Conference back40::soapbox

        "Lucille" in cherry-burst and a Vox AC-30TB.
        
        &y
        

    
    >I want a Mr. Potato Head.
    
    Hey, stand in line, pal.  I wonder how much Disney charged the 
    manufacturers of Mr. Potato Head for his on-screen appearance?
    
    You'll prolly have to settle for a Potato Head voucher.
    

    
    
    	A new CD stereo for the car......  and I already know I'm
    	getting it.  =)
    

    >and I already know I'm getting it.  =)
    
     Well, that's usually pretty easy to figure out. Now what about the CD
    player? ;-)

    
    Isn't he great, folks?  He'll be here all week!
    

    
    	re: Doctah
    
    
    	{groan}
    

There used to be these things called something like 'poon-dorns' or
something, from Toys 'R Us. You'd charge them up with air and they'd
hop around the floor. I'd like one of those, again.

Also, back in the same days in the CSC when it was in Sudbury, MA, we
used to buy radio-controlled tanks and have cubicle wars. That would
be fun to do again. Does anyone play anymore?

Actually, what I would really like is a meat slicer like they use in
deli's, but smaller and cheaper, and in my kitchen, not theirs. Anyone
know where to buy 'em?

MC,
Pete

    
    {pant}
    

    it's more fun with no {pants}

    
    You mean like that postal worker in wacky news briefs?
    
    -b

    
    Time for a virtual de-pants-ing.  Glenn?
    

>Actually, what I would really like is a meat slicer like they use in
>deli's, but smaller and cheaper, and in my kitchen, not theirs. Anyone
>know where to buy 'em?

Lechmere's, Service Merchandise, etc.

When I was a kid I had a Mr. Potato Head that only came with the features
and no dumb plastic head. The hole idea was to do something creative by
sticking the pieces into a _real_ potato or a carrot or a pepper or a ...

Damn toys today have half the play taken out of them before you get them.

What do I want?

 An iron eating water conditioner.

    THE Electro Shot Shooting Gallery....By Marx.
    
    "Squeeze of shot after shot with this electric rifle.  Press the
    switch...and it becomes an automatic machine gun...reloads itself too.
    AND WHAT A WILD CHOICE OF TARGETS.  Bag the lion...Rock the Clown...
    Ring the bell...Wind up the revolving ducks and see how good you are.
    
    Eight spinning...clanging targets....
    
    THE ELECTRO SHOT SHOOTING GALLERY...BY MARX!!!

    re: .0
    
     A bunch of wines about 3 people in here have ever heard of.

> When I was a kid I had a Mr. Potato Head that only came with the features
> and no dumb plastic head. The hole idea was to do something creative by
> sticking the pieces into a _real_ potato or a carrot or a pepper or a ...

> Damn toys today have half the play taken out of them before you get them.
    
    I had one of those as well, however, I don't have to worry
    about its modern plastic equivalent rotting as it sits atop
    my PC's monitor... a distinct advantage in my opionion. I
    also like the little parts bin that's built into the new
    MPH's butt. I wish I had one of those... :-) 
    
    -b

    A black leather motorcycle jacket
    

    
    a week long visit by my best friend in Georgia. It won't happen, but
    that's what I would wish for.

    
    
    	an HK G-3
    
    
    

    
    ...with laser sights too, I suppose?
    

      I want to get a keyboard for hookup to my PC along with
      piano lessons ion software and begin learning how to play
      a piano.
    
      I also want to get a Septuagint!  (What's that??!)
    
    						Tony

    
    
    	re: .19
    
    	A Shepherd scope would be handy. Laser sights are silly....anything
    that depends on batteries is bound to fail during times of critical
    need. Learn to shoot the old fashioned way....practice...;*)
    
    
    jim

    A Ruger .45 Colt
    Three hours with Ginger lynn when she was 22
    Winter coat with fire department emblem with county FF I patch.
    
    Tahts it for now.

    > Three hours with Ginger lynn when she was 22
    
    More of that 5" Hard Suction, no doubt...
    
