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    De> An incredibly tough sale!  Actually impossible really, unless you put   
    De> your foot down and flat out say "no".  No need to feel bad about it,   
    De> within a day or two, they've forgotten they ever wanted it!   
      
   Haha, that works too ... After 4 kids, 3 I've raised, I'm numb to the   
   tantrums or disappoitning looks they stomp away with.  No often is the only   
   answer they must learn as they'll hear it moreoften then not as an adult.   
      
    De> Donating to the food pantry sounds like a great idea.  My wife has   
    De> suggested quite a few times we should during christmas, donate old toys   
    De> and go help/volunteer, but it hasn't actually happened yet.  Need to   
    De> step up here.   
      
   I don't know about where you are, but here not all pantries take toys and   
   clothees, so if you do it, you'll wanna call around.  I avoid giving to   
   Goodwill as they mark them up to and sell them.  I prefer the pantries as   
   they give them to kids 100% free.  They are funded by our city government via   
   grants and public donations.   
      
    De> Just out of interest, why are you in Fidonet?   
      
   Should I not be?  lol!  I joined FidoNet for diversity of topics to discuss   
   as opposed to many networks that only focus on SysOp support and or Computer   
   tech topics.  While I do subscribe to other networks, Fido is the only I have   
   that has seperate categories of conversation to keep the people relatively on   
   track.  I would  be open to others as well.  I really want to start an   
   National Football League echo, but I'm unclear on how to add it in mystic.     
   So ... until I figure that out, I'm reading recipes, this dad board, and a   
   few others.   
      
   You?   
      
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