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To: Naomi who wrote (151636)	9/24/2007 1:37:58 AM
From: Naomi	Respond to of 225578

Home again, great road trip with lots of fun. No huge winnings to report but enough to get us home and happy. Hubby was glad we all got home safely and got into no trouble.

To: Naomi who wrote (151636)	9/24/2007 1:49:03 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Gosh............I love my words for today, but could I get relax once in awhile just for the heck of it? LOL Neeka - achieve, patience, family

To: Naomi who wrote (151636)	9/24/2007 5:23:50 PM
From: Honor First	Respond to of 225578

I am at Meijer today in the HBC department (Health and Beauty Center) and looking at toothpaste. Near me is an attractive woman looking at toothpaste also and reading the labels (which I do). She is holding a new toothpaste Crest Night Time in one hand and a 'day-time' type toothpaste in the other. As I walk near her she said to me, "That's crap" and turned to me and showed me the box. "What do they think we are? Stupid!! I can read!" She begins to show me the ingredients which are exactly the same and the one with the newer label is more expensive than the one which isn't the Night Time. "Look at this! I can do the math. I'm not stupid! Same ingredients and slightly different weight and the smaller one is more expensive than the larger older type box." She is really, really disgusted and I must admit I've been in her place. I agreed with her and smiled while I said, "but with your Meijer card today you get 5% of HBC - and that doesn't make any difference in the price either" It's all just a label game and a store game. I think there are more bright people than the media thinks but the ones who don't care... just buy the new labels anyway. For me, it's a game. For her, it ticked her off enough to talk to a complete stranger and even when I had walked away she was still evaluating. She had said to me, ""what's it supposed to do, give me fresher breath in the morning?"" I told her she'd still have to brush her teeth in the morning... LOL..I wish I had had a coupon... she could have used it and 'won the game'!!