Mister Luck
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In the 60’s there were contest to win free gasoline and to enter all you had to do is purchase the required amount of fuel and you were given a styrofoam ball with the logo of the gas station and if the judges saw you driving with the styrofoam on your radio antenna they would copy your license plate number and through your local gas station to contact you
So people would lessen the odds of someone else winning or just out of spite steal the styrofoam ball off the antennas
I remember people getting inventive and gluing the styrofoam ball or place straight pins through the styrofoam with the sharp end sticking out because most the thefts happened in the street or driveway at night the pins weren’t as visible. Some even thought to electrify the ball with battery voltage but refrained from the action for fear of killing somebody by mistake
So people would lessen the odds of someone else winning or just out of spite steal the styrofoam ball off the antennas
I remember people getting inventive and gluing the styrofoam ball or place straight pins through the styrofoam with the sharp end sticking out because most the thefts happened in the street or driveway at night the pins weren’t as visible. Some even thought to electrify the ball with battery voltage but refrained from the action for fear of killing somebody by mistake