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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: Mrs. Gooch on December 02, 2015, 02:44:33 PM
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Here are some gift ideas for the ladies in your life.
Turn your activity tracker into jewelry.
http://www.funktionalwearables.com/
I think I might get one of these for my mom. I might even buy one for myself if someone doesn't buy me one for my birthday. ;) FYI the bracelets for the Fit Bit Charge will work with the Garmin Vivosmart. (I had to email them to get that info.)
It's winter and you want to wear long socks but you are wearing your heels today so you don't want the socks to show....get some Keysocks.
http://www.keysocks.com/
I got these for my mom and sister a couple years ago and they loved them. I got some for myself too and I love them.
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Hey Mrs Gooch I get her some Sorel boots did I eff up?
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New Ipod. I am almost as good of a husband as I am a father. :gocho:
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New Ipod. I am almost as good of a husband as I am a father. :gocho:
Your kids are one google search away from porn now. :sdeek:
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New Ipod. I am almost as good of a husband as I am a father. :gocho:
Your kids are one google search away from porn now. :sdeek:
Did you see where I said I was a great dad?
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:lol: :thumbs:
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Hey Mrs Gooch I get her some Sorel boots did I eff up?
As long as she likes to hike in snowy mountains, that is a great gift.
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i need ideas for elderly men.
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i need ideas for elderly men.
My grandpa loved the crap out of Topsys popcorn tubs.
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i need ideas for elderly men.
http://www.parorobots.com/ (http://www.parorobots.com/)
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Hey Mrs Gooch I get her some Sorel boots did I eff up?
As long as she likes to hike in snowy mountains, that is a great gift.
If she has them, will she want to hike in snowy mountains? Sort of a chicken/egg situaish here.
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mrs gooch, rate the all weather floor mats i bought her for Christmas for her new car on a scale of 1 (bad) to 5 (GREAT!).
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Keysocks make me irrationally angry
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can you also rate them on a scale of 1 to 7 for us normal people.
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mrs gooch, rate the all weather floor mats i bought her for Christmas for her new car on a scale of 1 (bad) to 5 (GREAT!).
As long as that is a tiny gift in addition to her real gift, it is fine. If it is the only gift then 1.
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Keysocks make me irrationally angry
Why? They are great.
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Look at them
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mrs gooch, rate the all weather floor mats i bought her for Christmas for her new car on a scale of 1 (bad) to 5 (GREAT!).
As long as that is a tiny gift in addition to her real gift, it is fine. If it is the only gift then 1.
tiny gift? wtf son, they were $150.
she has more gifts though (also got her a new iphone lightning cable!) 1-5?
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Look at them
ya i'm 100% team libliblibliblibliblib
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Coupon for second baby? 5 right?
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mrs gooch, rate the all weather floor mats i bought her for Christmas for her new car on a scale of 1 (bad) to 5 (GREAT!).
As long as that is a tiny gift in addition to her real gift, it is fine. If it is the only gift then 1.
no! this is bad advice, pissclams, don't average your main gift down.
http://bear.warrington.ufl.edu/williams/MAR_3503/MAR_3503_Home_files/Weaver%20et%20al%20-%20Presenter's%20Paradox.pdf
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don't worry sys, i'm such a gift giving savant that it's pretty remarkable.
mrs gooch is telling us to get socks with holes in them. LOL, sad, really.
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Look at them
You can't even see them when they are worn.
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mrs gooch, rate the all weather floor mats i bought her for Christmas for her new car on a scale of 1 (bad) to 5 (GREAT!).
As long as that is a tiny gift in addition to her real gift, it is fine. If it is the only gift then 1.
tiny gift? wtf son, they were $150.
she has more gifts though (also got her a new iphone lightning cable!) 1-5?
Did she ask for the floor mats or in any way indicate that she wanted them. I guess that makes a big difference.
Also, are your finances combined? That makes a difference too, IMO.
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http://www.dooney.com/mlb-royals-triple-zip-crossbody/B98ROBU.html?cgid=dooney-mlb-KansasCityRoyals#start=3&cgid=dooney-mlb-KansasCityRoyals
Need more ideas though so keep them coming Mrs. G. TIA!
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Mrs gooch is very materialistic I'm learning
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Mrs gooch is very materialistic I'm learning
95% of women are. The other 5% say they're not, but they wish they could be, they're just smart and budget.
