Christmas Presents
Dec. 22nd, 2005 07:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Today I stopped by the Bee Busters garage. Jeremy and Bob were in the little gully behind the garage racing radio controlled cars. Apparently they do this all day every day now that the bee season is pretty slow.
Dave, the boss, bought a go-cart as well, but they are currently waiting for a new $2100 battery. Dave asked how long I was down here, said if I was here more than a week he would've said I should come back to work while down here. This is funny because there would be absolutely no benefit to having another employee around -- they get about five calls a day right now and probably don't need to have all their employees in every day anyway (with four technicians and trucks, they still have the capacity to do 50 or so calls a day). But you see, the company is entirely owned by Dave, it is Dave's life, and it makes him more than enough money. As such, if having all the employees in every day makes it more fun then it is worth it. Profit effectiveness? Pish posh.
For christmas he gave everyone $1000 bonuses, bought technician Ryan a new truck, Jeremy a new computer, office Amy a plane ticket to see family on the East Coast.
We took the my mercedes in to see its old mechanic today. He can read minds. When writing my name, upon being told it, he immediately asked if it was spelled with a K or a C. Who does that? (my name is "Kris" for those of you from deep in the blogosphere) Then he asked if I was Swedish. Well I'm not Swedish but I can speak it, and thats close enough for the random connection he made to be kind of weird.
Christmas List
The following is a list of things I would like. I don't necessarily expect to get anything, but I thought I'd throw it out there cause there's some obscure-ass things I have a hankering for. Since most of my relatives will be reading this its a good place to mention things. Moreover, for most of these items, merely finding one and pointing me to it will suffice.
- Twinings Blackcurrant Tea
- Twinings Russian Caravan Tea
- A nice ushanka without an insignia pin -- or at least one that when removed actually won't leave a big hole. I really like my current ushanka as a hat, but I'd feel a little less weird wearing it around if it didn't have a big hammer and sickle on it.
- A nice overcoat -- similar to the ushanka, I have an overcoat I really like, a WWII era army issue overcoat. Its style is perfect, but I think the military green looks a bit weird in most social situations. Ideally I would like the same thing in grey or black. Other military overcoats (especially soviet ones!) will probably also be pleasing to me.
- a suit -- I am required to dress professionally for a variety of reasons all the time -- yet I'm one of the only guys I know who doesn't have a suit.
Did you notice: my liscense plate frame in this picture from the kitten themed photo essay? It doesn't really say that. It actually still has the previous owner's "I'd rather be climbing" plate, I changed it in paintshop.
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Date: 2005-12-23 05:45 am (UTC)"Russian components, American components, all made in Taiwan!"
srsly, you do look like a crazy Russky in that picture.
Also, in lieu of a present, how would you like a christmas card?
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Date: 2005-12-23 10:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-23 05:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-23 06:35 am (UTC)tsk tsk knotch
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Date: 2005-12-23 10:10 am (UTC)Nice Music
Date: 2005-12-23 08:01 pm (UTC)The only ushankas I could find senza insignia were made of either bunny or mink so notsomuch buying that, sowie :/
*cough*Ha you are going to end up with tons of tea*cough*
Re: Nice Music
Date: 2005-12-23 10:57 pm (UTC)I think I need a Bailey icon now.
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Date: 2005-12-31 01:42 am (UTC)K, Try this link to read about silly things about Sweden.
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Date: 2005-12-31 01:42 am (UTC)