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Nomad Gift List

Santiago - 12-17-2009 at 02:52 PM

A friend, who wishes to remain anonymous for obvious reasons, sent this to me asking that I post it under my name in exchange for free beer the rest of my life. What the heck.

My Xmas list for Nomads in no particular order.

Skeet: a new key board, custom designed with no punctuation marks.
Shari: An easy, simple and reasonable way for her to bring her husband up to the States in order to show them my part of the world.
Canadian Nomads: better neighbors
MrBillM: a Polish target pistol.
Pescadero: just one more day…
Bill Erhardt: Streaming video equipment, dish, the whole thing so we can watch his fishing trips live.
OldLady: a reduction in half of her vocabulary so we can communicate. Oh, and one day free from worry of the debt load.
Hook: lifetime pass for 2 to any Grapefruit League game.
Jeans: a post by Santiago complaining how his hard drive crashed and he lost all the old photos from BBBB1.
Dennis: a life
BajaGuy: free dog food for life.
Paulina: a really cool stairway and a puffer free zone
Gnukid: video from this year’s annual meeting of the trilateral commission.
Packoderm: a fully restored split-window VW van
JESSE: Anthony Bourdain blows off his show for a life in ‘Nam and they ask you to step in and take over.
Nina: 67 liberal senators
Flowers: a truck load of toys every Jan 1 for the rest of your life.
Osprey: a hefty advance from Penguin Publishing with the understanding that there’s no rush on the first draft.
Flyfishingpam: election to the governorship of BCS with a clear mandate from the people and the full backing from the DF to clean house.
Toneart: Great relief and happiness after reading today’s obits. Oh, and Sachmo’s first horn.
4baja: world record yellowtail
BajaCactus: Complete freedom from Pemex to improve your property any way you wish.
Diver: Notice that Ford is opening a repair shop in Asuncion fully stocked with diesel parts.
BMG: one day, everyone in the world wakes up and understands that their lot in life is generally of their own making.
Don Alley: a life free from arthritis in your fingers, hands and wrists.
soulpatch: a sudden rise in sea levels. 5 or 6 feet would be about right.
MartyMan: a nice telescope for your upper deck so you can actually see the water.
Barry A: a 50% increase in your portfolio.
Dave: Miracle Whip being banned from the earth.
SharksBaja: a five year drought
WoodyinOB: being able to change your name to ‘Woody in Asuncion’. And larger pants.
Capt. Mike: walking away from every landing.
Ken Bondy: uhh, this is a hard one as you already have it all. Oh well, Merry Christmas anyway.
Grover: a reason to come back.
Bajajudy: complaining to everyone you meet that it’s impossible to keep the shelves stocked.
Skipjack Joe: Never losing your memory.
BigWoo: new law that allows 50 and over to join Medicare.
Santiago: a mild increase in the housing market in NorCal so he has something to do other than log on to Nomads all day.
BajaNomad: a nice little cabin on the shores of Bahia de Guadalupe

Santiago

bajaguy - 12-17-2009 at 03:21 PM

Thank you very much, I'm sure Captain and Libbie will enjoy the dog food..........hope Santa is good to you this year!!!!

bajabass - 12-17-2009 at 03:26 PM

Great list! Happy Holidays To All!!

fdt - 12-17-2009 at 03:40 PM

I like it!
Saludos
Flowers

Witty and Perceptive

Gypsy Jan - 12-17-2009 at 03:49 PM

I didn't make the list, not that I am complaining.

Taco de Baja - 12-17-2009 at 04:32 PM

I guess David K got his present early....and that's why he's not on the list

But static sea levels would make a nice stocking stuffer

[Edited on 12-17-2009 by Taco de Baja]

It Comes With The Territory

Bajahowodd - 12-17-2009 at 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Taco de Baja
I guess David K got his present early....and that's why he's not on the list

But static sea levels would make a nice stocking stuffer

[Edited on 12-17-2009 by Taco de Baja]

Alas, when anyone on here chooses to make a list about others, they will always omit someone. How many thousand Nomads? No problema. As far as it went, it was interesting.

RIP?

toneart - 12-17-2009 at 04:51 PM

Very witty and creative, Santiago!

In my gift, I like the Satchmo's horn part but I don't want to have to go where he is now to get it. :no:

I am not sure about the "obits" part. (Maybe this had to do with a private U2U ?) Obits don't consume my thoughts, however, and my posts strive to be positive, Humanistic, philosophical, helpful, soggy after Mulege floods, and bad attempts at humor.

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Anyway, my inner geezer isn't ready to be the featured attraction in the obituaries. But if you should read about me, very dead, this is what I want on my tombstone: "A Visionary really in over his head, this time!"

Just add this guy>>>>>> :lol:

, oh...and this guy>>>>>> :saint:

Bajahowodd - 12-17-2009 at 05:04 PM

Believe me, it should be much more than that. Truth.

Skipjack Joe - 12-17-2009 at 06:26 PM

With all due respect I think you got Bajajudy wrong. She needs a few more dogs to add to her collection.

