Hey guys ,man, I jus found this thread and it took me 2 days to run thru it an I feel like I kno half u.More than once I wanted to jump in but I hadda finish the thread first,glad I did. Anyway,I'm sorta old timer and all this stamp talk got me reminiscing.I remember back in the 70's the bags were about half the size of a playing card,no stamp and dependin on who ya knew they were $40's or $60's and man it was mostly big quinine bags wit a lil dope thrown in.The best,if u could find it,was one stamp called puppypaw,with a little paw stamp and ya had ta kno ta go.Then around ''78 the smaller stamp bags came around,my favs were Liberty and Blue Diamond.Funny what the brain can remember 30+++ years later.Anyways,back then there were some serious open air markrets.Now this was a long time ago so it should'nt be breakin any rules,I hope. For me there was Dudley,Smith st. in Mission Hill ahggghgg,thanks alot Chuck Stewart and Heath st projects.Later on I started goin to providence for buns but it was hot.I started workin as a phone-man(like glengarryyglennross) but for the cops and firemen.C'mon,we've ALL gotten those calls for the Policemen's Ball or whatever and most likely it was me.My crew worked from Boston to Fairfield county,conn. and there were some decent towns in between but if we could'nt find the man one of us always drove to providence every couple of days.The funny thing was that the townsfolk always pointed us in the right direction,inadvertantly of course.One time we were doin East Haven Police or Fire,I don't remember, and we kept gettin complaints about drugs in New Haven.I finally got a street name and grabbed some cash from the cash jar and headed to New Haven with just a wish and a street name.I will never forget the sight.It was a one-way street with a liquor store on the corner.There was a brick wall painted yellow with about 20 black guys(I luv ya,4real) leanin back on it that it looked like fly-paper with a bunch of flys stuck on it.Then all of a sudden they see ya an we were surrounded with all kinds of offers.Needless to say,we did'nt see providence too much that summer.What a ball.Well after a bust in charelstown and 2 kids I got on the done so I could raise my kids(did'nt do too bad,1st one grad. college this year,with honors!) and the little one's gonna be president some day.Sorry,I'm jus so proud of em.Anyways ,10++ years later my work is done an I'm chompin at the bit.Even took a succesfull trip to FLA. in '09 but thats been about it.Its tough out there for the old guys who been outta the game so long.Ya don't know anyone doin that and Top-x sucks with scammers.Its like the love is gone,mannnn. Anyway thats my story and I hope I did'nt bore anybody and glad I found ya.