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  • All I want for Christmas is...

    ... what?
    It's the crass commercialism Christmas season and we all love to give gifts, but what would you most like to get?
    And let's make it two gifts -- one from a "normal" budget, and one from a billionaire's unlimited budget.
    Ready... set... GO!

    PS: Since we all love to give, please don't forget to send your contribution to Auntie Lynn's Slippah Project -- http://www.slippah.org/ .
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    That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

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    Re: All I want for Christmas is...

    All I want for Christmas is a list of gifts I'd like to award to all my HT companions.
    I already have everything I want or need, and it's my turn to be generous.
    For instance:
    A new Martin/Gibson in koa for Lika Nui.... with carbonfiber strings....

    K
    Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Taken!
    ~ ~
    Kaʻonohiʻulaʻokahōkūmiomioʻehiku
    Spreading the virus of ALOHA.
    Oh Chu. If only you could have seen what I've seen, with your eyes.

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    • #3
      Re: All I want for Christmas is...

      World Piece.

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      • #4
        Re: All I want for Christmas is...

        Originally posted by Walkoff Balk View Post
        World Piece.
        Matapule not touching that one with ten foot pole!

        Matapule and uaifi want to be with two daughters for Mele Kalisimasi, das all.
        Peace, Love, and Local Grindz

        People who form FIRM opinions with so little knowledge only pretend to be open-minded. They select their facts like food from a buffet. David R. Dow

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        • #5
          Re: All I want for Christmas is...

          For my elderly father to be coping with what he calls "a slipping memory".

          And for him to be in the right frame of mind, literally, for my brother and I to have "the talk" with him.
          Youth may be wasted on the young, but retirement is wasted on the old.
          Live like you're dying, invest like you're immortal.
          We grow old if we stop playing, but it's never too late to have a happy childhood.
          Forget about who you were-- discover who you are.

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          • #6
            Re: All I want for Christmas is...

            First, the "regular" gift....ummm, well, I can't think of anything. I really don't need anything.

            Second, the "unlimited" gift.....a large plantation home with all our ohana able to stay with us for the months of November and December, and all the cars and supplies necessary for the visit.

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            • #7
              Re: All I want for Christmas is...

              A building permit and enough strawbales for the house I plan to build with it.

              Strawbale houses for everyone.
              http://thissmallfrenchtown.blogspot.com/
              http://thefrenchneighbor.blogspot.com/

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              • #8
                Re: All I want for Christmas is...

                A rich benefactor to pay off all my student loans, and sanity, please, sanity.
                Four Thousand Miles (blog) | MacRatLove (comic)
                Better Holes and Garbage (rats) | Perfectly Inadequate (music)

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                • #9
                  Re: All I want for Christmas is...

                  No one wants a "normal" material thing, ah? I have requested the Beatles box-set from Santa, fwiw.

                  "Unlimited" - circumstances that permit regular travel between Seattle & Hawai`i, to study and play with the masters of Hawaiian music; a large enough home to have space for musicians to stay with us when they are coming through the area.

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                  • #10
                    Re: All I want for Christmas is...

                    "Normal" - I would love 4 tickets to each of the Smooth Jazz Nights concerts for as long as they last!

                    "Unlimited" - wishing for the economy to rebound so I can remodel my little Makaha space. That doesn't take a billionaire's ability. A thousandaire would work! 30 of 'em!

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                    • #11
                      Re: All I want for Christmas is...

                      Normal- a Kindle. Those things are cool! And I read all the time, so that'd be way easier to take to the dr's office or car repair shop.

                      Dream Gift- $35k. I need it for a certain something that I really, really want. I'm not ready to talk about it yet, though. Maybe soon. Just pray, if you're the praying type, if you have room for one more request on your prayer list.

                      Can't think of anything creative this time

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                      • #12
                        Re: All I want for Christmas is...

                        Originally posted by LikaNui View Post
                        ... let's make it two gifts -- one from a "normal" budget, and one from a billionaire's unlimited budget.
                        Ready... set... GO!
                        Okay...
                        I want a new pair of Levi's 501 button fly jeans.
                        It's the gift that keeps on giving. Not just a pair of pants, they become a friend!


                        #2: A Hans Christian 43' sailboat, along with the funds to maintain and homeport her in Honolulu.
                        Last edited by Menehune Man; November 28, 2009, 12:52 PM.
                        Life is either an adventure... or you're not doing it right!!!

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                        • #13
                          Re: All I want for Christmas is...

                          One of those cute little Zhu Zhu hamsters, please Santa.

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                          • #14
                            Re: All I want for Christmas is...

                            Normal: Maybe just a nice dinner out somewhere. We hardly go out anymore.

                            Dream: To buy my Mom a nicer house, personal cook, maid service, yardman, driver, 24 hour nurse and companion. Oh, and the same for my in-laws.

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                            • #15
                              Re: All I want for Christmas is...

                              Originally posted by Menehune Man View Post
                              #2: A Hans Christian 43' sailboat, along with the funds to maintain and homeport her in Honolulu.
                              MM be careful what you wish for! Hans Christians are beautiful boats, but all that teak is a back breaker. You will need to add to your list the ability to pay a full time maintenance man to keep up with everything.
                              Peace, Love, and Local Grindz

                              People who form FIRM opinions with so little knowledge only pretend to be open-minded. They select their facts like food from a buffet. David R. Dow

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