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[Mz iMac]

@CelticCrafter  Believe me, I have searched the national brands for something like the Thin Mints.  I was unsuccessful.

SIDEBAR:  I freeze my Thin Mints.  They go from the freezer straight into my mouth.  Yum-yummy

[QVCkitty1]

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@beckyb1012 wrote:

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@Mz iMac wrote:

@beckyb1012  My daughter was a Brownie.  You're right, that was the lowest.  Ugly brown uniform.  Rock bottom "back in da day."  Wait till I tell her about "Daisy."

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Here is the one from years.  Meetings were always on Monday since my Great-Grandmother was our leader and she closed her Beauty Salon on Mondays.  I had the gloves too.  Mama Jack was very into all the girlie things.

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I had that uniform, but I was always in trouble because I wouldn't wear the shoes. 🤣 Needless to say I didn't go on to Girl Scout. 

[Sooner]

I quit buying them 25 years or so ago.  I don't like them and everyone at work was selling them, so I just quit buying.  Someone was always peeved and checking up on what you bought from whom, so I got tired of it.

When I was a girl scout, one of the teachers stole the money, so that didn't leave me with a warm feeling about the whole enterprise. 

[Still Raining]

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@I am still oxox wrote:

Daisy scouts are fairly new, they wear a blue tabbard and earn petals of the daisy,

Daisies. Daisy is the initial level of Girl Scouting. Named for Juliette "Daisy" Gordon Low, they are in kindergarten and first grade (around ages 5–7). They meet in minimally groups of five girls with two adult leaders who help the girls plan activities to introduce them to Girl Scouts.

They were around at least from the mid 80s.  One of my kids was one.

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[Still Raining]

Damaged for life by the fights with council about the division of profits.  A real eye opener to be a leader.

[roxxy1]

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@BlueFinch wrote:

@Mz iMac @beckyb1012  I was a Brownie, too.  I was so excited to get my Brownie ring, I couildn't wait to show it to my brother, who was 7 years older than me.

I knocked on his bedroom door and he refused to open it.  He said" "Just shove it under the door."  Stupidly, I did.  Then I heard this loud stomping.  He shoved it back flat as crepe.  

It goes without saying, Brownie's had NO respect ... LOL  It took us a decade to reconcile that event.  Actually, I still resent him for it.  

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@BlueFinch   Sibling love at it's finest.  Sorry about your ring.  We'll always forgive, but never forget.  

[DLew]

When I sold cookies they were 40 cents. I went to a neighbor who said, "I already bought a box." Selling 20 boxes was a big deal. 
When my daughter sold them the cost was $3. I couldn't believe how many boxes people would buy. Hubby and I helped the troop by selling to friends and coworkers. My daughter was the top seller in the city three times. She got her picture in the paper selling the first box to the mayor. She also earned a silver charm bracelet and three charms. She sold 500 to 700 boxes!

After my daughter got too old for Scouts, hubby and I continued to buy by the case. I bought 20 boxes from a coworker who was selling for her granddaughter. She was not happy to have to lug them into work! The next year she didn't ask me. 
Now the Girl Scouts sell in front of the supermarket for $5. We still buy cases to freeze, share, and enjoy!

[JudyL]

Last year GS cookies were $6 a box where I live in CA.  Thats just too darned expensive so while I bought some last year, probably won't this year.  May just give a $10 donation and leave it at that.  

[Mz iMac]

Daisy Uniform....

[Mominohio]

The manager of your building should be reported to the owner or whoever she works for. It is highly inappropriate for her to strong arm tenants into buying anything from her personally. 

I know she can probably make your life miserable, but I'd have told her no, you already supported the cause, and maybe next year. 

I really can't believe that the scouts haven't come up with something better than the cookies. They make virtually no money per box, the cookies are available all year in knock off brands in all the grocery stores (thin mints anyway, the most popular ones). The boy scouts aren't much better. Their popcorn is so overly expensive, and I'm betting there isn't much profit there either. 

I know they are supposed to be learning leadership, business, social skills etc. but honestly the days of the girls doing the selling seem all but over. It's moms, dads and grandparents passing around the order sheets, and half the time, the girls don't do the delivery either. 

I remember selling back in the day, and it was door to door selling and delivering for us, not our parents. 

I think someone should come up with something more profitable, and that the girls actually do themselves.