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    Did this last year and I think the year before? Always went very well with seeing what random, awesome or crazy shit people got.

    This year in TheGerman household, I specifically told everyone that I wanted to take a break from the gifting arms race as I realized earlier in the year that I had entirely too much shit as it was, and was thinning out gear/equipment/whatever, so don't buy me shit. Told the wife that this year I wanted a peaceful non hectic Christmas and was probably the happiest I've been in a long time relaxing at home Christmas Eve with a LEGIT charcuterie board the wife goes out of her way to improve on every year with things like a fig/walnut 'cake' directly from Spain, some fantastic whiskey you basically can't buy because the distiller doesn't want to sell it to anyone that I got from a friend, and just relaxing by the fire with the cat and the only real lighting on in the house being the Christmas tree lights. Honestly wished it didn't end; but Ill probably do it all again tonight :)

    Anything I did 'get' was stuff I was buying anyways and the wife said hold onto it for Christmas. But the best gift had to be the 7 inch stripper heels my wife bought for herself 'for me'. I win.

    On the other hand, my wife got some random shit from people that I think I could enter into the 'horrible gift' contest:

    - A urban jungle camo'd fanny pack from someone at work. Ok, not so horrible until you realize that its an actual cheap fanny pack that person used in the 80s, put into storage for 30 years and then decided to gift someone.

    - She received a box a few days ago that I thought had something she ordered in it. She didn't know what it was and opened it. We were both confused until she read the card (mispelling her name) in it; it was a 'company' gift from her hospital that consisted of a Made in China pleather satchel that was designed so badly that you couldn't close it and use the satchel strap simultaneously. It also smelled like it was dipped in some hazardous chemical and stunk up the house. The best part was that this was supposed to be the corporate gift for all of the doctors/specialists; you know, people that bill 10s of millions a year for you. We googled it to find out WTF this was and it was an 8$ thing off of wish.com (free shipping!!). I'm still confused as to who came up with this idea and thought this was going to be awesome. I did make up for it and bought her a Mercedes for Christmas, so there's that.

    - Someone randomly left a warm bag of tortilla chips from Chili's and some picante sauce on my doorstep with a bow on it. Um, ok. At least I can eat it.


    Merry Christmas you filthy animals.
     
    Well, I ordered a new barrel and a new action. Thanks Santa!!

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    Picked up my build from the GS a couple days ago.
    Defiance Ruckus
    Proof CF Sendero
    Manners EH-1a
    Hawkins M5 dbm
    Timney Hunter trigger
    APA break
    7mm 08 ai

    Went to the range yesterday to zero the scope, fired one round and the trigger jacked up and wouldn't reset.

    I'm waiting until 2021 to fix it.
     
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    I had more fun giving things this year. Bought my sweetie a Glock 43X to carry, and made the guys in my family wooden flags, and the ladies got homemade cutting boards, walnut, cherry, and maple. I made my dad and my girlfriend's dad knives as well. The last knife pictured wasn't quite finished when I took that pic, so the handle ended up much smoother before it was wrapped up.

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    our 10 yo and 13 yo said we were lucky to keep our jobs and there was less fortunate people so they asked us to not give them xmas gifts but to donate the money we would of spent on each other to a covid charity. So we did.

    I am cooking us a nice prime rib and chicken for dinner - so for us its just family time.
     
    I had more fun giving things this year. Bought my sweetie a Glock 43X to carry, and made the guys in my family wooden flags, and the ladies got homemade cutting boards, walnut, cherry, and maple. I made my dad and my girlfriend's dad knives as well. The last knife pictured wasn't quite finished when I took that pic, so the handle ended up much smoother before it was wrapped up.

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    Ok so now I want a wooden flag.
     
    Did this last year and I think the year before? Always went very well with seeing what random, awesome or crazy shit people got.

    - Someone randomly left a warm bag of tortilla chips from Chili's and some picante sauce on my doorstep with a bow on it. Um, ok. At least I can eat it.

    Merry Christmas you filthy animals.

    Right side of the dirt. Friends, family, loved ones all week. Good food and booze. Kinda hard to not feel blessed.

    Oh, and as far as those chips and picante go - I strongly recommend using a bad neighbor (or Mittens) to sample those before you go munchin' 'em. :D No telling yo.

    Merry Christmas indeed - back at ya.
     
    I generally try to ignore Christmas. But today I gave myself a gift:

    Self-discipline.

    I'm 62, retired, and after some years of denial, I finally admitted to myself that I have high blood pressure. So I decided to stop eating salty chips, get out and walk/jog/ride bike/play tennis every day.

    Took me 11.5 minutes to walk to the park/tennis courts, 12 minutes to walk/jog the perimeter path, could only do 1.5 pullups! 10 minutes to walk home. Blood pressure same same, high.

    Maybe in a few weeks I'll start showing some reduction in the numbers, some "improvement in the movement."

    Now, for a wee dram o brandy and another evening with SH.

    Cheers' Y'all! Slaintje! Prost! Salut!
     
    The fat man delivered some goodies this year- made a trip to the Republic of Texas to see my new grandson, new red dot for the coyote AR, a Cousin Eddie RV coffee cup that my CPA son bought me (I’m still laughing) a gift card for a massage from this hot massage therapist, from my wife, and am now sitting here relaxing with a bourbon and cranberry juice, reading of the German’s Christmas adventures, which is always worth the effort. Merry Christmas, all!!
     
    Got my boy at noon today. Had Christmas with my parents. He’s in bed asleep before he could open his gifts at my house it’s 6pm here lol. Going to the wife’s parents tomorrow and her grandmothers and her moms side of the family Sunday.
    gifts time with my boy is the best thing I can get.
    oh and I took him to see his great grandmother on my side yesterday morning before he went to his mom’s.
     
