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Reply to: #766439 by Kirbert
Mar 31, 2013 10:00pm
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One other note about stickers: Everyone seems to get it about the need for acid-free/lignin-free/low cholesterol, etc paper, but the most problematic part of scrapbooking and preserving photos and paper, and what causes the most damage, is the adhesive. Very few are archival (and those cost a bit). Eventually, they yellow and discolor the page next to them, stop sticking and fall off altogether, etc. Even aside from the preservation issue, isn't it ok once in awhile just to say, "Ya know, that's just not how it's done."
Re: Stickers...not sure how to name this thread...
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Reply to: #766779 by TheMasses
Mar 31, 2013 11:22pm
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There's about a 95% chance it was picked up by somebody honest who is looking to return it to you. Was your name in it anywhere? Is there a local office or some such logical place where they might have dropped it off?
Re: Stickers...not sure how to name this thread...
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Reply to: #766893 by Wry Me
Apr 1, 2013 3:43am
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low cholesterol paper? i must get me some of this. it will keep Mr Umbrella around for years.

~tigs (that and ketchup, with natural mellowing agents. . .)
Re: Stickers...not sure how to name this thread...
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Reply to: #766911 by Kirbert
Apr 1, 2013 11:45am
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I don't know - it's one of those postage size parks at the end of a street in a nice neighborhood... we were geocaching and we got lots of looks while we were there (and not the good kinds of looks)...

I unfortunately don't think my name was in it at all - just my trail name (which is my last name - Mass - but I'm not sure that's readily apparent)
Re: Stickers...not sure how to name this thread...
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Reply to: #767023 by TheMasses
Apr 1, 2013 11:19pm
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I unfortunately don't think my name was in it at all -

C'mon, people! You've got to give honest people a chance! If it's not screwed onto your body, put your name and address on it so when it gets lost people can get it back to you.

Back in my college days, somebody gave me an ID bracelet for my birthday. Back in the 70's, ID bracelets were popular for some reason. I kinda liked the thing and wore it all the time. One day I was at Daytona Beach and swimming in the surf about 30 yards offshore when I felt the thing come off. Apparently the clasp came loose what with the splashing and all. Anyhow, I felt around the bottom with my toes for a few minutes with no luck. It was gone.

A couple of years later I'm checking my mailbox and there's a package in it. I open it up and there's my ID bracelet. No note, no return address, nothing.

Oh, I almost forgot: I didn't live in Daytona Beach, I lived in Orlando, about an hour's drive away. And this was pre-internet. Somebody had to do some research to find my address.