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Mrs gooch is very materialistic I'm learning
95% of women are. The other 5% say they're not, but they wish they could be, they're just smart and budget.
Gooch & I don't even buy each other Christmas gifts because our finances are combined so we might as well just buy what we want instead of buying each other something that we probably don't want. It all comes from the same bank account either way.
Actually I'd much prefer a gift that required some thought about something I would like rather than just buying because it is expected.
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http://www.dooney.com/mlb-royals-triple-zip-crossbody/B98ROBU.html?cgid=dooney-mlb-KansasCityRoyals#start=3&cgid=dooney-mlb-KansasCityRoyals
Need more ideas though so keep them coming Mrs. G. TIA!
That is really cute. I'm not really into expensive handbags personally, but if someone likes expensive hangbags and the Royals that would be perfect for them.
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mrs gooch, rate the all weather floor mats i bought her for Christmas for her new car on a scale of 1 (bad) to 5 (GREAT!).
As long as that is a tiny gift in addition to her real gift, it is fine. If it is the only gift then 1.
tiny gift? wtf son, they were $150.
she has more gifts though (also got her a new iphone lightning cable!) 1-5?
Did she ask for the floor mats or in any way indicate that she wanted them. I guess that makes a big difference.
Also, are your finances combined? That makes a difference too, IMO.
there are things we want in this world, and things we need.
personally, i would rather spend my money on crap i want. so i prefer that people buy me crap that i need.
we do not combine our finances, can't imagine living in a world like that.
but, we picked up her new car on saturday (ice storm) and it rained the days following. she needed those damn mats. and now, because of amazon prime 2 day free shipping, and my loving heart, the all weather mats are sitting in her foyer waiting on her to get home from work (she knows that they are there because i went to her house and moved them inside and texted her that they showed up).
it's a Christmas miracle.
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Mrs gooch is very materialistic I'm learning
95% of women are. The other 5% say they're not, but they wish they could be, they're just smart and budget.
Gooch & I don't even buy each other Christmas gifts because our finances are combined so we might as well just buy what we want instead of buying each other something that we probably don't want. It all comes from the same bank account either way.
Actually I'd much prefer a gift that required some thought about something I would like rather than just buying because it is expected.
That's cool. That was a pretty ignorant statement on my end. I've obviously seeked out the wrong kind of girls in the past.
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no offense to chicat or mrs chicat but that's not an expensive handbag
one thing i learned many years ago was to never buy a woman a handbag, so best of luck to chicat on that one
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mrs gooch, rate the all weather floor mats i bought her for Christmas for her new car on a scale of 1 (bad) to 5 (GREAT!).
As long as that is a tiny gift in addition to her real gift, it is fine. If it is the only gift then 1.
tiny gift? wtf son, they were $150.
she has more gifts though (also got her a new iphone lightning cable!) 1-5?
Did she ask for the floor mats or in any way indicate that she wanted them. I guess that makes a big difference.
Also, are your finances combined? That makes a difference too, IMO.
there are things we want in this world, and things we need.
personally, i would rather spend my money on crap i want. so i prefer that people buy me crap that i need.
we do not combine our finances, can't imagine living in a world like that.
but, we picked up her new car on saturday (ice storm) and it rained the days following. she needed those damn mats. and now, because of amazon prime 2 day free shipping, and my loving heart, the all weather mats are sitting in her foyer waiting on her to get home from work (she knows that they are there because i went to her house and moved them inside and texted her that they showed up).
it's a Christmas miracle.
So you are not giving it to her as a Christmas gift? Well that changes my assessment then I guess.
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no offense to chicat or mrs chicat but that's not an expensive handbag
one thing i learned many years ago was to never buy a woman a handbag, so best of luck to chicat on that one
It is $128 for a 6 inch x 6 inch bag. The cost to size ratio is high. Dooney & Bourke in general are in the expensive handbags category.
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ya it's a christmas gift, do you think i walk around giving people all weather floor mats 24/7 365?
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no offense to chicat or mrs chicat but that's not an expensive handbag
one thing i learned many years ago was to never buy a woman a handbag, so best of luck to chicat on that one
It is $128 for a 6 inch x 6 inch bag. The cost to size ratio is high. Dooney & Bourke in general are in the expensive handbags category.
move this to the wichita things thread
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ya it's a christmas gift, do you think i walk around giving people all weather floor mats 24/7 365?
