Dude!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@...> wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote:
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> > "I'm not growing older, I'm growing better!", he said, admiring his
> reflection in the mirror - pink polo with collar turned up, white belt,
> and shoes, khakis, no sideburns, and Ray-Bans. "bitchin', let's disco",
> he thought confidently, the crooning of Barry White issuing from the
> living room. Remote controlled drapes, penthouse, white shag carpet
> throughout, scotch and soda, stripper pole, the works.
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> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" awoelflebater@ wrote:
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> > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Very Cool! Solves the X-ray specs question! I remember two novelty
> > > items I had, though neither was purchased from the back of a comic
> book.
> > > One was what looked like a machine for rolling "cigarettes", where a
> > > blank piece of paper the size of a dollar bill was concealed inside.
> I'd
> > > ask someone for a dollar, saying I'd smooth it out for them - out
> would
> > > come plain paper instead! The other one was an Uncle Fester
> lightbulb,
> > > from the Addams Family show. I'd put it in my mouth, with a penny on
> my
> > > tongue (no worries about choking hazards back then), and the
> lightbulb
> > > would light up!
> > > What a kid you are, I love it.
> > > I too, was an avid comic book reader as a kid. We were living in
> Germany
> > > at the time (1966-1969) and I could only get US comics from the PX
> down
> > > near Frankfurt so they were a bit hard to come by as we lived north
> of
> > > that. I don't even remember why my mom was allowed to shop there as
> we
> > > weren't military but I had my special stacks of comics in my
> wardrobe
> > > (no closets in the German houses back then) and I, too, thought
> > > longingly of those sea monkeys, the X ray specs and a few other
> goodies
> > > but knew that ordering them from the States would have been a bigger
> > > deal than if I lived in the US, plus, some little part of me figured
> > > these things were not all they were cracked up to be and I would be
> > > disappointed.
> > > I also loved those Addams Family cartoons, so morbid and dark and
> the
> > > illustrations were fabulous. I always had a fascination for the
> macabre
> > > and still do, so they appealed to me very much as a kid.
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> > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Seraphita" s3raphita@
> wrote:
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> > > > > Mail-Order Mysteries: Real Stuff from Old Comic Book Ads!
> > > > > Doc, you might want to check out this book. Click the link, then
> > > click
> > > > > on the Look Inside option and scroll down. This is a real
> Aladdin's
> > > cave
> > > > > of the sort of tacky products that fired the imaginations of
> > > > > impressionable kids back in the day. It also shows the reality
> of
> > > what
> > > > > gullible buyers actually ended up with. I'm going to have to
> order a
> > > > > copy!
> > > > >
> > >
> http://www.amazon.com/Mail-Order-Mysteries-Real-Stuff-Comic/dp/160887026\
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> > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ wrote:
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> > > > > > I always wanted the Sea Monkeys, or the X-Ray glasses.
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