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I was sitting here this morning looking at Little A's balloons and a memory came back to me. For several years throughout grade school we would fill a balloon full of helium, write our name, address and phone number, seal it in a bag tied to the balloon and then the class would go into a big empty field and let them go. The fun part was waiting to see if someone 500 miles away would find it and contact you. We had a few that traveled a few hundred miles. smile.gif Did any of you ever do this?

I'm guessing they probably don't do this anymore with all of the wierdo's in the world. hmm.gif

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I remember doing that one time, but we didn't get any of the notes returned.




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We moved when I was in elementary school and I ended up going to 3 schools. I think each school did it, but I never seemed to be in the right grade at the right time.

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We also used to write to pen pals in another school. In the third grade my pen pal's name was Kendall Jackson from Mississippi. I remember asking him if he was related to Michael Jackson and then I never heard from him again. no.gif

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Yes we did this. It was called Balloon Day smile
I remember doing the penpal thing too.

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we did the pen pal thing with an old age home when I was in 4th grade. My lady seemed nice enough as I recall, but I remember reading about 3 pages on hip replacement and its associated pains & didn't write her again I don't think.

A class after us did the balloon thing, and I remember reading that one actually made it to Canada.

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I did it once!!!

I just got a balloon back with a note that said "Leave me alone!" hmm.gif

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Jeremy Riggs wrote:

I did it once!!!

I just got a balloon back with a note that said "Leave me alone!" hmm.gif




 HAHAHAHA!!!!!!smile SEND ME NO MORE BALLONS!!!!



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