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RunsLikeAGirl
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 Posted: 02/15/05 - 14:29 Post subject: care packages
A few weeks ago, a very good friend (Ex-boyfriend, in fact. Good guy.) of mine informed me he was off to Iraq. He got there safely, thank goodness. I'm not quite sure what to send him in a care package, though. Any ideas? I'm thinking fun stuff - the serious stuff he can get from his wife.
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Laurie Ellen
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Posted: 02/15/05 - 14:34 Post subject:
Definitely fun stuff. Can they receive anything?
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 02/15/05 - 14:35 Post subject:
Puzzle books (word searches, crosswords)
junk food, gum
funny Magazine (MADD)
Frisbee
Hackey Sack
I always took a Yo-Yo with me.
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 02/15/05 - 14:36 Post subject:
| Laurie Ellen wrote: | | Definitely fun stuff. Can they receive anything? |
Oh yeah. The mail is one thing they really try to keep up. it helps morale a lot.
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Molly600
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Posted: 02/15/05 - 14:36 Post subject:
Maybe just goodies and stuff he can't get there. Magazines, candy, gum, stuff like that? I'm sure anything you send will be greatly appreciated! 
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Cappy
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Posted: 02/15/05 - 14:36 Post subject:
Hard Candy, Toothpaste, Soap, pocket size tissues, lotion, crossword puzzle books. Just to name a few things
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RunsLikeAGirl
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Posted: 02/15/05 - 14:37 Post subject:
Great ideas, guys. Thanks, and keep them coming!
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Cappy
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Posted: 02/15/05 - 14:38 Post subject:
Phone cards, Playing Cards, DVD's
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HYPERASHEL
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Posted: 02/15/05 - 14:43 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | | Phone cards, Playing Cards, DVD's |
How could i forget the cards? Both the card ideas are good.
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Cappy
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Posted: 02/15/05 - 14:48 Post subject:
I just donated a second car to Purple Heart
It won't help the soilders overseas, but it will help those who have been wounded
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TreKay
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Posted: 02/15/05 - 15:01 Post subject:
A co-worker of mine son is in Iraq, I know it sounds off the wall but he send him a case of GU shots, so he always kept them on him, incase he needed a quick boost of energy.
Long story short, his son asks for them all the time now.
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Posted: 02/15/05 - 15:06 Post subject:
| TreKay wrote: | A co-worker of mine son is in Iraq, I know it sounds off the wall but he send him a case of GU shots, so he always kept them on him, incase he needed a quick boost of energy.
Long story short, his son asks for them all the time now. |
Excellent idea.
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Posted: 02/15/05 - 15:07 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | I just donated a second car to Purple Heart
It won't help the soilders overseas, but it will help those who have been wounded |
Is the writeoff for that FMV or is it a standard amount?
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Cappy
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Posted: 02/15/05 - 15:12 Post subject:
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Is the writeoff for that FMV or is it a standard amount? |
They give you the bluebook as a write off. I knock a couple of hundred off of that.
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Posted: 02/15/05 - 15:41 Post subject:
Ask your local Blue Star Mothers Group, the local USO (most major airports have a chapter to call), or your local reserve unit (in the phone book) for a list of what cannot be sent. Most magazines with scantily clad girls cannot be sent and movies with sexual content couldn't be sent during Operation Desert Storm in 1990-91.
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