    -b

    
    
    
    An Astra in 9mm w/the 17 round mag........and two spare mags would be
    nice as well.
    

>      I also want to get a Septuagint!  (What's that??!)

It's Greek to me.

    .23
    Oh my...that means I`d have to lose 3" someplace.
    I am entitled to wish. It sure was a timely comment though. Now I can
    stop rolling on the floor. 

    >Oh my...that means I`d have to lose 3" someplace.
    
      Inflated endowment claim alert!

He'd have to lose 3" of _ego_.

    I actually think that size is not important. Making my partner happy is
    what counts...not how I made her happy.
    
    and besides isn`t this the What I want for Christmas note?

    >> THE ELECTRO SHOT SHOOTING GALLERY...BY MARX!!!
    
    Hmm, sounds like we have the same "Old Toy Commericals" video. :-)
    When my kids saw the ad for that toy, it was instant love.  It was
    tough to tell them that the toy no longer exists!  Well, maybe we
    could find it if we scrounged enough flea markets and yard sales,
    but I wouldn't bet on its condition thirty years later...
    
    As for me, I don't want anything, I've got too many toys and not
    nearly enough time to use them.  Time... yeah, that's what I want.
    
    
    re: "Poon-dorn"
    
    Isn't that illegal in some states?  Oh, "dorn"... at first I'd read
    it as "porn".
    
    Chris

>                       <<< Note 620.29 by MAIL1::CRANE >>>
>    I actually think that size is not important.

	<chuckle>

    For poo poo's sake will somebody please get Andy a Canadian Rocker
    before I go ape???  Andy's been trying to get one of these for about a
    year now and has kept hitting up the New hampsterites in the NH Wantads
    conference.  Heck I even saw his inquiry in the Russia conference and
    the ping pong conference!

    
    I'm a Canadian, and I'm off my rocker.  Will that do?
    

Will Paul Anka do?

    The seasons...are passing one by one.  Gather moments while you may,
    collect the dreams you dream today...

    I would like a Velodyne F-1500 sub. for my home theater. 

    
    i know what i would like for christmas and i know i ain't getting it,
    so what's to hope for???
    
    

    
    Raq, Glenn *will* stop by, just be patient!
    

    Raq wants the little white cape on the left side of the street with the
    swings in the back yard...just like Susan did.   
    
    STOP UNCLE FREDDIE STOP!!!!!!!!

    
    <--  THERE!  Did you hear the bit about faith means believing something
         when common sense tells you not to??  Huh???
    
    

    Yeah Yeah Yeah...damn she has to keep reminding me of this.
    
    LISTEN WORLD (speaking from a rooftop), MZ. DEBRA WAS RIGHT...I WAS
    WRONG!  MZ. DEBRA WAS RIGHT, I WAS WRONG....

    
    thank you Maureen O'Hara.

    
    Kisses, Meatyhon 8^).
    
    

    Sure....when???

    
      as for many years, what i want most is for my gifts to others,
     selected by the highly scientific but laborious process of mall
     wandering, actually be appreciated by the recipients...
    
      bb

    
    A pair of black flannel-lined jeans.
    

    
    Is that black jeans or black flannel or both?
    

    
    Flannel colour is not important.
    
    :^)
    

    
    deb, the cologne is called grey flannel.

    
    I like "Egoist(e?) Platinum" cologne for men.  Quite a lovely scent, it
    is - makes my little heart go pitter-pat.
    
    
     

    
    Egoist Platinum sounds perfect for men. Yes it does.
    
    -b

    
    would that be certain box people's favorite scent as well?

           My only aspiration is to have no aspirations.

    
    <<-----  Jack Martin?

    
    Everybody keeps asking me what I want for Christmas, and I don't know!
    
    Does anyone have any suggestions?
    
    
    

    
    A nap?
    

    
    RE: .58
    
    A zaxophone.
    
    -b

    
    
    
    A new car wouldn't be bad, Deb.  I mean if it's a SO and if he really
    cares, it wouldn't be too much.
    
