What did you get for Christmas?

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  1. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    I got some nice ties and jackets believe it or not, from Goodwill. I also got a Clive Cussler book and an iRobot robot vacuum. Surprisingly, my favorite thing is the the vacuum, it's really cool.
     
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  2. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    Since I don't celebrate Christmas...

    An impeccable win/loss record in Connect Four across different servers. I'm crushing the Expert players, edging out the Masters and holding my own against the Grandmasters. I've even snuck through with some neat wins against players with a stronger rating than I. It's worthy of bragging about anonymously on a forum thread that has nothing to do with Connect Four on a site that has nothing to do with games. :veryhappy: I couldn't have asked for anything better on my December 25 Off-From-Work Day :lol:
     
  3. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    Well, I still never put up a tree but I got a nice gift certificate to have my car detailed (much needed) plus some clothes.
     
  4. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    The looks on my kid's faces when they ran into the living room was enough for me.
     
  5. SurfDoctor

    SurfDoctor Moderator

    I remember those days, you can't beat that.
     
  6. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    The waifs chipped in and got me a GPS device. Very thoughtful, I'd say. Now I won't be getting lost on my business trips.

    Plus some art supplies, a book and some PJs.
     
  7. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    Oh, and even though my wife and I agreed to not exchange gifts, "Santa Claus" got me a Red Sox sweatshirt, the same type that former Manager Terry Francona used to wear;

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  8. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

  9. friendorfoe

    friendorfoe Active Member

    Happy kids...non-argumentative wife, a Kindle, a pocket knife, an LSU hat and thankfully no ties or clothes (a gift in of itself).
     
  10. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

    My spring semester tuition was my real gift, agreed upon months ago. However, speaking of Goodwill, I got a gift certificate that I'm hoping to use later this week :)
     
  11. perrymk

    perrymk Member

    I got to help some young men from Siberia.

    I was hiking my traditional Christmas hike, a 7.8 mile loop in the Apalachicola National Forest which includes a portion of the Florida Trail along with another side trail to make the loop. About 2 or 3 miles in I spot a camera along the trail, this being a section of the Florida Trail. A nice one too. Olympus, weatherproof, etc. I pick it up and continue on. I meet only one person along the trail and he hadn’t lost a camera. When I get to my car I turn it on a look at the photos, hoping to get a clue as to whose camera it is. The screen comes on in Russian. Hmmm. From the nature of some of the photos I suspect the owner might actually be Russian. Maybe I should point out I visited Russia a couple of months ago and noticed a couple of things about the way Russians like to take their personal photos.

    I start to drive back home, near Tallahassee, thinking about putting a lost-and-found ad in the paper when I decide to drive to where I know another trailhead is. For those who don’t know the Florida Trail covers the entire state. Now I have no way of knowing which way the camera’s owner was hiking or how long the camera had been there. It could have been 2 or 3 days already. I could be heading the wrong way entirely, but I take this chance. It’s about 15 miles to drive, maybe 8 or so to hike. As I approach where the trail crosses the road I see two young men sitting on the side of the road. They look similar to the guys in some of the photos. I pull over and ask them if they lost a camera. They said yes. I ask them to describe it. By their accents I could tell they were Russian.

    It seems they are from Siberia and now living and working as painters in Panama City, Florida, about 2 or 3 hours away by car. They would never have seen an ad in the Tallahassee paper. In fact, they had lost the camera the day prior, had looked for it and decided it was lost. I ended up giving them a ride into town to get supplies at a convenience store that was open Christmas Day and then drive them back to where I found them, not too far from their campsite.

    The End
     
  12. StefanM

    StefanM New Member

    I got a Kindle, an electric razor, and some shoes, along with a few other small items. I've really been enjoying the Kindle. I like to read the classics, and public domain is your friend with the Kindle!
     
  13. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    Haven't inventoried my loot yet.
     
  14. eilla05

    eilla05 New Member

    A sweater jacket, a wallet, a 16GB Sd card (I dabble in photography as a hobby and for family), and my favorite hand soap from bath and body.

    Was a great Christmas :)
     
  15. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    Ok, that is the best Christmas story. Thanks for sharing.
     
  16. Ted Heiks

    Ted Heiks Moderator and Distinguished Senior Member

    The loot's been inventoried.
    Curtis, Edward Sheriff, _Visions of the First Americans_
    Cutts, Paddy, _The Complete Cat Book_
    Davis, William C., _Civil War Chronicle_
    House, Ellen Renshaw, _A Very Violent Rebel_
    McKinley, Emilie Riley, _From the Pen of a She-Rebel_
    Neblett, Elizabeth Scott, _A Rebel Wife in Texas_
    Peter, Frances Dallam, _A Union Woman in Civil War Kentucky_
    Popcorn (flavored)
    _Robin Hood_
    Sherpa blanket
    _The True Story of Robin Hood_
     

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