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Reply to: #206131 by PBandJ
Mar 31, 2008 2:16pm
BBandJ, et al.:
For those who didn't get it, to wit:
Please take note of the OP's trailname:
I fear a commercial onslaught. :(
Connfederate
For those who didn't get it, to wit:
Please take note of the OP's trailname:
I fear a commercial onslaught. :(
Connfederate
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Reply to: #206166 by Connfederate
Mar 31, 2008 2:19pm
Ya know...it is getting close to April Fools' Day...I TRULY hope we're being "punked".
YMMV,
Connfederate
YMMV,
Connfederate
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Reply to: #206166 by Connfederate
Mar 31, 2008 2:23pm
I intend to restrcit my boxes....After all the trouble my CT neighbors had last summer....
MLR
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Reply to: #206171 by Maple Leaf Red
Mar 31, 2008 2:25pm
I should add...for a short period of time...I will take restrictions off eventually....
Too many will box without being careful, I fear.
MLR
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Reply to: #206165 by TalleyValleyFarmClan
Mar 31, 2008 2:37pm
Maybe they're in Australia? ;-)
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Reply to: #206124 by System
Mar 31, 2008 2:49pm
Oh brother...
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Reply to: #206153 by ShadowSpirit
Mar 31, 2008 3:23pm
has it started yet again....?
stop letting folks yank your McChains
we have McBoxer and now someone who must have been McSomrthing that has deleted their post
ignore them!
stop letting folks yank your McChains
we have McBoxer and now someone who must have been McSomrthing that has deleted their post
ignore them!
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Reply to: #206199 by Dixie
Mar 31, 2008 3:49pm
Aaah, it certainly did seem suspicious. Thanks for the heads up!
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Reply to: #206199 by Dixie
Mar 31, 2008 4:01pm
Oh, Mickey, you're so fine, you're so fine, hey Mickey!
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Reply to: #206218 by speedsquare
Mar 31, 2008 4:44pm
OMG I was just singing that song at work today...too strange BBG
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Reply to: #206153 by ShadowSpirit
Mar 31, 2008 8:38pm
That would be interesting. I wonder if the material is any good, or will it crumble like some of them.
Kid safe tools are a neat idea too. There is constantly a request for carving tools that would be safe and kids could not harm themselves with.
Finally, if McD's is running a promotional, this could be a good thing. It would introduce some new people to the hobby, and I think new ideas are never a bad thing.
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Reply to: #206373 by Cyclonic
Mar 31, 2008 8:54pm
Just can't see it. I have one too many plastic Disney toys from McD's laying around my house to believe it. It has to be part of a huge money making promotional type thingy for McD's to take part in it. Now, maybe if they had Hanna Montana for girls and POTC for the boys. :)
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Reply to: #206388 by The Toadfrogs
Mar 31, 2008 9:00pm
Ooh. A Hanna Montana compass that flips open to reveal lip gloss. Heck, I'd use that. ;)
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Reply to: #206388 by The Toadfrogs
Mar 31, 2008 9:19pm
Toadfrogs: Outted! As parents or.....GASP....geocachers! Or...oh dear: both?
snort ™
pre
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Reply to: #206400 by preboxed
Mar 31, 2008 9:28pm
McDonald's doesn't have the imagination to even figure out what letterboxing is - much less jump on the bandwagon.......... they can't think past rehashing the same old Disney schlock.
And if someone can tell me what a "safe" carving tool is, I'll send you $1 - anything with a cutting blade is by definition NOT SAFE for kids. You have to teach kids safe methods to use said tools. McDonalds would never put themselves out there for that kind of potential liability.
And I can't believe I even took the time to respond (AGAIN!) to this foolishness ............. lol!!
Mama Fox
And if someone can tell me what a "safe" carving tool is, I'll send you $1 - anything with a cutting blade is by definition NOT SAFE for kids. You have to teach kids safe methods to use said tools. McDonalds would never put themselves out there for that kind of potential liability.
And I can't believe I even took the time to respond (AGAIN!) to this foolishness ............. lol!!
Mama Fox
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Reply to: #206402 by The Little Foxes
Mar 31, 2008 11:59pm
Possibly something that you pull,made of hard plastic to cut soft material? No need to send the dollar, just give it to me when you see me..=8)
Shiloh
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Reply to: #206153 by ShadowSpirit
Apr 1, 2008 12:30am
Why do I have to be bomb-barded by McDonalds here too? Someone tell MCD that their food is yucky
BP
BP
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Reply to: #206131 by PBandJ
Apr 1, 2008 2:04am
I am still pretty new to letterboxing. We've just started planting this year. So far we have 13 boxes out there. I'm already a little worried! This is our little secret!!! Oh well, hopefully the craze will blow over quickly, and maybe some good new "mc"boxers will come of it! I know one thing for sure, we are going to start being a lot more creative with our clues as well as stepping up the stealth factor.
