My list is pretty similar to all that's been posted but I had to add a sad little story about the rock tumbler we actually did get. When my dad found out that you had to run water through it for so long, he wouldn't let us use it!! Cheap, cheap cheap! Imagine getting this really cool thing for Christmas and the Scrooge says, sorry can't use it. That stupid thing is still in their basement 35 years later - never used once.

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Cecilia

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