ha, thanks for posting this. I was jost looking at all the damn ads and deciding whether two hours in line at 3am were warranted for saving $20.... you're right. And we are having a cold snap ;)
On 11/21/07, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The gifts that my wife has loved the most were the ones I made or > refinished > for her. Took an old TV table and ripped the top off and made a jewelry > making bench for her, complete with a padded felt top and "gutters" to > make > sure the beads she was using never fell off the tray. Also refinished an > old antique silver bedside ring holder - a real bitch of a time remaking > the > molded felt holder inside. Made a great wedding gift for her. She cried > when I gave her both. Funny part is that each came with a Tiffany piece > of > jewelry which set me back a bit. If I had known the impact of the stuff I > spent the most effort on, I could've saved myself a bunch of dough and > still > been the hero of the day! > > Bottom line is - the stuff you cherish is the stuff you make your own. > Something we forget about in the chain store "gotta buy the coolest gift > that everyone else will have" mentality. > > On Nov 21, 2007 4:12 PM, Dinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Those have been some of the best gifts... > > > > I refinished a huge dining room table once- did a super crappy job- > > (a belt sander? Maybe with super fine grain and a steader hand ;) > > > > Mom loved it. We ended up getting it re-done. :-) > > > > The chairs we did are still in use tho, and they were really cool- > > from an old family friend resteraunt, layers and layers of paint- > > almost magical to see what they turned into. > > > > Lucky Paul! Savor it while you can- before you know it, you'll be > > in a suit, working downtown for the FBI (or CIA ;). > > -- > > In the space of one hundred and seventy-six years the Mississippi has > > shortened itself two hundred and forty-two miles. Therefore ... in the > > Old > > Silurian Period the Mississippi River was upward of one million three > > hundred > > thousand miles long ... seven hundred and forty-two years from now the > > Mississippi will be only a mile and three-quarters long. ... There is > > something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesome returns of > > conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact. > > -- Mark Twain > > > > On Nov 20, 2007 6:46 AM, Paul Ihrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > thanks guys. > > > just asked my wife what a jobless shmuck could get her for christmas. > > > she said i could refinish & reupholster her great grandfathers 200 > > > year old rocker! > > > > > > its craftsman style. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:246953 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
