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Folks,

My wife has decided that she wants a piggy bank for our new daughter, Samantha, exactly like the one her big sister has. Of course we bought that one 6 or 7 years ago and it looks like it has since been discontinued. Sheesh, this is just like trying to find a replacement for the retired Ty "Pinks" Pluffies bear big sis has. $30 for a stuffed animal? Insane, but I bought it.

I've done the Googling, Amazon, eBay thing (I'm an amateur at best) and have not been able to find a brand new Little Tikes pink piggy bank like the one pictured below.
LittleTikesPinkPiggyBank.jpg


If anyone can find such a thing and let me know where to grab it, I'd greatly appreciate it. In this case, my appreciation will take the form of a nice little dark side/light side sampler of some of my present favorites. Samantha gets a piggy, wifey thinks she has a hero for a hubby, and I get to send out some cigars. What could be better? :D

Oh, and if anyone can find out what year and in what town I was once named "Teenager of the Month" when I was a boy, you get to choose between three-packs of Romeo y Julieta Short Churchills tubos or Cohiba Siglo II tubos. :thumbs: hint: I grew up in New England

And with that...release the hounds!

Wilkey
 
Well, they're retired, but one that was used for "decoration only" is here.

I will continue looking.

Edit to add: Similar, and brand new. This one talks (just what you need, another nisy toy)

here

re-edit to fix second link
 
Whole bunch of them on ebay: look here

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?f...&category0=

If you need help buying something on ebay, let me know, I would be more than happy to take care of it for you. Maybe we could trade for a stick. I don't need a sampler though, I would prefer to just help out.

Let me know.

ts

PS: I doubt the folks selling Little Tikes Piggy Banks would be the type to rip you off. You should be safe on ebay with that. Drop me a line, we'll get it done tonight if you'd like.
 
Good luck with the piggy bank...my guess for the contest is Kennebunkport, Maine...elder Bush nominated you after you held his first dog, Condoleezza, hostage.

Oh, this might be political...nevermind.
 
Wilkey, It does appear that E-Bay would be the best chance of acquiring one of these, due to them being discontinued. I have never bought from that site, but my wife is an old pro at it, so it would seem to be safe.
Just a shot in the dark, was it Stratford, Connecticut ?
 
http://www.iskip.com/the_network/skipping_saints.html


"Providence, RI Head Skipper--Wilkey Wong ginseng@aol.com

What does skipping do for you? Of all the mystical, health, and fun reasons…I think most of all, it is the simplest physical activity that can be done that makes you feel like you’re flying. When I’m at the peak of my hop, I can just close my eyes and feel like I’m miles high when I’m only inches off the ground. The brief, magical sensation of weightlessness let’s me feel like I’ve left the flat earth, my troubles, pain and stresses behind. When I touch back down for my step, the rush of power as I push against the ground fills me with the energy to fly even higher. I guess it’s a Zen thing.

Why did you decide to be the head skipper? I could say that I’m at a stage of rebirth, I’m rediscovering, revealing and nurturing the child within. And it would be true. It would also be true to say that this world and this society just needs more fun, more frivolity. We need to laugh. We need even the fleeting moments of joy. I felt it was time for me to be the stone thrown into the pond, to make ripples of positive energy, touch others and spread happiness. Providence is experiencing such a resurgence and explosion of vitality that the timing and place are truly converging to make the now, right.

Where is your favorite place to skip? I love to skip anywhere. I particularly like the grocery store, wilderness trails for a little extreme skipping and wherever people might tend to look at you funny. Since the Providence waterfront has been rejuvenated, it is also a beautiful place to skip. I hope to someday skip along the Charles River in Boston and the Cape Cod National Seashore."

:whistling: :whistling: :whistling: I thought only moontraces did this for you!!!

My guesses for the town:

1. INDIAN ORCHARD, MA
2. COVENTRY, RI
3. ENFIELD, CT

Year would be some time early 80's so we'll go with 1982.
 