Well most people don't give Christmas gifts on December 2. Does she get a gift every day of December? If so, then I rate your gift giving a 7.
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I like for people to buy me gifts that are things that I want but probably wouldn't spend the money on - as long as it is not a person I have combined finances with. So that Royals bag would be perfect if someone was buying it with funds that were not shared by me.
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I got myself a sweet mixer yesterday. The attachments on that thing will work wonders in my double-wide trailer.
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ya it's a christmas gift, do you think i walk around giving people all weather floor mats 24/7 365?
Well most people don't give Christmas gifts on December 2. Does she get a gift every day of December? If so, then I rate your gift giving a 7.
it would be dumb to let her existing NON-all weather car mats get all messed up over the next three weeks because the date isn't 12/25.
we will be on vacation on 12/25 and won't be doing gifts for each other then, so she's just getting crap when i think of things to get her.
a coffee maker she wanted went on sale a week and a half ago. showed up last saturday, another Christmas miracle.
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no offense to chicat or mrs chicat but that's not an expensive handbag
one thing i learned many years ago was to never buy a woman a handbag, so best of luck to chicat on that one
One time I bought this girl a handbag and she ended up husband'ing me.
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no offense to chicat or mrs chicat but that's not an expensive handbag
one thing i learned many years ago was to never buy a woman a handbag, so best of luck to chicat on that one
One time I bought this girl a handbag and she ended up husband'ing me.
well done. very risky. i wonder if it was the same girl who told me she didn't want my handbag and then broke up w/ me? :confused:
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no offense to chicat or mrs chicat but that's not an expensive handbag
one thing i learned many years ago was to never buy a woman a handbag, so best of luck to chicat on that one
One time I bought this girl a handbag and she ended up husband'ing me.
well done. very risky. i wonder if it was the same girl who told me she didn't want my handbag and then broke up w/ me? :confused:
Probably not the same girl.
But, to your point, giving her this handbag only led to many years of her being disappointed with my later gifts.
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Giving and receiving gifts is a terrible experience when it's forced like christmas.
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Giving and receiving gifts is a terrible experience when it's forced like christmas.
I agree. It would be better if we just gave people gifts when we were thinking about them and saw something that they would like.
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no offense to chicat or mrs chicat but that's not an expensive handbag
one thing i learned many years ago was to never buy a woman a handbag, so best of luck to chicat on that one
Canco not really in the expensive handbag ballpark
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no offense to chicat or mrs chicat but that's not an expensive handbag
one thing i learned many years ago was to never buy a woman a handbag, so best of luck to chicat on that one
Canco not really in the expensive handbag ballpark
OK, fine. Like I said I am not into expensive handbags but when I googled "high end handbags" Dooney & Bourke was one of the results.
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http://www.dooney.com/mlb-royals-triple-zip-crossbody/B98ROBU.html?cgid=dooney-mlb-KansasCityRoyals#start=3&cgid=dooney-mlb-KansasCityRoyals
Need more ideas though so keep them coming Mrs. G. TIA!
http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=62104176&pla=pla_21081115&KPID=21081115
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no offense to chicat or mrs chicat but that's not an expensive handbag
one thing i learned many years ago was to never buy a woman a handbag, so best of luck to chicat on that one
One time I bought this girl a handbag and she ended up husband'ing me.
Same. Go shopping with her for other gifts and if your by handbags she will stop and look at them. Look to see which one she stops at and looks at the price tag, then sighs and continues to move on. Go back and buy it later if your willing to spend that much.
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If you buy someone a book, is it unethical to read it before you give it to them?
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cashmere scarf
luggage
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If you buy someone a book, is it unethical to read it before you give it to them?
Sounds like you are buying a book for yourself and giving them hand me downs. I still think its ok though so long as they aren't that close to you and you don't fold pages/highlight passages/etc. Are you passing some of your used YA series to your nieces?
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If you buy someone a book, is it unethical to read it before you give it to them?
Sounds like you are buying a book for yourself and giving them hand me downs. I still think its ok though so long as they aren't that close to you and you don't fold pages/highlight passages/etc. Are you passing some of your used YA series to your nieces?
No, actually I really did order The Maze Runner series for my niece from Amazon and then right after I bought it Amazon tricked me and offered to let me start reading it online before the book arrived, but then it was only a sample of the first couple chapters and now I am hooked.
Last year I bought her a series (brand new) that I had already read (not the same physical books).
