[Milsurplus] Re: "They're giving them away on cereal boxes thesedays"

[ersmar at comcast.net]

Jim:

     Ding Ding Ding!  You're a winner.  (Actually, it was Yukon King, but close enough for gummint work.)

73 es mry xms es hny de 
Gene Smar  AD3F


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "James Duffer" <dufferjames at hotmail.com>
> 
> 
> 
> >From: ersmar at comcast.net
> >To: Barry Hauser <barry at hausernet.com>,Joe Foley <redmenaced at yahoo.com>
> >CC: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> >Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Re: "They're giving them away on cereal boxes 
> >thesedays"
> >Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:23:06 +0000
> >
> >Gents:
> >
> >      For those of you old enough to remember Sergeant Preston, what was 
> >his dog's name?
> >
> 
> Was it King?
> 
> Jim, age 69, raised up in the Ozarks, no electricity but Dad had an old RCA 
> radio that used two batteries, an A battery, and a bigger B battery.  We 
> were restricted as to how long the radio could be used but Sgt Preston was 
> ok, so was Baby Snooks, Fibber McGee and Molly and The Great Guildersleeve.  
> Whenever Joe Louis boxed that was a definite as Dad had to listen to that.
> 
> >
> >73 de
> >Gene Smar  AD3F
> >(born in the last year of Harry Truman's second term in office.)
> >
> >
> >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> >From: Barry Hauser <barry at hausernet.com>
> > > I was a bit groggy when I read Bruce's post and he had me going for a
> > > few seconds there.
> > >
> > > Reminded me of when I was a kid and Nabisco or whoever was the sponsor
> > > of "Sargent Preston of the Yukon" -- if anyone else remembers that one.
> > >
> > > They had an offer on the shredded wheat (or whatever) box -- 25 cents
> > > and a box top for a deed to land in the Yukon.
> > >
> > > I sent the 25 cents and got the dead -- along with an offer to send me
> > > my land for only 25 cents more.  Y'see, the deed was for a square inch
> > > of land and "mineral rights" only went an inch down.  I sent another 25
> > > cents and the sent me a simulated leather pouch with a rawhide
> > > drawstring.  It had about a cubic inch of dirt in it.  But the good news
> > > is that there was some shiny specks in it --  pyrite, I guess.
> > > Altogether, it was probably the best four bits I ever spent.
> > >
> > > Soooo.... I had a bit of a flashback on that one, and the ham ticket
> > > deal didn't seem so unrealistic by comparison.
> > >
> > > Mush!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Joe Foley wrote:
> > > > Nah, nah, nah,
> > > >
> > > > That's the old version!
> > > >
> > > > Too many people got cut with the scissors! Now all
> > > > they have to be able to do is open the easy-open box
> > > > and wrestle with the liner bag,.... well, no, they
> > > > don't even have to do that, the license is between the
> > > > box and bag.
> > > >
> > > > And if they can manage to send in four box-tops they
> > > > can receive a Morse Code De-coder ring in the mail!!
> > > >
> > > > Joe
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- BSugarberg <bsugarberg at core.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> From: Dave <n7af at juno.com>
> > > >> Date: Sunday, December 17, 2006 10:00 am
> > > >> Subject: Kellogg's & FCC Sign Pact
> > > >>
> > > >> Washington D.C.-
> > > >> It was announced today that Kellogg's and the
> > > >> Federal
> > > >> Communications Commission have signed a pact to
> > > >> issue Amateur Radio Licenses on specially marked
> > > >> boxes of Corn Flakes.  In this unprecedented move
> > > >> the FCC believes this will not hurt amateur radio
> > > >> but
> > > >> allow all individuals to receive an amateur radio
> > > >> license
> > > >> without having to demonstrate any skills with the
> > > >> exception
> > > >> of being able to use a pair of scissors to cut out
> > > >> their
> > > >> operating permit from the breakfast cereal box.
> > > >>
> > > >> Kellogg's spokesperson commented that they were
> > > >> proud
> > > >> to have been selected by the government to be the
> > > >> issuer
> > > >> of licenses for amateur radio in the US and hope to
> > > >> soon
> > > >> make an agreement with other cereal loving
> > > >> countries.
> > > >> They also expect they will be issuing certificates
> > > >> of
> > > >> achievement for DXCF for confirmed contacts with 100
> > > >> corn
> > > >> flakers.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> 73, Bruce WA8TNC
> > > >>
> > > >>
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