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Tifosi 308 (The Serial Number Geek) - 29 Dec 2005 07:00 GMT

So, what'd everyone get this year?

My three favourites...

1. A beautiful torque wrench!
2. "The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece" (I read
it all in one sitting)
3. A bottle of Johnnie Blue (that's no longer full)

We know Matt got chaps, what about the rest of you?

T308

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matt borland - 29 Dec 2005 16:01 GMT

> So, what'd everyone get this year?
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> T308

Some of the funnier gifts included a 24oz can of Milwaukee's Best Ice
and a Miller High Life shirt (I get so much flack for defending that stuff),
plus several instant lottery scratch-offs which we won about $40.00 from.

I was thrilled to receive a complete set of air tools.

..and my lovely wife bought me a season pass to Mid-Ohio. Now I can
go see the AMA Superbike races, vintage bike races, ALMS, etc...

I won't go into the gifts we got where it was painfully obvious our
relatives
had made sure they spent less than $10.00 on us...

-Matt- "..."

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Tifosi 308 (The Serial Number Geek) - 29 Dec 2005 17:30 GMT

matt borland wrote:

> I won't go into the gifts we got where it was painfully obvious our
> relatives
> had made sure they spent less than $10.00 on us...

Those are the gifts that we really want to know about!

T308
(Who "regifted" a singing "Billy Bass" as the company white elephant
party..)

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matt borland - 30 Dec 2005 01:41 GMT

> matt borland wrote:
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> (Who "regifted" a singing "Billy Bass" as the company white elephant
> party..)

Let's just say they cleaned out the dollar bin at the
gas station... Stuff like Advil, lock de-icer, car air
freshener...

-Matt- "..."

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Cogentin - 30 Dec 2005 16:38 GMT

> So, what'd everyone get this year?
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> T308

A lamb's wool blanket
A lamb's wool jacket

(it's really cold down here ... brrrr!)

A red Hot Wheels 330 P4
Dinner with my family on Xmas Eve

M

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Paul Duffin - 30 Dec 2005 23:17 GMT

> Dinner with my family on Xmas Eve

Mine came a little late.

Seeing my mother tonight at the hospital after she'd had two cancerous
tumours removed.
She smiled and I held her hand.

There will be tests to follow and we'll see...

-Paul
(Hey buddy)

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Tifosi 308 (The Serial Number Geek) - 30 Dec 2005 23:36 GMT

>>Dinner with my family on Xmas Eve
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> -Paul
> (Hey buddy)

You both have our best and our hope for a cancer free new year....

T308

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Cogentin - 31 Dec 2005 00:12 GMT

>>Dinner with my family on Xmas Eve
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> -Paul
> (Hey buddy)

Hey buddy -

I hope and pray for the best for your mum!! My roommate's mom was
diagnosed with ALS - not a good Xmas present at all. Times aren't
always good to us.

M

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matt borland - 31 Dec 2005 02:07 GMT

> >>Dinner with my family on Xmas Eve
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> diagnosed with ALS - not a good Xmas present at all. Times aren't
> always good to us.

Hey buddy!

Where there's a smile from Mom there's always hope.

Stay strong, and have a drink on me.

-Matt- "F*ck cancer."

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JoeMcG - 05 Jan 2006 18:15 GMT

Hey Paulo..

Just seen this. (Don't know if this Google business works or not. )

Hope things are going well.

We have a similar situation with a very close relative to Gill, so
empathise.

Time is precious.

<perk>
"Happy new year everybody!"

Joe

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Paul Duffin - 05 Jan 2006 21:00 GMT

> Hey Paulo..

Hey Joe! (where you goin' with that gun in your hand?)

> Just seen this. (Don't know if this Google business works or not. )

Yep!

> Hope things are going well.

Better, thank you.

> We have a similar situation with a very close relative to Gill, so
> empathise.
>
> Time is precious.

"Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself, it's later than you think"

> <perk>
> "Happy new year everybody!"

And you!

-Paul

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Tiger Racing - 06 Jan 2006 21:23 GMT

<< Seeing my mother tonight at the hospital after she'd had two
cancerous tumours removed.>>

Excellent to hear that she is home and feeling a bit better. Does she
have a cat? Cats always make me feel better. Just be sure to keep that
mutant hare of yours away from her. The poor woman has been thru
enough.

C.

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Paul Duffin - 06 Jan 2006 22:03 GMT

> Excellent to hear that she is home and feeling a bit better. Does she
> have a cat? Cats always make me feel better. Just be sure to keep that
> mutant hare of yours away from her. The poor woman has been thru
> enough.

He's a BUNNY, not a hare.

...admitedly a rather LARGE bunny, but a bunny nonetheless.

-Paul
(just 'cos he wouldn't sit still for you to pet him)

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J.C. - 09 Jan 2006 13:05 GMT

> > Dinner with my family on Xmas Eve
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> There will be tests to follow and we'll see...

Hey Paul,

Just read this. I'm glad to see that she's better, and hope she's going
to fully recover now. You both have all my sympathy and best wishes for
a healthy year 2006.

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