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There are other changes as well.
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We go on
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It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
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11-18-2002, 08:08 AM
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Steve\'s Silly Question of the Day 11/18/02
Think back to when you were a kid...what was the all time best Christmas present you EVER received?!? [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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11-18-2002, 08:36 AM
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Re: Steve\'s Silly Question of the Day 11/18/02
When I was about 10 years old and my sister was 6, Santa brought us a little grocery store and a house that were made out of cardboard. The grocery store had a set of shelves with little food items and a check-out. The house was painted with shutters and a mailbox. We thought that was so cool.
[ 11-18-2002, 08:37 AM: Message edited by: luvnwdwgal ]
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11-18-2002, 08:42 AM
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Re: Steve\'s Silly Question of the Day 11/18/02
Wow! That would have to be my doll, Tumblelina. She came with a remote (attached to her in those days! LOL) and she would do somersaults when you pressed the remote. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
I should clarify, I never received a Raggedy Ann for Christmas until I was 15! Otherwise she would be my favorite! LOL
[ 11-18-2002, 08:49 AM: Message edited by: iloverags2 ]
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11-18-2002, 08:58 AM
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Re: Steve\'s Silly Question of the Day 11/18/02
I received my all time favorite at age 10, and I thought the world could not get any better.
It was a toy called Girders and Panels and it was a construction toy. You used the plastic girders to create a building's infrastructure and then snapped on the panels which replicated the glass structure. It was so utterly cool and I just knew I'd be an architect one day! Amazing I grew up to be a CPA! LOL!
[ 11-18-2002, 08:59 AM: Message edited by: Dadtojbj ]
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11-18-2002, 10:06 AM
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Re: Steve\'s Silly Question of the Day 11/18/02
I was actually a little older,14, well past Santa Claus age. I was a slob and my parents said if I kept my room clean from the beginning of the school year until Christmas day, I would get a stereo for my room, with an 8 track player [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] and everything. Well Christmas morning I opened that box and was soooo excited. But my parents wanted to surprise me with something, so the last gift I opened was a phone for my room with my own line [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ! Every teenage girls dream [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] .
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11-18-2002, 10:28 AM
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Re: Steve\'s Silly Question of the Day 11/18/02
Wow! I'm not sure I can remember that far back! I would say my best Christmas gift as a child would be the Erector Set. It was the big one with the motor and Dad had built the ferris wheel to put under the tree.
The best as an adult was the 4 day cruise that our older son gave us one year. (Did I teach him right about gifts?) [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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11-18-2002, 10:30 AM
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Re: Steve\'s Silly Question of the Day 11/18/02
I have to say WOW too!!! Thinking back there are so many special moments at Christmas. But my utmost favorite present was my first Bike. It was such a suprise and a real financial stretch for my parents thinking back on it. But it just stands out as the most memorable.
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11-18-2002, 10:57 AM
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Re: Steve\'s Silly Question of the Day 11/18/02
My best Christmas was the year I got a puppy! I was so thrilled. A poodle I named Misty. She lived 17 years and was my constant companion. Every child should have a pet to love. That's just my opinion.
Lori
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11-18-2002, 11:17 AM
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Re: Steve\'s Silly Question of the Day 11/18/02
Christmas of '84. I had just turned 5 that October and I begged Santa in all my letters for a baby sister! [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img] On Christmas morning my mom had a ribbon around her tummy with a card attached that read - To Christina From Santa - Here's your little sister, but you'll have to wait until April to see her. !!! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] !!! Holy cow! A little sister! I was so excited! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Fast forward 3 1/2 months later - April 8th comes along. My mom calls from the hospital (where they went to meet Santa to exchange Mommy's big belly for my little sister [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] ). Mom says Santa thought I'd like a little brother more 'cause that's what he brought. [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img] I told her to give it back. I wanted a sister! I was stuck with my stinky old baby brother. He'll be 18 this coming April. My mom loves telling him how I told her to give him back to Santa. [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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11-18-2002, 11:39 AM
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Re: Steve\'s Silly Question of the Day 11/18/02
Chrissi--- I absolutely love that story! I'm glad you had a chance to share it with us.
