Yea and its way better than the old days of spiking the lunch boxes up high in the rafters or picking up the apprentice by his bibs and nailing him to the stud wall.

I'm really surprised there aren't more "after Xmas" posts to this thread... I figured there'd be all kinds of kool tools - or kool car parts etc posted up... But what the heck do I know.

cool pump, and what a gift on the art work.

Thanks Chris!

I didn't want a restored pump... as I want to put this outside my "shed" between the big doors... so why "waste" a nice one on that.. and I had mentioned this to John a couple of times when we had seen the restored versions.... yet then again - some of the ones needing restoration shown
at the swap meets are little more than junk.. this one is just right!

The artwork is just kool too.. thanks. Much better Xmas stuff than ties and socks!!

I got some shoes.....my kid got a Wii from his grandparents. He is almost 6. They got him a X BOX 360 last year.....against my wishes.....:_paranoid

If you needed some shoes - then it's a great gift! Have you walked a mile in them yet?? :rofl:

Games and stuff for the kids now days I H A T E... we used to actually play OUTSIDE! A ball... a stick... a can (kick the can)... whatever we could find. But times have changed. Can't send 'em outside anymore because the level 3 sex offender lives across the street - and he has all the "rights"!

Yep, I needed them and they are great. Walked a couple so far. And I agree about the games. Not my choice. I made my opinion VERY clear and it was ignored. But it is my house and I can controll the use at least.:thumbsup:


The best gift was being able to have Christmas with my son and watching him open stuff. The look on his face was priceless. it's not about the gifts to me, there is a lot of other things to be thankfull for.

My brother in law (also named Eric) - and best friend of 40+ years - was told SPECIFICALLY -- NO GUNS (for Alex who was 10 at the time).... so he shows up with a bow and arrows... not fake ones either!

I'll kill him one day!

I had a lot of fun shooting that thing with him.

Leave it to family huh? :lol:

I always liked giving my nieces and nephews really loud noise maker toys. Just to get back at my brother and sister for driving me nuts when we were kids. I was the last of the three of us to have kids and they never forgot me giving those toys. Now it is coming back tenfold! :rofl: I should have thought a little further down the road back then!

My daughters got me 2 tickets to the Daytona 500 :hail: