In a message dated 7/4/2009 5:45:35 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, dan-ann@xxxxxxxx writes: I am taking mine with me which ever direction I go - the pins and the rom plaques- and the bronze medallions I had the same idea. But then I realized they are base metal, and melt under slight heat. Taking them with me is probably not a good idea. I now plan to give them to some children, maybe a school. I have been giving my ribbons to the kids of my employees. They are thrilled with them. I don't mean to say I'm not, but after a while you do look for a purpose for the awards, other than keeping them in a drawer. The Best of Breed ribbon I gave to the teenager I am teaching to drive. She looked at it and said, "Perfect Gold and Purple, the Lakers and the Magic". Evan L. Ginsburg Asgard German Shepherds http://www.asgardgsd.com/ Where Type Movement and Temperament come together **************It's raining cats and dogs -- Come to PawNation, a place where pets rule! (http://www.pawnation.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000008) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================