gehringer_2 Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago (edited) 20 minutes ago, casimir said: I remember the artificial tree my parents had. It was stored in these humungous heavy/compressed cardboard barrels. These things were humongous to me as a small kid, they were probably similar in size to a 55 gallon barrel. And they seemed like a hassle to haul up and down the basement steps, but maybe they were just awkward rather than heavy. There was the base, the trunk/"spine", and then the limbs. The limbs were all color coded on the thick wire attachment part to set into the same color coded holes in the base. my dad loved gadgets and hated the arguments over picking out Xmass trees so when the first silver aluminum ones came out he had to have one. It had the floodlight with a rotating color wheel that shined on it. They were pretty hilarious in retrospect but seemed pretty cool at the time. The boss and I have evolved in several stages from cutting live down to a 4' fake that goes up in about 5 min. Should have started there years ago. Edited 3 hours ago by gehringer_2 Quote
1984Echoes Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 2 hours ago, casimir said: ... Am I the only one that remembers these teachings from Catholic school? Way too far into the past for me... 50 years or so... Besides... for some reason I guess they didn't actually stick... Oh well! Merry X-Mas, Festivus, Christmas, Hannukah, Solstice... Whatever works for ya'!!! Quote
1984Echoes Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 2 hours ago, casimir said: Sigh.... I'm just trying for a little light hearted and terrible humor... The first one I got ("Oh stuff it!")... The second one I wasn't certain about... I couldn't tell one way or the other... But I am in a wonderful light-hearted mood these days so... Good all around! Quote
1984Echoes Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 27 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said: Did it have the spinning disc with different colors that ... Transition apartment since the divorce many years ago and I haven't purchased a house since... although I am looking for a permanent (house) spot in (or near) Lakeland Florida next year so... One day I may do a live tree again. Once I have a house instead of an apartment. But for the past few years, my small artificial tree (about 4 1/2 feet) works perfectly well. To Cas's consternation with live trees... no mess no fuss. And yes... spinning disc with several colors going through the fiber optic cables to light up the tree. SO... UNCOMPLICATED!!! And my daughter loves it! Quote
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