I was sure my mother had said my youngest sibling would be a boy and was shocked when she brought home a girl....BUT MOM, that was supposed to be a boy...then we'd have two girls and two boys. Mom, swears she never said it would be a boy....I say otherwise.
I have no real memory of a perfect Christmas gift. Wahhhh [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] There must have been something though. -HiddenMickey
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11-18-2002, 01:14 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
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Re: Steve\'s Silly Question of the Day 11/18/02
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Christmas of '84. I had just turned 5 that October...
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Umm, yeah, Chrissi, thanks for making me feel so old! [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img]
I don't really remember getting any gift as a child that made me squeal with delight or shake in excitement. Mostly I remember getting velvet dresses and pajama sets. I do remember getting my first bike the Christmas I was 6... but it was December and it's really hard to learn to ride a bike in 6 inches of snow so it wasn't all that exciting. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
My favourite Christmas gift was given to me last year by my parents. It's an heirloom quilt top in perfect condition made by my Great Grandmother and my Great Great Grandmother around 1918-1920. That gift made me cry. [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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11-18-2002, 01:22 PM
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Re: Steve\'s Silly Question of the Day 11/18/02
A dollhouse and all the furniture to go into it.
It's a funny (but kinda long) story actually, we would go to this hobby shop and my mom and aunt would pour over the dollhouse furniture, which was supposed to be for my cousin (my mom's and aunts brother's daughter), so I never paid much attention.....
The weekend before Christmas my dad picked us up and took us to see his parents and on the way home we stopped at a store and I bought myself my very first Christmas Stocking!! I was so excited, we had never had stockings prior to this!
Christmas Eve, we go to my aunt's house (like we do every year) and we open presents! But, for some reason, I couldn't open the presents to me from my cousin Paul (my aunt's son). There was a shopping bag full of all these little presents!! Now, you'd think I'd pick up on it, but not me! [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
Christmas Morning comes and I am so excited to see if my stocking is full, I walk right past the dollhouse to my stocking!!! My mother and brothers were like 'Um, Allyson!!! Hello!?!? See the dollhouse???'!!
22 years later and I still haven't lived that one down! Every Christmas that story surfaces as some point!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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11-18-2002, 01:31 PM
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Re: Steve\'s Silly Question of the Day 11/18/02
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Originally posted by Dadtojbj:
I received my all time favorite at age 10, and I thought the world could not get any better.
It was a toy called Girders and Panels and it was a construction toy. You used the plastic girders to create a building's infrastructure and then snapped on the panels which replicated the glass structure. It was so utterly cool and I just knew I'd be an architect one day! Amazing I grew up to be a CPA! LOL!
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">I had the same kit! Course it was a few years before you got yours. A couple of years ago, I found one for my son. His is much better than the set I had though. Tradition. |
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11-18-2002, 01:38 PM
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Re: Steve\'s Silly Question of the Day 11/18/02
These stories are phenomenal!
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A couple of years ago, I found one for my son. His is much better than the set I had though. Tradition.
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Don - holy smokes - you are the first person I've come across in a jazillion years that even heard of this! Where in the world did you find one for your son?!? I'd love to get this for my oldest boy!!!!! |
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11-18-2002, 03:20 PM
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Re: Steve\'s Silly Question of the Day 11/18/02
This was a great Christmas - 1974. We opened our presents a few days before Christmas (Santa came early for us on special request) because we were leaving the next day for DisneyWorld!!! Honestly!!! I was only 5 and they didn't want to tell me before so left it as a surprise. My brothers and sister knew. We drove down a few days before Christmas and were there for 2 1/2 weeks - Orlando and Sarasota. Back then, Christmas holidays from school were almost 3 weeks for us. The day we came back, we had a terrible snow storm and have a picture of me in the back yard and my Mom made everyone watch me because if I was more than 5 feet from the door, they would lose sight of me. After all the sun I guess I wanted to play in the snow.
That was when the obsession began..... [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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