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Dahli
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11-27-2000

Thursday, March 06, 2008 - 6:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dahli a private message Print Post    
Oh, those are darling Dipo! I wish Penneys was around these parts...

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Thursday, March 06, 2008 - 7:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the extra effort! I've just got back - seems sporting stores were the trick and I got a really good pair at Sports Chalet - on clearance down from $55 to $20! So I'm very happy.

I was using the wrong words (as usual) - what I was looking for were hiking shoes not walking shoes. Once they told me that they took me straight to the right department!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, March 06, 2008 - 8:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Kitt, the cats didn't come out of the car except to and from a motel room.. didn't see any bears (did in Yellowstone years ago) And yeah, it was tense with the cats acting crazy and loud. They had previously been very quiet on tranqa .. my ex did the driving and he didn't mind that sort of stuff at all.

Sounds like a great price on shoes!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Thursday, March 06, 2008 - 8:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
dahli, I order them online and have them shipped to me! Oh, Kit, totally different shoe, LOL.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Thursday, March 06, 2008 - 10:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Well, duh!!! We KNEW she was going to Yosemite, LOL. Congratulations, Kitt, on getting the shoe you needed at a great price.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Friday, March 07, 2008 - 12:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Even on the phone to the hotel booking in Yosemite the "hold" message warns you about bears - I thought they'd be round every corner and would certainly sniff out a kitty!

Thanks! Yeah, I'm all set now, got my shoes, got a room booked and a tour booked! Now just have to wait impatiently for about six weeks!

Dahli
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11-27-2000

Friday, March 07, 2008 - 2:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dahli a private message Print Post    
Not sure where to put this, but I am wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to stretch boots...?
I bought a pair of Cole Hahn boots on sale the other day, they were $100 bucks off so I was excited. They're a 7.5, I wear a seven and they were comfortable in the store, but I wore them yesterday and they were tight! I don't have any of those wooden shoe thingys which I think is what is normally used?? so am looking for some other ideas..

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Friday, March 07, 2008 - 3:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I would think how effective it is depends on what the shoes are made of, but for natural materials if you stuff something damp in them - like balled up newspaper or a towel - and then let that dry overnight it stretches them a little.

This might be an old wives' tale, but they also say stuffing them with banana peel works too!

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Friday, March 07, 2008 - 4:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
<<This might be an old wives' tale, but they also say stuffing them with banana peel works too!>>

Oh great, now Dahli will have monkeys chasing her everywhere...



Dipo
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04-23-2002

Friday, March 07, 2008 - 6:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Dahli, have you thought of taking them to a shoe repair shop to see if they can stretch them a little?

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Friday, March 07, 2008 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Shoe repair is the way to go. I've done it and it worked like a gem.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Friday, March 07, 2008 - 7:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
I'm voting for the bananas

Dahli
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11-27-2000

Friday, March 07, 2008 - 9:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dahli a private message Print Post    
HA! Thanks for the banana votes :-) and the other suggestions, I will check out a repair place and if they don't offer it I'll buy some bananas. They are leather, so perhaps some damp towels? I was wondering if that would hurt the leather...but you said damp not soaking wet - right?

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Friday, March 07, 2008 - 9:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Yeah, damp, not wet. The leather will soak up the dampness from the towel and it will relax them a bit. And they won't smell of bananas ;).

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 12:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
... or the dampness will shrink the leather ...

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Saturday, March 08, 2008 - 1:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Well I'd add in "do at your own risk", but I remember my grandmother doing it, several times, and it worked for her. Whether leather was treated the same then as nowadays I don't know...

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Monday, March 10, 2008 - 6:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
In Ebay, would you call charging $3.00 for shipping an item that really only costs .58¢ in a regular (non-padded) letter sized envelope, overcharging or fair?

Mictay
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09-29-2006

Monday, March 10, 2008 - 6:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mictay a private message Print Post    
I would say it's overcharging,but that's how some people make their profit.It's my understanding that ebay doesn't charge the seller for S/H fee.I could be wrong.

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Monday, March 10, 2008 - 6:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
That is a tough call Julie. I guess if it was called shipping & handling it might be ok.

Then you figure in the cost of the envelope, putting the item in the envelope, the driving to the post office, standing in line at the post office, making/writing the label, the postage itself....

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Monday, March 10, 2008 - 7:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
I think $2 would be reasonable, $3 is maybe too much in my mind. Depends how much the buyer wants the item and how much of a bargain it is. I always consider the shipping as part of the price.

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Monday, March 10, 2008 - 8:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but, oh, well....

My sister is helping make a St patricks day float for her son's boyscout den. The theme if the parade is "It's a small world".

She is making flags from different countries, and I think they are trying to make a giant globe.

Does anyone have any ideas what she else can do? They have to wear their uniforms, so they can't dress up in different costumes.

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Monday, March 10, 2008 - 9:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
they could have "food of the nations" pics of different food from different nations. such as swiss chocolate, mexican tacos, chinese food.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, March 10, 2008 - 9:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
How about sashes with the pertinent country logos on them?

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Monday, March 10, 2008 - 9:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
...or their flag colors on the sash?

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Monday, March 10, 2008 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
Thanks guys! I'll pass these along to my sister along with anything else someone can think of.