    Mike

    re: .58
    
    I have a suggestion.  Tell them you want a Velodyne F-1500 subwoofer.  
    Then, if you don't like it or have no use for it, I'll be happy to take 
    it off your hands.  8^)

    
    .58
    
    A candle shaped like a penis.

                               ouch.

    
    re: .63
    
    I'm surprised you sobered up enought to remember that....
    
    

    iz just wunerin, you know, ifn you buy them panties about 5 sized
    to big you gettn crow-bard upside the head, yet ifn you buy them
    push-up deals a little too big it's "ok".  Shesh, I guess she'll
    just get socks.
    
    !!!!!!!

    
       Crotchless panties and a candle shaped like a penis.   OUCH!!!!!!!!!

    who needs a candle?

    
    
    	Christmas snarf!
    

    
    >                        -< Yo hoo... Markey... >-

    > who needs a candle?
    
    
    I'll state here and now that I'm _NOT_ shaped like a penis.
    I admit, however, that from time to time I can be a prick.
    
    -b

    
    <------ BWAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    .70    So, your looking for someone to light your candle?  
    
        BWAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  from
    another!

    
    It depends. Do you play the zax? :-)
    
    -b

    Would you, could you in a car?
    eat them, eat them,
    Here they are.

    My Lionel trainset to arrive

    A ride in an F-16 or the F114 Tomcat. From ground to 30,000 ft and 9 Gs in 
    seconds, yeh!! Upchuck territory!! Hey it's just a dream. I come close 
    every summer watching the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels.
    
    PSW

<----- hey, I'd like that one myself.


   I'd like to spend a couple hours in a real flight simulator (hmm, is
 that an oxymoron?)..

    
    re: .76

    re: .76
    
    Ride?  I WANT TO FLY THE THING IN SIMULATED AIR COMBAT!!!
    
    OBTW, I suggest you leave out the 9g's part unless you enjoy blackouts.
    
    Hey Frank, what's the most g's one of us non-fighter jocks could expect
    to pull without blacking out? 4-5g's?
    
    Bob

    >OBTW, I suggest you leave out the 9g's part unless you enjoy blackouts.
    
    Blackouts are the best part!

    
      I seem to recall they have suits which enable you to withstand
     somewhat greater acceleration than you normally would.  They work
     by enabling the heart to pump upstream better ?
    
      Also, in rotational acceleration, it is the brain which is most
     structurally weak.  For withstanding high g-forces, small, stupid
     people might be best.
    
      bb

    "Men Behaving Badly" video.
    
    

    Don't they broadcast parliament now?

Why?  You can open SOAPBOX and participate in an interactive game of
Men and Women Behaving Badly.

    
    .84
    
    Di, I think you need to give Gerald a pinch. Yes, I do.

Sorry, I eschew snuff.

    You'se chew tobacco.  Snuff goes up your nose

Just a pinch between lip and gum.  That's how most snuff is consumed these days.

    I guess I'm not up to snuff on the latest trends.

    re: .80
    
    Buck, you don't remember anything while you are blacked out, so why
    waste precious time in a state you won't remember?
    
    re: ?? and G-suits
    
    Yes, they help, but withstanding high-g's is a bit of an endurance
    sport.  You have to work your way up to it.  9g's is about the limit
    for a well-trained and current fighter pilot.
    
    Bob

    
    well Bob, speaking of G's, I could use a couple to pay off all my
    bills. :-)

    
    .76  The Sky's the Limit >
    
    It's not a F-16 or other fun plane, but there is a company in 
    Atlanta (I'm not sure of the name, but I think it's something like
    Fantasy Fighters or some such) that has an interesting deal.
    
    For a small fee ($700), they give you a complete day of fun and
    excitement.  You spend the morning in combat flight school learning the
    theory of how to dogfight, also you spend about an hour learning the
    theory of how to fly if you have never flown before.
    
    After all the training they take you up in their fully restored T-34
    trainers.  The T-34 is a single engine high performance prop plane that
    was used to train fighter pilots.  It may not be a jet, but it has most
    of the performance us ground huggers would ever need.
    
