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Those custom Scrabble tees are awesome.

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Oct 16, 2023Liked by Nikki Tate

We made the game more interesting by only using a 1954 dictionary...if it wasn't in there we were not allowed to use the word even though we knew we would find the word in a modern dictionary

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I have about 30 t-shirts from all the various clubs my son once belonged to. Nobody else wants a shirt with his name and his interests but I could not throw them away. I'm very practical, but even I would not need this many rags. They sat in a box until I found something to make with them. I am making t-shirt yarn...that hopefully I will use to tie packages or crochet into a runner. This is a great option, especially for t-shirts that are clean but stained.

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Oct 16, 2023Liked by Nikki Tate

omg I am extremely jealous of her collection of scrabble t shirts. My mom and I would play for hours but somehow the game does not feel the same since she died.

My mom was not much of a traveler but I sent her thimbles every time I took to the sky. It was quite the collection and as I was cleaning up after her death it was hard to part with them.

I do believe you will keep a German shirt and the symphony splash one

Cheers

B

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... or is there one there with a quote about “No place like home”..., hmmmmm

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Well I’m guessing ... the word-nerd definition of scrabble player T... ( personally I’d choose the blue indigenous design Vancouver island... or the storybook Holland one with three sweet children as restful images to sleep in)... but... thinking of you, Nikki Tate, my guess is NASA’s succinct if not sugar-coated optimism: “Failure Is Not An Option”...

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For anyone else as intrigued as I am about t-shirt yarn, check out this YouTube video:

https://youtu.be/e-UOc9RHdAY

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You make me think about what my kids will have to deal with. Decluttering begins soon. My guess is the black T with the little Canadian guy and the windmill.

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Another twist we had is we could make up words but needed to tell the other person it's definition...oh my the laughs

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T shirts are he HARDEST to down size!

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