It fascinates me when working in the Op Shop and seeing the amount of dinosaur plastic figures and toys that are donated and then eagerly bought, just how fascinating kids (and adults) find these things.
Dinosaurs and anything to do with dinosaursbore me to death as much as the subject of whether Bigfoot, Yowies or Yetisare/were real?
I do like dragons, but to me dragons are strictly mythological to me, just like I think Bigfoot, Yowies or Yetis are:-)
Ironically, I bought a few Yowie eggs at the local supermarket to see just what is so appealing about plastic dinosaurs, and it beats me.
At least the chocolate tastes better than those sickeningKinder Surpriseeggs.
My birthday is in September, so by the time this Yowie hits its BEST BEFORE date, I will be a dinosaur ... if I haven't gone extinct by then, that is;-)
I was trying to see how long it would take me to get a green or red mythical Yowie figure that for some reason is included in the with the realdinosaurs:-)
But I'm having as much luck at coming across a Yowie in these eggs as people who go out looking in the bush for realones.
I'll be popping these plastic figures and their paperwork in the free lucky dip bin in the Op Shop for some lucky kid to take home, and be thrilled by having them around the home, unlike me.
I wish they would bring out someAussie Rules Yowies and then I might start buying them again, but no more dinosaurs for me.
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I've had a landline phone ever since I moved out of home at around the age of 20, now with my mother's passing this year there is not much point in having a landline phone and a mobile phone, so for the first time in my life I don't have a landline phone.
Funny thing is I still come home and look to where my old phone used to be in case someone has left a message.
When I went to the cinema to see 'Hamnet'yesterday, I came out to see the Guide Dog moneybox in the foyer, which I usually put some spare change into, but realized that I had none in my pocket.
Maybe they need to be fitted with card swipers these days?
Luckily, I knew the next day was going to be 'National Corn Chip Day', so I ducked into the supermarket and bought two tubs of dip and some corn chips to eat the next day.