    The planes are equiped with wing mounted lasers (where the machine guns
    would be), 3 cameras (one with each laser and a wide angle one mounted
    on the top of the tail) and a number of detectors to detect a hit from
    the other plane's lazers.
    
    The instructors are there to prevent you from getting too close to the
    ground, the other plane, and give advice on how to get to or away from
    the other plane.  They set up a number of senarios (you tailing the
    other person, yuou being tailed, side approaches, etc).  If you score a
    hit on the other plane, a smoke canister goes off (for visual effect)
    one the other plane.  If you get hit, alarms go off in your helmet, and
    your laser stops firing.
    
    After all of the flying there is a debriefing where they present you
    with the videos from your day of flying.
    
    According to school's owner, the best pilots are those who have a lot
    of video game experience but little or no real life flying.  People
    with a lot of flying experience are too timid about the plane.  It
    seems that the good habits for flying a Cessna are not what your want
    when you are in a dogfight.
    
    Now here's a Christmas present I would not mind receiving.
    
    	Skip

    
    
    	Sholder holster for my Ruger P94 .40cal for those formal occasions
    where the belt holster is inappropriate.
    
    ed

    re: .92
    
    Yep, those kinds of places are all over the country.  One based North
    of Dallas got in all kinds of hot water after a fatality involving a
    former Navy pilot who wasn't what he represented himself to be.
    
    Bob

    Enrollment in the California Performance Riding School, racing in their
    leathers, on their bikes, at my speed.
    
    Enrollment in a Skip Barber performance driving clinic.
    
    200,000 vertical of Heli-skiing in the Bugaboos, Monashees or similar
    
    Clipless pedals (done deal)
    
    A year long subscription to Megabucks.  
    
    Dive gear; BC or regulator/gauge package
    
    Set of knives - 8" Chef's, Cleaver, sm and lg. paring.  
    
    Decal kit for a lower fairing on an 86' FJ1200.
    
    Alpine CD changer to go with the head unit I have but not installed :-/.
    
    2 doz. golf balls
    
    New hanging bag, I like the one Patagonia makes.  
    
    Boot bag, mine is worn out.  Must have lots o' zippers.
    
    A tile cutter
    
    A Super Sawzall tm
    
    Whirled peas and save the skeet.  
    
    

    A pearl handled pizza cutter, I guess.

    
    .96
    
    Let me guess, you probably also want a marble pizza board to match.

    Well, ok.

    My duaghter to make me a quilt.  
    
    Fat chance knowing her schedule.
    
    meg

A tear-less, pout-less, shout-less, *civil* day at the in-laws.

Oh, and I'd like to be taller too.

\C

    I would like a Sharps "Businessman Special" or a "Long Range Express"
    in a .40-120 Cal.; even a .50-140 would be nice.
    
    A CAR. or an AR-15 would also be nice....
    
    Another week or 3 deep sea fishing out of Destin Beach Fla.; 
    
    A large boat...35-45 Ft. and my Captains License.
    
    All expenses paid hunting trip to Africa or Canada or Alaska.
    
    One each: Colt/ starting from 1840 too about 1890.
    
    A new dog; DratHaar ( German Wire Hair )
    
    A place in Key West.
    
    Etc..
    
    Etc...
    
    Etc....
    
    
    sin-te-da

>    One each: Colt/ starting from 1840 too about 1890.

    I know this is way off the subject, and I may be misinterpreting your
    "1840 to about 1890", but ...

    How much would a S&W 32 short 5 shot revolver patented in 1869 and
    still in firing condition be worth? 

    -- Dave

    
    Glenn,
    
    How 'bout an electric pizza cutter?
    
    I saw one in the Consumer's Distributing catalogue...
    

    
    << electric pizza cutter????  
    
    damn, you Canadiens are a lazy lot. Are you taking after the Brits??

    
    .101
    
    gee Jeff, couldn't you find anything on your list that was a little
    more expensive? :-)

    He's going to take after us with an electric pizza cutter!  Run away!
    Run awaaaaaay.....

