The best gift you were ever given for the holiday?

A turntable so we can spin our vinyl copy of Rembrandt Pussyhorse.

So far this year, the best thing was how my sweetie got me tix for the White Album Christmas.  Always wanted to go and it was a gas.  Its an annual Portland thing at the Alberta Rose Theater featuring a note for note recreation of the White Album performed by a 15 person musical ensemble including horns and strings (they jammed out all the songs that fade out on the original album) and accompanied by a circus of various entertainers, including acrobats, belly dancers, a stunt bicyclist, and an old time cowboy clown doing bullwhip and lasso tricks.

ezzz, eh teh dark sides of , oh, teh moons.....

Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas 

My Lionel trains. I still run them for my niece and nephew. 

I had lionel trains also.  We set it up on a ping pong table in the garage.  We had tracks up on stilts and everything.  That was the best train set, ever.  I still have in boxes in the garage, I should break them out one of these days.

Break them out now. You may be gone tomorrow.

The opportunity to surprise my mom on Christmas Eve for her last Christmas. One of the highlights in my life as she died four months later. 

Luckily we have the surprise on video.

I love model trains. Love. My dream is to create a G-gauge outdoor Garden Railway. That would be the best.

Slick, I remember when you went to surprise your mom and treasure the memory of reading your emails. Peace.

My sis told her someone from a nursery dropped off a tree. "Come into the garage."

I had my sister wrap me and while peeling away, my mom saw my face. Nearly gave her a heart attack. My face can do that to people. Here's a screen shot of her grabbing her chest,

Great memory.  

My dad was obsessed with trains.  Built a house around a train room.   It was intense.    He was strictly Lionel but I drifted into z-guage for a while.   Now they are boxed up.   

When my dad passed we had to sell his trains.  no one had the space for it.   I regret it.  I would take a do over if I could.   I gave my sons what we could handle and have built a small layout in the basement but it needs work.  

I do like the idea of a g guage garden layout.   That stuff adds up but it wold be cool.   

oh and my best christmas was probably when I got my first cd player and the picture disk without a net.    Someone stole that shit from me, the bastard.  

NES with Excitebike

Love!

nothing

Bump

Yes, Zang, the cost is a definite obstacle. Even G- gauge track is expensive. So, it will most likely remain a dream, and that's okay.

Wife got me 2007 Deluxe (American) Strat for Christmas 2 years ago, by far the best gift I've ever gotten. (How do I post pictures not the same ol \image{pic})

A bunch of years ago a coworker gave me a Yo-Yo. It was the best damn present I've received for years before or years since.

A few years ago my kids gave me some of that Gallium stuff, metal that melts in your hand. I love that.

For me, small toys that I can play with and have fun are all that I want.

              ahh, there we go. 

Hey Slacker,

I realize that I am coming off as  prudish by making this request, but:

Can you please stop posting that photo of the Rembrandt Pussyhorse album cover?  Or at least save it for the next "Nasty Album Cover" thread that comes up?

I'm interested in checking out this thread and it kind of icks me out.  No offense to the female body.  On the contrary, but I'm the only male in my work group of 12 people and I'd like to check a few threads during my coffee breaks without having somebody see that over my shoulder.

Thanks,

John

>>>>>Can you please stop posting that photo of the Rembrandt Pussyhorse album cover?

Sure. 

I posted it one more time in Hoover's thread because everyone hates him and his threads. 

Merry Christmas, Viva!

Thanks Slacker!

Best Christmas wishes to you and your family.

Martin D-16 Guitar

Having All My Brothers and Sisters ( yes there are 7 of us ) together for X-mas with Mom and Dad the Last One was 2006....

my life.... born on Christmas

Fisher hi fi stereo system @ 14...

GI Joe astronaut with space capsule.....a long time ago, a flight jacket and a pair of Frye boots when I got a little older....16?

Skateboard with polyurethane wheels and cadillac trucks

>>>GI Joe astronaut with space capsule

Dude, that's my favorite from when I was a kid. Must have been 1974?

I've been helping out on a friends N scale train set up for over a year.

Never realized how much work they put into scenery etc.

Wish I still had my bike from Christmas past.

The Fireball XL-5 play set.

I was in heaven.

This is where my Christmas Bonus went to this year. Right up there with a Vox AC 30 I got a few tears ago from a previous employer

Correct Briank.....I still have it, go figure....somethings never change

Grey Mercury capsule where the window sides open....

