Ok Fellas and ladies of course....It is Christmas time again, or soon 
will be.  What are you getting your better half this year.  

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well, considering my better half also reads grex, i cant tell you.

I'm in the same situation.

I have it on good authority that Mrs. Remmers doesn't
do this conference.  Trust me.

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Re 4 - <robh think that popcorn is being a tad facetious>

You might give lumps of coal instead, Valerie. They are not only very
traditional, but are harder to find, and hence reflect more effort in
finding the perfect gift. 

Well I am going to be Husband of the year.....
I was planning on surprising my wife with a new car on Christmas Eve, 
but her car died about a week ago so I went and bought the car for her 
last week....I wonder if this relieves me of any commitment to purchase 
futher gifts....Well I know I will anyhow....

I don't have an SO, but I'm getting my friend John the unicorn painting he's
been drooling over since April.  =)  I'm also painting a dragon for Alan, a
wizard for Kathy, and I can't post Amanda's gift because she's a grexer.

First time in BBs - - very interesting - - have no SO - -but will join homme
for some educational matter on the subject.

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Only with a fair amount of pressure and heat as well.

<robh wonders - how long until we see informercials for the
Diamond-o-matic?  "Just put it a lump of coal, flip the switch,
and in one thousand short years, presto!">

  That might be a good way to restore demand for pressure cookers,
which lost sales after microwave ovens caught on.  The fact that it
still wouldn't be enough heat or pressure wouldn't matter, since the
customers would be dead in a thousand years anyway!  :-)

nice bit of news

ravi this text is from rksofts new login/passwd

Since my sweetie seldom reads the cfs., and never this one, I will tell you
that I am making him a hatband (for his leather fedora) with the tiny feathers
left at my bird feeders this summer.

<slinkie wonders how many people out there celebrate Christmas>
<slinkie was brought up in a pre-dominately Jewish community>

None of my immediate family is remotely Christian any more, but we still
celebrate it.

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Well, I was able to pick up some 50 gallon drums of cheap purfume from our
neighbors at the pumpkin, so my SO is going to have a very smelly Christmas.

Hmmmm, hello there everyone, what country are you all from?????

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Hmm, which half of me IS my better half?? Just curious!!

As for what I'm getting my SO--well, I don't have a S.O... So I won't have
to worry about finding something special [but won't be getting something
special back, either!]

My SO has requested "socks and underwear".  <pout>

So, I'm getting him a big box of each -- plus a hand made house robe
made from an incredibly warm fluffy fabric I'd never seen before.

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I may just do that -- or black silk with huge red lips all over.  ;)

(That's especially funny if you realize that he's a velvet cravat and silver
cigarette case kind of guy.)

Re: 21 So how did he react to the Gallup Park Rocks (tm)? :) Did he get you
the same?

i am still alone

i am soory you are alone i am not and i love my lukester and it is all because
grex so thank you grex for giving me the happiest x-mas of my life

That,s none of my business

I couldn't help myself, I bought him some stuff in addition to what I made
for him. His mom always got him a Far Side desk calendar, so I got him one
in her memory. Also got him a model of the Millenium Falcon and a certificate
for 2 hours of my time to help him clear a space to put it together. And one
thing he's always wanted but would never get for himself: a very nice fountain
pen.

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Similar to the dilemma recently married couples face, deciding
where to put stupid wedding presents when the people who gave them
are frequent visitors.

I think it's the problem that all people face, about what to do about stupid
presents from people who visit you often.

I try to leave all in sight, which isn't hard, given the size of the place
I live in.

Although admittedly, I'm not sure what I'd do with rocks... come to think of
it, I did have a rock collection back in elementary school, which  my parents
refused to let me bring into the house <g>

Well, in the past I've placed Gift Rocks (yes, I've received them with some
regularity), into flower pots.  The current rocks are on my living room floor
because they were a bit painful in my back pocket while sitting on the sofa.
I have not yet formally addressed the problem of their ultimate disposition.

This is a valid point, given that the rocks will almost certainly
outlast any human owner.  >8)

Maybe, but maybe not.  By outlast, you presumably mean that the rock will
still be a rock when I die.  But my body won't disappear when I die.  It will
still be there on the living room floor, right next to the rock.  True, I'll
be dead, but the rock is already dead, so I've got it beat on that point. 
Since the molecules in my body are in generally higher demand than the
molecules of the rock's body, they will be quickly dispersed by hungry little
animals soon after I die, while the rock's are likely to stick together  for
a much longer time, assuming I don't decide to pulverize it out of spite
before I die.  But even that is problematical.  My molecules will in fact be
going their separate ways long before I die, most likely, being replaced by
other molecules rearranged in a similar pattern, so in a strict molecular
sense I am disappearing even as we speak.  Only not disappearing, really. 
All my atoms, like the rock's atoms, are likely to be around for a long, long
time.   If I have an immortal soul, I may outlast the rock unless it has one
too.  If neither of us does, well, never mind.

Of course, whoever actually "lasts" longer, it's pretty clear that my ability
to decide the disposition of this or any other rock has a finite future, that
falls well short of the "ultimate".

Or does it?  Odds are very good that the ultimate disposition of the rock will
be different if I do different things with it.  If I mail it to Australia,
it will probably never find its way back to any states it would have
ultimately arrived at if I had simply left it on my livingroom floor.  Thus,
while what I decide to do with the rock may not be it's ultimate disposition,
but it may still decide its ultimate disposition.

I hope this clarifies the issue adequately.

(Meanwhile, the Australian rocks in janc's apartment are thinking,
"Yes!  Finally!  A chance to go home!")

Well I just had to boast about what my wife got me for Christmas.....I am now
running at a whopping 40 meg of RAM....wich BTW is a 32meg upgrade for me....
Woo-Hoo

John got me a heart pendant, a nifty little wooden carving of a troll that
he did himself, a vest, and something I'm getting today...I have no idea what
it is.  Jerk's making me wait...  <birdy tries to growl, but starts laughing
instead>  I got carried away, too, otter.  I was going to get him a snakeskin
wallet that he's been drooling on for three months, but I added a cd, a
sweater, and his first kiss to that list.  =)

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