#117553 - 12/26/07 01:19 PM
Re: Visiting ETS on Christmas Day
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Rapscallion
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Registered: 02/06/04
Posts: 4020
Loc: Anchorage AK
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My Christmas fulfillment is no longer about what I get, but what I can give.
The girls all made out with a load of boodle each. Got the daughters plenty of new survival gear that they loved. Got the wife trips to the spa, a new air hockey table, and plenty of good tequila. Then there's the new stack of DVDs with their names on them.
Best of all was giving away so much free food, toys, clothing and $ to people I don't even know who need it bad. Sure is nice to be allowed to give something after getting so much myself.
No need for any ghosts in my neck of the woods, I reckon.
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
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#117589 - 12/26/07 05:42 PM
Re: Visiting ETS on Christmas Day
[Re: benjammin]
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Registered: 04/13/07
Posts: 627
Loc: A Canadian Back in Canada
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My Christmas fulfillment is no longer about what I get, but what I can give.
I agree with you... My wife's mother passed away at the end of november this year and the only charity she would invest in was the local SPCA. So this xmas, we got a wish list of stuff from the SPCA and got some donations together and deliveried over 700 buck-a-roos of stuff to the cause in honor of her. This is going to be one of our traditions. Its nice to give cash to the charity(s) of your choosing, but to actually go out there and get what they need and help out - totally different feeling.
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William of Ockham (1285-1349)
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#117616 - 12/26/07 09:12 PM
Re: Visiting ETS on Christmas Day
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Registered: 03/31/06
Posts: 1355
Loc: United Kingdom.
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Today seemed to be about me annoying my wife with superior preparedness... I made a point of offering a Charge or a Wave when opening toys. I also made a point of holding it up in front of the video camera...that I was operating, and saying "Sounds like you need...the right tool for the job." I suppose by the time we got to Grandma and Grandpa's, it got old. But I shredded through those plastic coated wires and clear bands that have a death hold on the toys...
Heh, I was just carrying my SAK around for xmas and used it about 20 times, and every time I did I pointed out to the person I was helping that they should at least carry a minimal one around.. I don't think I swayed anyone, but I'll work them over until they come around. I guess I should just give them out next year and see how many are still around the xmas after. And guess how many times I got asked to "Open this for me please...?" 
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#117617 - 12/26/07 09:16 PM
Re: Visiting ETS on Christmas Day
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Registered: 03/31/06
Posts: 1355
Loc: United Kingdom.
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Wow, there's a bunch of us stopping in. I guess it shows what a great site this is. Thank you very much Doug, Chris, Martin, HTMLSpinner and and all the rest that keep this site so wonderful. Merry Christmas everyone and peace to all...  through superior firepower (or at least a Red Rider BB gun)! -Blast Ah, now there's a young lady who ain't going to do Dumb, Blond & Helpless. Just don't let her watch Shrek........ 
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#117622 - 12/26/07 10:12 PM
Re: Visiting ETS on Christmas Day
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Registered: 12/10/07
Posts: 844
Loc: NYC
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I guess I should just give them out next year and see how many are still around the xmas after. I gave away a few SAKs this year. A friend's kids to whom I give gifts a few times during each year, including Christmas, got SAKs, in addition to things Mom had suggested. The SAKs were a bigger hit than the toys for which they had asked. The two older brothers had knives, but not the two youngest. I like being the source of their first knives. Of course, I had to deal with the comments they and their mothers made about stabbing each other. That's one reason, I gave them small classics, lectured each of them a bit about such uses, and suggested that if they acted responsibly with them a multi-tool might be in the future, for each of them a few years down the road. Hopefully, they will respect them and learn without causing trouble.
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#117651 - 12/27/07 04:26 AM
Re: Visiting ETS on Christmas Day
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Cranky Geek
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 09/08/05
Posts: 4642
Loc: Vermont
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Normally, I'd ask how DW feels about giving a young lady a BB gun.
However, you are one of the luckiest people alive.
This looks like it is just going to be fun.
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When a man dare not speak without malice for fear of giving insult, that is when truth starts to die. Truth is the truest freedom.
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#117702 - 12/27/07 07:20 PM
Re: Visiting ETS on Christmas Day
[Re: benjammin]
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I am not a P.P.o.W.
Old Hand
Registered: 05/16/05
Posts: 1058
Loc: Finger Lakes of NY State
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My Christmas fulfillment is no longer about what I get, but what I can give. Mine also. I get more joy out of making others happy, than in getting myself, unless the little Ruger SP101 in .327 is under my tree!
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Our most important survival tool is our brain, and for many, that tool is way underused! SBRaider
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