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Undertoad 01-21-2006 06:35 AM
I'm just funnin' ya buddy

Griff 01-21-2006 06:38 AM
Sometimes I need a common sense booster. :)

SteveDallas 01-21-2006 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by BigV
You may find an answer to your problem in this book.
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Originally Posted by ether42
here are a few ideas
1. wallpaper
2. toilet paper
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Originally Posted by undertoad
I have a huge number of empty boxes, perhaps we should list our boxes here on the Cellar so we can trade appropriately-sized ones.
What a bunch of smartasses!!! :lol2: Thank you for your kind suggestions.

I have never considered using the priority mail boxes for this because you have to use priority mail postage on them, which isn't in the budget. re-folding the boxes to put the printed side inside seems just evil. I'll have to give it a try. (Not only evil, but so obvious I wouldn't be surprised if the USPS started printing something on the insides.)

monster 01-21-2006 10:06 PM
Just leave them lying around places -in coffee shops, on park benches (on dry days) with a note saying "please take me and read me and pass me on" or something like that. What about the homeless and domestic violence shelters? They might want them.

You can get suitable bubble envelopes 4/$1 in dollar stores, btw.

xoxoxoBruce 01-21-2006 10:15 PM
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(Not only evil, but so obvious I wouldn't be surprised if the USPS started printing something on the insides.)
Spray paint. :D

wolf 01-22-2006 12:08 AM
While fun in an enclosed, poorly ventilated space, I recommend duct tape.

xoxoxoBruce 01-22-2006 06:53 AM
Not when you're paying postage by weight.......even at book rates, which are cheap. :headshake

BigV 01-25-2006 11:36 AM
In all seriousness, SteveDallas, you should check out bookcrossing.com. Here's an excerpt of their mission. I find it highly admirable, and I think it deserves consideration given your description of the circumstances here.

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What is BookCrossing?

bookcrossing
n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.

(added to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary in August 2004)
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The "3 Rs" of BookCrossing...

1. Read a good book (you already know how to do that)
2. Register it here (along with your journal comments), get a unique BCID (BookCrossing ID number), and label the book
3. Release it for someone else to read (give it to a friend, leave it on a park bench, donate it to charity, "forget" it in a coffee shop, etc.), and get notified by email each time someone comes here and records journal entries for that book. And if you make Release Notes on the book, others can Go Hunting for it and try to find it!

SteveDallas 09-19-2007 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Undertoad (Post 205293)
I have a huge number of empty boxes, perhaps we should list our boxes here on the Cellar so we can trade appropriately-sized ones.
Ask, and ye shall receive.

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