    My wife and I stopped doing gifts for each other years ago. We both have plenty of stuff.

    We made a nice charcuterie and other assorted snacks on Xmas eve and played a bunch of fun family games. I cooked an indulgent breakfast for everyone this morning and watched my kids open presents while enjoying some coffee. Got to spend the rest of the day with family, eating too much and just relaxing.

    My kids said it was the best Xmas they’ve had in years.
     
    Family knows me well. I was gifted some Wrangler work pants (Kinda look Tacticool :LOL: ) and a Hogue EX-A05 spear point automatic. I'm a happy boy! Sadly, my Aunt Janet lost her battle will cancer yesterday and we weren't notified until today. I am sad but she's not in pain anymore so I will count that as a Christmas blessing. Please don't let me bum y'all out either... The world keeps turning and the day is special not for earthly gifts but the spiritual one!
     
    Shooting buddy just stopped by and wanted to thank me for the 10 pack of Surefeed 30 rounders I got him this year as I was tired of watching him struggle through reloads with his random assortment of mags that wouldn't drop free.

    Said he thought this was pretty much the only weapon I didn't have.

    And for those playing at home, yes, that is an actual Dorothy Thorpe glass.

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    Did this last year and I think the year before? Always went very well with seeing what random, awesome or crazy shit people got.

    This year in TheGerman household, I specifically told everyone that I wanted to take a break from the gifting arms race as I realized earlier in the year that I had entirely too much shit as it was, and was thinning out gear/equipment/whatever, so don't buy me shit. Told the wife that this year I wanted a peaceful non hectic Christmas and was probably the happiest I've been in a long time relaxing at home Christmas Eve with a LEGIT charcuterie board the wife goes out of her way to improve on every year with things like a fig/walnut 'cake' directly from Spain, some fantastic whiskey you basically can't buy because the distiller doesn't want to sell it to anyone that I got from a friend, and just relaxing by the fire with the cat and the only real lighting on in the house being the Christmas tree lights. Honestly wished it didn't end; but Ill probably do it all again tonight :)

    Anything I did 'get' was stuff I was buying anyways and the wife said hold onto it for Christmas. But the best gift had to be the 7 inch stripper heels my wife bought for herself 'for me'. I win.

    On the other hand, my wife got some random shit from people that I think I could enter into the 'horrible gift' contest:

    - A urban jungle camo'd fanny pack from someone at work. Ok, not so horrible until you realize that its an actual cheap fanny pack that person used in the 80s, put into storage for 30 years and then decided to gift someone.

    - She received a box a few days ago that I thought had something she ordered in it. She didn't know what it was and opened it. We were both confused until she read the card (mispelling her name) in it; it was a 'company' gift from her hospital that consisted of a Made in China pleather satchel that was designed so badly that you couldn't close it and use the satchel strap simultaneously. It also smelled like it was dipped in some hazardous chemical and stunk up the house. The best part was that this was supposed to be the corporate gift for all of the doctors/specialists; you know, people that bill 10s of millions a year for you. We googled it to find out WTF this was and it was an 8$ thing off of wish.com (free shipping!!). I'm still confused as to who came up with this idea and thought this was going to be awesome. I did make up for it and bought her a Mercedes for Christmas, so there's that.

    - Someone randomly left a warm bag of tortilla chips from Chili's and some picante sauce on my doorstep with a bow on it. Um, ok. At least I can eat it.


    Merry Christmas you filthy animals.

    Well shit man! You could have gotten some gifts abd then gifted them to us poors and felt good about giving out your hand me downs!! 🤣
     
    Shooting buddy just stopped by and wanted to thank me for the 10 pack of Surefeed 30 rounders I got him this year as I was tired of watching him struggle through reloads with his random assortment of mags that wouldn't drop free.

    Said he thought this was pretty much the only weapon I didn't have.

    And for those playing at home, yes, that is an actual Dorothy Thorpe glass.

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    I’m working the next 8 days. I could use those brass knuckles while I’m on the road. No shortage of people who need to get punched in the fucking mouth.
     
    This morning my little girl (pictured with her pink rascal) started making the pumpkin pie she has been talking about making for days now.
    Fast forward to 5pm. Wife and M. I. L. are visiting so I go down to the loading bench to organize stuff. Daughter comes down, pokes her head in the door and yells, PIE! Iknow this is a big deal to her, but I was still full from lunch so I tell her I’ll have some before bed. She says ok and disappeared.
    Five minutes later she comes to me at the bench and says, “Dad, the pie really turned out great for a first attempt. Come have a slice!”
    I know it means a lot to her, the first pie she’s ever made so I get up and go upstairs. She hands me a plate and I dish up a small slice and add whipped cream. Wife and MIL are visiting and I see they have their pie in front of them.
    I take my fork and put pie on, take a bite... into the saltiest most horrible excuse for a dessert I could ever imagine. I haven’t tasted salt like that since my country cousins dared me to lick the salt block in the lot.
    I immediately gag and spit it out to the sounds of hysterical laughter from everyone else that set me up.

    Turns out her first pie didn’t turn out so well. Big difference between teaspoon of salt and Tablespoon of salt!

    They all did a great job of suckering me into that little taste test!

    Good memories and I’m sure we will be taking about that for ages...
     
    Nah most of these people cut that off already. Spineless and dickless

    Well, its slowly becomming a thing for me.

    Just like when I missed out on the points on the team board towards fabulous merchanise for actually having to use a knife on someone, punching someone literally in the dick is on my bucket list.