    
    I'm serious.  I saw the thing in the catalogue.  It looked just like
    a regular pizza cutter, except with a power cable coming from the
    handle.  What could it possibly do mechanically that would make it
    easier to slice the pizza?  Spin?  Vibrate?  Heat up?
    

    
    	An electrically-powered spinning pizza cutter ... eesh!!
    
    	Just make sure you cut the pizza outside, and away from every-
    	thing you want to keep clean.  Once that thing grabs onto a piece
    	of cheese, 1/2 of that pizza topping is going for a ride.
    

    All I want for Christmas is a significant wolf population in
    Yellowstone National Park.

    Re: 102
    
    I need just a little more info.; Like is it a "hand ejector", or a
    "lemon squeezer", Is it on a I, J or K frame; What other identifying
    marks are there? Has it been reblued, factory reworked, what kind of
    trigger and hammer does it have, does it have a half moon fixed 
    front sight? 
    
    
    Sin-te-da
    

    
    
    Guess the next best thing for those who dream of entering the stratosphere
    but don't have access to a F16 or simulator is soaring. There is an ad in 
    the Boston papers almost every week touting this as the perfect gift. Good 
    for 2 years and over 100 locations to choose from. A lot of people choose 
    the Boston area one, although I don't think I would want to chance it in 
    the airways around "Beantown". Am hinting the wife by leaving ripped out 
    ads in stategic places.
    
  
    PSW

    I want: Glenn Gould playing Bach, any Bach, Bach rules.
            A Duvet.
    	    Some soft fluffy towels.
            World Peace.
    May your holiday times be as you make them. 
    
    chris
    

    > I want: Glenn Gould playing Bach, any Bach, Bach rules.
    
    Amen Brother Wilson.
    
    You might want to check out some new recordings that Gabe Wiener
    just finished... Gabe remastered some acetates from a mid-50s
    (I think) performance by Gould. Although I would be skeptical
    of any recording remastered from acetate, Gabe is one of the
    best, if not the best, audio restoration expert in the world.
    If anyone could make such a project sound good, Gabe can.
    
    I'll send Gabe some mail and see if I can more details.
    
    To all:
    
    As an aside, Gabe has an article on the subject of remastering
    from acetate in the December issue (I think it's the December
    issue) of Mix Magazine. If you're interested in the gory
    (technical) details of his process, check it out...
    
    -b

    .112
    
    > Bach rules.
    
    Yabbut Glenn Gould sux.  Idiosyncratic and highly mannered.  The music
    he plays was composed by Glenn Gould on tunes provided by insignificant
    others such as Bach.

    I want a cordless pizza cutter.

What will you use to cut corded pizzas?

    I have a cordless pizza cutter.  It uses an Armstrong power unit.

    
    .115,
    
    Yeah, you wanted a cordless hammer, too, and look how well THAT worked!
    

    Perhaps we should end this string.

    
    easy, use the cordless pizza cutter on it.

I use cordless scissors to cut a string.

    I use cordless bungy cords to keep my trunk closed sometimes.

    
    <-------
    
    Don't you Eskimos call it a "boot" like your mother-country brethren
    do?
    

    No, we don't, and keep that under your bonnet!
    
    We only drive on the left side of the road when we really have to.

    
    I still want that Mr. Potato Head... but now I also want....
    
    a cellular phone.
    
    It's that time I guess. While I'm not particularly fond of the
    doodleheads who call the Psychic Friends Network from the left
    lane of the Mass Turnpike, I think I've come to realize the
    benefit of having a telephone handy for emergencies.
    
    Besides, it will give me another phone I can ignore when its
    ringing.
    
    -b

    
    	Brian, it only rings if you turn it on.  If you want it for out-
    	going calls then you turn it on only when you want to use it.
    
    	My Motorola DPC-550 flip-phone fits inside a jacket pocket and
    	is plenty strong enough for most intended uses/locations.
    

    They make a good cell phone for bowling don't they?

    >	Brian, it only rings if you turn it on.  If you want it for out-
    >	going calls then you turn it on only when you want to use it.
    
