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Posted: 12/24/2002 5:21:02 PM EDT
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Nothing...my family holds my presents hostage till I actually come for a visit. Since flight fares are so expensive, I probably won't get my presents till Feb sometime.
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Posted: 12/24/2002 5:31:20 PM EDT
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Lets see, clothes from parents as normal(they will buy them no matter how old you are), a Ruger SP101 hammerless for myself from myself. Christmas is kind of slack for me but I made up for it in the monthes leading up to it.
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Posted: 12/24/2002 5:54:44 PM EDT
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lt,
jetblue doesnt fly out of TX??? |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 5:55:32 PM EDT
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So far , so good, Nothin'. As far as I'm concerned Christmas is for the kids. If you're old enough to move out, you're to old for it.
Of course my mother doesn't agree with that and always gets me a shirt or somethin'. I'll be glad when this shit is over for another year. Oh, by the way....BAH.....HUMBUG. |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 6:00:38 PM EDT
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What Caveman said.
I did buy myself a six of tall ones! |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 6:25:30 PM EDT
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Some vintage British comedy videos. I moved here 4 years ago and still I'm mystified by the American sense of humor. I guess your national fascination with the custard-pie-in-the-face does have a certain naive charm... maybe it will grow on me in time ?
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Posted: 12/24/2002 6:37:09 PM EDT
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If it makes you feel any better, many Americans don't "get" British humour, either.
I DO 'get it', though. My appreciation of humour is very broad based. And if you were to give another example of what sort of American humour you don't quite 'get', I'll try to explain it from an American perspective. The pie in the face is simply silly. But silly is quite enough to send some people into hysterics. Try watching a Three Stooges marathon when the opportunity arises. By the end of it you'll either get it, or you won't. And if you don't by then, you just never will. CJ |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 6:37:35 PM EDT
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It takes less time for slapstick to grow on you than the dry British humor, ala Monty Python or Mr. Bean.
But Benny Hill rules!!! |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 6:41:32 PM EDT
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3 Pair of jeans
Attack of the Clones DVD $125 worth of Wal-Mart gift certs. You know what that means don't you... (at wal-mart sporting goods) Yes I would like $65 worth of 223 40 round value packs and $60 worth of 9mm 100 round value packs please |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 6:50:07 PM EDT
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Quoted: Some vintage British comedy videos. I moved here 4 years ago and still I'm mystified by the American sense of humor. I guess your national fascination with the custard-pie-in-the-face does have a certain naive charm... maybe it will grow on me in time ? CM is right about the Stooges! |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 6:51:14 PM EDT
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I don't know, Christmas isn't until tomorrow.
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Posted: 12/24/2002 6:53:06 PM EDT
[#12]
Quoted: Some vintage British comedy videos. I moved here 4 years ago and still I'm mystified by the American sense of humor. I guess your national fascination with the custard-pie-in-the-face does have a certain naive charm... maybe it will grow on me in time ? I got two of those flat ones and a packet of gravel. Oh, let's go to stoning. |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 7:01:15 PM EDT
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caveman is right. All I know about tomorrow is it's Wednesday. and....mumble mumble mumble....I'm going to get sucked into the vortex of gift exchange. [:|]
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Posted: 12/24/2002 7:05:20 PM EDT
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Celebrated X-mas with my g/f tonight. cologne, dark chocolate, pair of shorts, stocking, and...[:D]
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Posted: 12/24/2002 7:20:52 PM EDT
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I had a Charlie Brown christmas. All I got was a rock.
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Posted: 12/24/2002 7:32:43 PM EDT
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A gun safe, small asorted items, and time with family.
Boys are grown and time with them is better than wrapping paper and bows. Wife is grown too, but I see her everyday.[:D] Don't tell her I said that! Oh, yeah, one of the gifts I gave her today was tagged for "She who must be obeyed". She gave me "The Look".[>:/] |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 7:50:32 PM EDT
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from the g/f so far:
Galco speedmaster holster for the S&W 19 Dillon pistol cleaning kit (mmmmmm...Dewey rod) I get to open the big box from midwayusa when I get back home to her... |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 7:59:47 PM EDT
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Don't know about Christmas, but last week for my B Day I got a Gibbs Quest Enfield in 308 from my wife. It's pretty cool too.
