I remember those decoder rings, but I think ours were some sort of metal.
Nobody in the house wanted to drink that lousy "Ovaltine", but you know what
the deal was ! If my little brother and I wanted those rings, we drank the
stuff. Yuck.
Jim,
Enjoy the Orion! Naturally, a full report is expected.
73,
Troy, W6HV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Brannick" <wmlb@sbcglobal.net>
To: <Tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 5:11 PM
Subject: [TenTec] The Orion Watch
> Jim's situation reminds of way back when. (I am a little
> older then many here)
>
> We sent in our Ovaltine label and 10 cents and waited and
> waited for that Captain Midnight decoder ring. I was on the
> curb every day 30 minutes..prior to the arrival of the mail
> man. Weeks passed and finally it arrived.. As great as it
> looked in the pictures.. it was made of cardboard... very
> thin cardboard... Maybe one or two secret messages and then
> it pretty much fell apart..
>
> But don't worry Jim.. I think Ten-Tec uses better stuff in
> that Orion.
>
> Bill, W6WLB
>
>
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