Julia ~ A Lewis River Latté Bandit
Julia ~ A Lewis River Latté Bandit
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Reply to: #206431 by shiloh
Apr 1, 2008 5:14am
<<<Possibly something that you pull,made of hard plastic to cut soft material? No need to send the dollar, just give it to me when you see me..=8) >>>>
I second Mama Fox. Any plastic hard enough to cut something soft can cut a careless kid. Take a plastic knife, for example. I say teach the youngsters to be safe.
Zoemomma
I second Mama Fox. Any plastic hard enough to cut something soft can cut a careless kid. Take a plastic knife, for example. I say teach the youngsters to be safe.
Zoemomma
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Reply to: #206400 by preboxed
Apr 7, 2008 10:07am
LOL! Parents, yes. Geocachers, no. I have no desire to trade in one cheap plastic toy for another one that's been God only knows where. I let the kids play with them for a week or two until they forget about them, then they get chucked in the bin, or the Goodwill bag.
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Reply to: #210113 by The Toadfrogs
Apr 7, 2008 10:46am
Be careful. My 19yr old daughter still reminds me that I gave away her Pinkie Mouse once when I weeded out toys. And I personally remember a plastic Winnie-the-Pooh spoon sitter that I got out of a cereal box probably 30 years ago....
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Reply to: #210138 by Sheba
Apr 7, 2008 10:54am
GypsyLadyBug and I stumbled upon a geocache (giant white tupperware shoved in a lilac bush=great hiding place unless the bush in question has no leaves) yesterday. There was a wacky wall-walker in it. You know: those rubbery octopus-things that stick to everything. Well, this guy was smushed. And half melted. And stuck to the 'this is a geocache' paper. We declined to take anything out of the box. (as usual)
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Reply to: #210138 by Sheba
Apr 8, 2008 1:26am
Hey! I still have an A and W plastic straw that has the head of the rootbeer bear on it. I LOVED that straw. I got it in.....1975 or 1976. It is split on the top and bottom, has chew marks on the top and is a bit flat on the sucky end, but it still works, (mostly.) And my kids are not allowed to touch it!!
scraphappy
who is really not a hoarder
and shares everything else with the kids...
even my privacy in the loo...
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Reply to: #210408 by scraphappy
Apr 8, 2008 7:52am
Ooo, scraphappy, I know what you mean. I have my one thing too that I do not share. AND, my daughters gave me a framed print (quite pretty) that hangs on the wall in my bathroom that says "there is a special bathroom in heaven for the mothers of girls" ... the notion of "someday I will potty alone" has been a joke in our family forever ... so, I hear ya girl!
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Reply to: #210492 by Butterfly Suzy
Apr 8, 2008 7:56am
... and yet, as we head to the public restroom, we ask if anyone else needs to go. Aren't we a strange gender?
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Reply to: #210496 by Woody clowns
Apr 8, 2008 7:57am
So, true, Woody. I don't do that. But, so many others do. It has always puzzled me... But, then, perhaps those others get to potty alone at home...
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Reply to: #210498 by Butterfly Suzy
Apr 8, 2008 8:07am
I figure we do it from the time we potty train our own - so we don't have to make multiple trips to said restroom ... and then we just continue to do so. My husband is kind enough to ask all the kids when he has to go in a public place. (I usually don't have to go.) But it never fails that someone will say they don't need to go, only to have to go as soon as the group returns.
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Reply to: #210492 by Butterfly Suzy
Apr 8, 2008 8:23am
{{there is a special bathroom in heaven for the mothers of girls}}
Are you telling me that I have to wait until Heaven to use the bathroom alone? Egahds!!
Are you telling me that I have to wait until Heaven to use the bathroom alone? Egahds!!
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Reply to: #210508 by drexel girls
Apr 8, 2008 12:57pm
Ah geez- i have boys...I might as well dig a hole behind our big tree right now....
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Reply to: #210630 by scraphappy
Apr 8, 2008 8:23pm
No, we get the special bathroom that you can go into safely barefoot ... anytime, without looking ;)
Mariette
(JK, my guys are quite tidy and well-trained now)