Random acts of commerce

blaineg posted a pic said Thu, Apr 9th 2020 at 7:44am ET

A couple of weeks ago I started sending Spirograph sets to my brothers & sisters (Well, really my nieces and nephews. Gotta keep up the Favorite Uncle status, even if I can’t see them for a while.) and it’s been a big hit. I was just looking for something fun that might help with cabin fever, and Spirograph is something they’ve enjoyed at our annual Cousin Camp.

One of them arrived with no gift receipt (my error), and it caused some confusion, excitement, and a lot of discussion, and I wound up being dubbed the Spirograph Elf. That’s going on my resume!

Here’s one reaction shot:

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Cerridwyn said Thu, Apr 9th 2020 at 7:52am ET:

Awesome sweet of you.

Will you be my uncle?
j/k
I gotta get dressed and go to work
Outside the house and everything

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tinamarie1974 said Thu, Apr 9th 2020 at 9:59am ET:

You are a good uncle!

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sarahsandroid said Thu, Apr 9th 2020 at 9:59am ET:

I treated myself to a spirograph and a similar one that the wheels don’t come out of. My grown children shake their heads at their mom sharing her spirograph masterpieces when we chat, LoL

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shahnm said Thu, Apr 9th 2020 at 10:19am ET:

If you’re looking to waste a lot of time (and time most of us have these days…), check this out:
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https://nathanfriend.io/inspirograph/

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Kidsandliz said Thu, Apr 9th 2020 at 10:19am ET:

Cool! Next you need to start sending reams of paper and replacement pencils for it . I remember loving those as a kid. Their parents (if they aren’t swiping them for themselves or there aren’t fights over them between the kids) are likely thanking you profusely!

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f00l said Thu, Apr 9th 2020 at 3:14pm ET:

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njfan said Fri, Apr 10th 2020 at 12:52pm ET:

@blaineg - nice! I am stealing your idea. If you have a cheaper one though, please share so I can steal that one instead.

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- @elimanningface Please do steal it! And share it.
  
  That Spirograph kit was only $15, though it looks like it’s up to $20 now.
  
  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NZ8QQ22/r
  
  There’s all sorts of options, from the pocket sized travel model for $10, up to the massive Super set for $40 or so.
  
  blaineg said Sat, Apr 11th 2020 at 12:02pm ET
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moonhat said Fri, Apr 10th 2020 at 1:17pm ET:

What a fun idea! You are surely securing your title of fave uncle, I’m sure!

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chienfou said Fri, Apr 10th 2020 at 7:10pm ET:

Spirograph is just a gateway drug to doing these:

Which constituted a large part of my ‘decor’ in the 70’s

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blaineg said Sat, Apr 11th 2020 at 12:05pm ET:

For other ideas, there’s always my old toys topic.
https://meh.com/forum/topics/cool-toys-dump

Or the month of March 2019.
https://meh.com/forum/topics/goat-toy-day-1

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blaineg said Sat, Apr 11th 2020 at 12:08pm ET:

Haha! While I was searching for the toys dump topic, Google suggested this image search:

https://www.google.com/search?q=site:meh.com+blaineg+toys&sxsrf=ALeKk00n1kpLH8rieyfOqeaimywTHe43xQ:1586621096058&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwij8cqW4ODoAhW4JzQIHTi-ALQQ_AUoAnoECAsQBA&cshid=1586621200664210&biw=1759&bih=2007

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