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Friday, May 31, 2002
# 9:06:00 PM :
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Creativity, even in vending
My dad has worked with vending machines for something like forty years. When he started, most were cigarette machines. Now he specializes in the electronics that allow photocopiers to accept prepaid debit cards.
I doubt even he has witnessed all the weird things sold from vending machines around the world.
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