Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: alt.usage.english,sci.physics.relativity,rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Fat books Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:53:31 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 36 Message-ID: <6AD5862B.784D@ix.netcom.com> References: <11amvqh$15f3n$1@dont-email.me> <11b1nna$st4l$1@dont-email.me> <11b1ufv$uq18$1@dont-email.me> <11b2ls9$17f7m$1@dont-email.me> <11b3pce$hci$1@panix2.panix.com> <11b3tcg$1lsqc$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 02:53:25 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="1791862"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+ZLPAH7+ZYCMzlH62IPE4VJL/wLm/mwo8="; posting-host="f6e9315c06de5dd8c3945e26ec08a3b6" Cancel-Lock: sha1:gw7PfKisgZ2MykdAKLcy7gB5cGM= sha256:L09BUYOXjlj7X7f2/EWLy0QCwW6zU7y1NrX0ntV/zlg= sha1:MltShe/yMzPZnC8dNBrA+C4lnGI= sha256:BeurOXNypNfoCXOHBIAmG17NmCUHchFOtYhqssmzplc= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 261018-6, 10/18/2026), Outbound message Xref: csiph.com alt.usage.english:1152529 sci.physics.relativity:674640 rec.arts.sf.written:661080 BobbieSellers wrote: > > On 10/18/26 17:48, Scott Dorsey wrote: > > BobbieSellers wrote: > >> When I was 8 in 1945 or 9 in 1946 I would not have been > >> experienced enough to realize that the Troll was there but no > >> worry about that because at that time we only had comic books > >> and SF magazines. No handy Internet at all. > > > > Didn't you look at the ads in the back? They were 100% trolling! > > Start your own empire of sea horses! Get a thousand dollars worth > > of rare stamps for only a penny! > > > > A friend of mine sent $5 which was an enormous amount of money at > > the time to a PO box in the midwest to get directions for "ANTI-GRAVITY! > > NO MAGNETS, GASSES OR EXOTIC FUELS!" He was disappointed. > > --scott > > Generally disappointment was the rule but we were very poor and i never > fell for sea monkeys or a lot of the other advertised crap. > The commonest one was for devices to extend your gas mileage in many > magazines. My step-father spent a lot on stamps to send in answers > to Hearst newspaper games which netted him nada. > > bliss > > Every kid in America LOVE those Aldoph Hitler stamps!!! -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.