]

I recall those days when mama shops sold cigarettes in such tins to students at 5 cents per stick.

Probably.
To digress, in the early 1970's, outside the primary school where I was attending, the "mama" sold a bowl of chendol with small red kidney (adzuki) beans [unlike these days, the vendors are using big red kidney beans with less flavour], coconut milk, ice shaved on a wooden block with a sharp blade (nowadays, considered unhygienic), for five cents.
We boys, when halfway through would ask for more coconut milk and brown liquid sugar, and then claimed that it was no longer cold, and asked for more shaved ice, and thereafter claimed that it was too diluted, and sought a little extra chendol and red beans.

 

[True Believer]

Probably. To digress, in the early 1970's, outside the primary school where I was attending, the "mama" sold a bowl of chendol with small red kidney (adzuki) beans [unlike these days, the vendors are using big red kidney beans with less flavour], coconut milk, ice shaved on a wooden block with a sharp blade (nowadays, considered unhygienic), for five cents.
We boys, when halfway through would ask for more coconut milk and brown liquid sugar, and then claimed that it was no longer cold, and asked for more shaved ice, and thereafter claimed that it was too diluted, and sought a little extra chendol and red beans.

The Mama must have been pretty dense to fall for your childhood tricks. I remember finishing my mutton soup and asking for a refill by leaving a few small pieces of meat in the bowl at the Muslim food stall near my home in the early 1980s.

 

[Charlie99]

The Mama must have been pretty dense to fall for your childhood tricks. I remember finishing my mutton soup and asking for a refill by leaving a few small pieces of meat in the bowl at the Muslim food stall near my home in the early 1980s.

We did not do it everyday after school.
But the "mama" was kind.

 

[True Believer]

We did not do it everyday after school. But the "mama" was kind.

The term mama (uncle) is actually a respectful way to address an Indian shopkeeper. Good for you.

 

[Charlie99]

It is a term of endearment.
What is a respectable term to address our older or elderly [glockman]?