Christmas gifts

My family knows how to tickle my senses. What a beautiful book.

Meanwhile in the only house on the block to still get CDs for Christmas, they fire up the Sprout to enjoy the bounty.

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Gift from my son

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Gift from above, this morning

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@umiami91 It truly warms my heart to see a young person handling a CD with interest. Made my day!

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Was on my list to Santa, and he delivered!

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New house shoes and silk long-underwear for me!

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A t-shirt that says: ā€œThe Angels Have the Phone Box.ā€

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Well, thanks to my wife I got seven, count ā€˜em, seven brand spankinā€™ new L.P.s! Iā€™m planning on having a great time running them through the Spin Clean record cleaner, then playing them through my Stellar phono pre. That should keep me out of trouble for a while :grin:.

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Speaking of books, our daughter got me this for Christmas! She knows me all too well. :smiley:

Phil Collins not included, unfortunately.

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Phil is the best. That is one I actually got on Audible too just so I could have him read it to me.

Iā€™m not one for celebrity autobiographies, but the ones I do get make great audiobooks. I thoroughly enjoyed Bryan Cranstonā€™s autobiography as well. Not as much as Philā€™s, mind you, but I donā€™t really enjoy any people quite as much as I do Phil.

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No edibles? Lol

No, Iā€™m the edible chef in the family :wink: A good friend and neighbor did give me some flower his Dad grew, good natural sunshine stuff.

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Iā€™m right there with you. I love Phil Collins. Iā€™m going to start reading his book this weekend. I havenā€™t sat down and read a book since high school! Is that sad or what?!

I might look into that Audible as well. Sounds like it would be interesting.

For many reasons not discussed except for momā€™s dementia (she doesnā€™t know me anymore) this has been a brutal Christmas.
Thanks everyone here for what you think and write about our hobby and about life, good or not good.
Happy Merry.
Ron

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Iā€™m so sorry for your struggles, @RonP. This season can be so hard for so many. I will pray for you at the least. If there is anything more I can offer, please just ask. PMs are always okay.

Mike D

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Maybe someday. Enjoy your bounty.

I THINK I can gift it to you since I own it if I remember Audibleā€™s policies. Let me check.

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A friend of mine survived Graham Nortonā€™s red chair by telling a story about when as a kid he lived in Wembley and in 1977 his mum was organising the street party for the Queenā€™s Silver Jubilee. Phil Collins knocks on their front door offering to get his band to play at the party, to which she replies ā€œthanks very much, but Iā€™ve already booked a discoā€.

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That would be extremely cool. Thanks for looking into it, Mike!

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So sorry Ron. Dementia is a bitc*). Sorry to hear about the troubles in general! Hope next year is better.

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