Keebelf

but the thing is, if you build a time machine with something that hasn't been invented yet, the minute you go past that invention date, your machine will fall apart.

Technically we would still have to wait until NEXT BF in order for that to work because you can't go bac into time BEFORE the time machine was built....just not feasable.

FIL (Chris' dad) is one of those that trades in his vehicle for another one every 2 years or so. He traded in his other truck (which was just a smaller version of the one above) because he finally sat in the back seat and realized it wasn't comfortable enough. THey have a running joke that Dad is the only one who can go in for an oil change and come back with a new vehicle. He even traded in Mom's vehicle for a new one one time while she was visiting down here.

This is mainly what Patrick and Alexis got for Christmas. I haven't gotten my presents yet since MIL is going to take me to Walmart to get what I want. Sorry some of the pics are blurry, I really do need that tripod. http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL201/1918013/8741078/123104017.jpg http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL201/1918013/8741078/123104016.jpg He also got a drill and a flashlight as well as the REAL tool bench, as well as the take-a-long one above. http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL201/1918013/8741078/123104019.jpg http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL201/1918013/8741078/123104018.jpg Alexis' balance beam: http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL201/1918013/4249169/123103788.jpg http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL201/1918013/4249169/123103790.jpg Dad traded in his truck for another: http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL201/1918013/3704094/123104098.jpg http://pic7.picturetrail.com/VOL201/1918013/3704094/123104096.jpg

You guys have been quite of late. How have your holidays gone?

I got my camera and I will be getting a Tripod and towells from MIL but I get to pick them out.

usually if you go to the meetings then they have a handout to all new memebers and that usually has a code on it. Usually this time of year, or in Jan. they will have some sort of deal. I know if you are a CURVES member then you can geta discount at WW or vice versa.

Not really. We put in 25.00 a month and that is about all that we can afford.

anything you change will update on all of your posts, if you go back to Ross' very first post it will have all the stuff that he has on it today---avatar, title under his name, sig lines, post count..etc.. Truly, the only way you can go back to see when and what your very first post was is to click on your own screenname in a post, and go down to "Find all posts" and go all the way back.

We got Patrick the Imaginarium Train Table to use for his Thomas Trains. Patrick's Gallery I think it iwas 129.99 at our TRU vs. the actual Thomas one that was 189 or something like that. This is a very nicely built table and was very easy to put together and is worth the money. I would suggest to get some Elmer's Wood Glue and glue the elevated peices together, as well as number them on the bottom when you first put the track together because they are easy to remove and some of the curved track pieces have track grooves on both sides and it is confusing to put them back together if more than one piece has been removed. Here is my post in the lounge about it though. Even the generic Imaginarium one is worht the money and it does come with trains, buildings, trees and people an airplane, helicopter and landing strip for the airplane.

YAY!!!!!! SO GREAT!!! We actually made .17 in November! Almost up to where we were at....slowly but surely. You know, this was probably the BEST thing about me finding the Gottadeal site.....I got hooked up with the ING account.

My Tire Sales thread in the Deal Finder service.....could you please delete or close that for me please? Por Favor?

want that real tree smell...... Sunrise Soap Company has their Christmas items on their site now including some Aromatic Room Sprays. We have a fake tree but LOVE that real tree smell so I am trying to find out which of the scents is as close to that smell as possable (might just get Mistletoe Kiss as well because I LOVE that scent!!!) Sunrise Soap has free shipping for orders over 25.00. I also think that when you first sign-up you get a 5.00 discount as well (through an email link). They are a great site and have very quick shipping. Just got an email back...... Their customer service is top notch too btw!

Don't forget that all the ads that are listed on the site (not the scans but the typed out ones), somewhere in the list of everything, usually under MISCELLANIOUS (sp?) is the date that the ad was added to Gottadeal. So there are definate dates to when the ads were posted on the site.

I think I would get more ticked off at that lady standing there trying to take a digital picture of who knows what and holding up the line than anything else. LOL. Bring a video camera and strap it to your head or the front of your cart....don't bring a regular camera and try to "capture the moment" when thousands of people are trying to get at something.

you might want to try the Black Friday forums of the board. they might have an answer.

If any charities don't get picked, the guys (Brad and Ross) leave them up for the next charity bit that we do. A lot of these were left over from the "Deals for Charity" a few months ago.

I only have 5 things for the Walmart ad and even those are more like "eh.....whatever". I don't know. It might be that the ads aren't good this year or it might be that we got all the stuff I truly wanted last year and nothing has really changed. Oh well, maybe it is for the best since Chris doesn't have off that day anyway.

Cool. Thanks for the quick response!

I know everyone gets a memberpage when they register but is there anyway to set it up where you have to activate it before it shows up on the Member Pages list? Maybe like it won't show up on the List until you add something to it....?

It varies from year to year. Sometimes we go up to VA to spend it with Chris' parents, and other times we stay down here and open presents and then go 45min. North to St. Mary's GA to have Christmas lunch/dinner with Chris' aunt and her family and Chris' brother (and Chris' Mom and Dad if they come down if no-one is going up.) This year Mom and Dad are coming down for Chrstmas so we will be staying home or going to Aunts house.

I hate Christmas down here because the temps do not relay that it is winter time. We are back into the 80s again and I have had to turn ont he AC the past few days now. it sucks. As for being ready? Nope.

Weren't the drawings done randomly? The stories were just there as an entry of sorts....?

My GD shirts have become my most worn. I wear them EVERY weekend that we go somewhere. I am pretty sure the people at Home Depot are getting sick of seeing that shirt because it seems we go to Home Depot every weekend. lol. Unfortunately no one has come up to me about it yet. But, their loss. (I got 2 btw, a Large and XL....I orginally got one for Chris to wear but he hasn't yet.....his loss as well.) Also, in regards to the OP......the contest winners are also PM'd as well so even if they miss the post, they will know that they won.

if the ad is pulled, will we still have our shopping lists available for Sears? if we have something selected from there?