How to get Santa to bring you a ....(insert wish here)humor

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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With 34 shopping days left its time to plot…er …suggest on what one would like to get for Christmas.

I gotta do somthinge different this year, The wife did ask me last year, and about mid sentence before I could say F7…, her eyes glassed over as she interups about me mowing the lawn, going to the store or was it getting her tires rotated,… now that I think about it,… was all three.

Got the ole Walter’s Cat out and circled the picture and left it on the kitchen table. Came home and asked where it was, took a day and a half to find it, was actually back in the bookshelf.

Cut the picture out and placed it on frige door, not to be seen again.

So for the last three weeks ( Hey if stores can put in Christmas displays before Halloween, I can start early too.) as I wake up I mutter my wish as my wife wakes me up, Wow 130 ft turntable, wow 130 ft turntable, in a low voice, so that she has to ask “what did you say honey”

So I told her, “I guess I was waking up from a dream, I was opening a present on Christmas morn, wow a 130 TURNTABLE…man that would be a neato gift…huh”

Well for the last 13 days I thought this was working, this morning after the ole wake up routine of muttering and rubbing my eyes while streaching out, she curtley.said…“Honey ya gott quit snacking so late at night …your having those nighmares again…”

O well I hope you all get what you want, me…Im going to plan B…John[swg]

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I read the word “Santa” as in “Fe.” :slight_smile:

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Well lets see. First off I’m glad you brought this up jwar, I’ve let time slip away from me. I’ve got a lot of work ahead. First, I have to get the bats out of the chimny, then I’ve got to get the roof and rafters fixed so it will hold Santa’s sleigh, (termites ya know). Then clear the tops out of some of the trees for the approach and departing for Rudolf, he aint no helicoptor!! Also have to test the approach lighting and runway lights. I’ve made a couple of dry runs with a friends Piper J3-F65 Cub and the trees have grown to tall over the past year. Anyhow after all is done for Santa’s safety, I hope he will bring me a Bachmann G scale “Tweetsie RR” set for under the tree. Why Tweetsie? So I can run it like the real Tweetsie RR. Round and round all day long and also cause I’m a North Carolinian “hillbilly” and the Tweetsie is a real North Carolinian hillbilly rail road. Hope y’all get what you wish for and happy turkey day. Ken

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He he

Sounds alot like what I do, get out the magazine, catalog, mailer or print the picture off the internet. She has been great as far as getting me the “toys” I want for Christmas, but it took some time to get her to realize that she needs to shop early in some cases. When the limited runs are released in summer, it was hard to convince her that she needed to act NOW for Christmas. She got it figured out so I’ve been a happy camper. This year was a bit different though, believe it or not, nothing really popped out at me. We are planning a new house and I want to wait before really expanding the roster, plus nothing being released right now that fits what I’m doing. So I asked for a gift certificate from Caboose Hobbies since there is some stuff being released after the first of the year. I just don’t know how big a denomination Santa got me!

May the gift bearer in your life be a generous as mine and bestow you with all that you long for.

Rick

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Buy what you want yourself. Wrap it in Christmas paper yourself. Put up the tree and decorate it yourself. Then, put the present under the tree with “From Your Dear Wife” on it.

Oh, and if you buy yourself another tie, you’re not getting the picture.

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Mister Beasley, your post reminds me of another story.

I have some friends that do almost what you say to do, with a twist. They buy their own presents, then wrap them, but then they label the gift for the other person. She opens his and vise versa. They still get the Christmas morning suprise because neither one knows what the other bought for themselves. I think they play a little guessing game in there too.

Rick

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Fortunately, Santa is pretty clued-in at my place. When I sent her an email with a link to Tony’s page dealing with the Trix Mikados that he is unloading, we got a package about three weeks later with all the…umm. right markings…know what I mean?[:D]

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Enjoyed all your humor guys…Times a tic’en an Ah got to get serious.

Thanks for a few more ideas, may just go to the hobby shop and get her some stuff…but due to being rather fond of hot meals and sleeping indoors ( again)may defer to plan C. But would work in June, perhaps july…Enjoy…John