I just got my son the coolest birthday present..

SoCalDem

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Sun Jun-25-06 04:44 AM
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I just got my son the coolest birthday present..

Edited on Sun Jun-25-06 05:19 AM by SoCalDem

He's a "serious" sort of guy who loves cars...so I ordered a bunch of Life Magazines from 1973 (his birth year) and some car magazines fromthe same year.. I have a feeling he will be enjoying the car ads and the stuff we all thought was so important way back then...

I can't wait for them to arrive., I want to "pre-read/re-read" the Life magazines.. I KNEW I should have saved all those old Nat'l Geographics & Life & Look magazines :) I could be RICH, I tell ya..

If you are looking for an unusual gift for someone try their link..
http://www.2neatmagazines.com/

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Oeditpus Rex

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Sun Jun-25-06 04:53 AM
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1. Whoa!

If you were my mom, I'd mow your lawn for life for that. :loveya:

I freakin' love old car ads! Hell, I love old ads, period.

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SoCalDem

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Sun Jun-25-06 04:57 AM
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2. um...could you plant some grass seed and THEN mow it?

Edited on Sun Jun-25-06 04:58 AM by SoCalDem

:rofl:

in fact the GODDAMNED code people wrote us up and gave us until July 3 to LANDSCAPE our yard..

The damned tree and lack of rain KILLED our grass, and we were hoping to wait until cooler weather to landscape, but if we don;t do it by the deadline, they will FINE us $500.. :grr:..and we STILL have to landscape it./

I am so pissed.. We have to re-do the sprinkler system first..and it's about a thousand degrees out there now..

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Oeditpus Rex

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Sun Jun-25-06 05:04 AM
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3. Would you settle for sod?

:shrug:

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SoCalDem

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Sun Jun-25-06 05:09 AM
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4. now... about that sprinkler system...

you might be better off to order the magazines yourself, sonny :) we are slave-drivers here at the homestead..:)

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seemunkee

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Sun Jun-25-06 09:47 AM
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5. Which magazines?

I have a bunch of Road and Track and Sportscar Graphics mags from the 60s. I love reading the Gran Prix and CanAm race reports from back then.

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GOPisEvil

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Sun Jun-25-06 09:48 AM
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6. My mom started subscribing to Nat'l Geographic the year I was born.

I've seen the issue from the month of my birth. I love flipping through the old ads. That is a cool present. :)

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SoCalDem

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Sun Jun-25-06 04:53 PM
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9. I saved the Chicago Tribune issue the day he was born

and for the others, the Kansas City Star, but of course I have NO idea whatever happened to them.. For all I know they ended up as dishwrap on one of our many moves..:(

Good idea, gone wrong:)

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bertha katzenengel

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Sun Jun-25-06 09:56 AM
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7. Oh, my . . . Life issue on the day I was born . . . I am a huge fan of

Carol Burnett's and she is in that issue. Hmm... :7

Thanks for the great link. Great gift for your son!

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Heidi

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Sun Jun-25-06 10:02 AM
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8. For future birthdays: Taschen books about cars

Taschen Books is my favorite seller of books on art and pop culture. Check out these Taschen books about cars:

http://www.taschen.de/pages/en/catalogue/books/popculture/all/facts/03239.htm

http://www.taschen.de/pages/en/catalogue/books/popculture/all/facts/03971.htm

http://www.taschen.de/pages/en/catalogue/books/popculture/all/facts/03972.htm

http://www.taschen.de/pages/en/catalogue/books/popculture/all/facts/03289.htm

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