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A crummy commercial from the originator of crummy commercials

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 I saw this post on the Face Radio Premiums group by Larry Zdeb: And of course had to try decoding the messsage: But whoever had owned the ring left it on the correct combination so the decode wasn't hard: 00000000011111111112222222 12345678901234567890123456 ========================== hfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrcaslwimv   no kid can resist the taste of rich chocolate ovaltine fkxdpoejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvh kxdpoejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhf xdpoejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfk dpoejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkx poejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxd oejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdp ejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpo jbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoe btnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoej tnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejb nqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbt qzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtn zguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnq guyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqz uyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzg yrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzgu rcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguy caslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyr aslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrc slwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrca lwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrcas wimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrcasl imvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrcaslw...

Repurposing the shake up mug for the 21st century ?

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 I saw this interesting post by Larry Zdeb on the Radio Premiums group on face: It occurred to me that if someone was to find a huge cache of shake up mugs in the 21st century (maybe in an abandoned storage locker?) instead of using them to promote Ovaltine, pivot as the Wander folks did when they used Orphan Annie mugs as Captain Midnight premiums.  Since the old time radio fans are mostly older folks, promote the shake up mug for Metamucil or maybe a competing brand of dietary fiber.   Just spoon the fiber into the mug, add water, shake  it and chug it down (because if you wait too long, yikes !) - then chase the fiber by adding more water to the mug and shaking and chugging that. I'm still the idea man !   source:      https://youtu.be/4tT3rAo2s4s?t=69 Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm               

Tally of initials for a Little Orphan Annie radio premium from 1939

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I saw this   tally of initials   for an Orphan Annie radio premium posted by Larry Zdeb to the radio Premiums group on Face: https://www.facebook.com/groups/907249652996436 Wondering if this has any use as far as something like Morse code ?  Or more probably for Wordle ?  Maybe not since the words in question are names but still it's interesting. Is there a tally of the most common first letters of English words ? Did a little sorting on a spreadsheet: someone in the Chicago area had a job fulfilling premiums for a kids radio show, wonderful ! I need to look into this :) Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm