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I used to sell Grit paper when I was a youngster
Posted by:
Ernie Edgar Coddly
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Date: October 10, 2015 04:19PM
I sold Grit Newspaper and used to order prizes by mail, back of funny books. I ordered a small live monkey once. Used to be fun getting things by mail, there was a company "Louisianna Biological Center, I could order 5 Anoles for a dollar believe it or not.
Re: I used to sell Grit paper when I was a youngster
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: October 10, 2015 08:39PM
Where is this small live monkey today?
Re: I used to sell Grit paper when I was a youngster
Posted by:
Ying Ko
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Date: October 10, 2015 09:42PM
I thought they were sea monkeys.
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Re: I used to sell Grit paper when I was a youngster
Posted by:
SMIB
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Date: October 11, 2015 01:14AM
Sea Monkeys. Brine shrimp. Sold out of Ackokeek, Maryland.
Just after the original owner died I saw hundreds of boxes at the local recycling center in Marbury. They were filled with all the envelopes, order forms, and cancelled checks, each transaction stapled together. I should have taken it all.
What a treasure.
Just after the original owner died I saw hundreds of boxes at the local recycling center in Marbury. They were filled with all the envelopes, order forms, and cancelled checks, each transaction stapled together. I should have taken it all.
What a treasure.
Re: I used to sell Grit paper when I was a youngster
Posted by:
Uswed
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Date: October 11, 2015 04:30PM
No, years ago, during the early 1960s you could buy little monkeys by mail. There were a species of monkey that were very small. Used to advertise them in comic books along with baby alligators. They became outlawed by the Government, pressure from Animal Rights groups. The Alligators were flushed down toilets and grew to large sizes in the sewers of NYC. One sewer worker was eaten up by a monstrous one.
Re: I used to sell Grit paper when I was a youngster
Posted by:
C.H.U.D. ?
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Date: October 11, 2015 06:30PM
Uswed Wrote:
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> flushed down toilets and grew to large sizes in
> the sewers of NYC. One sewer worker was eaten up
> by a monstrous one.
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> flushed down toilets and grew to large sizes in
> the sewers of NYC. One sewer worker was eaten up
> by a monstrous one.
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Re: I used to sell Grit paper when I was a youngster
Posted by:
Very true
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Date: October 11, 2015 07:00PM
Uswed Wrote:
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> No, years ago, during the early 1960s you could
> buy little monkeys by mail. There were a species
> of monkey that were very small. Used to advertise
> them in comic books along with baby alligators.
> They became outlawed by the Government, pressure
> from Animal Rights groups. The Alligators were
> flushed down toilets and grew to large sizes in
> the sewers of NYC. One sewer worker was eaten up
> by a monstrous one.
On one Kojak episode (circa 1970s) the Lt. was afraid to chase a suspect through a large storm sewer because of the alligator threat. People would get tired of their pets and flush them.
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> No, years ago, during the early 1960s you could
> buy little monkeys by mail. There were a species
> of monkey that were very small. Used to advertise
> them in comic books along with baby alligators.
> They became outlawed by the Government, pressure
> from Animal Rights groups. The Alligators were
> flushed down toilets and grew to large sizes in
> the sewers of NYC. One sewer worker was eaten up
> by a monstrous one.
On one Kojak episode (circa 1970s) the Lt. was afraid to chase a suspect through a large storm sewer because of the alligator threat. People would get tired of their pets and flush them.
Re: I used to sell Grit paper when I was a youngster
Posted by:
Xx6cM
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Date: October 11, 2015 07:26PM
No one was ever eaten by a alligator in the NYC sewer system ( or one even found in the sewers). They say a moron is born every second, you were one.
Re: I used to sell Grit paper when I was a youngster
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: October 11, 2015 07:29PM
Wasn't there a movie made back in the 70s or 80s about albino gators living in the sewer?
Re: I used to sell Grit paper when I was a youngster
Posted by:
Ying Ko
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Date: October 11, 2015 07:37PM
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