Calling all WACKOS
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09/15/99 03:10 PM
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ladylightkeeper
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Wackos -- how about doing something for fun ---- and to benefit lighthouse restoration in our own small way. Please refer back to my posting on this General Forum titled "No automatic buzzer for wackodom?" and read Mombo's reply and then my concluding reply. I started out tongue in cheek about a pin, but then thought seriously -- why not. It would be fun. We do now share something in common. Would you buy a pin? Would you buy it at $5.00 or more, so that the amount after the actual manufacturing price would be donated as our WACKO contribution to whatever lighthouse restoration project HL is sponsoring for that particular year? What is it now - still Cape Neddick (Nubble) keeper's house restoration? I know HL has donated to restore a first floor room, but the lighthouse still needs more money to complete the total project.
Our NELL club Christmas party will be on Nov. 27 at York, Me, to see the outlining of Nubble with lights; and we have already committed as a club to donate to the restoration.
Let me know what you think. If there is seriously interest, I will look into a pin for us all. Wackos can be wacky, right?
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/15/99 03:31 PM
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I think that's a great idea! I'd buy two. How about a pin in color depicting whatever lighthouse is being helped, with the year and the word "Wacko" superimposed on it. It would then be an annual affair.
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/15/99 05:12 PM
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As a hopefully future WACKO I think it's a great idea.
Jeff
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/15/99 06:03 PM
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S Dalessandro
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Yes, I'd definately buy at least one pin. How about the other wackos out there?
Steve D.
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/15/99 06:06 PM
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What about us newbie's who hope to be "wacko's"
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/15/99 07:39 PM
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AlanBeckman
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We'll take at least two.
Alan & Diane
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/15/99 08:01 PM
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Joanne
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Count me in. I looked for the posting parade passed me by but I could not find it.
Joanne
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/15/99 08:20 PM
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ladylightkeeper -
As a newly converted Wacko - who missed the "automatic buzzer" - I will be happy to order a pin. Collect a pin, save a lighthouse, display the pin next to the HL model of the lighthouse. Sounds like a fun journey to me.
Jim
Just to update this post as I promised Barbara. I would like to be able to purchase a pin, but I do not have a specific lighthouse in mind to save. If forced to select, I would suggest any of the needy lights in the state of Michigan which is where I live. I would be happy to have my money go to any lighthouse voted on by the majority.
[This message has been edited by drwhok9 (edited 10-01-99).]
Jim Dr. Who ?
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/15/99 09:44 PM
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Oops - I should have told you to look at the previous posting titled "No automatic buzzer for wackodom" and then read Mombo's reply re: pin.
Looks like there is some interest in a pin here. Suggestions have been made to have a different pin each year with the design of the lighthouse HL is giving donations to (if there is a different one each year ??? Anyone know? ). And with that year's date and the word WACKO inscribed on the pin. Another suggestion was to have the design of the Monument to Lighthouse Keepers at Avery Point, CT, which is going to be restored and is now accepting donations; and this would be a constant design and donation until the project was complete. I thought maybe there should be plateaus of wackoness: a pin for the first 50 postings - you are a one-star (or should we day "one-light") wacko; a different pin when you achieve say l50 postings; and so on. You could wear them all proudly, as you progress through wackodom, just like a 5 star general!
Newbies -- getting a Wacko pin is something to strive for. Sort of the "rites of passage". When you qualified, then you could order your pin. This would spur you on to do postings to your heart's delight!
Let's hear comments on these ideas; plus some of your own ideas. We need to know --- how many wackos are out there in wackoland? Are there enough for the first pin order which has to be a minimum of l00 pins? And how many of you newbies think you would be wackos and interested in a pin, by say after the lst of the year, as this would be a 2000 millenium project?
Can some of you do designs on your computer and scan them onto this forum, so we can get some ideas, once we find out about the status of upcoming HL donations to lighthouse?
Keep your ideas and comments coming. KTF
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/16/99 01:04 AM
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Probably they would cost more to make if you order more than one design, ie. one star, two stars, etc.
Maybe we could contribute to a lighthouse different from ones that the masses are, one that needs more work done.
Not familiar here, someone else maybe has ideas.
I'd certainly buy one. They wouldn't hurt as much as push-pins if you cared to wear it.
MOMBO
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/16/99 11:06 AM
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QC
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Count me in, I would like a pin George
George
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/16/99 12:04 PM
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As of today, 50 WACKOs, 8 more between 40-49 posts.
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/16/99 02:45 PM
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Count me in for a pin ( and one post closer to WACKOdom!)
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/16/99 03:39 PM
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/16/99 04:52 PM
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Tom and Joyce Abbott
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Count us in for two pins. We're pretty close to wackodom.
Tom & Joyce
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/16/99 04:56 PM
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JoAnn
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/16/99 11:45 PM
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RMau
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I can find room on my "pin hat" for another one. And I like the idea of displaying one next to the HL piece. I'll take two.
Rick
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/17/99 02:02 PM
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Augie K.
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Sign me up for two. The Flame
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/17/99 02:58 PM
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Randy Kremer
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Count me in for at least one! GREAT IDEA!
