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On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:14:57 -0400, wrote:



I don't have a farm. I had one in Santa Cruz, California, but sold it
years ago.

I thought about getting an ant farm once, but it was a bit pricey.
Got a whoopee cushion instead. Low maintenance.
Remember the frogman which used baking soda in its base to bob up and
down in the water? Kelloggs or General Mills boxtop and 50 cents.
A baking soda powered boat would have been nice.
So, yes.

--Vic

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Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:14:57 -0400, wrote:


I don't have a farm. I had one in Santa Cruz, California, but sold it
years ago.

I thought about getting an ant farm once, but it was a bit pricey.
Got a whoopee cushion instead. Low maintenance.
Remember the frogman which used baking soda in its base to bob up and
down in the water? Kelloggs or General Mills boxtop and 50 cents.
A baking soda powered boat would have been nice.
So, yes.

--Vic


Well, there was a baking soda powered submarine...and also a rubber band
gun.

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On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:40:25 -0400, A Real Boater
wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:14:57 -0400, wrote:


I don't have a farm. I had one in Santa Cruz, California, but sold it
years ago.

I thought about getting an ant farm once, but it was a bit pricey.
Got a whoopee cushion instead. Low maintenance.
Remember the frogman which used baking soda in its base to bob up and
down in the water? Kelloggs or General Mills boxtop and 50 cents.
A baking soda powered boat would have been nice.
So, yes.

--Vic


Well, there was a baking soda powered submarine...and also a rubber band
gun.

Yeah, that sub rings a bell. Kelloggs?

--Vic

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Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:40:25 -0400, A Real Boater
wrote:

Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:14:57 -0400, wrote:


I don't have a farm. I had one in Santa Cruz, California, but sold it
years ago.
I thought about getting an ant farm once, but it was a bit pricey.
Got a whoopee cushion instead. Low maintenance.
Remember the frogman which used baking soda in its base to bob up and
down in the water? Kelloggs or General Mills boxtop and 50 cents.
A baking soda powered boat would have been nice.
So, yes.

--Vic

Well, there was a baking soda powered submarine...and also a rubber band
gun.

Yeah, that sub rings a bell. Kelloggs?

--Vic


Crikey, I was in the first or second grade, I think, at Davis Street
Elementary School in New Haven. It was either Kellog's or Cheerios.

My old Davis Street primary school became a "magnet school," whatever
the hell that is. Apparently my old junior high, which was built in the
19th Century, is being renovated again and expanded again.

At least they are still there... :)

You know...I seem to remember the sub used baking powder, not baking
soda. Is that possible?

--

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On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:54:51 -0400, A Real Boater
wrote:


You know...I seem to remember the sub used baking powder, not baking
soda. Is that possible?

Maybe. I had only the frogman.
Remember the Johnson Smith catalog?
Loved that.
They had a whistle you put in a car exhaust pipe.
Bendable prongs kept it there.
The illustration showed the noise coming out the exhaust, and the
shocked look on the driver's face. Cost 75 cents.
I saved my nickel allowance for weeks to get one, finally sent off the
order, and waited on pins and needles for the mailman to deliver it-
took about 4 weeks. It was my mission in life.
It finally came and I fondled it for some hours until "Uncle Johnny"
came over to visit my dad. He was my aunt's boyfriend.
I snuck up behind his car, a '56 Fury, and inserted it in the
tailpipe. But when I saw the Fury had duals, I hoped that wouldn't be
a problem. I put it the driver side pipe.
I almost had a heart attack while I waited for him to leave, I was so
excited thinking about the noise it would make and the look of shock
on his face when he heard it. It would be terrific. Better than any
joy buzzer stuff.
At last he came out, and got in the Fury. My heart was pounding.
When he started it up, I heard nothing. But when he put it in drive
and pulled away I could hear a slight whistle. He turned the corner
and disappeared.
Never saw him or the whistle again. He had broken up with my aunt.
I must say it was pretty depressing, and I never bought a Johnson
Smith item again, and seldom even perused the catalog due to the
painful memories it recalled.
I'm over it now, though. Almost.

