How'd ya'll do for Christmas?

[Rob]

I didn't get very much coal in my stocking at all. So for now I still rely on the tried and true combover to keep my ass warm through holey shorts.

My son does have something quite useful to me, (according to him) purchased used, but out of service over 35 years, (so virtually new) and yet with the tantalizing tidbits he offers, the little bastard won't tell me what it is. Payback is just on the horizon however as I have both his daughter's this weekend and spoiling is in order just before being sent home.   

[mowerman]

Yes fill them full of candy and soda and send them back....bob

[Rob]

Got a complete "KYSOR" HVAC unit for an "R" model from a mid 1970's cab for Christmas from my son. The donor was wrecked in 1979 so should be in good shape. It is beige in color and includes everything interior to the cab including the defrost ducts. Looks about the same as the "Evans" units but has rectangle diffusors rather than round. They are different than the later units in gray also. No compressor but I'll convert to a later style Sanden unit and build up new hoses to fit.

[RowdyRebel]

I got to spend the entire day with my wife & kid, with absolutely nothing else on the agenda needing to get done. That was everything I could've asked for, since days off together are a rare commodity and when one of us DOES take a day off work, there is ALWAYS something we're trying to get done. The boy enjoyed ripping into his presents...didn't even wait to get some of them out from under the tree before he was going to town on 'em. The wife was a little upset that she had a couple presents under the tree and her gift for me hadn't arrived in time...so I didn't open a damn thing and couldn't be happier with how the day went. It's OK, though, because I didn't get around to putting hers together, so she got it in pieces. It's another thing on my "to-do" list...just wasn't worrying about any of that list on Christmas.

[hatcity]

No presents here. Just family, good food, and laughter

Nice, house stayed clean

I do remember the years of piles of stuff under the tree, around the sofa, and NO batteries

Kids are grown now.....ahhh..relaxation

[Freightrain]

Quiet, almost too quiet.....

 

So its 12:30 pm and I get a call from Mom wondering when my sister is coming to get her(90 and lives in assisted living)?  This all in the midst of watching her pull up in front of the house.  Doh.  I open the door and ask my sister if she forgot something.  She has her hands full of a ham plate, her husband has a blank look along with my niece.  I say "Mom?"  The deer in the headlight looks was priceless.  So needless to say we ate an hour late.

The Griswalds have nothing on us for a dysfunctional family.  Not everyone has a Walton family Christmas.

 

We haven't done presents in years.  Even Karen and I don't exchange.

[mrsmackpaul]

Well not quite as exciting as some 

Hot as all get out 42 degrees, 107 in the old money

Told the Princess just cold meat and salad so I got sent promptly out side to cook pork and turkey on the spit

Pork caught fire while I  wawass staying hydrated inside watching TV

I did manage to sort of save it but no crackling 

Just the 2 of us as Dads crook and a days drive from here, the boy is stuck in North  QLD with work

So the  Princess my dog (Miss Molly) and of course myself 

Oh and I got a hammock 

 

Apparently Miss Molly and I have grown quite a bit since the last hammock 

I didn't get any Mack stuff, however I did buy a complete brand Reddot AC for Mrs Mack a couple of months ago so I feel my browny points are all used up

 

Paul