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Posted: 12/24/2002 8:14:26 PM EDT
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I wish I'd have seen this thread before I posted my own... my wife got me a Lee turret press kit! [:D]
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Posted: 12/24/2002 8:17:40 PM EDT
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A Case feeder for my Dillon 650. A CZ-75 .40 Standard IPSC which came with 4 mags, 4 slide stops, a whole bag of recoil buffers and... a 1.75 # trigger pull[:p]. A black bear skull mounted on ebony.[:D] Five pounds of gummy bears. $50.00 gift certificate for Home Depot. Hood deflector for my car. S-video cable for my DVD player. Gloves. Shirt. Shaving stuff. I haven't opened up any of the presents under my tree yet though, so I'll have to add the rest later. |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 8:22:30 PM EDT
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I got this a bit early but oh well!
[img]http://www.picturefuse.com/images/1202/13026.jpg[/img] |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 8:28:06 PM EDT
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Quoted: If it makes you feel any better, many Americans don't "get" British humour, either. I DO 'get it', though. My appreciation of humour is very broad based. And if you were to give another example of what sort of American humour you don't quite 'get', I'll try to explain it from an American perspective. The pie in the face is simply silly. But silly is quite enough to send some people into hysterics. Try watching a Three Stooges marathon when the opportunity arises. By the end of it you'll either get it, or you won't. And if you don't by then, you just never will. CJ Please explain to me why anyone would find "Mad TV" or "Saturday Night Live" remotely funny... two hours a week of custard pie action would be infinitely more entertaining [;)] |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 8:31:33 PM EDT
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So far shirts, gift certificates and car stuff and some scratch off lottery stuff. Won $10 bucks, but was bought about eight tickets, so I'm not much ahead.
My dad crossed the WI state border and bought a few Powerball tickets. Hopefully we'll be able to buy A LOT of presents next year![:D] I gave them the Sinclair catalog a couple weeks ago, so I hope tomorrow there will be some more good loot! I got some cash too from my mom! Cash is good![:D], but it usually means they got my sister something expensive and to keep things even, have to give me some $. |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 8:40:02 PM EDT
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I bought myself a pistol.
The wife got me a horse hair belt. For the most part I really don't need much but I really like this belt. On the other hand this Christmas cost me a lot of cash, but it makes me happy to give to the people I know that are deserving. |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 9:56:07 PM EDT
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Quoted: It takes less time for slapstick to grow on you than the dry British humor, ala Monty Python or Mr. Bean. But Benny Hill rules!!! AAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHHHH Contrary to what EVERY American I meet seems to think, most Brits (definitely including me) find Benny Hill to be crude, crass and unfunny. It was a down-market show aimed at the lower classes who lacked the education to understand more than the most base toilet humor. Sorry if this sounds bourgeois or arrogant... I just get tired of being told by Americans that they "love the Brit sense of humor, especially Benny Hill". How would you feel if foreigners kept saying they "love American cuisine, especially Big Macs" ? |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 10:30:59 PM EDT
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Hate to tell ya, but McD's dominates the world as far as resturants go.
And most British shows that I've seen are droll. Give me Benny Hill and toilet humor anyday. |
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Posted: 12/24/2002 10:58:49 PM EDT
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Well, the folk's are in Europe, and I'm house-sitting the farm. Just me and the mutts; I got them some bones, but I don't think they got me anything. I did find an inexpensive gun safe out with my name on it out in the garage, tho.
My girl's been after me to buy her some jewelry. I got her a nice turquoise necklace for her birthday, and tix for two Phish shows for Christmas. But I also got a nice jewelry box, put a candy necklace in it and wrapped it up. If she doesn't decapitate me it'll be hilarious. Sweet Garand. As for British humor, I'm pro-Python, pro-Hill, anti-Mr. Bean. Has anyone ever seen Brain Candy, Kids in the Hall movie? Once you get over the fact that it's a bunch of gay Canadians, it's hilarious. My favorite foreign humor. |
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Posted: 12/25/2002 4:05:32 PM EDT
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btt for the rest of da people
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Posted: 12/25/2002 4:33:23 PM EDT
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Walther P-22 from Dad. Mom is out of town and won't see the bill till mid January. He figures he is safe.
