Here's a big thank you, and wishing you and yours all the best for the holiday season. From all of us here at Big Blue:

Thanks Don and Mickey! Merry Christmas and Happy Hew Year to you guys, too. Just one question, Don. Is it difficult to put Christmas lights on a cactus without getting stuck? I remember when I was about 8 years old, my buddy and I found some cactus with cactus apples growing on them. I always wanted to try a cactus apple, but I didn't have any experience with removing the thorns. The apples tasted good, but I did get a few thorns stuck in my tongue!

Russ Bellinis Wrote:Thanks Don and Mickey! Merry Christmas and Happy Hew Year to you guys, too. Just one question, Don. Is it difficult to put Christmas lights on a cactus without getting stuck? I remember when I was about 8 years old, my buddy and I found some cactus with cactus apples growing on them. I always wanted to try a cactus apple, but I didn't have any experience with removing the thorns. The apples tasted good, but I did get a few thorns stuck in my tongue!

If you're careful, you can get them on and off without getting stuck too much. A pole with a hook on the end helps a bunch. It's probably a lot easier than putting them up around your fascia though. We have never done it to any of our cactus, but it is a common thing around here so it can't be too painful.

And Merry Christmas to you also! And everyone else at The Gauge. I hope everyone has some wonderful holidays.

And thanks for the hard work. I may not visit very regularly but each time I do, I feel at home. Thanks again!!

And to all in advance, A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

I appreciate all you offer us here, and I offer you, in exchange a Christmas greeting: Merry Christmas!

-Crandell

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYBODY!!! AND HAPPY NEW YEAR, TOO!!!


remember, if you drive, don't drink; and if you drink, don't drive.

Thank you for the wonderful, beautiful Christmas Card, Mountainman!!!

And We too wish all of our friends here a very Merry Christmas.
Charlie, Mary, Taff, and Tootsie.

Bah Hum Bug.

AH!!!! Alastair Sim! The BEST Scrooge ever!!!!

Tetters, I see three ghosts interrupting your sleep tonight!
Ralph Marley

We watched that last night on a CD, in B/W of course. He is indeed the only Scrooge that we'll watch anymore, we've tried the rest, and always seem to go back to the best.

S c r r r o o o o o o o g g g g eeeeeeeeee.... S c r r r o o o o o o o g g g g eeeeeeeeee

Ghosts you say? I keep a proton accelerator underneath my bed for just such occasions. :ugeek:







sigh...just killing time until I can leave work and go home...

Susan and I got into the spirit this afternoon and put together this gingerbread locomotive. Neither of us have ever made a gingerbread house or anything like that before and realized it's harder than we thought to do it neatly!



Have a very Merry Christmas everyone!!
Ralph & Susan