    Just wanted to make sure... we're still talking about
    a telephone, right? :-)
    
    -b

    
    	Perhaps I should rephrase that for those of you out there that
    	translate things a little too loosely:
    
    	My Motorola DPC-550 flip-phone fits inside a jacket pocket and
    	is plenty strong enough for making/receiving telephone calls
    	in most locations.
    
    	[And you can order a pizza between bowling frames without having
    	to find a pay phone, if you really want.]
    

    
    	Yes, Brian, cellular phones.
    
    	I was NOT talking about your penis.
    

    
    re: .129
    
    Yes, but, does it come with a built in pizza cutter???
    

        a mr. potatohead cellular phone?

    With a cordless pizza cutter with no cord attached to it?

    
    >    a mr. potatohead cellular phone?
    
    What an absolutely fabulous idea!! The earpiece could be that
    little trap door in his butt... it would be just like listening
    to all those people who talk out their ass...
    
    -b

    You mean like Ace Ventura?

    
    	But you'd look ridiculous if you're one of those people who make
    	"kissy noises and faces" when saying "goodbye" to your wife.
    

    
    <-----   these last few replies, have me deeply troubled.

    I feel pop-o-matic troubled.

    I'd like a PEZ dispenser 

    
    >   I'd like a PEZ dispenser
     
    One that resembles Ms Simpson?
    
    

 Gee, that's hilarious

> Gee, that's hilarious

	some bonehead was bound to say it sooner or later.

    
    	Took me a few seconds [OK, maybe 30] to figure out that Ms.
    	Simpson was not, in fact, Homer's wife Marge.
    

    
    
    <---  me too...
    
    
    (where's the confessional note...)
    
    

    
    Typical Shawn.  Always needs things explained to him.
    
    

    
    	Hey, mere seconds before I was ready to ask "What the heck does
    	that mean??", I figured it out.
    
    	So there.
    

Me too.

	All I want for Christmas is a massage therapist of my very own
	- at my beck and call.

	A reasonable request....


Pat

    Peace on Earthand Goodwill to All Men!

    Where's Earthand?  

    
    I was just running through the mental list of things I bought
    the wife for Christmas... a scroll saw, a meat cleaver and a big
    Stainless Steel kettle... and realizing just how dangerous she
    will be... :-) :-)

    -b

    
    
    
    b,
    
    
    I am sending her the Lorena Bobbit Newsletter........
    
    
    hth,
    

    
    Yeah, that's what I'm thinking... our house will be like
    the Bobbit family Christmas special...
    
    "And now, -b sings your favorite Yuletide themes..."
    
    "I'm dreaming of a wide penis,
    Just like the one I used to have..."
    

| <<< Note 620.153 by MPGS::MARKEY "I'm feeling ANSI and ISOlated" >>>


| "I'm dreaming of a wide penis,
| Just like the one I used to have..."

	2' wide...�" long, �" thick.

    ^I was just running through the mental list of things I bought
    ^the wife for Christmas... a scroll saw, a meat cleaver and a big
    ^Stainless Steel kettle... and realizing just how dangerous she
    ^will be... :-) :-)
    
    If I bought these kinds of gifts for my wife at Christmas, I know she
    would be dangerous. :) 

    > If I bought these kinds of gifts for my wife at Christmas, I know she
    > would be dangerous. :) 
    
    Believe it or not, all of the aforementioned items were on
    her wish list... not sure why, but they were... :-) :-)
    
    I also bought her some CD-ROMs for her Mac and a really nice
    charm bracelet too... :-)
    
    -b

    > If I bought these kinds of gifts for my wife at Christmas, I know she
    > would be dangerous. :)
    
    >> Believe it or not, all of the aforementioned items were on
    >> her wish list... not sure why, but they were... :-) :-)
    
    last year was my first year living on my own all alone, far away from
    relatives...most of my wishlist could have been bought (and actually
    was) in the craftsman section of sears.  steve still gets ribbed for
    buying me tools for christmas...eventho it is exactly what i
    wanted/needed...
    
