What do you really want for Christmas - 2002 version

[Deepak Extross]

What I want is to be able to spend Christmas with my wife. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to spend this Christmas about 3500 miles from her.

So what I *really* want is that those of you who can be with your loved ones this festive season will make the most of it, and realise how lucky you are.

Happy holidays to all!

[Michael Tully]

John P:

I have to have a pair of those.....

Congratulations to Bill. Hope everything goes well for the birth of your child!!! Hope your not in that smoky bar when you get the call....

Cheers
Michael
PS If your wondering why some postings haven't been awarded points, is that are in the market to get a bunny bonus!

[Ian Lochray]

I want to spend more time dressed as Austin Powers.

[Juan Manuel López]

Hi all in Hp forums...
What I really want for christmas is get all the points that someboby owe my. hi hi hi.

Merry christmas and happy new year 2003.

I really wish you all the best.

Juanma from Madrid, Spain.

[Mike Fisher_2]

Bill Wild Goose:
Congrats & I may well do the French thing in a few months

Takeshi:
Fuji San isn't near you?

CHRISTMAS CAKE

Ingredients:
1 cup of water
1 tsp. baking soda1
1 tsp. salt
1 cup of brown sugar
Lemon juice
4 large eggs
Nuts
1 bottle Vodka
2 cups of dried fruit
*********
Sample the vodka to check quality
Take a large bowl
Check the vodka again - to be sure it is the highest quality pour one level cup and drink
Repeat
Turn on the electric mixer
Beat one cup of water in a large fluffy bowl
Add one teaspoon of sugar
Beat again
At this point it's best to makesure the vodka is shtill OK
Try another cup .... just in case turn off the mixererb first
Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit
Pick fruit off floor
Mix on the turner
If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers pry it loose with a sdrewscriver
Sample the vodka to check for tonsisticity
Next - sift two cups of salt Who giveshz a s**t?
Check the vodka
Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts
Add one table
Add a spoon of sugar or somefink [Whatever you can find i guess]
Greash the oven and piss in the fridge
Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over
Don't forget to beat off the turner
Finally.. throw the bowl through the window
finish the vodka and kick the cat
Fall into bed

MANDY CHISTMISS !

[Pete Randall]

Ian,

Dubya can't think that fast - you'll be home for Christmas but "beware the ides of march" - he's supposed to come up with a (foregone) conclusion by February.

Wishing you the best,

Pete

[Ian Dennison_1]

What do I want for Christmas?

WORLD PEACE!

My reasons are purely selfish; I'm not a Activist, I'm a Reservist! If the balloon goes up, I get called up and shipped of to some godforsaken part of the world to alternatively cook by day and freeze by night.

Christmas in Baghdad? No thanks!

Ian

[Lionel_3]

Dear Santa,

I want to have a training session to learn more about HPOV !!! I am so bad. ;o)
And I want that every children in the world have a present.

Merry Christmas, all !

[Giovanni_4]

Dear Santa,
i would like that all of your messages will became real...and for me?
A new life in Australia...the best place in the world...

:-)

Giovanni

[Ernesto Cappello]

Hi

3 tape drives backing
2 systems running
1 happy users
0 holiday and peace for my mind

:o)

Ernesto.

[Pete Randall]

My nemes.

Pete

[Patrick Wallek]

For anyone that doesn't like the "Normal" 12 days of Christmas gifts, here's an alternative. The "Redneck 12 days of Christmas"

http://www.countrygoldusa.com/redneck_12_days.asp

[Michael Tully]

Your gifts have been distributed in the way of bunnies. I'd prefer beers myself....

Happy Christmas everyone!!!!

[avsrini]

All I wish from SANTA is world peace. Everybody knows
how it hurts when we see people killed on terror.

For fun.
A candle light dinner with
J.Lo ;).

P.S.: Keep your system up for not disturbing you on christmas day celebration.

Wishing you all Merry christmas and Happy New year.

[harry d brown jr]

OK, this is what I got:

I want to wake up on my birthday, Dec 25th (a big 42), to the following:

-- my wife
**** Got that wish ;-)

-- my kids (2 out of the 3, as the oldest is going to El Paso with his girlfriends family)
**** My middle son spent the holiday with me !

