08-08-2012, 01:18 PM
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#221
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NOT a cool kid
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Calgary
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Thanks everyone for the responses and thanks Rhettzky for the link. That was great. Think I have figured it out.
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08-08-2012, 01:29 PM
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#222
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Table 5
I'd much rather get cash than some random gift. Either that or something that's on the registry. The less crap to have to store the better. Unless it's something with a personal connection or something you're 100% sure the couple wants, leave your art at home.
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My name is Art and no way my wife goes to a wedding solo. 
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08-08-2012, 01:37 PM
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#223
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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I have given some really grim wedding gifts in my time... 
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08-08-2012, 01:38 PM
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#224
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One of the Nine
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Originally Posted by Locke
I have given some really grim wedding gifts in my time... |
Don't feel bad. Everyone needs a spare toaster.
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08-08-2012, 03:36 PM
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#225
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I thought this was the forum where everyone makes more money than me? If you dont want to give a thoughtful gift you deserve to spend more.
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08-08-2012, 04:10 PM
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#226
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: CGY
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Originally Posted by 4X4
Don't feel bad. Everyone needs a blow-up doll.
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08-08-2012, 04:11 PM
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#227
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Guest
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Originally Posted by Regulator75
Why do the Olympic divers only get a tiny little dish rag to dry off?
Sure these guys only weigh 130 pounds, but come on man, do they not deserve an actual towel?
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As a swimmer, they're using one of these:
http://www.speedousa.com/watershed-chamois.shtml
It is like another user said: a Shamwow. When you're doing 20-30 dives a day and have to get every little drop of water off everytime, these things are awesome! It sops it up and then you wring it out and presto! It's dry again!
Much better than a towel that stays wets after one use. They would need to bring 20 towels a day!
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08-08-2012, 04:17 PM
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#228
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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I like that they get to go into a hot tub right afterwards.
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08-08-2012, 04:17 PM
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#229
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$50 for a wedding gift?
He said the groom is going all out & that includes an open bar.
If you're bringing a date, then $200 is the starting point.
$50 probably doesn't even cover his dinner plate
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08-08-2012, 04:22 PM
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#230
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Edmonton
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I always thought that the minimum gift would be to cover the cost of the food and drinks that you consume with some obvious exceptions.
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08-08-2012, 04:32 PM
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#231
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Calgary
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I need to go to Cougar Ridge wondering if Canada Olympic Road is open as it shows on Google. Will cut quite a bit of time off my trip if I can go that way.
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08-08-2012, 04:44 PM
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#232
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by albertGQ
$50 for a wedding gift?
He said the groom is going all out & that includes an open bar.
If you're bringing a date, then $200 is the starting point.
$50 probably doesn't even cover his dinner plate
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If the bride and groom can't afford to go all out then they shouldn't. $50 a person is a pretty good gift. If you throw a wedding that is "all out" then that's your choice, but you shouldn't expect guests to pay for that luxury.
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08-08-2012, 05:41 PM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Originally Posted by First Lady
I need to go to Cougar Ridge wondering if Canada Olympic Road is open as it shows on Google. Will cut quite a bit of time off my trip if I can go that way.
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Yes the road is open. Not sure how much time it saves with all the speedbumps/switchbacks/stop signs.
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08-08-2012, 05:51 PM
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#234
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Powerplay Quarterback
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$50 cash seems like the "Bare Minimum" to me. If you got a really thoughtful gift for $50 then thats different.
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08-08-2012, 06:05 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Originally Posted by Rathji
Just bought a 1975 (or maybe 1974) Jayco Tent trailer (don't ask why, I am regretting it already)
The manuals I can find online seem to indicate there should be a battery to power the water pump etc. I don't think there are any interior lights, unless the are masterfully camouflaged.
The cable comes into this box from the hitch.
Inside there is a converter
and then there is a circuit breaker, which is located inside the same box as the water tank.
There are no other external or internal compartments on the front of the trailer that have anything else of note. There is a compartment on the back that doesn't have anything in it that I can tell that would house a battery.
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Originally Posted by Sliver
The kids will love it dude. That's what I keep telling myself, anyway. Speaking of which, I have to get propane today, charge my battery, crank up the trailer to check for leaks, clean it, etc. Ugh.
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Rathji, call Hobo Camper and they can probably tell you. They are a good little shop. As an added bonus you happen to know a guy who has torn out and completely re-done the cabling system on a Jayco trailer! (Mines not Jayco, but its the same system)
The tent trailer is pretty much perfect. Its still a tent, and somewhat legit car camping, but gets you off the ground. Mine has a furnace as well, which means camping early/late is an option, whereas before it gets pretty cold in September or October!
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08-08-2012, 06:10 PM
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#236
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Self-Retirement
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Originally Posted by Rathji
Just bought a 1975 (or maybe 1974) Jayco Tent trailer (don't ask why, I am regretting it already)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp
where can i buy glass lab equipment (round bottom flasks, condensers etc)?
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What are you two up to?
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08-08-2012, 08:26 PM
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#237
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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Originally Posted by ken0042
I had a tent trailer from the early 70's- and it also did not have any provisions for a battery. The brake lights went off the truck connection, and like yours it also only had a 120 volt power box. However it also had no accessories that would take power; no water pump, lights, and the "fridge" was just a cooler.
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Yeah, I checked today and it has lights inside, plus the fridge seems to be electric and propane.
In that set up, it would have a battery, wouldn't it?
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08-08-2012, 08:27 PM
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#238
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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Originally Posted by Iginla
$200 as a gift to a effing co-worker? That is just madness.
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CP is the 1%
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08-08-2012, 08:29 PM
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#239
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Table 5
I'd much rather get cash than some random gift. Either that or something that's on the registry. The less crap to have to store the better. Unless it's something with a personal connection or something you're 100% sure the couple wants, leave your art at home.
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I got married almost 6 years ago, and have not bought a wedding present since.
That crap has uses (after everything possible gets returned).
Give cash.
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08-08-2012, 08:40 PM
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#240
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Clinching Party
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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
I always thought that the minimum gift would be to cover the cost of the food and drinks that you consume with some obvious exceptions.
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That's crazy talk. Who can afford to pay for what you drink at an open bar? Not me, that's for sure.
Really though,are people expecting that? You come to a wedding, bring a date, and they expect a 200 dollar espresso machine or something?
Haven't we learned from TV that wedding gifts will inevitably be regifted or stored in a dusty closet?
And another thing... why do water polo players wear those stupid hats? They look like baby bonnets.
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