Way O.T. Santa bankrupt? Say it ain't so.
10-19-10, 04:12 PM
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Way O.T. Santa bankrupt? Say it ain't so.
The story here.
https://chroniclejournal.com/stories.php?id=67858
Actually, I always thought he lived just a wee bit further north than Thunder bay, but anyway.
https://chroniclejournal.com/stories.php?id=67858
Actually, I always thought he lived just a wee bit further north than Thunder bay, but anyway.
10-19-10, 04:42 PM
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Not quite yet but maybe soon.
By Christmas the Santa who lives at my house will have 15 grand children and 4 great-grandchildren to buy for. The ones who are over 16 are getting gas cards. The ones between 5 and 10 are getting digital cameras. That leaves five who are under 5 and one who is between 10 and 16. The adults in our family have a tradition of home made gifts so their moms and dads are getting frozen, home made, "Dad-the-Bad", "Chicken Chest", or "Chili-sin-Carne" chili.
I wonder if the gas cards would be necessary if we just gave everybody chili?
By Christmas the Santa who lives at my house will have 15 grand children and 4 great-grandchildren to buy for. The ones who are over 16 are getting gas cards. The ones between 5 and 10 are getting digital cameras. That leaves five who are under 5 and one who is between 10 and 16. The adults in our family have a tradition of home made gifts so their moms and dads are getting frozen, home made, "Dad-the-Bad", "Chicken Chest", or "Chili-sin-Carne" chili.
I wonder if the gas cards would be necessary if we just gave everybody chili?
10-20-10, 09:10 AM
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Bah. Thunder bay is in the tropics. I've worked as far north as 66 degrees north latitude in winter. I routinely go through Thunder Bay. Was there last Saturday.
10-20-10, 09:46 AM
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Well Dan, call me namby-pamby, but any place where hotel parking lots feature plug-in heaters to keep one's car battery from freezing over, qualifies as a natural habitat for Santa's reindeer in my book.
10-20-10, 10:03 AM
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Not even close. When the trucks have to have belly tarps under the engine and the radiators fully closed in, then you're in Santa's neighbourhood.
10-20-10, 10:26 AM
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I want nothing to do with "belly tarps."
10-20-10, 10:56 AM
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Holy sweet mother. At -80, a snot rocket (should you be able to get one off) would be deadly.
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Belly tarps and frozen snot rockets. Why does this thread make me feel kind of dirty?
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I was going to answer with how hard it is going to be in the UK this Xmas without Santa- but I think it may be Off Topic now.
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So let's see if I've got this right....
The reindeer are sporting stylish Belly Tarps this year and Santa is having a bullet proof windshield installed on his sleigh to protect him from frozen reindeer snot-rockets.
That's quite an investment, no wonder he's going broke!!
The reindeer are sporting stylish Belly Tarps this year and Santa is having a bullet proof windshield installed on his sleigh to protect him from frozen reindeer snot-rockets.
That's quite an investment, no wonder he's going broke!!
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So let's see if I've got this right....
The reindeer are sporting stylish Belly Tarps this year and Santa is having a bullet proof windshield installed on his sleigh to protect him from frozen reindeer snot-rockets.
That's quite an investment, no wonder he's going broke!!
The reindeer are sporting stylish Belly Tarps this year and Santa is having a bullet proof windshield installed on his sleigh to protect him from frozen reindeer snot-rockets.
That's quite an investment, no wonder he's going broke!!
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So let's see if I've got this right....
The reindeer are sporting stylish Belly Tarps this year and Santa is having a bullet proof windshield installed on his sleigh to protect him from frozen reindeer snot-rockets.
That's quite an investment, no wonder he's going broke!!
The reindeer are sporting stylish Belly Tarps this year and Santa is having a bullet proof windshield installed on his sleigh to protect him from frozen reindeer snot-rockets.
That's quite an investment, no wonder he's going broke!!
10-21-10, 08:27 AM
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So let's see if I've got this right....
The reindeer are sporting stylish Belly Tarps this year and Santa is having a bullet proof windshield installed on his sleigh to protect him from frozen reindeer snot-rockets.
That's quite an investment, no wonder he's going broke!!
The reindeer are sporting stylish Belly Tarps this year and Santa is having a bullet proof windshield installed on his sleigh to protect him from frozen reindeer snot-rockets.
That's quite an investment, no wonder he's going broke!!