Time,
It was a town in Connecticut but it was not Stratford. Good guess!

Rob,
I never did get to visit "the compound." I'm fiercely independent and I reckon that didn't sit well with Teddy. :p

T36,
The one in your link looks pretty darn good. If you can land it for around $20 that'd be ideal.

TSM,
Yikes! I guess you really can get anything on ebay. Here are the links to the ones that I think look most promising. Please let me know what you think as I don't think I've ever bought anything off of ebay. Maybe a green laser, but that was a while ago. I'm just not confident in decoding the ebay lingo. I'm sending you a PM to make contact.
Pink Pig #1, Pink Pig #2.

You know, the truly sad thing is that I'm sure as recently as two years ago, Toys R Us used to have walls of these damned things for like $9 a piece.

Wilkey
 
Bahianut said:
http://www.iskip.com/the_network/skipping_saints.html

:whistling: :whistling: :whistling: I thought only moontraces did this for you!!!

My guesses for the town:

1. INDIAN ORCHARD, MA
2. COVENTRY, RI
3. ENFIELD, CT

Year would be some time early 80's so we'll go with 1982.
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Holy crap. I thought that might come back to haunt me some day. Let's just say I was in a different place at the time. :whistling: A reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly different place.

I've lived in Enfield and worked in Indian Orchard, but that's too far north.

Oh, and our family used to own a Chinese restaurant in Stratford.

Wilkey
 
You mean the Elk's Club TOTM? Damn we used to really pick on those poor bastards.

Ginseng said:
Oh, and if anyone can find out what year and in what town I was once named "Teenager of the Month" when I was a boy, you get to choose between three-packs of Romeo y Julieta Short Churchills tubos or Cohiba Siglo II tubos. :thumbs: hint: I grew up in New England

And with that...release the hounds!

Wilkey
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This is a tough search question, Wilkey. Was it North Haven, 81? do you have a soft spot for Impreza's?
 
Ginseng said:
Bahianut said:
http://www.iskip.com/the_network/skipping_saints.html

:whistling: :whistling: :whistling: I thought only moontraces did this for you!!!

My guesses for the town:

1. INDIAN ORCHARD, MA
2. COVENTRY, RI
3. ENFIELD, CT

Year would be some time early 80's so we'll go with 1982.
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Holy crap. I thought that might come back to haunt me some day. Let's just say I was in a different place at the time. :whistling: A reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly different place.

I've lived in Enfield and worked in Indian Orchard, but that's too far north.

Oh, and our family used to own a Chinese restaurant in Stratford.

Wilkey
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So Wilkey... was the skipping before or after the gay porn star thing?
 
moki said:
Ginseng said:
Bahianut said:
http://www.iskip.com/the_network/skipping_saints.html

:whistling: :whistling: :whistling: I thought only moontraces did this for you!!!

My guesses for the town:

1. INDIAN ORCHARD, MA
2. COVENTRY, RI
3. ENFIELD, CT

Year would be some time early 80's so we'll go with 1982.
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Holy crap. I thought that might come back to haunt me some day. Let's just say I was in a different place at the time. :whistling: A reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly different place.

I've lived in Enfield and worked in Indian Orchard, but that's too far north.

Oh, and our family used to own a Chinese restaurant in Stratford.

Wilkey
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So Wilkey... was the skipping before or after the gay porn star thing?
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Somehow I knew this was coming!!! :laugh: :laugh:
 
jfields said:
??? ? Uhhh, what's a "head skipper" ??? :laugh:
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See - 'Wilkey'.


Oh - Cheshire CT!


Thanks and good luck hunting one down...I think the bases are coveredon the search!
(ebay's your best bet if you don't have time)
 
jfields said:
???? Uhhh, what's a "head skipper" ??? :laugh:
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The emphasis is on the second word as in "head skipper"

Andrew's perverted mind reads it with the emphasis on the first word: "head skipper"

Clearly this guy has porn addiction issues. :whistling:

Wilkey
 
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