MAKE A NOTE!! -- December 1st, 1998

CIRCULATION 1361

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In This Issue:

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SURVEY

In light of the growing number of MAKE A NOTE subscribers, I have decided to conduct our first annual end-of-year reader survey. My goal is to try to tailor the article selections to those subjects of interest to the majority of our readers. So take a moment and send me one or all of the following: your favorite MAKE A NOTE article (just what it was about, not the whole article :)), city & state & country where you live, marital status, # kids & their ages, home school - private - or public schooled, what your interests are, church denomination, branch of military/civilian occupation, also VERY IMPORTANT whether or not you can access web sites or have a strictly email system, whatever you would like to tell me about. This info is strictly for my use in improving this newsletter with you in mind, and, as always, is never sold or distributed to anyone else. The only thing I might do is print some of group results (e.g. 50% of our readers are military), not individual results ( e.g. Sharon Powell's husband is in the Army). POST IT...by your computer.

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HOLIDAY HELP LINES

One of our readers, Wanda A., was kind enough to send a whole list of Holiday Help Lines (phone numbers) . In fact, there were so many that I only have room to give you the numbers & not the times they are available. So just keep calling down the list until you get someone. :) Many also will provide recipe booklets upon request. Butterball Turkey Talk Line 1-800-323-4848, Ocean Spray Consumer Help line 1-800-662-3263, Land O Lakes Holiday Bake Line 1-800-782-9606, Perdue 1-800-473-7383, Reynolds Turkey Tips Line 1-800-745-4000. POST IT...near your recipe books. 

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LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS CLUTTER

Well, did any of you get through our Christmas Check off list on schedule? If so, take a deep breath and enjoy the REAL reason for the season. A local TV station conducted a survey & found that the day after Thanksgiving only 8.4% had finished ALL their shopping, 15.2% had finished 75%, 9.4% had finished 50%, 17.7% had finished 25%, and a whopping 49.3% hadn't even started. So if you have at least started, then pat yourself on the back. But here are some tips for those of you who are looking for ways to eliminate some of that rushing around, while you still can. If you haven't already, speak with your friends & family about cutting back, either just exchanging phone calls, or just gifts for the kids, or just a family gift. Stay away from the malls & stores & stick to catalog or internet shopping. Amazingly enough, 72% of all shopping is done at retail stores, 20% on the internet, and only 8% by catalog. Be realistic, if you don't think you will get the present wrapped & mailed on time (getting more doubtful by the minute), avoid those mailing lines & just have the company send the item directly to the recipient. Some ideas for direct mailing: call a florist in the town where they will be delivered (don't use 800 services that eat up the flowers with extra charges, use the internet directories to just plug in a zip & get names of local florists) & have a Christmas arrangement delivered or Christmas balloons (don't forget to ask for the high flow to help them last longer); how about a singing Christmas telegram? Some ideas for envelope mailings, avoiding the mailing lines and wrapping presents at the same time: gift certificates for national restaurant chains, gift certificates for movie theatres, catalogs, or retail stores (order these by phone to avoid the malls). For local folk create your own gift certificates for babysitting, car washes, yard work, whatever you are good at. POST IT...on the fridge.

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UROD (SAY WHAT!?!?!)

UROD stands for Ultra Rapid Opiate Detoxification. For those of you who didn't catch the recent episodes of "ER" or "General Hospital" both of which carried UROD storylines, it is a painless new way for hard-core addicts to go through withdrawal from heroin, opium, and prescription painkillers in just 4-7 hrs and has a 100% success rate. Simply put, they put the person to sleep so they will not be awake to go through all the painful withdrawal symptoms. This may seem like a heavy subject to cover in a newsletter like this, but these days it seems that everyone knows someone with difficulties in this area. There is a web site that explains things in more detail at http://www.cita1.com/official/default.htm, but if you don't have web site access, there are 4 centers doing the UROD around the country. In NY, NY at Metropolitan Hospital 1-888-248-2669; in Los Angeles, CA at Centinela Hospital 1-888-400-2482; in Chicago, IL at University Hospital 1-888-996-2482; and in Miami, FL at Mt Sinai Hospital 1-888-212-2482. What a wonderful gift to give to a friend of member of the family that is struggling with a problem like this...freedom from addiction. POST IT...in your medical dictionary or by the phone.

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IRIDIUM FLARES (DID YOU MISS THE METEORS?)

Well, I sure missed them. I guess the city lights were just too bright. Did any of our readers get a glimpse of them? Well, here is an alternative. There are large Iridium satellites floating over us that are much more predictable than meteors. These satellites have huge mirror tails that are as wide as doors and flash at certain times of the day. If you go to this site, you can punch in your zip code & get your exact longitude & latitude, & be able to find out exactly where & when to look to get a look at the bright, usually 20 second, flash from the satellite as it passes near you. Check it out at http://www2.satellite.eu.org/sat/vsohp/iridium.html You can even see them during the day. POST IT...by your computer & on your calendar.

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FEEDBACK-FEEDBACK-FEEDBACK

See entries above on the back issue web site and Holiday Help Lines from Wanda A.

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JOKE (from Susan C. in CT)

An official sign was seen near a door that said: "Door Alarmed". A hand printed sign was seen on window nearby: "Window Frightened". :)

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QUOTE

"Someone once said, 'A successful person is one who builds a firm foundation out of the bricks others throw at them.'" --Author Unknown 

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God Bless,

Sharon ^i^

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