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news is More reliable ironically the camera i decided to get is being phased out by Canon so it had a poor showing on Dea icam because retailers have stopped carrying it when Ever i need something computer or electronic related i Check new egg the hardworking online retailer is based appropriately enough in City of Industry Calif and has always Given me and millions of other Happy custom ers excellent service fair prices and prompt shipping sure enough it still had the a540 in Stock for better yet new egg had a Good Deal going in its Canon store i got the Cam Era a 1gigabyte memory card to in crease its storage capacity and a Canon photo Printer that produces spectacular images for shipped after rebates do you have a favorite web site or a question about How to find something on the internet email web sea Why no More toys in Cereal q Why do hardly any Cereal boxes these Days have Little toys inside Starr g As 1 choking Hazard 2 More marketing options 3 kids too sophisticated in the end it might be just this simple getting a Little unpainted plastic figure out of a Cereal Box might have lost some of its Charm so says Dan Goodsell who Sells Good Cereal a Little plastic Cannon that shot Cereal no wonder we baby Boomers Are so messed up not All Cereal premiums some in the Box some you sent away for were politically incorrect or dangerous you might remember decoder rings Bike License plates baseball cards and toy cars did you stare at the Box As you shovelled in can crunch frosted flakes or honeycomb a Box toys he also Sells Cereal boxes and old Cere toy inside brought that kiddie consumer expert Al ads ail on Ebay at the height of ence to a Sweet Climax and a toy inside his collecting he owned 40005000could help us choose quips or quake glad you asked Jeff elder Cereal Box toys collectors Call but Hes now Down to 10001500 you can Check them out at his web site world com i dont know what the Standard line is says Goodsell who lives in los Angeles but i suspect its just a lot of work and the Cereal companies have options these Days Here is the Standard line from Kellogg today we continue to offer promotional items that Are engaging and relevant starting in 2006 weve placed increased emphasis on provid ing items that help encourage families to be Active like pedometers says Jill Saletta director of corporate communications and Public relations pedometers Are a far cry from these Cereal premiums offered in past decades not All from plastic atomic submarine that Sank and Rose thanks to baking powder you put inside guns of history including the peace maker which were about 2 inches Long straight Arrow in unities cards about native americans super sugar Crisp or sugar pops do you go cuckoo for Cocoa puffs or follow you nose to froot loops or did your mom just make you get Raisin bran the kind with out sugar on the raisins or those giant haystacks of dry shredded wheat the Golden age of Cereal Box toys was probably from around 1945 to around 1978 says Goodsell who has collected them for 18 years Why do we baby Boomers love things like this because they return us to ouf child hoods which Many of us revisit of seven or eight times an hour Flashback i am in mrs minors fifth Grade class taking a spelling test i raise my head not to look on another kids paper just to glance around the room Bobbing on the tops of More than a dozen pencils is a frito Bandi to Pencil Eraser talk about politically incorrect he might have been the very worst it seems like everybody had one of those mused to Goodsell who also Sells snack food premiums yeah Well those packages of snack bag frito just had cellophane on the top so inside the store a resourceful Little kid could poke a Hole in the top and take the Eraser out driving you nuts song lyrics dont you just hate it when you can almost remember something but then it slips away and then it nags at you until you get it settled Well were Here to create that experience for you Here Are lyrics from a song that was popular sometime in the past 100 years you can either come up with the title and artist or you can just keep mouthing the words to yourself All Day Long trying to link them to something and yes we know you could just Google it but that a Little something we Call not in the spirit of the in not a part of a redneck Agenda answer Daliase Lyscom a plastic Rickshaw Complete with a Little Chi they stole frito bandits Nese Guy to pull it email Jeff elder at results for Page 22 crossword cd q q q in o
