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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnsonK View Post
    my son has just asked for another gift. He wants a kilt (his first) and pointed out that he really likes a Campbell tartan. YAY!
    Sounds like he's already caught the addiction. How young are you starting him?
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    Just a quick note on kids and adult humor. By the time they even recognize it they're old enough to understand it.
    When they are too young to understand it, they probably won't even recognize it in the first place. It's we parents that get hung up on the details.


    So, in the vein of "got my Christmas _______ done...." I am all done with Christmas shopping!

    I've actually been mostly done for a while. There are a ton of November/December birthdays so we get all the Christmas shopping done before the birthdays. I had just the wife left to shop for, but I finally got her present on Thanksgiving day. (Kitchenaide Stand Mixer)

    I'll probably pick up a few things here and there as they catch my eye, but I don't NEED to. I AM DONE!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yaish View Post
    JI finally got her present on Thanksgiving day. (Kitchenaide Stand Mixer)
    My rule is to never buy my wife anything with an electric cord attached or any object used in the kitchen. (Unless she has a special request of course.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cawdorian View Post
    My rule is to never buy my wife anything with an electric cord attached or any object used in the kitchen. (Unless she has a special request of course.
    Her request actually. We're both big fans of Good Eats with Alton Brown, and one of the things holding us back from some real cooking is a lack of decent hardware. We are slowly rectifying that but at the moment we don't have a mixer of any sort.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yaish View Post
    Her request actually. We're both big fans of Good Eats with Alton Brown, and one of the things holding us back from some real cooking is a lack of decent hardware. We are slowly rectifying that but at the moment we don't have a mixer of any sort.
    A Kitchen Aid mixer is a great culinary investment! There are a myriad of attachments available; meat grinders, pasta makers, seeders, etc.

    I have a chrome stand mixer from Hamilton Beach that was my great grandmother's from the late forties or early fifties. My beloved F-H.C.A.G has promised me when it dies I can get a Kitchen Aid mixer.

    Sadly they built things to last back in the day...



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    Yeah, we have both wanted a stand mixer for years actually. I got a good deal on a new in box one from Ebay, $240.00 for the Artisan model with shipping.
    Attachments will make for great birthday and other holiday gifts!

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    Quote Originally Posted by McFarkus View Post
    Sounds like he's already caught the addiction. How young are you starting him?
    He's 7.
    Yesterday, the wife and I were discussing kilt purchases. My wife only refers to a kilt as a skirt to try and get a rise out of me. It's been a bit confusing to my son who wasn't too receptive of getting a kilt. In the middle of our conversation, right after my wife said skirt, my son butts in and says, "Dad, I want a kilt". It was the first time I've heard him refer to a kilt as a kilt and not a skirt.
    It's a bit hard to explain, but it was music to my ears. It's not the fact that he wanted a kilt. I knew once he seen me wearing them, he'd want one sooner or later. It was more the fact that he is standing up to Mom's terminology.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnsonK View Post
    He's 7.
    It's a bit hard to explain, but it was music to my ears. It's not the fact that he wanted a kilt. I knew once he seen me wearing them, he'd want one sooner or later. It was more the fact that he is standing up to Mom's terminology.
    Good for him!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by ccga3359 View Post
    Oh deer! Getting back on track...

    A couple of years ago I got an email with this video. It just blew my mindm, there are now many different vids with the same concept and music, but for me this is it. Feel sorry for the neighbours though.

    The music is Wizards In Winter by The Trans-siberian Orchestra. I'd recommend their cd's for a change from the normal Christmas fare.

    Speakers up please...

    That's the video that came to mind when I read SorcererDale's post earlier in the thread. Thanks for posting it as I'd lost it.

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