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/17/99 03:18 PM
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DANIEL
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I am not a wacko yet. When I become one I will definitely want two pins.
If I need to be a wacko, I can always enter the Forum’s playroom 50 times with a test message. I am sure that will qualify me for wackodom. For more reasons than one.
DANIEL
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/17/99 06:33 PM
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JJ
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Barbara, put me down for one at $5.00. Thanks Jim Johnson
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/17/99 09:03 PM
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Todd Shorkey
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For your count, you can put me down for two pins.
-Todd
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/17/99 11:35 PM
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Stan
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/18/99 01:52 AM
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Weasel58
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Sure. I'll take one.
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/18/99 09:50 PM
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Al and Kathy
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I've been unable to keep in touch with the Forum of late - yes, we'd be interested in 2 pins. Thanks for emailing us about what was happening, Barbara.
Kathy
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/19/99 08:45 PM
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Lighthouse Ghost
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Put me down for 2 pins...btw...does anyone know how to make a pin stay pinned to a ghost???
Lighthouse Ghost
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/19/99 09:32 PM
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DeDo
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We were away for the weekend, but the pins sound like a great idea. Put me down for one!
Donna
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/20/99 09:44 AM
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Bob St Clair
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Yes I will support this idea, put me down for two.
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/20/99 12:44 PM
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I think the pin is a great idea and I would definitly buy one. However, I am a good way off from becoming a Wacko and have no idea when I will get there! I'm on the road most of the time and am not able to keep up with the forums regularly. (I have so many other things to "catch up on" when I'm home).
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/20/99 01:06 PM
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dodad
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Lady Lightkeeper. Great idea. I do want (1). Since I am a collecter of caps. I thank I will pin mine as I get them to my Lighthouse cap.
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/20/99 05:07 PM
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Count me in for a pin. Only suggestion that I would make is that it would be nice if the particular lighthouse that we decide to help would be featured on the pin. Therefore every year would have not only a new pin, but also a different lighthouse featured on it. "TheLightkeeper"
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/20/99 10:26 PM
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Wonderful ideea!!! Count me in for two.
Long ways to go though, but I'm sure I'll make it.
Bert
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/20/99 10:59 PM
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Count me in for at least two pins.
I am sure there are others in our HL club here in Tampa Bay that would like one as well.
Derith
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/21/99 01:22 AM
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Richard W
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Count me in for two, Barbara
Richard Weaver One of the Smokey Mtn. Flame Keepers
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/21/99 01:30 AM
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Count me in for 2.
From the Reliquary, __ /im
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/24/99 01:10 AM
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Bob, only two more posts to go. Click on to those fashionable eyeglasses on your post to see your status. Your posts are so interesting -- I am sure you can come up with two more about some other needy Long Island lighthouses; or maybe a description of who is the East End Seaport Museum and what does it do.
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/29/99 11:42 AM
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LONG ISLAND BOB
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/29/99 03:11 PM
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Throw one down to me also.
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/29/99 05:51 PM
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Kat
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Its been so long since I've posted I'm not sure I still have WACKO status. Work has sure kept me busy and I get home exhausted so sorry I havn't been keeping up with the goin's on in here....I am also sorry I have missed so many chats!! Anyway....I would like to put in my order for 2 Wacko Pins...a terrific idea !!
Kat
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/29/99 06:20 PM
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Count us in for 2. (although I think I would prefer NOT to wear a pin that lables me as a wacko. I have enough of an image problem as it is.) Brian
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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09/29/99 07:18 PM
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This is my 48th post so I will reach wackodom today. Count me in for one. Dale
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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10/01/99 09:17 PM
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Noelle
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Thanks for the e-mail, I've been away from the forums for awhile. I'll take 2.
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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10/02/99 12:46 PM
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Kaiz
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Hello everyone, I like Kat, haven't been on the forum for awhile (started new job and have been putting in long hours) But to get back in the mix, put Patty and I down for the pins. I think it is a great idea and would be really special if we are able to help restore a lighthouse along the way. It is good to be back and look forward to more postings along the way. Mike
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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10/02/99 06:33 PM
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Bob Cappuccio
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I will be a wacko in just a few more posts.I will take a pin when they are available.Its a great idea to be able to help a lighthouse along the way while we look so sharp in those pins..;p
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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10/06/99 08:36 AM
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Rusty
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Just became a WACKO, so count me in for a pin! Rusty
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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10/06/99 05:59 PM
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Lorie Roe
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I am now an official wacko so I would like to add my name to your list to buy a wacko pin.
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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10/06/99 06:13 PM
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JohnL
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Please add my name to the list. Sorry about the late response.
John
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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10/07/99 01:09 AM
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DocJ44
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Sounds great...I'd readily buy one of those pins. Doc John
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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10/07/99 09:58 PM
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Jim Chesher
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My new WACKO status now allows me to say I'll take one of those pins.
Jim
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Re: Calling all WACKOS
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10/09/99 09:13 PM
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Five dollars sounds cheap. Count me in for two.
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