And don't forget Juan. He's running low on speedos I'm told.

Just kidding.

Merry Christmas to you all !!!

Skipjack Joe - 12-17-2009 at 07:05 PM

Ohmigosh !!!

I just got this thoughtful gift from DavidK.

I'm speechless.

Thank you David.

Soldier1.jpg - 15kB

Paulina - 12-17-2009 at 08:39 PM

Santiago,

You can fill my stocking anytime.

P<*)))>{

Paula - 12-17-2009 at 09:12 PM

It's OK. No, really,it's OK.

Will there be a B list? I'll be really happy to be on the B list :light:

Skipjack, if you don't want the hat, I'd be really happy to have it. Looks so warm and fuzzy, and it suits my politics.

edited for hat envy

[Edited on 12-18-2009 by Paula]

Hook - 12-17-2009 at 09:23 PM

Lifetime pass for TWO?

Oh, right, so I'll invite you down for the duration of the rainy season up there, eh?

Very inventive idea for the holidays, Santiago. Great list.

But you must come up with something for DK.

Maybe Tacoma dingle balls?

Packoderm - 12-17-2009 at 09:56 PM

I'll take my gift wrapped in a simple bow. It looks like Dennis and I tie for second place in the best gift category - behind BajaNomad's cabin. I would be willing to forgo my split screen for a date with Bajalera at Jesse's restaurant with complimentary dessert and coffee.

longlegsinlapaz - 12-17-2009 at 10:08 PM

Paulina, you're not going to be in your sockie at the time....are ya??

Paula, don't feel bad....you're in good didn't-make-it-onto-the-list company! I know!! Let's fill Santiago's socks with lumps of coal, while he's in them! :smug:

Then let's make up a list to put him on...I already have the perfect title for the list! :yes:

Packoderm, if Santiago does gift exchanges, you better be prepared to dance until sunrise on that date! :bounce:

Jesse just needs to add a dance floor! :yes:

jeans - 12-17-2009 at 10:14 PM

Very Clever...but then you said you didn't write it...

David K - 12-17-2009 at 10:49 PM

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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Ohmigosh !!!

I just got this thoughtful gift from DavidK.

I'm speechless.

Thank you David.

De nada, comrade Igor... Afterall, you serve the party well! :cool:

Santiago - 12-17-2009 at 10:57 PM

Hay-sus: we couldn't think of something for everybody! How does Santa do it every year? You guys do the rest, I'm pooped.
And if I can get a little serious here, DK and Santiago are in the same boat as I suspect a lot of folks are. Here's hoping for massive failures of sprinkler valves and control boxes all over northern San Diego county.
All you home owners go take a long look at your house tomorrow. Check out the rotting shakes, splitting fascia, paint blistering on the south and west side, 20 year old toilets that take 3 gallons to flush, missing grout in the shower pan and tiles starting to pop, rain gutters starting to sag and fall off the eaves, HVAC units with a SEER of 7 or 8, sidewalks lifting up, unsafe stair railings etc etc etc. Break out a couple of bucks next year, hire a good, local, licensed contractor to fix this crap. Let me tell you, the only guys left are the good ones and you'll never get better work for less money.
I recently signed a contract for a complete stair railing tearout and redo that in 2006 would have gone for $5000, I bid $3300 and had to go to $2500 to get the job. Believe me, we were happy to get it.

Skipjack Joe - 12-17-2009 at 11:08 PM

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Originally posted by Paula
Skipjack, if you don't want the hat, I'd be really happy to have it. Looks so warm and fuzzy, and it suits my politics.

edited for hat envy

You're welcome to it, Paula. Politics don't interest me.

Only fishing and photography.

I posted the hat as an example of labeling people without knowing anything about them (see above).

Packoderm - 12-17-2009 at 11:32 PM

I was kind of hoping that DK would decline the hat only because that furry style is not compatible with San Diego's warm climate. He could always cover that insignia with a smiling sun button as found on his avatar.

Maybe ELINVESTI8 can do his photoshop magic and put DK's hat in order.

I wish I could say

Sharksbaja - 12-18-2009 at 01:11 AM

"A five year drought"

Too damn late amigo.....

That was our wish last year. Santa sucks!

David K - 12-18-2009 at 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Packoderm
I was kind of hoping that DK would decline the hat only because that furry style is not compatible with San Diego's warm climate. He could always cover that insignia with a smiling sun button as found on his avatar.

Maybe ELINVESTI8 can do his photoshop magic and put DK's hat in order.

Packo, Igor was thanking me for giving HIM the Soviet hat. Yes, it is a bit warm for such head gear in San Diego!

Santiago, thanks for the business wishes... I actually got busy this past week with some good jobs! Well, enough to make a truck payment and maybe the rent!

I would really like to take the new truck to Baja for New Years... Maybe search for the Melchior Diaz grave?

ELINVESTIG8R - 12-18-2009 at 08:54 AM

David this of course is too hot to wear in Southern California and Baja, well unless you are going to San Pedro Martir National Park during the winter months.

