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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 11:25 AM
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and they buy you something you have no use for...
I have a 39 year collection of that stuff.One year I did get a gift that I use every day

 
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 11:32 AM
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I love my leatherman too.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 11:36 AM
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Hah..I bought my dad a couple leathermans throughout the years.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 11:40 AM
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I got a leatherman too. Wife got it for me about 9 years ago.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 11:42 AM
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*sneeks in and puts a peppermint mocha down infront of lisa...
 
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by rbaker6336
I have a 39 year collection of that stuff.One year I did get a gift that I use every day
i got one close to that but isnt a leatherman... mines one i got from work.. so its not a name brand that i can tell.. its got the company "laser etched" into the side that i worked for...
 
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 11:50 AM
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One year they got me SHOE POLISH!!! Why? Because the mother in law asked my wife what I needed, and she saw that I was buffing my shoes with some polish, a rag, and a brush. She figured Kiwi wasn't good enough (the best, imo) and got me a Calvin Klein black and brown set. I have no idea why.
i like kiwi too... need to do my boots again too... they lookin a little ruff...

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Another year, they got me "tools". I had to keep polite about it, as they weren't even remotely close to the lower end quality I'd suggest as a gift. Just some cheap crap they got from a dollar store.
i got tools a couple years... but least the ones who got me tools got me good ones... all of mine are craftsman... theres a couple MAC ones ive added too it.. and a set of Pittsburgh Steel standard impact set i got from harbor freight one year they had them on sale..

the one year they gave me a rolling cabinet with ball bearing drawers... least when i get tools and cabinets they know to get good ones.... just wish theyd get the hint this years and get me a side cabinet to expand the one i have.. its getting a little full now lol...
 
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 12:02 PM
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i like kiwi too... need to do my boots again too... they lookin a little ruff... ...
Kiwi for me too.Been usingthe stuff more years than I want to think about,only other thing I ever used was neets foot oil on my Redwings

Nobody will buy me tools,my taste is a bit expensive and nobody likes me that good collectively
 
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 12:10 PM
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Kiwi for me too.Been usingthe stuff more years than I want to think about,only other thing I ever used was neets foot oil on my Redwings

Nobody will buy me tools,my taste is a bit expensive and nobody likes me that good collectively
i think i started using kiwi in 01... was when i started caring about how my boots looked... i like the smell of it burning better than i do actually polishing lol....

id like snapon or mac but no one buys me them either... lol...
 
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Sparky83
*sneeks in and puts a peppermint mocha down infront of lisa...
Woohoo!

thanks!

You know, I might break the rules this year.

My brother REALLY REALLY REALLY wants a Smith & Wesson M&P .45 or ACP..

Seriously considering it. Started talking to the other sibs this past weekend to see if they wanted to chip in.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 12:20 PM
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i think i started using kiwi in 01... was when i started caring about how my boots looked... i like the smell of it burning better than i do actually polishing lol....

id like snapon or mac but no one buys me them either... lol...

I started using Kiwi in the late '50s


Bout all my tools are Snapon,Mac,Proto and Williams With some SK and craftsman thrown in for loaners
 
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 12:21 PM
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You know, I might break the rules this year.
what break the rules and buy one a weapon?? or break the diet rules and drink as many peppermint mochas as ya can stand?
 
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 12:22 PM
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I started using Kiwi in the late '50s


Bout all my tools are Snapon,Mac,Proto and Williams With some SK and craftsman thrown in for loaners

never heard of them 2...
 
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 12:22 PM
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He deserves it...doesn't have a lot of money to buy himself stuff. Works his *** off.
 
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Old Dec 1, 2009 | 12:22 PM
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Christmas gift giving to my wife is a pain in the ****.. She always wants something practical.. I would prefer to run out of the house in the middle of the night and get something practical if it is nbeeded, but not for Christmas.

The last two Christmas gifts I bought my wife for the last 2 years have gone un used by her. SHe had asked for a sewing machine.. something she thought she might want to play with.. I researched the heck out of these things, and bought her one that consumers rated as "the best".. This unit has gone from my house to her sisters, where it is doing fine making what ever the hell my sister in law wants to make. SHeryl has never used it.
The next gift was an Ipod.. I bought the largest capacity I pod I could get for her, with a 50.00 gift card for music.. it is still in the package.. sitting on top of our computer desk..

I would get her the steak knives, I am just not sure where she would use them at ( smily face with knife in back ).
 
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