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Old 11-13-2014, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Bonny View Post
Years ago, we had a group of friends. We were all young and didn't have any money so for birthdays we would send the birthday person $20.00 in a card. We laughed one time wondering if it was the same $20.00 we kept passing around.
It's like if I give you $20.00, next month for my birthday you give me $20.00, it's kind of a wash.
Our tennis team did that with a giftwrapped bottle of Boone's Farm Apple Wine for years, till it exploded in the trunk of my car and I accused our son of... well, let's just say apologies were in order.
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