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TPH (Snowman)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 24, 2002 - 08:11 pm: | 
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Please list all the cool Christmas stuff you got in this thread. |
Phillip Perkinson (R0ver4x4)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 24, 2002 - 09:54 pm: |
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headache |
KJ
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 24, 2002 - 11:18 pm: |
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Snowie, you first!
I think a lot of us in the East will be getting a white Christmas to share.....
Karen  |
Phillip Perkinson (R0ver4x4)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 24, 2002 - 11:26 pm: |
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nothing but rain here in NC |
TPH (Snowman)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 25, 2002 - 10:38 am: |
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I got great set of rechargeable tools but I am going to return them for a new set of jacks and a Dremel. I am still a believer that some tools should run off from 110v or air. My sister gave me a nifty 3-Stooges bottle opener that talks upon use, that was quite different. Overall it's been a great day with a fire roaring, music playing and happiness abound! Happy Holidays all, enjoy your friends and family! |
KJ
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 25, 2002 - 10:47 am: |
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I took some Aleve for my back, and powered by too many chocolate truffles too early in the day, I'm going out to get me some clean stalls! David is in a Percocet-induced coma, alseep while the Comedy Central SNL marathon drones on. Later on I hope to enjoy some Peace on Earth (G). I'm afraid this Christmas is a little different for us, but that's O.k. Nice dinners and perhaps some gifts will come later in the week. I did get some nice things from my students, ornaments, edible goodies and a really generous Tower Records gift certificate. Always nice to be appreciated. Hope everyone has a great day.
Karen |
Gabriel Guay (Gearhead)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 25, 2002 - 11:00 am: |
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Had a great Christmas morning but no Rover goodies. Hope everyone has a great Christmas day and to all of you that were blessed with snow, Get off that dam PC and go play in the snow already!
Merry Christmas all,
Gabe & Jo
NC in the rain  |
TPH (Snowman)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 25, 2002 - 11:11 am: |
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When in doubt, Percocet. I know it well from a blown disc L5/S1.
S- |
Robert Sublett (Rubisco98)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 25, 2002 - 03:50 pm: |
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The Christmas loot I recieved: A portable DVD player, and a mini fridge for my office upstairs. Lots of DVD's and even some PS2 games. No RTE bumper though I guess I'll have to try and be better next year. Merry Christmas to all!! |
Clif Ashley (Cta586)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 25, 2002 - 07:32 pm: |
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New bike...
New to me at least. Hitting the trails tomorrow. Snagged some new clothes and CDs too. |
KJ
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 25, 2002 - 07:45 pm: |
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Oooooooo, even *I* know Specialized is a great brand! Congrats, Clif!
I just Merry Christmased my own daggone self (G). A friend unexpectedly emailed me a half.com gift certificate, so I ordered two CDs. Then on my own tab I employed the BIN feature on ebay and bought a small lot of LOTR merchandising. THEN I went over to the noblecollection.com site and bought another LOTR piece, something I'd bought two of my gal pals for Christmas, both huge LOTR fans. So funny, I'd seen this piece in the film and thought, "Dayum, they should merchandise that!" When I saw the brochure inside the VHS case of "Fellowship", there it all was. Evidently I wasn't done, because in prowling that same site, I found a piece from their Leonardo Da Vinci collection I really liked, so, have CC, will charge, LOL! Now, out to feed horses before I do any more damage. Talk about pent up, I feel SO much better now, LOL!
Karen |
Paul D. Morgan (V22guy)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 25, 2002 - 08:44 pm: |
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Nice Clif. Very Nice. I'll be hitting some trails tomorrow as well with the new Scapel. |
mantaray (Mantaray)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 25, 2002 - 09:03 pm: |
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i got a practice chanter for bagpipes, some DVDs, some cloths, and surround sound speakers for my TV. no Disco goodies, but my family doesn't like buying me things to mod my trucks with. it was a good day, we got snow, and that was one of the more awesome presents i have recieved in the past few years. |
Clif Ashley (Cta586)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 25, 2002 - 10:00 pm: |
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Thanks Paul & Karen.
Hayes hydralic disc... Marzocchi Bomber Z3 Air, should get me around pretty nicely. Im really excited.
Where are you riding tomorrow Paul? Specs on the Scapel? New/used?
My family has the same theory as you Mantaray, I have to make my own Disco mods, lol. |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 25, 2002 - 10:22 pm: |
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50x60 surco roof rack and a ARB snorkel, thats about it, first Rover mods I haven't paid for. Inerst "spoiled brat" comment here Karen. |
Clif Ashley (Cta586)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 25, 2002 - 10:29 pm: |
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Nice |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 25, 2002 - 10:45 pm: |
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Should be insert not "inerst" sorry...
