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  1. 12-21-2018, 9:40 AM #31
    Stan Calow
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    A gift is a gift. I dont ask people what they want or tell them what I want.
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  2. 12-21-2018, 10:39 AM #32
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    A gift of food or wine that get shared with with the giver is great. A restaurant gift card or hobby related gift that is used with the other person is also great. It means I value our time together.
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    I almost never "ask" for anything for Christmas. Call me crazy but feel a gift should be something the giver put some thought into and want you to have.
    To me a gift card is just saying " No thought into it, Just grab something" I have gotten away from giving gift cards. I just give cash. What is the advantage of a gift card.
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  4. 12-21-2018, 11:48 PM #34
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim Bueler View Post
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    2 examples from my past. I was looking to buy a firearm. I had a an exact brand and model in mind and at that point was just looking for the best price. This was pre-internet so into various gun shops I went. In one of the more popular local shops I told the clerk exactly what I was after. First words out of his mouth were "Oh, you don't want that, you want [this other brand/model/configuration that is a complete departure from what you asked for]". I just turned around and left him with a stupid look on his face.
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    Which reminds me, I own several guns and my wife has never fired one. When I met her she said she didn't like shooting. I asked how she could know? She agreed that she would go to the range once to try it. That was a couple of decades ago but I'm sure it's going to happen soon.

    Which leads to the exchange I bring up at least once in the season:

    Me:"What gun do you want for Christmas?"
    Wife:"I don't want a gun for Christmas."
    Me:"That wasn't the question."


    I'll bring it up tomorrow just to see the rolling of the eyes.

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  5. 12-22-2018, 10:55 AM #35
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Stenzel View Post

    Which leads to the exchange I bring up at least once in the season:

    Me:"What gun do you want for Christmas?"
    Wife:"I don't want a gun for Christmas."
    Me:"That wasn't the question."

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    Tom, if this ever changes, be very, very careful.
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    Years ago a neighbor and friend's son asked for an NFL jacket from his parents for Christmas. He was a bid Broncos fan and wanted one of the coats. When he opened a present Christmas morning, he got an NFL coat. A San Francisco 49er's coat. He really didn't like the 49er's but his mom liked their QB more so thought her son should have that jersey instead. I don't think he ever wore it.

    I agree that the best gifts are ones that the person buying it can identify as something you would like without being told. I also know from experience that is really tough at times.
    I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love.... It seems to me that Montana is a great splash of grandeur....the mountains are the kind I would create if mountains were ever put on my agenda. Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans. Montana has a spell on me. It is grandeur and warmth. Of all the states it is my favorite and my love.

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  7. 12-23-2018, 9:11 AM #37
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    Quote Originally Posted by Stan Calow View Post
    Tom, if this ever changes, be very, very careful.



    That comment almost made me spit out my coffee this morning!
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  8. 12-23-2018, 2:01 PM #38
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    Kyle, they probably think YOU are the odd ball. I guess it might be called old fashion, but some still see receiving a gift as
    different from ordering from Amazon.
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  9. 12-23-2018, 2:15 PM #39
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    Quote Originally Posted by Julie Moriarty View Post
    Anytime anyone asks me what I want for Christmas I tell them I want a Little Harbor 42 or 44 (sailboat). They always get me something else. Maybe it's the way I say it.
    Geez, Julie, if only I had known. I just donated my LH 44 to the Safe Harbor Boys School. It was starting to get ahead of me and my bad back. Too late now. Sorry.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Julie Moriarty View Post
    Anytime anyone asks me what I want for Christmas I tell them I want a Little Harbor 42 or 44 (sailboat). They always get me something else. Maybe it's the way I say it.
    That's not a Christmas gift, it's a stocking stuffer.

    This is a Christmas gift: https://www.denisonyachtsales.com/ex...ce-superyacht/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee DeRaud View Post
    That's not a Christmas gift, it's a stocking stuffer.

    This is a Christmas gift: https://www.denisonyachtsales.com/ex...ce-superyacht/

    As they say, go big or go home.
    But where do you fly the spinnaker?
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  12. 12-24-2018, 12:41 AM #42
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim Bueler View Post


    That comment almost made me spit out my coffee this morning!
    Made me think too. I just added a Kevlar vest to my Christmas list. If I get one I'll check if it's a factory second.

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