Care Packages

Re: Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (cindidindi76) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:02:45 GMT

Cheryl's cookies are pretty yummy, and they stay fresh for quite a while. The brownies are good too. A guy I used to work with said that the one thing he really, really missed when he was in the "first fake war over there" was homemade cookies.

Re: Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (meatball77) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:01:31 GMT

When the war first started strange items like silly string weren't supplied by the army because the supply chains for things like that weren't too solid.

Now they are. My husband could order anything he wanted for his company before they left and when they were there. One of his LT's took a huge supply of legos with him for "planning"

The warm delights cakes from Betty crocker (microwave cakes) are a nice treat. There are plenty of microwaves and they...

Re: Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (PieceOfSquash) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:48:37 GMT

we send lots of toiletries. I guess toothbrushes and toothpaste are like gold there. they said that whatever they can't use, they just put on a communal table and other people always take it.

oh and we've also used cheryl's cookies before. they send individually wrapped cookies and they hold up really well. they have a free shipping special to military bases right now.

http://www.cherylandco.com/

Re: Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (BlackCatTux) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:39:29 GMT

MMMadcow wrote:
The VFW is always asking for silly string for the care packages. The guys use it to check for trip wires.

How does that work?

If it does work, why doesn't the army supply them with it?

Re: Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (Bonestripper) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:54:29 GMT

I alwasy add 4 big bags of Jolly Rancher candies.

Re: Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (Hezbolowme) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:49:50 GMT

beef jerky and q-tips

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feeds@yuku.com (nomellons) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:49:56 GMT

My brother said his favorite things were the single use contact lens solution vials and floss picks -- he couldn't get either in Iraq.

He loved getting individually wrapped candy to hand out -- I used to send tubs of twizzlers.

Re: Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (meatball77) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:40:04 GMT

Clean sheets are always welcome. A small dustbuster for all the sand.

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feeds@yuku.com (meatball77) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:35:06 GMT

Do not send phone cards. Most of the FOB's don't take normal phone cards anymore. Hot husband brought 50 home with him from Iraq. All that hygene stuff they can buy in Iraq, even if they're in the middle of no where.

It depends on what he's doing over there. If he's combat arms send him snack food. If he has a desk job send him weird things to play with (a remote control car would be loved either way).

The best thing you can send is burned copies of...

Re: Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (nomellons) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:33:46 GMT

I sent my brother booze in the propel bottles -- cherry was vodka, lemon was rum, berry was gin.

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feeds@yuku.com (MMMadcow) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30:55 GMT

The VFW is always asking for silly string for the care packages. The guys use it to check for trip wires.

Re: Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (BlackCatTux) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:28:30 GMT

Make sure he knows there's a "special" water bottle in his care package. But don't include that message in the box itself in case it gets checked. Send him an email messge or mention it in a letter.

Re: Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (Eurytol) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:31:18 GMT

Lots of good suggestions in this thread, thanks guys.

Re: Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (2old4MTV) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:25:26 GMT

We sent a big box to a friend of mine on a boat in the Gulf. I went crazy at Costco in the snack section and filled the box with mostly that and socks and stuff. Since I know him from a Vegas board, we stuck in a huge stack of those porno "escort in your room" cards they hand to you when you walk down the strip. I heard they were very popular.

Re: Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (IFY0USEEKATE) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:17:27 GMT

One of the big things that they do over there is make Capri Sun booze. Send many packets of yeast. They can get the sugar in the BX/PX but some places watch how much yeast the guys buy.

Re: Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (Eurytol) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:03:38 GMT

Ahhh, good idea, kooyah!!

I gotta put some Miley Cyrus on there for shits 'n giggles.

Re: Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (kooyah) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:00:41 GMT

Does he have a way to play CDs? If so, make him a mix.

Re: Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (Eurytol) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:57:55 GMT

Dammit!! Thanks, darlin.

What if I were to mail it from Canada? They can't prosecute me in a fake country, can they?

(kidding kidding)

Re: Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (darlingal) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:53:22 GMT

R. All alcoholic beverages, including those mailable under DMM C021, are prohibited.

from the usps website.

I am guessing it could get you both in trouble, eury.

Re: Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (Eurytol) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:42:50 GMT

Would he get in trouble? Worse yet... would they take the inflatable black man!?!?one!!??

Care Packages

feeds@yuku.com (Eurytol) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:55:18 GMT

So I'm sending the usual: baby wipes, eye drops, books, and tons of snacks -- what else is a good idea to send, however? The person in question is a PFC (army) in his mid-twenties with a great sense of humor (strange combination of squashthesalad, KF, with a little bit of yubbin's insanity).

I'm seriously debating whether or not to send an inflatable black man. Thoughts?