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Title: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by LostArtist on 11/20/12 at 15:05:38 yet another thing to deal with, well I've made it through them all so far. Here's to keeping the streak (and me) alive http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/attachments/6248-happy-brithday-taffycat-cheers.gif |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by Serowbot on 11/20/12 at 16:29:35 Be extra aware of distracted drivers this time of year... Shoppers get that, thousand yard stare,... when their heads are crunching purchase options... :-?... |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by 360k+ on 11/20/12 at 17:27:20 I enjoy T-Day, cause I like turkey and fixings, but I always hate the commercial aspects of xmas. Its like WWE Smackdown out there, and the very thought that I have to go into that melee to buy gifts is a turn-off. Hmmm, wouldn't money be considered a personal gift, if I write names on the bills with a black marker? |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by Serowbot on 11/20/12 at 17:37:27 360,... I accept cash... :-?... |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by ZAR on 11/20/12 at 18:18:57 I'm with you LA. Between all the commercialization and the "Political Correctness" Holidays are just a huge PIA. And gift-giving........it's a strain on the budget(read as spending money most people could better use paying bills and providing basics for the family) and the receivers never appreciate the gift anyway so why bother? For the last couple of years we've been buying gifts for folks in the nursing home that have no family. Seems a better use of the money we can spare! |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by Serowbot on 11/20/12 at 18:33:50 It's not about the money,... ...instead of spending money,.. write your wife or lover,.. a poem... Then, sleep on the couch 'till Valentines day... :-?... |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by ZAR on 11/20/12 at 18:45:11 6177607D65707D66120 wrote:
But Sero...........the couch is my :( regular sleeping place! I wanna try something different for a change ;) |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by LostArtist on 11/20/12 at 18:51:27 011A095B0 wrote:
for me it's about depression, and this year has been bad enough for me already, at least family will be around this year, friends won't be though, I don't know though, sometimes it's worse being around family, being the odd guy out. maybe I can keep myself busy cleaning and organizing my apartment, okay, now I know it's going to be a rough one this year, cleaning? me? :( |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by Serowbot on 11/20/12 at 19:07:17 63786B390 wrote:
But Sero...........the couch is my :( regular sleeping place! I wanna try something different for a change ;)[/quote] So,.. you're a poet, too?... :-?... PS,.. Lost,.. we're always here... I find that I fight depression best, by seeing it as my task to buck up the spirits of others... Be extra friendly in the checkout line,.. wave to neighbors... if you're with family,.. volunteer to help with preparations... You become, who you pretend to be... your external behavior, elicits responses from people, that will infect you, and can lift you... Just try your best... ...and remember to drink... ;)... Wisdom from the Yogibot... :-?... Peace, Serow |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by Cavi Mike on 11/21/12 at 03:29:25 A few years ago I stopped celebrating the holidays. I'm tired of being told when I need to be generous. I'm generous all bloody year when I notice my friends and family are in need of something, xmas can kiss my xbutt. Things off the top of my head I bought this year for my friends/family: BlueAnt Supertooth 3 for my Aunt - full duplex, great for her conference calls even when she's not on the road LG Xenon cel-phone for my Mother - so she can text people with a real keypad 25ft VGA and RCA cables and a PNY video card for my friend Kevin - to connect his computer to his TV to watch internet videos on his flat-screen A pleco for my friend Jae's fish tank - to help with all that darn algae Magellan GPS for Jae's parents - so they can get to their daughter's house in VA a bit easier than with a folding map I don't need someone to tell me when I need to be generous. I'll be generous when people need it and I think they deserve it. I'm no longer stressed by the holidays. |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by ToesNose on 11/21/12 at 04:33:37 I'm all for it Mike, unfortunately once your married with kids it's all about them. It's all good, I had my years of doing my own thing till I got married ;) Everyone enjoy the holiday season to it's fullest however you decide to do so, and stay safe as Serowbot pointed out the bleary eyed shopper is out there! :o |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by 360k+ on 11/21/12 at 06:32:04 4D5B4C51495C514A3E0 wrote:
