Shooter wants to get this thing back on track.
Any members who feel the compulsion to argue about the rules, and how or if exceptions should be granted, ought to start their own thread. Arguing about it here is a downer on the Christmas spirit, and it's beginning to piss Shooter off a bit.


In any case, when Shooter was but a lad and started questioning just how real Santa was, his mamma sat him down and explained it all to him. And when Shooter's kids started questioning just how it was that a fat man could get down a chimney, Shooter sat them down and explained it to them;

See, you are right, a fat man in a red suit can't magically zoom down every chimney in the world in one night and bring gifts to all the people on the planet. There isn't a jolly fellow who lives at the North Pole with his Reindeer, one of which has a shiny nose, and all that.
So, why did we tell you all that when you were little?
Because when you were little you wouldn't understand what the "spirit of Christmas" really is, so all the parents got together and over the years we came up with this Santa fellow. Now that you've gotten old enough to see through some of the nonsense, it's time to explain what the "Spirit of Christmas" really is.

See, Christmas isn't about getting stuff, not really.
Remember how happy you were when you got Becky (a doll my daughter had seen months before, and insisted it was her baby) and remember how happy you were when you got your Nintendo? (And my son STILL spends far too much time playing video games)
Every Christmas the two of you would just about have a stroke about Christmas and what Santa was going to bring you and how important it was that Santa knew just exactly, precisely what it was that you wanted that year. You'd all but refuse to sleep, cause you simply could not, on Christmas eve, and you'd be up before dawn jumping on our bed and screeching about how Santa had come, and get up!!

So here's the thing. The spirit of Christmas isn't about getting stuff. It's about being Santa. That's right. Do you think Santa gave you all that stuff because he owed it to you, or because he liked you?
Nope.
It's because giving is always better than receiving. As much joy as you felt when you opened your stuff, it's about 10 times more exciting when you do the giving, and not the receiving. Think about how much fun it would be to give some little girl her Becky, or some little boy his Nintendo.
Think about it for a moment.
And remember when we went out and got Mom her new Santa? (Shooters wife has a thing for Santas, but that's another story) and how good it felt when she opened it and put it on the table?

Of course, neither of Shooters kids bought this line; both of them decided it was better to receive than give. Shooter had to find a better way to explain the "spirit of Christmas". He decided we'd go shopping.

The first thing we did was go to McDonalds drive through. When we pulled up to the pay window, Shooter asked what the bill was for the car behind us, and then he paid for that car as well, and asked the kid at the window to just tell the people in the car behind that Santa had stopped by and paid for it, not to point us out.

Next, we went to the mall and in short order spotted a guy in uniform with a couple of toys in the checkout lane. When he went to pay, Shooter stuck his card in the clerks face and told the guy "Thanks for your service, Merry Christmas". The guy tried to stop it, but the clerk was quicker than a banker collecting a debt. The guy of course thanked us, and wished us Merry Christmas.

Then we went to the mall center where they had the big Christmas tree with the names of foster kids and what they wanted for Christmas. Shooter had his kids pick a kid and then go shopping for the kid.

And at the end of it all, on the way home, Shooter asked if they understood. Shooter's daughter said she still liked getting better than receiving, and Shooters son asked if he was still getting stuff for Christmas.
But the thing is, now that they are adults, both of Shooter's kids engage in random acts of kindness year round, and clearly they enjoy doing it a lot. So, maybe they do get it after all.

 

Its no where near christmas yet!

Are you going to start giving out easter eggs next week as well?

 

I don't know about you, but the Easter Bunny
can stop in at my place any time she wants! LOL











But then, it's the Christmas season, isn't it?
So ................
Merry Christmas @1 Toy Maker

 

No, just delete the offending vids and pics.......it's that simple.

And don't put it on me because you opened s can of worms...

 

Actually you didn't write that particular rule......it's been here since I was a mod seven years ago.

 

Shit.
So now even the Administrator, or Mod, or whatever Stanley is, insists on continuing to derail this thread.
Shooter shakes his head despondently.
What's a pissed off alien supposed to do with this thing now?


Seriously.

 

While people on here are complaining about Christmas people in Jackson, Ms. are putting Christmas trees in pot holes.
Now if they can find a lot of 12' trees they could decorate even more. The star on top would even stick out.

 

Fucking Miners!

 

deletion has not solved your JPT problem

here have a 118 buck Hillary tree topper....

 

what we want was go back before your rules.....

 

Derailed????......it was never derailed.
It's all in the very first paragraph of this thread.
If Free hadn't added that paragraph none of this would ever of happened
69magpie, Today at 3:34 PM

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If I hadn't added that first paragraph, either a new member, or another member might have made a post that could have caused them difficulties if they hadn't first asked permission from the admin. So it had nothing to do with the first paragraph which was the right thing to do, but because two members have decided that everything is to be black, and white, with shades of grey by getting permission from the representatives of WHO OWNS THIS SITE, not permitted, potentially at the expense of everyone else here.

There's an old saying! Be Careful What You Wish For.

Oh.....And since the theme of this thread is to exchange Seasons Greetings to each other.
Merry Christmas




KEEP SMILING LOL

 

The OP guy is very gay for Johnny Depp

 

What I wish for is that we all follow the same rules and that includes the Admin............now if I have to be careful of wishing that then this place really is heading down the shitter..

 

New Mods come in - know nothing-- change it up but can not even keep spam cleaned....

 

I agree, that the rules are to be followed, but the owners, and admin of the site ultimately set the rules, along with the authority to extend permission for a variety of circumstances.

Like anywhere else in life, there come times where what we need, sits just outside the boundaries of existing rules, but by respecting the rules, and seeking permission to step outside them for either a just cause, or experience, the expectation of respecting existing rules is maintained. That's exactly what I did. along with an explanation in the very first paragraph of my post, so that if others found themselves potentially breaching the rules, and questioning a post they wanted to make, that they would seek permission by forwarding it first to the admin for review to avoid potential repercussions, and wouldn't see my post as an excuse to post in violation of the rules.

If in the real world, you've never asked permission for something that might be questioned otherwise, have you really lived? You have lived, haven't you? LOL

 

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did you lose your delete button-----

This thread gone is no different than how JPT spammed up his same threads----
Pirate boy spamming up his own because no one posted in it for 3 days....

all the pictures it needs to be moved to pic forum.....

 

And Merry Christmas to even you RandyKnight

 

Wait.
Where's Shooters picture?
The one he posted yesterday?
No matter.
He kept a copy.