--Vic

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Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:54:51 -0400, A Real Boater
wrote:


You know...I seem to remember the sub used baking powder, not baking
soda. Is that possible?

Maybe. I had only the frogman.
Remember the Johnson Smith catalog?
Loved that.
They had a whistle you put in a car exhaust pipe.
Bendable prongs kept it there.
The illustration showed the noise coming out the exhaust, and the
shocked look on the driver's face. Cost 75 cents.
I saved my nickel allowance for weeks to get one, finally sent off the
order, and waited on pins and needles for the mailman to deliver it-
took about 4 weeks. It was my mission in life.
It finally came and I fondled it for some hours until "Uncle Johnny"
came over to visit my dad. He was my aunt's boyfriend.
I snuck up behind his car, a '56 Fury, and inserted it in the
tailpipe. But when I saw the Fury had duals, I hoped that wouldn't be
a problem. I put it the driver side pipe.
I almost had a heart attack while I waited for him to leave, I was so
excited thinking about the noise it would make and the look of shock
on his face when he heard it. It would be terrific. Better than any
joy buzzer stuff.
At last he came out, and got in the Fury. My heart was pounding.
When he started it up, I heard nothing. But when he put it in drive
and pulled away I could hear a slight whistle. He turned the corner
and disappeared.
Never saw him or the whistle again. He had broken up with my aunt.
I must say it was pretty depressing, and I never bought a Johnson
Smith item again, and seldom even perused the catalog due to the
painful memories it recalled.
I'm over it now, though. Almost.

--Vic



I didn't discover Johnson Smith until later in life...
Most of the stuff I ordered came from the inside back cover of comic books.

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On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:36:46 -0400, A Real Boater
wrote:


I didn't discover Johnson Smith until later in life...
Most of the stuff I ordered came from the inside back cover of comic books.

Me too. They sent the catalog via comic book advertising/orders.

--Vic

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On Sep 30, 10:14*am, wrote:
On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:08:03 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Sep 30, 9:19*am, wrote:
On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:36:06 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Sep 30, 12:49*am, wrote:
On Sep 29, 6:34*pm, A Real Boater wrote:

wrote:
I
saved a few of your toilet posts from last week just for the hell of it.

"Just for the hell of it"??? Pffffttt... Your history of stalking is
well documented..

Why would Salty want to meet up with you for a beer?

Pfftttt. he won't..

What possible interest would I have in stalking you? Also, you haven't
seen me offering to give up your personal information, as you have
threatened to do with mine.

I knew that was eating away at you, but don't worry Harry, I won't
give it up. Gawd, I just can't imagine living my life under a desk
like you and the salty troll, I understand that being outed would take
away the only little sockpuppet victories you have. But that will have
to be addressed another time, Gene's server is back up, and you are
back out...;)

No, I saved your vulgar posts because they
set a new low in...vulgarity...here.

Whether Salty would or would not meet you for a beer is irrelevant. A
better question is why would he want to do so?- Hide quoted text -

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Boy, he'd surely **** if I told what his house's assessed value was!
You know the one, the farm he claims to have lots of land attached to?
Another lie.

Farm?- Hide quoted text -

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Yes.

I don't have a farm. I had one in Santa Cruz, California, but sold it
years ago.- Hide quoted text -

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WHOOOOOOOOOSHHHHHHH

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On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:25:10 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:14:57 -0400, wrote:



I don't have a farm. I had one in Santa Cruz, California, but sold it
years ago.

I thought about getting an ant farm once, but it was a bit pricey.
Got a whoopee cushion instead. Low maintenance.
Remember the frogman which used baking soda in its base to bob up and
down in the water? Kelloggs or General Mills boxtop and 50 cents.
A baking soda powered boat would have been nice.
So, yes.

Baking powder not soda. Powder is soda with the addition of a dry
acid. Tartaric, if I recall. I had a baking powder submarine, about
four inches, as well as the frogman.

Casady