-- a warm house
**** Furnance still works!

-- a big breakfast
**** I almost couldn't eat dinner!

-- snow - the rain is getting a little boring (rochester ny)
**** OK, who let the dogs out? Not only did it snow, it whooped our butts! I know my wife did an Indian Snow dance, but this is just plain insane! Who the hell lives at the airports? 11 inches my arse, I just shoveled 22 inches of snow out of my driveway!!

-- and lastly: maybe not the cat! Which would make my wife mad, but I truly think God intended cat's to be used in violins :-))
**** The damn cat is still here! Maybe if I threw her in the snow she wouldn't be able to make it back to the house?


live free or die
harry

[Pete Randall]

Well, as long as Harry is sharing, I will say this:

The jury is still out on my golf game.

Ditto on sanity.

I have no idea whether someone claimed my first wife or not.

Harry got his snow.

I got my nemes.

And, (not that I needed any more) I shared in that bounty of snowfall that Harry got. I haven't heard the total yet, but I cleared my drive twice yesterday (4 to 6 inches each time) and once this morning before work (another 4 to 6). I'm ready for spring!

Happy New Year to all.

Pete

[Tom Maloy]

I really enjoyed all that snow up north - we moved down to Florida from New Hampshire after we still had a 12 foot pile of snow left at the end of April one year.

So instead of snow, we had tornado warnings on Christmas eve...

And have a safe New Year!

[Patrick Wallek]

OK, maybe it's just because I've lived in Texas all my life, in the part of the state that rarely gets snow, but I've never understood the fascination with a "White Christmas". Snow is something that happens when it is way too cold outside. Snow is for penguins!

Besides, if it snows or freezes down here, nobody knows how to drive on the stuff. You are better off staying home, if not you might be one of the lucky ones contributing to the Auto Body repair businesses.

I'd just as soon it be warm at Christmas. I think the Aussies have the right idea with Christmas falling in the summer time. Santa on the surfboard sounds good to me.

[Justo Exposito]

P E A C E !!

[Ian Kidd_1]

UPDATE: the loot I ended up with.

This is what I got:
(1) some books (non-computer related)
(2) a pair of pants - khaki. so I blend in with all the other UNIX admins here
(3) Neverwinter Nights PC game (from my wife - the person who's always telling me that I'm on the computer too much!)
(4) a couple of DVDs

and finally:
(5) two sweaters ... I knew it ... I just knew it.

[Michael Tully]

Nice Christmas/Birthday Harry, sounds like you got lucky... ha ha

What no Eggnog ?

Patrick, I've never seen Santa surfing, but I'm sure he was at our family BBQ the other day.... He didn't have a red suit but a wetsuit with flippers, snorkel, still has the white beard though. (no it wasn't me...)

Mine if your interested:
Had enough food, I think I've put on at least 5 pounds (2-3Kgs)
Got a nice new driver, I love it, tested it out on Friday with a couple of 350 yard drives... oh yeah!!! (Look out Tiger!)
After shave
other bits and bobs....

Hope everyone has a great New Year!

I'll consider this thread closed seeing Christmas has come and gone. Anyone willing to open a New Years thread is welcome.....

[John Meissner]

here's my list:

I'd like to have found this list before Christmas so I could have a better chance of getting what I want for Christmas.

I'd like my two dogs to get along. and I'd like the one dog to stop "going" in the house.

I'd like to win a lifetime supply of Wendy's hamburgers and large fries.

I'd wish for world peace but I don't really care that much :)

I want a BMW330xi

[John Dvorchak]

A large group of Hooters girls to console me when my systems act up.

[Tim D Fulford]

I got my Christmas wish...

It is New Years day, I've been on 3rd line escalation from the 24 Dec & I got Zero calls!!!

And "Ratchet & Clank" for the PS2 (some boys never grow up!!)

Tim

[Tim D Fulford]

Vincete

I used to surf there, I hope you get you wish as it is a beutiful part of Spain

Tim