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nanci

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:06 pm    Post Subject:
What is brown paper?
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Is this like paper that is used for brown paper bags? I am in Ca and that term is not familiar to me.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:12 pm    Post Subject:
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Yes it is, I tried to find out more about Brown Paper, but drew a blank.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:51 pm    Post Subject:
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I think it is more likely the heavier stuff used for wrapping parcels.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:57 am    Post Subject:
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oilman wrote:
I think it is more likely the heavier stuff used for wrapping parcels.


yep exactly what i was thinking
http://www.brownboxcompany.co.uk/sitemap/parcel_paper.html

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Haven`t you lot watched "the Rockford Files" FFS icon_lol.gif icon_lol.gif Jim was always @ the drug store getting vittels in a brown bag ...bloody things are twice as thick as our wrapping paper icon_rolleyes.gif
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:23 pm    Post Subject:
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oh yeah, it has medicinal uses too .......when used with vinegar, you can mend your head with it icon_lol.gif icon_lol.gif
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 1:23 am    Post Subject:
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Nige F wrote:
oh yeah, it has medicinal uses too .......when used with vinegar, you can mend your head with it icon_lol.gif icon_lol.gif


In that case, why wasn't it used on poor old Humpty? Is it not available on the NHS, but only through BUPA?
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