Coke and Sea Monkeys

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I used to pore over the ads in comic books when I was a kid but I don't recall ever ordering anything. "Waste of money" was a popular expression in my house and sending off for sea monkeys had pretty much of a zero chance of happening even if it involved money that was designated as my own. I did save "green stamps" for a while though and finally amassed enough to purchase a wooden tennis racket with them. That was an interesting choice since there were no tennis courts anywhere near where we lived, so the racket was employed to see how far we could hit a tennis ball into the air and over houses and other various inventions, some involving reptiles and amphibians.