Word: bertolino
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Little Jack Horner's Trick and Joke Shop in downtown Boston may fare better than the Combat Zone Smoke Shop and Laberty Tree Only half of the store's stock consists of paraphernalia. while the rest devoted to jokes, magic tricks, and Halloween masks Manager David Bertolino says he is optimistic that the new law will not hurt his store, and says most of his sales come from the trick and joke products Bertolino says he is not currently stocking up with any new smoking supplies. but sales of those items have been phenomenal customers are coming in and buying...
...Although Bertolino plans to cut down the size of his paraphernalia counter by March, he says the fantastic array of football-shaped power hitters. onyx, wood and corncob papers: mirrors for cutting cocaine: glass pipes tiny spoons scales brass razor electric water pipes smoke v pipes and ginseng powder will provide ample loopholes for storeowners who want to work around the law. Bertolino has added cigarettes to his inventors which he says will probably allow him to carry rolling papers rolling machine and ginseng powder...
Despite the loopholes he mention. Bertolino says he fells sorry for proprietors of shop that only stock smoking supplies He does not think his business will fail, but he says he is more than a little ruffled by the new law. The way I see it during Prohibition they didn't take away your glass