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#158136 - 12/12/08 11:11 PM Re: The Christmas Haul [Re: wildman800]
Stu Offline
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Originally Posted By: wildman800


Yes, I am smart enough NOT to get her any gifts that I would love but she wouldn't!!!

You hope. grin
I'm sending some excess gear to friends on the forums I visit. Will try to send a few $$ to Doug for the ETS foundation.
Me I want nothing
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#158141 - 12/12/08 11:45 PM Re: The Christmas Haul [Re: Stu]
Nicodemus Offline
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Registered: 10/30/05
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Loc: Virginia, US
No haul for Christmas this year. It's been a bad one.

I did manage to put a little aside so that I could get something for my oldest niece. Luckily the younger two (another niece and a nephew) are too young to know anything other than a bunch of presents appeared in their home or where they came from so I won't look like some kind of complete joke/humbug.

The big bummer is that I won't be able to go visit the family because my car is in need of some major repairs.

I've still got a roof over my head though, so things could easily be worse. I'm not going to let it all be a downer though. I may take a little trip into the woods and go cold weather camping for a few days. Nobody likes to do that with me anyway. LOL

You have to look for the good stuff too. laugh
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#158144 - 12/13/08 12:27 AM Re: The Christmas Haul [Re: ]
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Registered: 07/24/08
Posts: 199
Loc: W. Texas
Izzy,
Does the Cheaper-Than-Dirt M2 clone need separate tac-ties or Malice clips to attach it to Molle gear like the Maxpedition versions?
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#158149 - 12/13/08 02:25 AM Re: The Christmas Haul [Re: ]
Paul810 Offline
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Registered: 03/02/03
Posts: 1428
Loc: NJ, USA
I personally didn't ask for anything this year. However, I'm planning on buying/building a new computer for myself after Christmas (when hopefully the price of the new Core i7 stuff will go down a bit and become more available). My current computer is five years old and starting to really feel the pain of my photo editing, presentations, documents, gaming, ect.

As far as everyone else, I figure they're getting either gift certificates or some cash. I'm not going crazy this year shopping before Christmas and neither is the rest of my family.

With that said, everyone is getting a nice gift from my near 90 year old grandmother, as she is paying for everyone in the family to spend a week in Aruba this upcoming January. She figures she doesn't have too much time left, and wants to spend the time she does have left with the family while she is still in good shape and can still travel. To make things even better I just found out I have enough airline miles racked up over the years to convert my seats to first class. I'm hoping that's a good sign of things to come and we wind up having a great trip. cool

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#158156 - 12/13/08 03:08 AM Re: The Christmas Haul [Re: ironraven]
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Registered: 07/15/02
Posts: 3760
Loc: TX
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Northface Crestone 75


My buddy ClarkTX has that pack. It's SWEET! Plus he got it on a clearance sale for like 50% off. I was with him at the time and I'm still kicking myself for not buying one also. But us both having the same pack would have looked too...friendly.

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y mother is into explorer and medical biographies, so she's getting bios from antarctic and an everest doc.

You should get her "River of Doubt". It's about Teddy Roosevelt's expedition down an uncharted portion of the Amazon river. I couldn't put it down!

-Blast


Edited by Blast (12/13/08 03:10 AM)
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#158171 - 12/13/08 05:33 AM Re: The Christmas Haul [Re: Blast]
sotto Offline
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My wife and I also do not buy Christmas gifts for each other. Haven't for several years. Yeah, we're fighting raging consumerism.



Actually, each of us just goes out and buys whatever we want and then says to the other one, "You bought me a __________ this year for Christmas, Honey."

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#158183 - 12/13/08 12:06 PM Re: The Christmas Haul [Re: ]
Nishnabotna Offline
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Registered: 12/31/07
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Loc: Nebraska
I'm getting my brother a copy of When All Hell Breaks Loose. His wife is getting a copy of Just In Case.
I asked for socks.

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#158783 - 12/17/08 06:55 PM Re: The Christmas Haul [Re: Nishnabotna]
Mike_H Offline
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Registered: 04/04/07
Posts: 612
Loc: SE PA
Munchkin is definitely a great little game. I have Space Munchin. I actually got my wife playing Fluxx, which is an addictive card game as well.

It is a tighter Christmas for us this year. My little guy is just 9 months old. Pretty much any extra money I've had has gone to keeping him healthy and fed. We got the family to agree to keep things simpler this year. He's going to be spoiled pretty well tho.

That isn't to say that I didn't take care of getting things for my wife. I'll be getting a bonus after the end of the year, so I'll use a portion of that for myself. Maybe that Garmin handheld GPS that I've had my eye on for over a year.
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#158800 - 12/17/08 08:05 PM Re: The Christmas Haul [Re: ]
Blast Offline
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Registered: 07/15/02
Posts: 3760
Loc: TX
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Everyone should own Munchkin. That game is the best. If we ever get a ETS get together, I'll bring my copy. I'll let my nerd flag fly proudly.


Man, we need to get together sometime. You bring yours, I'll bring mine and we can have Double Munchkin!

-Blast
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#158829 - 12/17/08 11:43 PM Re: The Christmas Haul [Re: Blast]
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*laguhs* If we can ever pull off the ETS-con, I have reason to think that there will be a lot of gaming. Almost as much as there is range time. :P
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