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Beryl

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>With all due respect, please don't do this.  It's incredibly 
>wasteful, and there are alternative activities.
>Plastic film canisters are going the way of the dodo egg.  That's 
>the breaks.  Adjust (dare I say evolve) and come up with 
>alternatives:
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>For example, there are other small plastic flip top/pop top lids 
>that products come in (such as mini M&Ms that Lynn mentioned.)
>
>Also, what about: soda bottle water rockets charged with a bike 
>pump, Mentos and soda demo, launching soda straw rockets from an 
>AlkaSeltzer charged small soda bottle with a fixed launch tube on 
>the bottle top,
>Stomp Rocket type toys, match and aluminum foil rockets.
>
>All of the above are described and/or sold at the science supplier 
>sites and in many science experiment books.
>
>Good Luck!
>
>
>On Jun 24, 2006, at 10:18 AM, Steve Fentress wrote, in part:
>
>>Michelle's post about her search for Fuji film canisters tempts me to
>>wonder whether it might be more economical to go to Wal-Mart, buy a bunch
>>of Fuji 8-packs, throw out the film and keep the canisters.
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