OK, yours is in the mail. I was extra generous, and hope you enjoy that brand new Savage. |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/21/12 at 06:59:59 4C6E79664266646A0F0 wrote:
As time passes & Mike reveals himself more & more Im seein someone I agree with more & more. I dont NOT do things for people because its NOT Christmas. If someone needs something And its Christmas, then they can have it, For Christmas.. How would your wife feel if she came up to ya on Dec. 26th & said "Aww, the heel just broke off my favorite old pair of heels" & you said "Gee, too bad that didnt happen 2 weeks ago,, I woulda got ya some new ones for Christmas.. Looks like youll just hafta wait a year, Hon,, Im sure sorry,," & Birthdays,, dont EEEven get me started on Birthdays,,I only know one persons Bday, besides my wife & girl & grandson,, & thats my older sister, July 16,, Cuz there was always a nice party on the weekend of 7/16. MY B/day? 12/23, First Bday Party I had I was 19. For my Bday, I was allowed to open a Christmas present, "A" being one essential point, the other was, it wasnt even a gift to me For my B/day, it was Christmas paper. They couldnt even bother to wrap it in Bday paper. Im just not all that big on most holidays, but I do enjoy Thanksgiving. I actually like that one. Its not an obligation to purchase & give, its time with family & friends & this year we will be going out to a smallish place, out in the boonies, to spend time with a couple of other families, people I dont even know, except for the lady who owns the house. WE went out once before, Christmas last? IDK,, MIta been Tgiving,, its a neat old house, they had it moved out there. We will be talking about a Homesteading Group, working together, learning canning & other "How Great Gramma & Grampa made it" stuff,, WE may be forming a Momlitia! How to put up foods, prepare them for freezing, drying foods, gardening ideas,, maybe we can even coordinate work brigades & take turns meeting & working at each others places, getting gardens prepared,,etc, etc,, & all that jazz,, |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by Dave on 11/21/12 at 07:32:10 5C4A5D40584D405B2F0 wrote:
I had a friend make a very thrifty, efficient decision to buy his wife a major household appliance for Christmas. Big mistake.....he ended up having to make a fast trip to the jewelry store on December 26th! |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by runwyrlph on 11/21/12 at 14:46:05 0D363B2C3D312A2C373F322D5E0 wrote:
reminds me of how i thought a dryer was a great wedding present for my wife (hey i was only 24!) it turned out ok, we're still married ;D |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by Starlifter on 11/21/12 at 17:33:30 Hey, what is this "the war on Christmas" the pubs are always braying about? I LOVE the holidays, every one of them. Still carve a pumpkin for halloween, still cut down a fresh tree (from a tree farm) for Christmas, still color eggs for Easter, still buy chocolates for Valentine's Day (well I buy them the day after for 50 off. ;D The Holidays are what you make of them. |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by Serowbot on 11/21/12 at 17:38:56 'Cept for New Years... I'm sick of that stupid ball... :-?... I just ignore New Years anymore... :-/... |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by J C Stokes on 11/21/12 at 18:13:28 Money is always appreciated as a gift, look at EBAY probably full of unwantwed gifts from Dec 26th. Cash counts, the thought doesn't matter. |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by justin_o_guy2 on 11/21/12 at 18:18:54 566D6077666A71776C646976050 wrote:
I had a friend make a very thrifty, efficient decision to buy his wife a major household appliance for Christmas. Big mistake.....he ended up having to make a fast trip to the jewelry store on December 26th![/quote] While a man mite truly be thrilled to get a riding lawn mower or chain saw for Christmas, a woman isnt gonna be tickled to get a washer/dryer set. Now, OTOH, MY wife would just be Ecstatic to get a dishwasher foe Christmas, since we havent had one in 7 years, |
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Title: Re: Crap, it's holiday season again Post by PerrydaSavage on 11/22/12 at 00:17:28 Happy Thanksgiving to all of my American friends! I however am not looking forward to Christmas ... this will be my 3rd alone and somehow it hasn't gotten any easier ... :( |
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