Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evolving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Rules For the rest of the Site also accessible on the sidebar.
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Have a great day frens. I’ve reached my limit of being lazy. Full day ahead in the house. Going to start a Christmas music jam while I straighten up, box and start wrapping gifts and laundry. My husband’s family has been sneaking in gag gifts for many years. Guess he’s tired of being the receiver, we have getting gag gifts at thrift stores. I believe after 36 years my devious sneaky mind has corrupted him. He’s buying mugs with random names and giving them to family who don’t have these names. He’s topped himself, found a mug with a little bull dog, “biscuits grandma” for his mom. She doesn’t like dogs and the entire family doesn’t like cats expect us. His parents started this mess twenty years ago. Gave my BIL a bedside toilet one year, he always has to stop to go so it was funny. One year they gave him framed Obama pic. We may not agree on some subjects but we do have fun at get togethers and we respect each others different opinions.
Praying you have a great week and wishing you God’s blessings.
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I miss being able to wrap gifts for people.
Well if you lived near me you would have a job. Guess you could volunteer somewhere wrapping. I don’t know of any store that still wraps other than a local NC jewelry store. I enjoy giving gifts but my joy of wrapping has left the building, like Elvis😆 When I was a teenager & first got married I’d do fancy bows on every present. Somewhere along the way it was wrap & label. I got so bad today after several hours of wrapping I was still using the same roll of paper. It feel off the counter and it’s still on the floor. I pull it up, cut and drop. It’s actually kinda functional. I don’t like the paper and trying to use it up, had it for years. I’m making progress because I normally wrap on Christmas Eve. I do love the boxes under the tree. If I didn’t do gifts I’d probably have empty boxes under the tree. I’m about a third of the way done, resting with heating pad and hopefully do more tonight.
Sounds like you got the system down. Congratulations for doing a great job for your family.