08-13-2009, 01:35 PM
Jack D. wrote:
Back in the 80's I sent a dime and a coupon for a book that was advertised in the back of a hobby magazine from the 50's. The address didn't even have a Zip code, it was old school - Chicago 12, Illinois style. I was shocked when the book showed up a couple of weeks later. I think some of these places are stuck in a dusty Twilight Zone of sorts and never go away...or change their promotional materials.
When you were a kid, did you ever order from "Johnson-Smith Company"? They sent out one of the little catalog that was Reader's Digest size and had novelities, jokes, etc. Wow, I just Googled them and their still there. I ordered from them in the 1950's.
http://www.johnsonsmith.com/
Fred Also