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Cadaverous Pallor
03-02-2006, 12:26 PM
Random PSA thought:

Thinking of the Monopoly pieces made me remember that classrooms have old board games they pull out for rainy days. I have so many board games at home that I have no more storage space. I'm going to check if anything that I'm willing to give up could be used by the school.

I urge you to check your closets and donate simple board games to your local elementary school.

Thank you :)
Gemini Cricket
03-02-2006, 12:38 PM
They'll never get my Haunted Mansion Clue game. Never!
:D

Good idea, CP!
:)
BarTopDancer
03-02-2006, 12:57 PM
Great idea CP.

If schools don't want them child care places will probably take them. If all else fails seal the boxes up and donate them to charity.

I only have 3 board games. 2 monopolies (regular and Disney) and Life. I can't figure out how to play Life (no comments from the peanut gallery please) so it really should go. CP, if you're there at the Pirates meet I may bring it for you to take to school. If I remember and don't get distracted by shiny objects.
Not Afraid
03-02-2006, 01:40 PM
When I work for a educational facility I used to just LOVE all of the people who wanted to donate their "valuable art supplies" (ie: trash) to us. While I appreciated the gesture, the stuff was not at all of value to us 99% of the time.

All of my "trash" goes to Out of the Closte and even then they only take usable stuff. The rest gets left for random pickup.
BarTopDancer
03-02-2006, 01:43 PM
When I work for a educational facility I used to just LOVE all of the people who wanted to donate their "valuable art supplies" (ie: trash) to us. While I appreciated the gesture, the stuff was not at all of value to us 99% of the time.

All of my "trash" goes to Out of the Closte and even then they only take usable stuff. The rest gets left for random pickup.

I would hardly compare complete rarely used board games to trash. :rolleyes:
Not Afraid
03-02-2006, 01:44 PM
Just speaking from experience. Your milage may vary. Deal with it.
innerSpaceman
03-02-2006, 01:45 PM
I have a few board games. Monopoly, Sorry, Stratego and Life, I think. How come no one wants to play these anymore?


I think we should have a Swankster Monopoly Tournament!
Not Afraid
03-02-2006, 01:48 PM
I have a few board games. Monopoly, Sorry, Stratego and Life, I think. How come no one wants to play these anymore?


I think we should have a Swankster Monopoly Tournament!

Game night is a great idea. We have quite a few and don't play them as often as we used to.

But, this ain't gonna be our April swanking. ;)
BarTopDancer
03-02-2006, 01:49 PM
I have a few board games. Monopoly, Sorry, Stratego and Life, I think. How come no one wants to play these anymore?

Those are great games to play. I wonder the same thing. Game nights used to be so much fun!

I think we should have a Swankster Monopoly Tournament!

That would be so much fun. Erica would kick everyones butt. She is the Monopoly queen.
Not Afraid
03-02-2006, 01:52 PM
You know our house is always open, ISM.
Cadaverous Pallor
03-02-2006, 04:59 PM
We get a lot of donations at the public library that are completely unusable, like books with loose bindings, outdated computer manuals (Windows 95, thanks!), and other random things. At the school library it's often brand new, gorgeous books - that I have no use for. Humongous coffee table book on the Civil War? Probably not going to be useful for K-6.

Having said that, BTD is right about board games. I'm sure none of our swankers would donate a board game that's unusable.
Prudence
03-02-2006, 05:44 PM
I have a few board games. Monopoly, Sorry, Stratego and Life, I think. How come no one wants to play these anymore?


I think we have all these. Except maybe Stratego. But we do have Risk, Settlers of Catan, umptysquillion versions of Trivial Pursuit, and hordes of others. And card games! We had company over a few months ago for a rousing few rounds of Before I Kill You, Mr. Bond and a cool train board game called Ticket to Ride.
AllyOops!
03-03-2006, 06:09 PM
THANK GOD my Grandma saved all of my Mom & her Sisters' board games!!

Otherwise, I would have never been introduced to the childhood joy that was Mystery Date. :snap:

A boardgame dedicated to the wonders of dating! It's about fashion. It's about etiquette. It's about your big night. And, when you finally are able to open the little standing plastic door at the end to see who's pickin' you up for a swank night on the town? Sheer bliss. That is, unless, you get the "dud".

Being this game was circa 195?, the men were very much of their time. Young, chiseled, strapping pieces of "A" like the bowler in his shelaqued 'do & thick, black framed glasses with groovy bowling bag and matching shoes. Or, the Ken doll in the tuxedo waiting to whisk you off to prom. Nowadays? You might think the hotties kind of square (I still think they're cute!) But the "dud"? Yowza. He looked like a rumpled, sexy Calvin Klein model with work boots and bedhead.

I'd do the "dud" anyday.

But, I was just an innocent giggly kid & it wasn't Mystery Lay. :(

:p