Re: Collier's Encyclopedias & Rainbow Vacuum Cleaners
Sure wish I would have bought those knives back then. Somehow no one tried to sell me some; or possibly I chased away the salesman at the time. I still can't recall the opportunity I passed up back
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jhdouglas59 <jhdouglas59@...>
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Re: Collier's Encyclopedias & Rainbow Vacuum Cleaners
yes i have had my whole set sharpened 2 times since I had it. I also have the kitchen scissor (claim to fame was that it could cut a penny in half) My scissors have cut all kinds of things in the
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patricia lee <pjlee1117@...>
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Re: Collier's Encyclopedias & Rainbow Vacuum Cleaners
I have the Cutco knives too, that must have been a great salesman. My parents bought the Collier's Encyclopedia and is still on the shelves at their house. My Dad uses it as a type of filing system! I
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Barb Pailloz <quiltnsew@...>
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Re: Collier's Encyclopedias & Rainbow Vacuum Cleaners
Oh yes, the Cutco knives. We have them too. I suppose we bought them from a door to door salesman (can I say salesman or do I have to say salesperson? I want to be politically correct you know!) But I
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Paul Sturpe
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Re: Collier's Encyclopedias & Rainbow Vacuum Cleaners
thanks John, just when I was longing for a new topic you come through again! I am sure I need some mind jogging but I remember buying some terrible expensive baby furniture when we had our first girl,
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patricia lee <pjlee1117@...>
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Collier's Encyclopedias & Rainbow Vacuum Cleaners
As I was sitting here tonight contemplating my navel, I suddenly thought of 2 purchases I made from door-to-door salesmen during my earlier days. Just wondered if any of you had bought some of these
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jhdouglas59 <jhdouglas59@...>
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Fw: Fwd: Daylight Savings time
I just laughed when one of my friends sent this to me.........too timely....... Gwen
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Gwen Meier <gwenmeier@...>
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Re: Daylight wasting time starts tonight --daylight savings time takes a snooze
Here you can find a little more formal (and correct) history of Daylight Savings time. http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/ Enjoy, Paul From: dalton59@...
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Paul Sturpe
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Re: Daylight wasting time starts tonight --daylight savings time takes a snooze
Arizona is one of the few states that uses logic rather than no sense change at all.? It is my understanding that the change occured along time ago because of the farmers who wanted more plowing and
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Lanny and Judy Royer <jylyry42@...>
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Re: A dog named Mitzie
No I had no Mitzie.? Sorry.? Was Mitzie fluffy and cuddly? Lanny ________________________________ To: dalton59@... Sent: Sat, October 31, 2009 6:20:26 PM Subject: [dalton59] Re: A dog
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Lanny and Judy Royer <jylyry42@...>
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Daylight wasting time starts tonight --daylight savings time takes a snooze
With only 134 days of daylight wasting time ahead of us, it's time to think about setting our clocks forward again on 03/14/10. This assumes that the end of daylight savings time is tonight. Then the
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jhdouglas59 <jhdouglas59@...>
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Re: A dog named Mitzie
Lanny: I take it from your comment that you did not have a dog named Mitzie. I'll patiently wait for some other responses. With this upcoming Obamacare, I am not sure whether I will be able to afford
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jhdouglas59 <jhdouglas59@...>
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Re: A dog named Mitzie
John, I think you need to go back on your medication. Lanny ________________________________ To: dalton59@... Sent: Sat, October 31, 2009 11:16:06 AM Subject: [dalton59] A dog named Mitzie
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Lanny and Judy Royer <jylyry42@...>
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A dog named Mitzie
Just asking anyone in the group if they had a dog named Mitzie at one time or another in their life? I had a dog named Carl who had a sister named Cherry. Both are now deceased. I'm not sure but I
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jhdouglas59 <jhdouglas59@...>
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Re: Swartz family - Halloween
Linda: At the risk of boring others in the group who are not interested in my bloodline, here is what I know about the Swartz connection. I may be wrong in my recollections, but I think that Dave
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jhdouglas59 <jhdouglas59@...>
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Swartz family - Halloween
Hi John: ? Now you have me curious, as "You" may be a long lost relative of mine ---maybe a cousin - twice removed? ???? ? Dave Swartz was a close relative of my Grandma Fahrney, whose maiden name
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Linda L. Fahrney Freeland
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Re: Halloween Flashback
Gwen: Hi!? Glad you remember Wave Johnson too!? Do you remember if it was Myron, her husband, pushing the carriage, or maybe it was my Grandma Smith ??? ? Linda F.
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Linda L. Fahrney Freeland
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Re: Wish that it were spring now
I concur! I too hate winter but dread going to FL and being trapped in our RV at our daughters. Dont know what we will do yet but time will tell. I just dont like being cooped up in the house with
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patricia lee <pjlee1117@...>
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Wish that it were spring now
Having mowed my lawn for the first time this year, I thought to myself I wish that it were spring. Our two year drought in Texas has hopefully been broken thanks to a wet October. Finally I got to mow
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jhdouglas59 <jhdouglas59@...>
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Re: Police, Courts, etc.
Patricia: Funny you should mention my Uncle Dave and Aunt Olive Swartz on N. Mill Street. I imagine the soaped windows did not go over too well with them. As I recall, they had zero sense of humor. As
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jhdouglas59 <jhdouglas59@...>
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