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Post by dawn on Jul 20, 2022 16:30:51 GMT
My parents never bought me Sea Monkeys but some of my friends had them.
I did get an Uncle Milton’s ant farm. That didn’t turn out so well.
Why do I feel compelled to buy my grandkids ant farms and sea monkey zoos?
I haven’t done it yet but the desire is almost overwhelming.
Is it nostalgia?
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Post by dawn on Jul 20, 2022 16:33:50 GMT
I only mentioned Egulch in the title because as an American she knows about
Uncle Milton ant farms
Milton Berle
Bob Hope
And
sea monkeys
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Post by egulch2 on Jul 21, 2022 0:45:58 GMT
I sent away for Sea Monkeys from an ad on the back of a comic book. They never "hatched". I learned at an early age, that stuff like that was crap.
I can't walk out of a store without buying something for my grandson. With me being so old when I had my kids and then my daughter being so old when she had my grandson, I know I don't have a lot of years with him. So I'm going to spoil him rotten while I can.
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deb
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Post by deb on Jul 21, 2022 1:37:58 GMT
 . I had an ant farm when I was a kid. My kids had sea monkeys .. we were just talking about them the other day..sea monkeys were actually krill
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Post by goblins on Jul 21, 2022 4:42:15 GMT
We did the sea monkey thing. They didn't look like the ad and they didn't have little faces!  |
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Post by madara on Jul 21, 2022 6:01:12 GMT
we called them sea wallabies . i know who milton berle and bob hope are , years ago people would come up tome and say 'want to buy some bob hope ?' we had different ant farms because australia .. they build them upside down here .
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Post by madara on Jul 21, 2022 6:07:00 GMT
did anyone actually sell 'Grit ?' i know phantom rings didn't work as advertised (or x-ray specs for that matter )
does anyone agree that Cy was hit with a lawn dart ? head shot for sure .
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joono
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Post by joono on Jul 21, 2022 6:12:06 GMT
I won a phantom ring in a Christmas cracker when I was pregnant with my first child. I still have it. The ring and the son.
I did have the Lady Penelope x-ray specs. They didn't work either.
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Post by dawn on Jul 21, 2022 7:31:44 GMT
~krill~
Is it true that you’ve got to be krill to be kind in the right measure?
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Post by dawn on Jul 21, 2022 7:32:11 GMT
I had an Oscar Mayer ring but it didn’t do anything special.
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Post by Clarabelle on Jul 21, 2022 20:07:34 GMT
I sent away for sea monkeys from a comic book too. I cut the coupon out, put it in an envelope with some coins and sent it off to America. The postman brought my letter back, spoilsport.
I loved the phantom comics, wish I still had them. Do comic books still exist?
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Post by goblins on Jul 21, 2022 20:16:03 GMT
I sent away for sea monkeys from a comic book too. I cut the coupon out, put it in an envelope with some coins and sent it off to America. The postman brought my letter back, spoilsport. I loved the phantom comics, wish I still had them. Do comic books still exist? Comic books bring big money. I sell vintage ones. |
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. I had an ant farm when I was a kid. My kids had sea monkeys .. we were just talking about them the other day..sea monkeys were actually krill