I know they aren't adventure or wilderness quality but I actually found a good place for the surco racks, low prices and free shipping on top of that. www.accessconnect.com if anyone else is interested. Unfortunately they shorted me some mounting hardware (obviously don't sell many gutter mounts for Rovers) hopefully this will be resolved w/ no problems though. |
Ron
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 25, 2002 - 11:14 pm: |
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Alyssa finally got me my own Hobart
Now if the snow would melt off the 80in frame . . .
Ron |
Danno (Danno)
| | Posted on Thursday, December 26, 2002 - 12:51 am: |
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6HP/30gal air compressor w/impact wrench & ratchet. Reciprocating saw. Gentelman Jack. Para Ordnance Stainless 14.45 LDA Ltd.
and people ask "doesn't it suck to have your b-day on x-mas?"
still have stuff to get from my family |
Paul D. Morgan (V22guy)
| | Posted on Thursday, December 26, 2002 - 07:27 am: |
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Hey Clif,
The Scapel is a new 1000 version. Here's the link:
http://www.cannondale.com/bikes/02/cusa/model-2VP1.html
Funny thing, I did not receive anything rover related this year. I scored a lot of Dewalt power tools and stuff. |
Ron Ward (Ronward)
| | Posted on Thursday, December 26, 2002 - 08:29 am: |
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Not a single Rover-related item. Did get a nice set of offset handle box end wrenches from my dad. Wife got enough stuff to keep her busy and the kids, well let's just say their haul was plentiful. I actually scored some time to myself yesterday afternoon and watched Private Ryan for about the 10th time on dvd.
Cheers and Happy New Year!!
Ron Ward |
Jack (Olered)
| | Posted on Thursday, December 26, 2002 - 09:11 am: |
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I received the Camel Trophy 88. It rocked. Now I'm super hooked. That was the only rover goodie. It's time to hit those websites for some ordering. You know what would rock? A Camel Trophy Game for PS2. You could choose the destination, truck, team, etc. If you know someone in the gaming industry, make the call. |
Clif Ashley (Cta586)
| | Posted on Thursday, December 26, 2002 - 10:20 am: |
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Hell yeah! That would be incredible. |
Clif Ashley (Cta586)
| | Posted on Thursday, December 26, 2002 - 10:23 am: |
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And Paul... that is very nice! I hadn't researched much in that area. With only 26.5 lbs, man you will be flying. Congrats on the very nice new ride. |
Greg P. (Gparrish)
| | Posted on Thursday, December 26, 2002 - 10:37 am: |
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Well, I had a great christmas. I got to see my parents who visited. Haven't seen them in 6 months. My Mom got her wish for a white christmas, as we got about 6 inches of snow or more. I received more presents than I probably deserved, but from a rover related standpoint, the only thing I received was a Tool Wrap from Rovers North that I pointed to one day in the catalog. Very nice. Also got a nice 10 piece set of Gear Wrench ratcheting box wrenches to go in it.
I personally treated myself to a new GPS from Ebay, as well as a new CB antenna. Exciting, I know...............
Hope everyone had as nice of a Holiday as I did. |
Zak Ruck (Zak)
| | Posted on Thursday, December 26, 2002 - 11:01 am: |
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Nice LDA Danno. I'd love to get one of their LDA Double Action Para Carry Pistol, Model C645S, 45 Auto Caliber, 3" Barrel, Stainless Finish. Amazing accuracy from a 3" barrel. have fun with it!!!!!! |
TPH (Snowman)
| | Posted on Saturday, December 28, 2002 - 10:25 am: |
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Carter-
I am working on a snappy "spoiled brat" comment, so I will get back to ya...
S- |
Peter Bullock (Downunderdisco)
| | Posted on Saturday, December 28, 2002 - 11:07 am: |
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Short and sweet:
Big deep rubber mats that hopefully will hold in ALL the beach sand and save me vacuuming constantly.
Fold away windscreen sun visor so no more of the dash cracks while Im in the shops.
A Jet Washer.
A sponge.
Some Meguires kit.
A chamois.
In fact in my family, if you dont own a car you probably wont get any presents....
Pete - not very spoilt. |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Saturday, December 28, 2002 - 11:09 am: |
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sounds good Snowman |
KJ
| | Posted on Saturday, December 28, 2002 - 10:50 pm: |
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Snow, allow me!
Carter: Spoiled, chauvanistic hard-up rich kid! But knows his way around the kitchen.