David K - 12-18-2009 at 08:56 AM

Hey, I like that! Thanks David!!

oldlady - 12-18-2009 at 09:11 AM

----- you! And a Merry --------- to all ------!

What? -- Worry?

BMG - 12-18-2009 at 11:00 AM

If only everyone would try to walk a mile in each others shoes.

If I tried to make up a Nomads gift list, it would be exactly the same as Santiago's friend, only different.

your-shoes.jpg - 41kB

Debra - 12-18-2009 at 12:37 PM

Guess I have to add my own wish-list..........

Non floating border rocks :lol:

Hey!

Dave - 12-18-2009 at 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Santiago
Dave: Miracle Whip being banned from the earth.

I actually like Miracle Whip.

But, maybe that was the point. :rolleyes:

FELONY PRONE

ELINVESTIG8R - 12-18-2009 at 01:14 PM

[Edited on 12-18-2009 by ELINVESTI8]

Martyman - 12-18-2009 at 01:32 PM

Santiago I already have a telescope. I use it to check out all the babes you bring down to your love shack.

Osprey - 12-18-2009 at 01:41 PM

BMG, I think it is said "Don't judge somebody until you have walked a mile in their shoes."

I think that's the perfect time. You'll be a mile away and you'll have their shoes.

Santiago - 12-18-2009 at 02:38 PM

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Originally posted by Martyman
Santiago I already have a telescope. I use it to check out all the babes you bring down to your love shack.

That s.o.b. Beach Bob keeps stealing them away....

BMG - 12-18-2009 at 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ELINVESTI8

I think it is your intellectual property que no?

I can't think of one thing I've ever posted that would give you that impression.

toneart - 12-18-2009 at 03:28 PM

Wahhhh! I still want the tinfoil hat.

It would have to have a tall point to accommodate my head. Maybe it could say "Got Baja?" arching around the red star.

Wearing it, I could wander both Baja's coastlines aimlessly and beachcomb Shell Beach barefoot, standing out suspiciously like a jobless, unambitious Communist, probably on Social Security and Medicare or some such government public option welfare.

The hat would be literally crackling with conspiratorial information received from alien spaceships unseen by all but the hippest pals of Maryjane. :wow:

ELINVESTIG8R - 12-18-2009 at 03:57 PM

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Originally posted by BMG

Quote:

Originally posted by ELINVESTI8

I think it is your intellectual property que no?

I can't think of one thing I've ever posted that would give you that impression.

BMG for some reason I thought you drew stuff is all. That's the only reason I wrote what I did. You sound offended so if I offended you, I humbly apologize.

Don Alley - 12-18-2009 at 03:58 PM

Thanks Santiago.

My fingers say thanks too:

don.jpg - 18kB

Come on, Don!

toneart - 12-18-2009 at 04:13 PM

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Originally posted by Don Alley
Thanks Santiago.

My fingers say thanks too:

Let's hear the song. We are waiting to steal yur intellectial property. :coolup:

Bob H - 12-18-2009 at 04:22 PM

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Originally posted by ELINVESTI8

[Edited on 12-18-2009 by ELINVESTI8]

ELINVESTI.... You think like I do... I thought of the exact same thing... face down, spread your hands out, interlock your feet, DON't MOVE, etc.

Great Nomad gift list, whoever was the originator.
Bob H

Santiago - 12-18-2009 at 05:58 PM

Don: circa 1969-70 I'd guess, probably far northern Colorado or maybe Montana but definitely not Wyoming. Wedding for sure. Cool hat and you clearly bought new shoes for the gig. Cheat sheet taped to the guitar is rookie though. Hope your wife dresses you nowadays.

Don Alley - 12-18-2009 at 09:04 PM

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Originally posted by Santiago
Don: circa 1969-70 I'd guess, probably far northern Colorado or maybe Montana but definitely not Wyoming. Wedding for sure. Cool hat and you clearly bought new shoes for the gig. Cheat sheet taped to the guitar is rookie though. Hope your wife dresses you nowadays.

Nope, about 1994-95. Montana. A New Years "First Night" gig, I think. And it's not a cheat sheet on the guitar, it's a horoscope that said "refuse to sing the blues." Which is what I sing.

The shoes were a John Hammond Jr. influence. :lol:

Dressing? I was once voted "worst dressed" in school. It was a private school with uniforms.

woody with a view - 12-19-2009 at 08:19 AM

it's really cool that they would have me/us!!!

i'll bring my shorts.

Merry Xmas to all!

BMG - 12-19-2009 at 09:43 AM

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Originally posted by ELINVESTI8

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Originally posted by BMG

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Originally posted by ELINVESTI8

I think it is your intellectual property que no?

I can't think of one thing I've ever posted that would give you that impression.

BMG for some reason I thought you drew stuff is all. That's the only reason I wrote what I did. You sound offended so if I offended you, I humbly apologize.

Not at all offended. I guess I need to modify my Nomad Gift List wish:

'One day, everyone in the world wakes up and understands that their lot in life is generally of their own making and understands my comedic wit.'

Especially my wife.

Might as well throw in the world peace thing, too.