Xmas list part2

I got the local machinist shop to make a gear shift. So that is off my Christmas list now. And since I now have gears, a new clutch probably won't be needed either. Fork seals are still big on my list. If those fork seals were attached to a new Speed Triple or ST1300ABS, You could forget the rest of the list. A nine inch by nine inch piece of diamond plate would be cool (and cheap, if you went to Wymore and got a piece of their scrap - dimensions are just a suggestion, I'm looking for plate to park my bike on at work, the kickstand is eating up the tarmac.) I want a good flat griddle. One with a lip or aluminum need not apply (Not begging, so I reserve the right to be choosy.) A ceramic chef's knife is on my wish list, but that is a tad pricey. I will gladly accept ultralights, powered parachutes and or gyrocopters. And if you have a spare dirtbike toy on your hands, I am looking for a hobby. Your mom wants a segway. And if you gave it to both of us, I'd be happy - so that would be a two-fer gift. (Why am I assuming the only people reading my Christmas list are my kids? And why would I put in nothing but unreal ideas like Segways if that is who's reading this?) A good leatherman would be nice, but it's more money than I want to spend on me, or that I'm worth. And I like a nice hat.

Depression list time again, Baby!!

I used to have a son in law that said something to the effect "I have everything I want, and I hate everything I don't already have." As I have been thinking about my Christmas list, I started to think the same way. I realize now, he must have been depressed. It is hard to get up excitement when everything seems so blah. I can imagine several things that would excite me. Like Karl, I like gadget-ty watches. TokyoFlash are my current favorites (Retsu, gun metal 'n blue or the L type ) but I am not excited enuf to put it on a list. I would give away Zachary for a Bugatti Veyron; I'd lease him out at very advantageous terms for a nice motorcycle. (And he may be my wife's best hope for grandkids - he's the most impulsive of our kids and most in a hurry for more.) Tickets to a cool concert are always appreciated, but it's winter and my musical tastes are getting stale anyway (though i do like Matisyahu.) My favorite gift in the past year has been Netflix, but now we are on the perpetual renewal system with them and what was so exciting was that it was a surprise, that turned out better than I had thought. The favorite thing I bought myself was my iPod, but i got one now. A new engine for my airplane sounds like a good idea, if money were no object. An airplane for the new engine would be good too, not to mention batteries for the radio - if I haven't lost that thing. I miss the dog and or cat, but Lynnellle has to buy off on thatr kinda of present ( Manx cat or border terrier in case you're Lynnelle.) I really don't need a 60 inch flat screen, blu ray, or home theatre system. My eyes are going so much that a 25 incher across the room looks fine. I could use a librarian for a few days to sort out my various media. The dvd's are mostly in order, but the vhs are a mess and the library is worse. New novels, movies and or media events I don't need, or will buy for myself if I really want one (Though like Caitie, Mom wants Mama Mia sing along.) Retirement would be a great gift, but then I'd start having to figure out how to fill my days. Forget it - I have everything I want and I hate everything else.

life

One family wants to get through a tunnel. Dad can make it in 1 minute, mama in 2 minutes, son in 4 and daughter in 5 minutes. Unfortunately, through the tight tunnel can go at once not more than two persons moving at the speed of the slower one.Can they all make it if they have a torch that lasts only 12 minutes and they are afraid of the dark?

Sometimes that seems to be our own existence, needing something that seems impossible and being afraid of the dark. But this is obviously something with a trick answer. So no bonus for being the first to say yes. but the first with a real solution gets a candy bar. (More like life - a reward that is a penalty, but we still want it.)