> In the same vein, cardboard boxes are fantastic, too. They can be houses, cars, spaceships ... anything. When I was a kid, getting a new appliance was like Christmas because I had a huge box to play in, and my younger sister's been the same way.
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> -Cynth"they can even be transmogrifiers"ia

I agree. My family has played in cardboard boxes for generations. I can remember sliding down a grassy hill (circa 1940) in a cardboard box. It felt like 100 mph. Our cat liked boxes too, but not if they were moving.

But I have one reservation about it. A few years ago my grandson, about 2-years-old, was playing in a box as tall as he was. He decided to climb out and the box tipped over spilling him out on our concrete driveway. He got four stitches in his chin. I still hurt just thinking about it.
Howard