Slack, you don't have a pic of that penis landscape thing from that Dead Kennedys album, do you?

>>Fishcane are you the second coming?  

Sometimes, if she plays her cards right

I need to update mine....

My daughter just got accepted to the University and program that she really wanted to get into.  She is in tears she is so happy.

Best. Christmas. Ever.

Congratulations to your daughter, Thom. That would be great at any time of year.

Thanks Judit. Any parent knows what  great feeling this is.

A  new 340 polaris snowmobile  when i was 14

Fisher rack stereo in '83.

Still use the speakers.

I always enjoyed the chemistry sets.

I got a blow job on top of the Oceanside cliffs at Point Reyes last year from the gf. Kicked ass.

This hockey game was a pretty nice gift, but not as cool as my metallic purple stingray bike with the banana seat.

The year I got a Cabbage Patch Kid - it was the year they were hot and couldn't be found anywhere. My non-procrastinator of a mom was on it and bought them for my sister and I before they were gone. Mine was named Katherine. 80s sometime?

Congrats to your daughter, thom!

congrats thom. that's great.

i have one as a jr/sr. and is enjoying it. my other is making close to my salary in HR at 23. 

Thanks guys.  She's going to study animal science at one of the best programs in the country.  It's amazing to me that she has so much focus at her age. When I was 18 all I wanted to do was listen to Garcia play guitar.

30 years ago my parents gave me an internal frame back pack.  And that was it. The rest is history. Many Dead shows. A dozen countries thrown in the mix. And uncountable forests. Better than the gift was knowing that my folks recognised and supported my wanderlust.  

I still use the pack. Repairs and all.

It's amazing to me that she has so much focus at her age. When I was 18 all I wanted to do was listen to Garcia play guitar.

That sounds pretty focused to me, Thom.

Well, it did get me to where I wanted to be! 

Best Gift this year was Mr. Hüsky hopping up on the foot of my bed this morning to keep my feet warm & say "Merry X-mas !!"

I love that Dawg 

New Ferrari is cool too...

Oh wait, that was just a Dream.

Well i don't know about ever, but this year my daughter and i got a retro Atari with over 100 games and she is digging it big time!

Today my wonderful sister and her family gave me an beautiful poem by Robert Hunter entitled "The Apocalypse", singed by the man himself.

This ranks very high on my list of great gifts.

I was told 2 days ago that I do NOT have lymphoma :) !!!   *** Best present EVER ***   I breathed a big sigh of relief after waiting for results ( 32 tubes of blood at one sitting and numerous radiology studies, good thing i work in radiology...I guess)  as the docs really had me worried...ughh ! 

My tumor has come back in mouth, Can't get into specialist till after new years...soo not stressing and staying positive on that one :) 

This is why  choose to "unplug" for last two days and just cook, bake, stay busy and enjoy friends and family....it was wonderful !



Hope everyone had a Blessed Holiday also, 

lyn     ;)

lyn, great news about not having lymphoma!!

I hope the tumor in your mouth is easier to deal with this time, and that you have a good long healthy life.

Thanks Judit, that means a lot :) Been trying to stay positive and hope it is not nearly as horrid as prior, gonna go back to Yale for exam. Hope you are well and sending you thoughts as you go thru holidays after your loss (((  ))). 

great news Lyn.

all the best in the new year!

So glad to hear the good news, Cumberlyn. Best of luck with the rest of it. Kick some ass.

News doesn't get better then that, Lynn.

Peace

Thanks Eddie, Slick and Bluelight...:) Guess I'm gonna make it to one more PLF birthday celebration after all...and that surely makes me happy :) 

Have a great day and make the most of it, for sure !

woah..that is big !!  I have to work on resizing i guess...lol.

Hmmmm, there have been many over the years for various reasons. So hard!  but thinking about them all is making me super smiley so thanks!

And that is a great gift Lyn

Bout time we got some good news Lynn. Sending healing vibes!

More years with mom in 2010. She found out on 12/22 that they had found a compatible bone marrow donor. I'll forever be grateful to that anonymous person from Germany. For me, it won't get better than that!

And awesome news Lyn. So happy for you!!

Great news Lyn  It's a good thing to not have lymphoma.

Sorry you have to deal with medical issues again, I hope that all works out well for you.

Thanks for well wishes and thoughts guys, you are all awesome !


Happy New Year and good health wishes to you all as well..:)