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On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 12:27:14 -0600, Boating All Out
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On 2/18/15 1:15 PM, Boating All Out wrote:
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On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 04:53:47 -0600, Boating All Out
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True North wrote:
I had one of those submarines.
We used to get them in boxes of breakfast cereal.

Yeah. I don't recall whether it came in the cereal box or if I sent a
quarter offf somewhere with a boxtop.

I sent off a quarter. And it was a "frogman.' Never saw a sub.
It was good for a month waiting for the mail, and then 5 minutes of
watching it go up and down.
Money would have been better spent on a squirt gun.

Did anything you got for 2 box tops and a quarter really live up to
the expectations?

It was the only thing I remember getting with a boxtop.
I moved up to the Johnson Smith catalog quite early.

Whoopee cushions?

Hand buzzer and staining chewing gum. Fake dog turds.
Whoopee cushion later, when I became sophisticated.

I had one of the $4.99 blank guns, shot .22 crimp blanks.
I wish I had one today.
A loud bang still seems to be the most effective training aid for Mr
Ed, although he has really gotten much better. I haven't needed a fire
cracker in months.
His running days seem to be over.

I always sort of wanted a carbide cannon, but never pulled the trigger.
They looked good.