The rambling thread. No set topic. Just whatever comes to mind after reading the previous post.

Edible gifts are great ideas!

I got my dad an old 20 gallon slightly eeathered zep barrel. He likrs neat old E36 M3 with patina. Found it at a mower junkyard.

Don't have to be useful or make sense, just the thought. Well, if your old man is like mine that is.

I got my father a wind up race car. It's new but looks like an old sprint car. I doesnt normally look at stuff like that but he picked it up three or four times at Lime Rock. He spent the rest of the day with his four year old grandson winding it up and letting it run around the table.

I'm just praying my wife didn't get me an Xmas present, because I sure as hell haven't had time or money to get her one, and we really haven't done each other gifts since kid was born. He lost his E36 M3 when he got to open a present today though. He was so excited he was like " I want to bring it home!" Which is what hr says of he likes a toy at the store. Only thing is, we were in the living room... At home. He was so excited he didn't get that it was his.

In reply to mndsm:

That's awesome.

Toyman01 wrote: I really hate trying to find a Christmas gift for my father. He's as bad as I am, but with more money. If he want's something, he buys it. That leaves the rest of us trying to find something he would want if he knew about it. Ties are out, he's got 100s of them left from when he was a suit. Back to the Googles.

This is exactly why my family doesn't give gifts anymore. It is kinda pointless. We just spend time together instead.

I've gotta run out to pick up the picture I had framed for my wife's present. Other than a few things, we usually buy ourselves what we want and give them to the other to give back to us at Christmas. I bought some speakers and an amp for the Mini and a set of GRMS radios. Also got a jigsaw puzzle with a couple Minis and a bugeye sprite. Almost finished putting it together. I didn't want it for the puzzle building (I don't like puzzles and haven't done one since maybe 2nd grade), but I want to glue it and hang it in the garage or workshop somewhere.

Appleseed wrote: In reply to mndsm: That's awesome.

First thing this morning, takes a pee and bee-lines for it. he REALLY likes this thing.

I just successfully rebuilt a wiper motor for the 64. With no information other than my dad was able to one time. Im pretty proud of myself.

I'm thinking about swapping my daily appliance for another daily appliance, though not necessarily for a newer one.

captdownshift wrote: I'm thinking about swapping my daily appliance for another daily appliance, though not necessarily for a newer one.

Right there with you. Want to get rid of my p5 and get a second generation neon rt.

my daily appliance is also my fun thing so I'm not swapping that anytime soon. She'd have my head.

I bought a Blipshift shirt.

In reply to Dusterbd13:

funny that a P5 is on the short list of appliances I'm considering.

Got a neon rt?

I don't, most of the ones that I was aware of have long since been rally-x'ed to death. One actually did see stage rally and met it's maker via Vikingesquese demise at 2005 (or 2006) STPR.

I just spooned two new steel belted radials on the bike in a 45F garage. berkeley are my hands sore. I need bigger spoons or a damn machine to stretch cold rubber. I never remember how much of a PITA that is until right after "the next time".

Why don't I just pay the MC shop in town $40 to do this crap for me? Because ...er... control freak? Lazy? Never occurs to me until halfway thru the job and wishing it was over?

gotta stop drinking so much cold soda for lunch. Just sucks the heat out of my core.

I just spent an hour polishing ac hardline for a customer streetrod. Now im debating dissassembling the alternator and polishing it. I think there's something wrong with me.

The BX is having a big sale on S&W handguns. I'm seriously thinking about picking up a 647 as an early present to myself.

Dad has a Savage Model 93 that is a tack driver.

Then when spring comes it will be whistle pig armageddon muhahaha

What the hell is a whistle pig? mmm Pig. I should go buy another 1895. I liked when I could just go out and hunt pigs without purchasing tags since they are just a pest animal.

Whistle pig = a species of ground squirrel

I was surprised when the Fish and Game people said I need a hunting license to shoot varmints.

In Indiana, we don't need a liscense to kill varmints on our property. Nuisance animals on your property are fair game.

alfadriver wrote: gotta stop drinking so much cold soda for lunch. Just sucks the heat out of my core.

Only Europeans drink soda warm. It's un'Merican (berkeley yeah)

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote:

alfadriver wrote: gotta stop drinking so much cold soda for lunch. Just sucks the heat out of my core.

Only Europeans drink soda warm. It's un'Merican (berkeley yeah)

Savages!