The Vine: April 5, 2013
I need clear/translucent sticky notes, preferable outside of the square shape or at least fairly large. I do not want a colour tint, though maybe a very minimal amount of colour will do.
Daiso used to sell them, but I bought all their stock a few years ago (a whole three packs) and now they no longer carry them. Muji carries them, and these are absolutely perfect, but $8.50 plus shipping for only 20 sheets is too steep. I already know of Avery Clear note tabs, but I’d prefer no tab at all.
Thanks!
Sticky
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I have an ask the readers question about a novel I read in primary school. It was for readers around 8-10 years old I think, and I read it in maybe 1983.
It was set in NYC and was about a class of students in a primary school, maybe around grade 5 (sorry, I’m Australian, don’t know what you call that in the States [“fifth grade” — SDB]) all from different walks of life, who might have been put in remedial English study. They were given a thesaurus and shared it amongst themselves going on all sorts of adventures, getting to know and understand each other. I remember the rich girl had her housekeeper wrap up some lamb chops for a picnic and she might have also have some puppies or kittens, and I think there was a peanut-butter-in-hair situation at one point.
I remember loving this book and it I would love to share it with my niece.
Any ideas what it might be, Tomato Nation? Google has failed me.
Auntie D
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Sticky … amazon.com has delivered these babies, which appear perhaps slightly yellow-tinted but might do the trick?
Here are Clear Notes, the only issue being that you’d have to order them from the UK.
http://www.clear-notes.co.uk/clear-notes-rectangle-clear.html
Auntie D, I think your book is A Word to the Wise by Alison Craigin Herzig. (Found on alibris.com.) I loved that book too!
Hey, that didn’t work. Let’s try just the ugly way: http://www.amazon.com/Avery-Sticky-Inches-100-Sheets-22540/dp/B004VJSG7U
Well, for the labels, there’s these, which have filmstrip-style edges and are fairly large. They’re not quite what you’re after but they might do in a pinch. You might do a bit better with this cube, which probably has more color than you want but a lot less than the other options I’m seeing. But behold! That Amazon seller, Sticky Notes & Beyond, also offers these sort of cloudy-clear ones which might do nicely. Also pink ones shaped like ghosts, which I may or may not have just discovered I need.
These sticky notes in no way fill the bill for Sticky, but seeing them made my day. Want. http://www.amazon.com/Get-The-Hint-Loud-Clear/dp/B002KH00IS
Oh, yeah, Bria: not only want, but NEED. Amazon will wonder, I’m sure, at the sudden sales spike.
@Bria: Um, those are effing awesome!! :)
Krista is right, the book is Word to the Wise. I read it so many times I probably have it memorized. The thesaurus bubble gummed to the top of the head! “I long, desire and pine for a dog”! The sign making party under the bleachers! Such a good book.
Sars, thank you so much for posting my letter, and Krista, thank you so much for answering my question! You are right. This is the book I have been searching for for so long. I think I’m pretty good at googling but when the only words I had to search with were thesaurus, novel, and school kids, I was never able to find it. It seems to be out of print but I’ll track down a second hand copy and can’t wait to read it again before I hand it down to the young nieces.
Such a special book that I have never forgotten and always wanted to revisit. Thank you Tomato nation community for making that possible.
Mazel!
Thank you Pam! Yes it is the book and your recollections of it have made so excited to reads it again. I knew there were puppies! I had started to think I had imagined this book, but clearly this wonderful and inspiring tale came from a greater imagination than mine. Thank you all for your help/
Bria, I actually have those “effings” sticky notes and use them at work sometimes with my boss. Thankfully he has a sense of humor.
The funniest thing about the Get the Hint stickies has to be the
WARNING:
CHOKING HAZARD — Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
just above the “frequently bought together” bit.
Bria, I have those notes in my desk drawer! I have not used them yet, though. This is clearly the reminder I need to get them out and put them to work!