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12582. Dubai Vol - 12/8/2004 4:03:09 PM Ah, Christmas shopping. I laways enjoy it, because I have a simple rule: if I don't know you well enough to know what you want, I don't buy you a present. In fact I worry more about making sure my wife has good ideas for prezzies for me than I do about anything else. A hug would be fine, AFAIC, but of course that's not a viable option. So I wory more about making sure I get a good present than presents for other people, only so Nicola will be happy about the present she gives me. I could care less, Nicola is the best present I could ever ask for.
Just one bit of advice for present givers: TOYS! A good gift should be useless and enjoyable, something they would never buy for themselves but always wanted, like the binoculars I got last year. Hardly ever use them, but so glad to have them, just in case I want to use them.
Flamingo watching, anyone? Dubai has a lovely transient population of flamingos.... 12583. Magoseph - 12/8/2004 4:30:17 PM Flamingos, really, I mean real flamingos, not toy flamingos, Dubai? 12584. wonkers2 - 12/8/2004 4:31:27 PM Are the flamingos pink? 12585. Magoseph - 12/8/2004 4:34:36 PM Well, the ones I saw in the New Orleans zoo were definitely pink, Won. 12586. judithathome - 12/8/2004 4:48:51 PM Abs is looking for the list of Christmas shopping resources we did last year, wabbit.
That's the SuperHighway Hypermart Hysteria one.
12587. Dubai Vol - 12/8/2004 5:00:11 PM Yes, real flamingos, they stop over here in the thousands, in the sanctuary at the head of Dubai creek, and they are pink. My understanding is that their pinkness is proprtional to the amount of shrimp they eat.
I'll go tomorrow and try to get a pic. 12588. christipeters - 12/8/2004 5:59:35 PM Hi. Well, I now have shoulder-length blond hair instead of almost waist-length brown hair. Everyone tells me it is flattering and even makes me look younger. I'm still trying to get used to it.
In other news, we seem to be invaded by swarms of ladybugs for some reason. They are everywhere! 12589. PsychProf - 12/8/2004 6:03:40 PM Happy Chunakah from Oz the former altar boy.
12590. Ms. No - 12/8/2004 6:10:55 PM Ooh! Great pic, Prof! 12591. Ms. No - 12/8/2004 6:12:05 PM Speaking of pictures....
JUDITHA!!!!
Do you realize that we never take pictures when we're together? I have exactly two pictures of you and Keoni and it's from when Frank and I met you guys at the airport in Orange County. How bizarre is that??? 12592. PsychProf - 12/8/2004 6:14:30 PM 12593. PsychProf - 12/8/2004 6:14:42 PM test 12594. PsychProf - 12/8/2004 6:15:17 PM damn...that center scrwes thing up...sorry 12595. PsychProf - 12/8/2004 6:15:46 PM I wish we could edit here. 12596. Ms. No - 12/8/2004 6:17:19 PM Uh, Prof, do you remember exactly where you changed the alignment? I see what looks like an alignment command but, oh, hell, how bad could I screw it up, really?
Famous last words...12597. wabbit - 12/8/2004 6:17:23 PM Did that work?12598. Magoseph - 12/8/2004 6:18:49 PM Seems to work. 12599. Ms. No - 12/8/2004 6:19:29 PM nope, that didn't do it. I'm just not familiar with that alignment command. Perhaps if I just do it exactly as you did it but backwards?
Of course this could go very badly.12600. Ms. No - 12/8/2004 6:20:00 PM Yes! Now lets see if I ruined all your hard work by posting after you. ;->
12601. wabbit - 12/8/2004 6:21:44 PM Mags, I don't know about a separate list, but most of the shopping links are probably in one of those threads, so I thought it was better than nothing to post the thread links.
AC, I uploaded about 40mb of archives last night while I was looking for Abs threads. That took over two hours! Slow servers, not my connections. I have about 225mb left, then I'll make a page with links to all the old threads. Meanwhile, if anyone is looking for one in particular, I can always post a link here or there.
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