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Posted: 12/25/2002 4:42:30 PM EDT
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Among other stuff, I got this....
[img]www.epc-online.com/graphics/product_shots/sony_dsc_f707_195.jpg[/img] |
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Posted: 12/25/2002 5:29:21 PM EDT
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My wife gave me an Olympic Arms forged lower so I can start building the M-4 that I've always wanted.
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Posted: 12/25/2002 5:57:41 PM EDT
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The only thing I got that I like was in the gift X here.
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Posted: 12/25/2002 6:03:44 PM EDT
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Same ole stuff. Wanted a new lower like nevernuf but no doing.
Did buy my wife a new digital Fuji 3 mega 6X optical with AVI/sound. Cool toy and she will let me use. |
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Posted: 12/25/2002 7:19:15 PM EDT
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I got some cash and two caliber conversion kits for my Dillon XL650 reloading press. Now I'm set to use that press to reload every caliber I shoot!
CJ |
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Posted: 12/25/2002 7:44:11 PM EDT
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Socks.
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Posted: 12/25/2002 7:54:57 PM EDT
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Valkyrie, you too? [:D]
[img]http://www.hunting-pictures.com/members/gloftoe/right.jpg[/img] -Gloftoe |
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Posted: 12/25/2002 8:39:48 PM EDT
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Quoted: My wife gave me an Olympic Arms forged lower so I can start building the M-4 that I've always wanted. You're going to love that present! I'm getting one for my brother for his birthday this upcoming year... (assuming I'm not broke then) Be careful pounding in the pin for the bolt release! I recommend following my trick: Buy some 3M 2-sided foam tape roll stuff for hanging posters. Adhere that to the left side of the reciever that where it says "Olympic Arms, Olympia WA" The padding from this foam should still allow you to carefully pound the pin in without scratching your reciever. This year I got some stuff to build a great car emergency kit, and it can also be used in camping... Then I also got some $$ to pay off some of my debt! This Christmas was great: Great family company, great gifts, good wine/food, no big arguments/clashes (AKA PEACE), and some good R & R. I made my father cry though... This year I was EXTREMELY POOR, and I decided to steal the family photo albums. I scanned select memorable photos of some of the best times with my father when we (My brother & I) were children. I made a BIG poster size photo-collage out of these (In Photoshop, then printed on a poster-size photo printer at the Architecture Dept here), and captioned it with something cute at the bottom. When he opened it, he turned red, walked out of the room, dropped it on the table, and went into the basement for 5 minutes (He came back upstairs sniffling a little). The whole room went silent. He loved it, and is having it professionally framed to put into his office on the wall. That was the first time we'd seen him cry since his mother died over a decade ago. My brother & I felt good to see how he cares so much about us. |
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Posted: 12/25/2002 8:43:27 PM EDT
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Quoted: I had a Charlie Brown christmas. All I got was a rock. Hope you don't mean dope! If not want to trade it for the lumps of coal I allways get? If you are not into the season,or the reason for the season,then we just get lumps of coal! Hell I could run a coal train from here to Boston! Bob {lots of coal) Cole [:D] |
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Posted: 12/25/2002 8:46:06 PM EDT
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I got 5 dvd's
1.Navy Seals 2.Seven 3.Pulp Fiction 4.Training Day 5.The Doors also I got a Portable DVD player from my sister, a HP photosmart printer from MOM and DAD, and some other stuff |
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Posted: 12/25/2002 8:54:09 PM EDT
[#40]
pajamas, socks, sweaters and shirts..
nose hair trimmer |
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Posted: 12/25/2002 9:03:53 PM EDT
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Attic ladder (I have a clean garage, all the crap is stored in the attic now!!)
New reloading bench. I built with donation from mom-in-law. Whoohoo I now have room!! [img]webpages.charter.net/FatMcNasty/bench002.jpg[/img] Space heater for the garage (wife doesn’t want me to freeze while reloading). Grip wrenches. 2 dress shirts. Lord of the rings DVD The extended dance re-mix. LOL Socks A cranky wife. She ruptured 2 disks and pulled some ligaments while helping me lift wood into the attic. |
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Posted: 12/25/2002 9:04:04 PM EDT
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100 bucks and a bottle of this [img]http://store4.yimg.com/I/randalls_1715_19208860[/img]
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