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And What Did You Get Your Wife For Christmas?

There is a scene in the old TV series "Home Improvement" where Jill asks Tim to build a home office for her in the attic. Tim replies with an evil grin "Don't tease me unless you really mean it. Arh, arh, arh."

Such was the case when my wife asked for a TV for Christmas. She just wanted something to watch when I'm watching a football game or a shoot 'em up in the den and our son is playing video games in the living room.

Of course we couldn't JUST get a TV. She needed a satellite receiver to get her favorite channels, a dvd player to watch chick flicks and view the Kodak picture disks. And of course a VCR to watch our old videos. It had to be simple and easy to use. Decent TV picture around 27", but no home theater. (Fresh memories of our son's system in the living room.) The stand needed to blend in well with our Cherry wood bedroom furniture. And it had to come in at $500 or less. (Aw c'mon honey, I have interconnects that cost more than that. Oops...)

Before I tell you what I did, you tell me. What would you have done? :o)

And a Merry Christmas to all!

kinsekd
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warrenh
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I bought her an Audio Aero Prima. Fancey that, she thought it looked ugly around her neck. She said maybe it would look better on me. IT DOES! Happy Christmas you audiophools...
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czbbcl
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Nothing, My wife and I do not exchange gifts for Christmas. We consider it a waste of time and effort with a great deal of stress thrown in. We usually get want we want during the year. However, we do buy for our 2 children who obviously treasure Christmas as i did when I was a child.

Chuck
inna
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Snow tires? That's great! And I am serious.This year my wife bought the present herself,so did I.Nothing fancy,and we both seem to like the idea.
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chaskelljr2001
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Well........ I don't have a wife yet, but I do have a fiance, if that qualifies. What I am going to get her for christmas is a DVD player (though it would be something along the lines of my Toshiba SD-2700, as opposed to my Pioneer Elite DV-37)(which is a Toshiba SD-1800, I believe, for around $100.00), which in itself should be enough. And that's considering that I have gave her a $1,200.00 ring earlier this year. So, I should say that a $100.00 DVD player will suffice. I would like to see if she's going to spend $1,300.00 on me this year.

--Charles--
seandtaylor99
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Chuck .. way to go ... right attitude. Christmas presents are for kids ... grown ups should know better than to get fooled into the "I just loaded up OUR credit cards to get you something which you don't really need, just because the media makes me feel I should" frenzy.
We have lost the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas is not about expensive gifts, it's about over-eating and watching too much TV !
Bah humbug ! Merry Christmas all.
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