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Neat-Winter454 t1_j2dzpoa wrote

Reply to comment by Shot-Spray5935 in A man goes before Saint Peter... by SchwarzeHaufen

Actually, my uncles told me stories about how you'd have to buy almost everything from under the counter. Even just to buy a pair of jeans you'd need to ask a friend's friend who knew a guy who had a friend who knew a smuggler who got new stock from Western Germany.

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theOneAndOnly_28 t1_j2e8ucc wrote

Yeah, my grandfather tells stories of how long he stood in line for furniture for their living room, because there would only be a couple of sets arriving and he didn't have the connections to get it directly from the guy working there

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