The children's books is an awesome idea. A few of the things we used to ask for were big bags of candy and pens. We would hand them out to the kids, and just get mobbed. I mean who would have thought that a pen is such a big deal, I'm not sure if it's like this in Iraq, but in Afghanistan they still use this ink to write everything with sticks and fountain pens. Pens are very rare, that candy would probably go over really well.
With the wipes I would go for a mix. The small packs are nice to bring out on patrols and the bigger boxes are good for the hooch, we used them to clean everything including dishes and stuff. With coffee, big cans. Doesn't even have to be good, you just couldn't buy coffee in AFFES when I was over there. However you could buy a coffee maker. Explain that :) Now if you want to make him really popular throw in a couple of logs of mixed dip. Cope, Cope long cut, and Kodiak are what I would recommend. Even if your friend doesn't dip, it's like smokes in prison, he can trade/give that shit away easy. It sounds like you have the books pretty well covered. I know if it weren't for my wife and mother sending me a constant stream of new books I would have went nuts. The nice thing about that is if he wants he can leave the books and stuff there (or even sell them) before he comes home. Help out the future Soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines that are coming in after him. -- Tim Heald [EMAIL PROTECTED] 703-300-3911 -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 2:48 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Troop question for Tim Excellent. I knew you could get me pointed in the right direction. So: DVDs. I've been hustling family and friends for used discs, and have about 100. Everything from new movies to old westerns. And the full set of Monty Python's Flying Circus discs. Wipes. Should these be the individual foil wraps, or the big plastic resealable containers, or a mix? Just personal hygene wipes and not cleaning wipes, right? Coffee. Instant coffee? Cans of Maxwell house? Should I throw in a bag of good stuff? Games. I'll hustle up some older games (Xbox, Playstation). I've got about 30 that can go right now. Are FPS games acceptable, or do they have enough of that already? Books. I'll thrown in some paperbacks. Sci-fi/fantasy and westerns. And whatever dups I have of some smarter books (Federalist Papers, Celestine Prophesy, Holy Blood and Holy Grail, The Tipping Point, etc) and maybe a couple books on drawing anime (talk about a time killer). Finally, although I didn't mention it, I am also including some children's books: >And. >Children's books. >This last item may seem like a strange thing to send into a theater of war, but what > happens is the soldiers read a book aloud on camera. A videodisc is made which is then > shipped along with the book to the children of the soldier. Needless to say, this is a huge > morale builder, keeping the family in touch with their loved one in combat. Thanks for the advice. On 3/3/06, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > DVDs > Wipes (towelettes) and Q-Tips > Coffee. > > Also, not sure how much you want to spend, but x-box or playstation > games are always good, as are books. > > A lot of the other stuff on your list we get issued or can get locally. > > This is a great thing your doing man. I just sent a box of booze and > porn to a friend in Sadr City, Iraq. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:198795 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
