INK ARTCERRATED
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Any old timers out there who where around before the digital scale age when ppl where selling finger bags and lids ...if so around how Much would a lid weigh and some question for a finger
fingers lids and handfuls
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old shol4evr
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a lid weight is 1 ounce ,finger was a 1/4 ounce,16 ounces to a pound ,nobody uses those words anymore it's all about grams ,didn't you no the whole world is on the metric scale or so i'm told . no really man 1 oz is lid or 4 finger bag .
dbkick
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Triple beams have been around forever and back then I wouldnt buy from anyone without the ability to weigh a bag. Anymore people ask for 20 or 30 sacks which depending on the quality of the weed weighs more or less.
But yes I remember the days when zips were lids and description of a bag was done by finger count.
But yes I remember the days when zips were lids and description of a bag was done by finger count.
INK ARTCERRATED
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OK i just didn't get it I was thinking a finger bag was like enough to roll 1 fatty or something and was lost thanks
GrowUrOwnDank
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Nickles and dimes in coin envelopes.
Wow! I know this is an older thread, but man, does it bring back memories for this old guy who started smoking in the early '70s.
Everything was a lid, and typical price was $10. A handful of us would get together and pool our money to come up with the cash, then contact the cool dude to get our hands on the stuff. Lids were said to be an ounce, but nobody believed it and I never saw one that big. The quality was so bad we'd spend a ton of time cleaning seeds, stems, brown fan leaves, dead bugs, etc., before finishing with enough smokable green stuff to keep us buzzed for a day. We were aware of the term "sensimilla" but in my neck of the woods, that stuff was for those that drove Ferraris and had beautiful women on their arms. We'd cough, choke and hack our way through a joint to be semi-high for about an hour, and were perfectly happy with that.
These are the days!
Everything was a lid, and typical price was $10. A handful of us would get together and pool our money to come up with the cash, then contact the cool dude to get our hands on the stuff. Lids were said to be an ounce, but nobody believed it and I never saw one that big. The quality was so bad we'd spend a ton of time cleaning seeds, stems, brown fan leaves, dead bugs, etc., before finishing with enough smokable green stuff to keep us buzzed for a day. We were aware of the term "sensimilla" but in my neck of the woods, that stuff was for those that drove Ferraris and had beautiful women on their arms. We'd cough, choke and hack our way through a joint to be semi-high for about an hour, and were perfectly happy with that.
These are the days!
Johnny Vapor
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In Southern Calif, back in the 60's when I started smoking & low level dealing, a key (kilo) $100. A lid (1 ounce) was $10. 3 finger, 4 finger, etc. only referred to the size of the "lid" in the baggie. In my circle of "customers", no one ever bought or sold "fingers". I had a triple beam & weighed stuff out. If you couldn't swing $10, then split it with your friend. In the late 60's minimum wage was $1.25 per hour.
In the early 70"s (maybe 71 or 72), again in Southern Calif., all of a sudden something called "commercial" appeared. Basically, it was Mexican weed that didn't get you high. Still around $100 a kilo & $10 a lid. This is when the better weed, like Gold Columbian & Acapulco Gold started costing around $15-$20 a "lid" and well over $100 a pound. People were fucking outraged. (No idea why the font changed. I have a fucked up laptop that's always doing weird shit like this.)
By the late 70's, Thai sticks (maybe 2 grams?) were selling for $10 & good weed was starting to sell for $200-$300 a pound. By that time I had a pretty good job and didn't want to tempt fate any longer, so I gave my baby bro my triple beam & retired from the game. For the next 30 or so years I just bought a few oz. a year.
In the early 70"s (maybe 71 or 72), again in Southern Calif., all of a sudden something called "commercial" appeared. Basically, it was Mexican weed that didn't get you high. Still around $100 a kilo & $10 a lid. This is when the better weed, like Gold Columbian & Acapulco Gold started costing around $15-$20 a "lid" and well over $100 a pound. People were fucking outraged. (No idea why the font changed. I have a fucked up laptop that's always doing weird shit like this.)
By the late 70's, Thai sticks (maybe 2 grams?) were selling for $10 & good weed was starting to sell for $200-$300 a pound. By that time I had a pretty good job and didn't want to tempt fate any longer, so I gave my baby bro my triple beam & retired from the game. For the next 30 or so years I just bought a few oz. a year.
old shol4evr
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have had mine for 40 yrs and it is still dead on to a digital scale i also have,mine goes up to 4 lidsOld school...no batteries were required, probably not too precise though.
Original StinkyG
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Triple beams are accurate to death ! More accurate than many digital scales now. Police took mine and they were banging mine could weigh cigarette papers easy with no weights to lose like on pan scales ! Mine was pharmacy grade, chemist grade. Heavy bits of kit too !
StonedGardener
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I guy going to Nam gave me a set of those in college ,haven't seen another pair till now, cool !
StonedGardener
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Superior to electronic scales by far , less resolution but don't need to the 10,000th of a gram. Electronic must be constantly calibrated and it takes more than a few minutes. Then you deal with static charge, which can greatly vary weight , give me a triple-beam any day.
StonedGardener
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If you needed more capacity could you add counter weights ?
MICHI-CAN
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I'm offended. That was high tech in the early 80's. Mine has a wire looped through a hole for indicator. Not that fancy stamped arrow. LOL.
When times were better. And for the history books the measurements here then were a lid was a an ounce. A finger was an eigth. 2 was a quarter. Spoons were prison and jail measurements with a Mc Donal#'s coffee spoon. LMAO. Long time ago.
StonedGardener
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Mine wasn't that fancy but it was that very portable, hand held balance...this was 1972.
Kerowacked
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First oz was $20, first quarter was 55, first lb 175 and that little letter scale was spot on for an ounce in ‘71. Clean and roll on an album cover.