A Case Study of a Cigarette Vending Machine in Cordial Georgia

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In 19 74, a man named a c wade owned a liquor store in cordial georgia. He also owned a cigarette vending machine just outside of the store. And apparently he had trouble with people coming and rattling his machine. So he began to make it sophisticated by he put a third stick of dynamite connected to a micro switch. If it was disturbed in any significant manner, it would ignite the dynamite stick.

Ed and Bertha Briney’s unoccupied farmhouse was reportedly broken into 50 times over 10 years. They put up “No Trespassing” signs, repeatedly complained to sheriffs in two different counties, nailed doors shut, and boarded up windows - but nothing worked. So they decided to try something else.

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