A tea towel too good to use

@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Mar 23

We really need to act as there is no-one that will want our stuff as the 'boys' won't be able to take much with them back to their homes. I imagine a lot of things will just get trashed.

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@Aquitaine24 (12000)

• San Jose, California

14 Mar 23

Magnetic are useful. You always have something to put up notes and calendars with.

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@DaddyEvil (174208)

• United States

14 Mar 23

@JudyEv I'm sure Pretty won't want much of the things I kept through my lifetime. *shrug* There wasn't a lot that mom and dad saved that we wanted after they passed away. It just had no value to us.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

14 Mar 23

I probably have but now I don’t have room for anything I don’t use.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 Mar 23

@RubyHawk That is so, so true!!

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Mar 23

I won't be buying much this trip. At least that's the plan.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

15 Mar 23

@JudyEv Sometimes we slip up.

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (74988)

• United States

14 Mar 23

I’d say just use it. If it’s too nice to use and never gets used it’s not doing any good. There are myLot members who like to exchange postcards and have a collection maybe you could write them a note and mail them a postcard? I used to have a postcard collection as well of places I visited.

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (74988)

• United States

14 Mar 23

@JudyEv nope I got rid of it when my kids were little.

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@Aquitaine24 (12000)

• San Jose, California

14 Mar 23

That’s what I would think.We have some souvenir kitchen towels— they get used.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Mar 23

Do you still have your postcard collection?

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153544)

• India

14 Mar 23

I have bought souvenirs and they were useful for me and also as give a ways

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153544)

• India

14 Mar 23

@JudyEv The first tour of ours was to Bangkok/Singapore. I had never seen a Mall before. I bought chocolates - 17 slabs of them and after distributing only 5 were left (lol)

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Mar 23

That's good to know. I used to buy gifts for everyone but I only buy a few now.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Mar 23

@allknowing I guess they didn't melt on the way home.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86575)

• United States

14 Mar 23

Not anymore. My souvenirs tend to be t-shirts, which I can wear for a few years then rotate into “nightwear” (pajamas, or pyjamas as y’all spell it

). Those aren’t as “useless” as the little souvenir stack of cannon balls I remember getting at Gettysburg Battlefield when I was a kid.

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@Aquitaine24 (12000)

• San Jose, California

14 Mar 23

The cannon balls sound interesting.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Mar 23

T-shirts aren't a bad idea. I've bought one or two and occasionally a jumper/sweater.

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (86575)

• United States

14 Mar 23

@Aquitaine24 — in hindsight I think it was supposed to be a paperweight.

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April

@thislittlepennyearns (68177)

• Defuniak Springs, Florida

14 Mar 23

About the only knick knack stuff in our house is the collectible toys and stuff and then the legos. Well other than what is in the kids rooms. But I totally get it.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Mar 23

I have WAY too many horse ornaments but I guess they can go to an op shop once I'm gone.

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April

@thislittlepennyearns (68177)

• Defuniak Springs, Florida

14 Mar 23

@JudyEv I’ll come peruse them and adorn my house. Lol

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allen0187

@allen0187 (59648)

• Philippines

14 Mar 23

Always! Ref magnets are on top of my list.

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allen0187

@allen0187 (59648)

• Philippines

15 Mar 23

@JudyEv my thoughts exactly.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Mar 23

I like the magnets. They aren't expensive and they don't take up a lot of space in your suitcase.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91299)

• United States

14 Mar 23

I did now and again but mostly I would get them for Mama RIP

Now, I love that one Judy.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Mar 23

I used to buy gifts for everyone but I don't anymore.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502169)

• Italy

14 Mar 23

It is pretty, shame to use it. I bought useless souvenirs in most places I visited.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502169)

• Italy

14 Mar 23

@JudyEv I did the same in the past. I bought for my brother, sister in law, my Mom, my grandparents and in laws... it was stressful.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Mar 23

@LadyDuck I found it stressful too. And such things took quite a bit of room in a suitcase.

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Mar 23

The first two trips I tried to buy gifts for everyone but I don't do that anymore.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

14 Mar 23

I try not to anymore. That is pretty

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

14 Mar 23

@JudyEv It is that way. I donated a lot of that kind of stuff the last few years

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Mar 23

It was fun and seemed okay at the time but there will be no-one that wants them once we're gone.

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (44560)

• United States

14 Mar 23

That is beautiful. Maybe you could frame it or take a photo of it to frame?

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Mar 23

I have a photo of it now so that might be enough.

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29410)

• Eugene, Oregon

14 Mar 23

We have tried to avoid that. I do buy too many caps, so many I don't know where to keep them all. But I wear one anytime I go out in the sun, so I do use most of them.

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@Aquitaine24 (12000)

• San Jose, California

14 Mar 23

@JudyEv Do you mean baseball caps?

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@JudyEv (381760)

• Rockingham, Australia

14 Mar 23

We had a big collection of caps once. I'm not sure where they all came from. lol We scaled down a bit when we came here but we still have more than enough.

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