Following Mrsgunka's selection of old ads, Ripley has sent me a few other gems:
Thank you Ripley. You're right, we wouldn't see these ads today...
[We've been having some storms and the power keeps cutting off. Apart from being irritating, it may cause me to disappear for a while - or become a bit erratic, or both. And to put a cherry on the cake, Blogger decided to misbehave also, too!]