Karen ;) |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Sunday, December 29, 2002 - 12:31 am: |
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ROTLMAO Thats one of the best ones yet, thanks Karen. |
Jack Quinlan (Jsq)
| | Posted on Sunday, December 29, 2002 - 11:52 pm: |
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Facom tools and a great pair of Steiner Optiks to keep in the rover. I bought myself a DeWalt drill and more Facom tools to go with the ones I got.
I hope I don't shoot my eye out. |
Greg P. (Gparrish)
| | Posted on Monday, December 30, 2002 - 09:42 am: |
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I forgot to add something to my christmas post above. Santa also brought me a replacement set of Land Rover valve stem caps, to replace the ones that were stolen.
These are neat in that they are theft proof and require a key to take them off. I wouldn't have bought them again myself, but Santa was watching out for me. Hopefully he gave the punks that stole my other set a bag of coal. |
Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d)
| | Posted on Monday, December 30, 2002 - 11:04 am: |
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Seems a lot of DeWalt fans here Are they really as good as I think they are? I got one too, btw - an impact wrench, so I don't have to mess around with the compressor hose I'm too lazy to install outside!
Oh, and a Lava Lamp straight out of the '70s
Dean
Ps Greg - what kind of low-life dicksplash would steal your valve caps? LOL |
Greg P. (Gparrish)
| | Posted on Monday, December 30, 2002 - 12:46 pm: |
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Dean, I have been wondering the same thing. They were stolen about 6 months ago. There is a thread floating around on here somewhere about it. The little bastards took 4 of the 5 prior caps that I bought when I got the truck. Not the end of the world, but it pisses you off when someone does it. The ones I got for Christmas come as a set of 4, so I am giving them a try. I am only fearful of not being able to get them off or loosing the key.
gp |
Greg Davis (Gregdavis)
| | Posted on Monday, December 30, 2002 - 01:29 pm: |
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Kitchen table and chairs. Well, I got half and my wife got the other half.
I did steal some time to work on my tire carrier though. |
David Caton (Catonincarolina)
| | Posted on Monday, December 30, 2002 - 02:57 pm: |
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2 King mackerels, One Grouper, 10 Yellow Tails and a nice tan in the Keys...... |
Jack Quinlan (Jsq)
| | Posted on Monday, December 30, 2002 - 03:36 pm: |
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Dean,
DeWalt or Makita are the standards for quality among contractor tools. I work around construction sites (inspecting) and I talked to a lot of workman about their drills before I bought one. I looked for the guys doing good work with nice stuff and they all seemed to be using and recommending DeWalt. Plus the EE boys use DeWalt so how could it not be the cooooolest right? Can't wait to really get mine out and in action. Wish I'd had it for the last few projects.
let me know how you like that electric impact wrench, I've been thinking about it. |
Greg P. (Gparrish)
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Not to get the thread too far off topic, but how do porter cable and milwaukee compare? I have a 12 volt makita drill and circular saw set that I have had for almost 5 years now. I just now bought a replacement battery for the drill, but I can tell the drill is getting tired and looking for retirement. I'm going to be looking at a brand that I can buy other tools to use the batteries. I've got a new porter cable router that I'm extremely pleased with, but am curious about their battery stuff vs. dewalt and others.
Thanks,
gp |
Zak Ruck (Zak)
| | Posted on Monday, December 30, 2002 - 10:42 pm: |
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The battery stuff is a bit different than the rest of the product lines for Milwaukee and Porter Cable. Their corded products are top notch along with Hitachi, well Hitachi's high end stuff. Most of Dewalt/Porter Cable/Milwaukee's procuts are made in the US, while most of their battery products are made in Asia. Although Milwaukee's cordless drills are made in Germany, can't figure out that one. You really can't go wrong with the big guys. I've owned a lot of Dewalt stuff and really liked them, but now I'm buying a lot of Milwaukee based off of reviews I've read online and in Fine Homebuilding and from different contractors I've talked to, including my father who has been a carpenter for 35+ years.
Oh well, jsut my .02
Z |
Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 - 07:37 am: |
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The DeWalts I have seem to be made all over the world - every one is from a different country! Italy, UK and USA are a few I can remember.
Jack the impact wrench is fine, feels solid and works well. The only problem is there's no torque setting. While this may be the norm (I don't know) for electric impacters, my air wrench had it and was MUCH cheaper!
Dean |
joshua Frances (Joshua)
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 31, 2002 - 07:43 am: |
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Black and decker and Dewalt are the same company...they all come off the same line..
unless your using the thing every day, and use it for your profession, a black and decker 14 or 18v drill will do your trick, and you will save a but load of money
Though, if it was a christmas present, thats a different story
josh |
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