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Does anyone know if the Ronald McDonald House takes toy donations? All I could find on their web site was info on monetary donations. Russell (25 years ago, 29-Dec-99, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | FREEBIE: "The Ultimate LEGO book" from DK
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I actually got two copies of this from friends and family at Christmas - ooops! Although it is a wonderful book, I can't really do that much with two copies that I can't do with one, so I'm going to give one of them away - Christmas Spirit etc :) I (...) (25 years ago, 27-Dec-99, to lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.general, lugnet.people)
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| | Glass Globes for Underwater Displays
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A year or so ago, I was buying garden supplies online when I came across this item. A handblown glass aquarium for display of flowers. It has a rubber seal (removable for reuse) that the whole thing sits on in a black plastic tray. The end result is (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.fun.crafts)
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| | Re: Donation Fun: Christmas toys
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(...) This is not a SERIOUS suggestion (this IS .fun... after all) but who's to say that we could not, with our community resources, create packaging that would look like a sealed package, sufficient to fool the mundanes. Actually I am NOT (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Donation Fun: Christmas toys
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(...) Well, for anyone else out there contemplating giving sets to Toys for Tots or some other program, here's what I learned. 1) Though Larry's idea above is a great and economical one, for safety reasons Toys for Tots only accepts sealed package (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Donation Fun: Christmas toys
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www.etoys.com has a section now that has discounted toys that they're going to give to toys for tots. I was hoping to set something up with WAMALUG where we each give one little set and gather them up and give from the group (or something). (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Polybags
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(...) the (...) paper. (...) Send me stuff. I'll take care of your excess Lego, free of charge. :) James (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.fun.crafts)
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| | Re: Polybags
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(...) I need to reverse my trade deficit so I can use up the packing I'm saving. I have no need to save polybags for packing... (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.fun.crafts)
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| | Re: Magnetic couplers
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(...) pulled (...) Reconfirming this, we just set up our basement tree and I put a folded dogbone layout around it. This takes up a bit more floor space but gives a LOT more running room than a circle. (see Nik's party page for an example folded (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.fun.holiday)
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| | Re: Canonical use for Lego Trains at the holiday is around the tree
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(...) A supply of Gravol on hand for unsuspecting guests? ;) James (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
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| | Re: Canonical use for Lego Trains at the holiday is around the tree
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(...) Actually neither is LEGO but, I do have a train under my tree and another in my tree. I have an N-Scale trian in the middle of my tree (its a fake tree). The trains, of course, run in opposite directions. But what makes it really fun is that I (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
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| | Re: Polybags
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(...) Heh... I turn them back in packing materials. :) They squish real good, and weigh less that an equivalent squishyness of paper. YMMV James (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.crafts)
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| | Re: Polybags
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Joel Kuester <septenemae@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FM0LD6.AL0@lugnet.com... (...) I'm beginnning to use ziplock bags a lot more now. Although it is possible to reuse the polybags one or two times, they can get into a pretty bad shape after (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.crafts)
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| | Re: Canonical use for Lego Trains at the holiday is around the tree
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(...) This is my third year of having a lego train around the tree as well. Each year it seems I add another train and a little more track. So now there's about 25 feet of running track and three trains tooling around the tree. I should take a (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
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| | Re: Donation Fun: Christmas toys
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(...) Seems like charities will sometimes specify their target price. Maybe if you've got a charity in mind, you could call their P.R. and ask if they have a suggested value range or preference. Steve (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.community)
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| | Re: Canonical use for Lego Trains at the holiday is around the tree
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(...) This is funny... When my wife was raising eyebrows at putting the little Advent Calendar sets on the tree, I said "Hey look, at least I'm not into trains... then we'd have a train running around the tree!" She got this look of sublime horror (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
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| | Re: Christmas tree decorations
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(...) I was thinking about using the little sets from the Advent Calendar - they're so irresistably cute, they'd make perfect decorations. James (URL) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
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| | Canonical use for Lego Trains at the holiday is around the tree
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Subject says it all... Whether you have a Hannukah bush, a Kwanzaa shrub, or a Christmas tree, it's your DUTY, if you have any trains at all, to get them running around the tree. This will be year #3 for me. Good clean fun. (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
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| | Re: Polybags
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(...) Hi there (isn't this more of a storage issue?) I like your idea of recycling Lego packing materials and I agree it is helpful to divide up Lego that is "resting", but the polybags have one thing missing; a way to keep them closed. I find 8x8 (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.crafts)
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| | Re: Christmas tree decorations
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(...) Neat! using the Shell sets like that is a nifty idea. They're so small and cute. I almost did a similar tree last year with Erector sets. Erector/Mechano had a whole line of mini-sets...trucks, planes, moto's etc. but they were a bit too heavy (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.fun.holiday)
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