Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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So we’ve got our tree up already... 🤬

We buy some new Hallmark Keepsake ornaments each year. This year I bought three of the 2019 Star Wars series. They take a new series power cord 🤬

Well I finally get the new cord and plug them in. They talk to each other!!! We got the Imperial Star Destroyer, the Millennium Falcon, and the Rebel Bomber. You press the button on one and they all start going thru the first movie story! Freaked me out at first to figure out what was going on but now that I know what it’s doing it’s really cool!

Edit: lol I just went and bought the other four in the series to have the whole series to date. The wife is pissed 😂 I’m such a sucker for this stuff.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
So we’ve got our tree up already... 🤬

We buy some new Hallmark Keepsake ornaments each year. This year I bought three of the 2019 Star Wars series. They take a new series power cord 🤬

Well I finally get the new cord and plug them in. They talk to each other!!! We got the Imperial Star Destroyer, the Millennium Falcon, and the Rebel Bomber. You press the button on one and they all start going thru the first movie story! Freaked me out at first to figure out what was going on but now that I know what it’s doing it’s really cool!

Edit: lol I just went and bought the other four in the series to have the whole series to date. The wife is pissed 😂 I’m such a sucker for this stuff.
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.......and Thanksgiving hasn't even been celebrated yet. What's the rush for Christmas season to start ?
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
.......and Thanksgiving hasn't even been celebrated yet. What's the rush for Christmas season to start ?
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Oh you clearly don’t understand. All indoor decorations go up the weekend after Halloween. The outdoor white trash yard art isn’t allowed to go up until the weekend after Thanksgiving. It would be up now too if I’d let her, the outdoor lights are up because we contract that (I won’t get on this roof, it’s a death trap) but I won’t let her turn them on yet.

She loves all the decorations. Our house gets fully decked out inside for the holidays and I’ve gotten her below Griswold level on the outdoor finally. I’m an ******* but I’m not a heartless *******.
 
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Obsessed said:
I was going to say something but....

Tree never goes up before Thanksgiving and doesn’t come down until the New Year.
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Next time you see her feel free to tell her that. Been nice knowin’ ya. The skinny jeans won’t even save you from that wrath.

The damn tree would be up till Valentines Day if I didn’t dig in on first weekend after New Years too.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
Next time you see her feel free to tell her that. Been nice knowin’ ya. The skinny jeans won’t even save you from that wrath.

The damn tree would be up till Valentines Day if I didn’t dig in on first weekend after New Years too.
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They aren’t skinny jeans ftr. Levi’s 569
She will tell you this if you’d ask. She got me 2 pairs for my birthday

Next time you have to work late I’ll have a discussion with her about the decorations/tree

I got your back buddy.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
Oh you clearly don’t understand. All indoor decorations go up the weekend after Halloween. The outdoor white trash yard art isn’t allowed to go up until the weekend after Thanksgiving. It would be up now too if I’d let her, the outdoor lights are up because we contract that (I won’t get on this roof, it’s a death trap) but I won’t let her turn them on yet.

She loves all the decorations. Our house gets fully decked out inside for the holidays and I’ve gotten her below Griswold level on the outdoor finally. I’m an ******* but I’m not a heartless *******.
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Funny thing........we have a neighbor that lives down the street......keeps his christmas lights up all year outside.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
Oh you clearly don’t understand. All indoor decorations go up the weekend after Halloween. The outdoor white trash yard art isn’t allowed to go up until the weekend after Thanksgiving. It would be up now too if I’d let her, the outdoor lights are up because we contract that (I won’t get on this roof, it’s a death trap) but I won’t let her turn them on yet.

She loves all the decorations. Our house gets fully decked out inside for the holidays and I’ve gotten her below Griswold level on the outdoor finally. I’m an ******* but I’m not a heartless *******.
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It's all cool.......I'm just messing with you a little.
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
It's all cool.......I'm just messing with you a little.
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👍 the wife is threatening to “mess” with me too after buying the four other ornaments. It’s faux outrage though. She doesn’t want to spend the money but she likes the sci-fi ornaments too. Most of her choices are the Star Trek ones tho.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
Next time you see her feel free to tell her that. Been nice knowin’ ya. The skinny jeans won’t even save you from that wrath.

The damn tree would be up till Valentines Day if I didn’t dig in on first weekend after New Years too.
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Back when our kids were small & growing up....my wife would tell me to go up in the attic & get the tree.
This was like 3 weeks before Christmas. After the big event of christmas being finally over......it would take an act of Congress to get her to help take that thing down & back up in the attic until next time.
 
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W.TN.Orange Blood said:
O M G...................That looks just fantastic. I hate to be around when it's time to take it all down.
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The tree itself goes up and comes down quickly. It has fixed sections with integrated LED lights. Power goes thru an integrated slip ring in the sectioned trunk. And it’s the most genuine real looking fake tree I’ve ever seen. She dropped serious coin on it but the yearly PITA factor alone pays for itself.

The ornaments are another story. Again 9’ tree. We have like four HUGE boxes of ornaments. And we add more each year. Just about out of room and gonna need a 10’ tree I guess 🤬 this was the biggest damn one they had at the time.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
The tree itself goes up and comes down quickly. It has fixed sections with integrated LED lights. Power goes thru an integrated slip ring in the sectioned trunk. And it’s the most genuine real looking fake tree I’ve ever seen. She dropped serious coin on it but the yearly PITA factor alone pays for itself.

The ornaments are another story. Again 9’ tree. We have like four HUGE boxes of ornaments. And we add more each year. Just about out of room and gonna need a 10’ tree I guess 🤬 this was the biggest damn one they had at the time.
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I'm glad to hear you like to deal with it.....
 
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