    
    
    
    

    To All,
    
    	Have a calm and enjoyable holiday.
    
    To All Who Will Be Working,
    
    	Relax, work smart and don't let it get you down.
    
    To All Who Don't Give Two Hoots About Christmas,
    
    	Congratulations.
    
    To All The Money Mongers Who Make A Killing This Time Of Year,
    
    	What is your secret recipe; mail me.
    
    Calmness,
    chris
    

    Remember the REAL reason for the season...find it, and it'll make a
    world of difference to you forever.
    
    NR

    er... drinking?

| <<< Note 626.2 by POLAR::RICHARDSON "CPU Cycler" >>>

| er... drinking?

	Yes

    Merry Christmas to all and to all a good...
    
    
    
    Bluuuuuuuuuuuuuurgh!

>    To All The Money Mongers Who Make A Killing This Time Of Year,
    
directed toward such people, let me quote from a Harry Enfield sketch: `I hope 
you die soon!'

Chris$skint.

    
    	Actually, the retailers saythat this year wasn't all that great.
    
    	Everything is relative, of course, so maybe this year was really
    	good but not AS good as it has been [or could have been].
    

    Well, it was a good year.  I am pretty unassuming and don't really want
    for much.  What I do want, I will usually just go out and buy. 
    There were a few things I knew I would be looking for in the near
    future though and one that I had only half heartedly joked about
    wanting/needing.  With that attitude, every year is a bonus.  
    
    I received the Ritchey clipless pedals I wanted, now I just need shoes 
    to go out and see just how well they shed mud.  
    
    My secret Santa gave me a gift certificate to Andy's Sports which will 
    go towards a regulator, b.c., or wet suit come Spring. 
    
    A few sundry items of clothing and some cash from the 'rents.
    
    The big surprise was the Super Sawzall <insert Tim Allen sounds>!  
    There is only one purpose for such an item and that is to take things 
    apart, in a big hurry.  Wood, steel, plaster, concrete, pipes, wiring you 
    name it and this tool will render it into many tiny pieces in the blink 
    of an eye.  
    
    Better yet, the gifts that I gave were well received and I know will 
    be well used or admired.  
    
    My Bro and Nephew both received Leatherman Super pocket tools.  My
    nephew asked for one and I figured my bro could use one too.  Wool
    clogs for my semi-crunchy neice.  A Baleek (sp?) gravy boat for my
    sisn'law.  A Steuben rabbit for my folks.  
    
    I also bought a three dozen candy canes for the kids on Sunday which I
    passed out to the other coaches as well.  Candy canes were given out
    for doing something well, but in the end, everyone got one.  It made
    the morning a little more fesitve as we had to work and the kids had to
    train.  Jobs like that though are not tough to take.  
    
    Happy Holidays all,
    
    Brian
    

    
    
    	But they made up for it with the day-after-Christmas sales.
    

    >>Remember the REAL reason for the season<<
    
    Sacrificing virgins for some reason or another.  Druids probably,
    appeasing the gods of winter.  Like a few other Christian festivals, 
    they borrowed the pagan festivals as the heathens were more inclined 
    to celebrate them than the new fangled Christain ones.  That's before
    the church found a really good PR firm to hype their cause.
    
    Merry Winter Solstice everyone :^)
    
    

    See what happens when you don't concentrate on working? You come up
    with all this weird kinda stuff. Those Druids and their long lunches.
    What a bunch of trouble makers.

    
    re: .148
    
    Pat... you're in MKO.. right?
    
     They have two registered massage therapists at the Life Center here...
    

>>    re: .148
  >>    Pat... you're in MKO.. right?
    >>They have two registered massage therapists at the Life Center here...


	Alas, I'm not in MKO - I'm in HLO (a loooong way away) - bummer
	Thanks for the info anyway!!   


	Pat
    

    
    
    Ummmm.... Sorry (tm)
    

    I never got the pearl handled pizza cutter for cordless pizzas that I
    was hoping for.  8^/

    Thanks Andy except it's Uhhh....sorry!  Not Ummmm....