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Fitz Wickham's avatar

My grandparents did the same line of jelly beans thing throughout their place. One of my most durable childhood memories. Tried it a couple of times on our gang but our generation’s homes (at least here in the sprawling southeastern ‘burbs) are so huge that more than once I bought Publix out of beans and still couldn’t extend trails to where I wanted them. Eventually we added a couple of food-motivated goldens joined the household and they couldn’t adapt to the rules of the game, so the project ended.

Sincere thanks for triggering a wonderful memory.

Cannot fathom holding on to a pile of risk into this three-day weekend. Could be an interesting day.

Have a great Easter JJ.

Alyosha's avatar

yw ...you too Fitz.

Dave Groom's avatar

Beautiful piece of writing. Happy Easter to you, JJ!

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You to Dave ...

Rich C's avatar

Heartwarming. Happy Easter JJ.

Alyosha's avatar

Happy Easter, Rich

Rantings Of An Idiot's avatar

Happy Easter JJ.

Marcus Crahan's avatar

great story about your family Easter tradition.

What is the "market picture chart" plotting? I want to find a similar plot in ThinkorSwim, the chart is likely named something else.

Hope you get to carry the Easter tradition on with grandchildren.

Happy Easter.

Alyosha's avatar

ty Marcus... the market picture is Steidlemayer's profile. Well worth reading about on the web.

None yet but one just married. A step in the right direction. lol... Happy easter sir

William Findlay's avatar

He is risen! Happy Easter.

Silver's avatar

The vibe was lovely to read. Happy Easter, JJ! I hope you'll enjoy your weekend.

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You too, Silver. Three whole days ... like money in the bank!

Robert Wormser's avatar

Wishing you and your family a blessed Easter JJ! You sir, are a class act.

Alyosha's avatar

Thanks a million for the high praise Robert. It's an honor to have you as a reader, sir. Happy Easter from all the J's to you!

Brian Clavin's avatar

Similar girl/boy ratio here.

Only we have 17 girls and a solitary lad across the close family.

And played all the same Easter hunt gigs.

We still do it here in England, having brought the tradition back with us from NY in ‘92.

Now it’s the grandkids and great grandkids. Tick,Tick,Tick…….

Happy Easter to You and Your Team.

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Lol that's awesome. Happy Easter Brian. tick tick tick... so true

Jim Lane's avatar

Love the leftover hambone & my split pea soup-Best to you and yours JJ

Alyosha's avatar

twice baked potatoes! you too, sir.

Jim Miller's avatar

Happy Easter!

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Thank you! Happy Easter Jim

David Chandler's avatar

Wonderful vibe. Puts it all into perspective. We all end up with a bunch of memories. Build 'em grand. Feliz Semana Santa.

Alyosha's avatar

build'em grand. copy. Happy Easter David...

BigYuyo's avatar

Happy Easter JJ. Beautiful church anecdote.

minnow999's avatar

Happy Easter JJ, your best post yet!

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Happy Easter, minnow...

Stillwell888's avatar

Happy Easter. The best of the 3 majors holidays. Spring is here and summer lays ahead. Hope you have a good one.

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Alyosha's avatar

my pleasure Derek. just popped into my head and there it was. it went so fast.