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Offline Questor

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What to ask for for Christmas
« on: December 07, 2009, 08:43:24 AM »
Jeez. I don't really want anything except peace and quiet. Maybe some t-shirts.

What do you put on your Christmas list when you don't want any presents?
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Re: What to ask for for Christmas
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2009, 08:46:35 AM »
For several years now I just tell them I don't want anything.
Spend your money on the kids and make thier Cristmas better.
I enjoy that more than a gift for me.
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Re: What to ask for for Christmas
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2009, 08:49:28 AM »
Peace and quiet...its golden.
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Re: What to ask for for Christmas
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2009, 08:52:41 AM »
Peace of mind.
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Re: What to ask for for Christmas
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2009, 08:55:14 AM »
Quote from: Old Fart on December 07, 2009, 08:46:35 AM
Spend your money on the kids and make thier Cristmas better.

That's our first concern also, right after their understanding of why we celebrate Christmas in the first place has been thoroughly taken care of. Even the big kids still get that present every year. ;)

However, I did put a new CZ452 Mannlicher on lay-a-way. I'll get to actually take possession of it some time in 2010, right after the kid's and wife's present are paid for. :D
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Re: What to ask for for Christmas
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2009, 09:19:49 AM »
The whole gift exchange thing in general is annoying.  I don't want anymore crap in my house - I've got enough already.  Anything that I REALLY want and is affordable enough to buy as a Christmas present I've already bought myself.  Usually I'm just gonna get more knick-knacks I don't want.

Same with buying for other people.  You buy them stuff that you know they probably don't want anyways and then 6 months later see it on a shelf still unopened.  OR you just break down and give cash or gift certificates (because by some weird social contract that advertisers have forced upon us you have to give SOMETHING) in which case half the time the two of you are just trading cash back and forth - and if you happen to give the other person less than they gave you then you end up feeling awkward. 

Every year I feel myself sympathizing with Ebenezer Scrooge just a lil bit more  ;D.
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Re: What to ask for for Christmas
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2009, 09:20:53 AM »
Probably like most men here if I need/want it, and I have the money, and can justify spending it, I just get it for myself - for me that's a long painful process. I can drop $ on the family in a heart beat. I've been agonizing over a guitar for a long while now, still playing an old POJ chinese special. I'd never ask for one, but it turns out my wife bought one for me for Christmas. I'm truly blessed!
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Re: What to ask for for Christmas
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2009, 09:36:26 AM »
Quote from: TeamNelson on December 07, 2009, 09:20:53 AM
I've been agonizing over a guitar for a long while now, still playing an old POJ chinese special. I'd never ask for one, but it turns out my wife bought one for me for Christmas. I'm truly blessed!

(going off topic)

What type you getting?  I've been playing an upgraded Epiphone Les Paul copy lately (I repainted it, put in a bad-ass style wraparound bridge, a Bill Lawrence L-500L pickup, and new locking tuners), but it too is a cheapo import that I'm looking to upgrade from.  Been really looking at a used Gibson Les Paul or one of the lower end PRS units.  Still saving the pennies though.  :)
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Re: What to ask for for Christmas
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2009, 10:28:42 AM »
Most of the time we just give one of four things.
A gift card to a restaurant they like, a gas card which everyone can use, food from our garden of some of this years deer meat if they happen to like it.
The younger kids still get some sort of game that the whole family can enjoy.
The older kids get something they can use.
Most of all they all receive a healthy dose of love & friendship.


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Re: What to ask for for Christmas
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2009, 03:45:34 PM »
BA HUMBUG.If it wasn't for the Grand kids I wouldn't even care any more.The true meaning of Christmas has been gone for too long.BUY BUY SELL SELL when the decorations go out around Labor day that's too frickin' soon.Chase the dollar and make you feel guilty because you can't afford the big glitzy items for the kids.Think I'll just hibernate after deer season's over.Slow
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Re: What to ask for for Christmas
« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2009, 03:49:19 PM »
my big question is what do i buy my 10 month old son i have an answer that i'll share but i just wanted everyones opinion
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Re: What to ask for for Christmas
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2009, 05:59:29 PM »
My country back and peace on earth.
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Re: What to ask for for Christmas
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2009, 06:15:01 PM »
Quote from: beadlescomb on December 07, 2009, 03:49:19 PM
my big question is what do i buy my 10 month old son i have an answer that i'll share but i just wanted everyones opinion
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Re: What to ask for for Christmas
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2009, 05:08:52 PM »
i got him a browning a-bolt 7mm-08i figured hey i got the money and who knows what'll happen in a couple of years i plan on trying to buy him 2 a year until he is grown enough to buy his own the way everything is headed you may not be able to legally purchase a firearm in a few years
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Re: What to ask for for Christmas
« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2009, 05:36:39 PM »
Quote from: beadlescomb on December 08, 2009, 05:08:52 PM
i got him a browning a-bolt 7mm-08i figured hey i got the money and who knows what'll happen in a couple of years i plan on trying to buy him 2 a year until he is grown enough to buy his own the way everything is headed you may not be able to legally purchase a firearm in a few years
Never thought of it that way. What a great idea!
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Re: What to ask for for Christmas
« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2009, 05:38:39 PM »
buy a first rifle..i did for every child i had (9) right after they were born.
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