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Also, a long time ago I bought Twilight for my niece and then I ended up reading it (and keeping it) and then buying the other books in the series for myself. This seems to be a recurring problem.
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kindle
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Could you write a loving note to your niece in the cover of the used book and pretend that the hand-me-down should have special meaning?
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:ksu:
Could you write a loving note to your niece in the cover of the used book and pretend that the hand-me-down should have special meaning?
Good idea. I am going to try to find them to check out from the library first.
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i would not recommend buying someone a book. it sends a terrible message.
"hey, i'm too cheap and lazy to drive you to the library so here's a book for you that i bought. while you're reading it, i will be hogging the television watching survivor."
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i would not recommend buying someone a book. it sends a terrible message.
"hey, i'm too cheap and lazy to drive you to the library so here's a book for you that i bought. while you're reading it, i will be hogging the television watching survivor."
Well I don't even live in the same town as her so waiting for me to take her to the library would be a terrible idea. Also, I won't be watching her TV. Also, she likes to read. Also, sometimes you like to own the books, especially when it is a series.
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if she likes to read then maybe your gift to her is to show her how boring/dumb reading is. buy her an xbox one and GTA V.
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:dubious:
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buy her a kindle and torrent like a thousand books and load it up and give it to her
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get her a new grill and store it at your house until she is of age.
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Just hand-me-down your 50 Shades of Gray books.
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Just hand-me-down your 50 Shades of Gray books.
:dubious:
I don't think those are appropriate for a 13 year old.
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Just hand-me-down your 50 Shades of Gray books.
:dubious:
I don't think those are appropriate for a 13 year old.
Don't they teach worse in public school sex ed these days?
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Hey MG, my daughter loves to read. Will be 11 in Jan. Is this book you are talking about age appropriate? We are always looking for something new for her.
Gonna win 'em all!
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Hey MG, my daughter loves to read. Will be 11 in Jan. Is this book you are talking about age appropriate? We are always looking for something new for her.
Gonna win 'em all!
I think a lot of kids die horrible deaths in it. I'd get her the Gronk book instead.
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I haven't read the Maze Runner books (yet), but I did see the movie, and yes a bunch of kids die. So, I guess it depends on how much violence you want your daughter to read at age 11 (pussification of slobber's daughter???).
I would suggest The Wolves of Mercy Falls (Shiver Trilogy) for your daughter.
http://www.amazon.com/Shiver-Trilogy-Boxed-Maggie-Stiefvater/dp/0545326869/ref=sr_1_1/175-0650108-7093548?ie=UTF8&qid=1449602392&sr=8-1&keywords=the+wolves+of+mercy+falls
What other books has she read and liked?
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I loved Gary Paulsen at that age.
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:don'tcare:
When considering the total number of posts and gift ideas, only a few of them are books.
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If you buy someone a book, is it unethical to read it before you give it to them?
Sounds like you are buying a book for yourself and giving them hand me downs. I still think its ok though so long as they aren't that close to you and you don't fold pages/highlight passages/etc. Are you passing some of your used YA series to your nieces?
No, actually I really did order The Maze Runner series for my niece from Amazon and then right after I bought it Amazon tricked me and offered to let me start reading it online before the book arrived, but then it was only a sample of the first couple chapters and now I am hooked.
Last year I bought her a series (brand new) that I had already read (not the same physical books).
A kid I know recommended that I read that series. I have the first one in my briefcase now.
I generally give books as gifts to several people I know. I haven't ever read one of them first, but might if it was for certain friends.
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Got my brother a Vintage Wagner - Sidney cast iron skillet, and got my parents an Anova precision cooker today
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How about an $800 car repair? rough ridin' Subaru
:curse:
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How about an $800 car repair? rough ridin' Subaru
:curse:
While you're at it eff Toyota for me ($2400!) :curse: :curse: :curse:
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Got my brother a Vintage Wagner - Sidney cast iron skillet, and got my parents an Anova precision cooker today
in keeping with the theme of this thread- if you're looking for a good book to go with the sous vide, check out thomas keller's Under Pressure, or Modernist Cuisine at Home. i bought clams gf an anova last year for Christmas and packaged it with Keller's book. both are good learning material as most people don't really know a lot about sous vide cooking.
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How about an $800 car repair? rough ridin' Subaru
:curse:
I've given car repair as a gift before. Felt great doing that.
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Got my brother a Vintage Wagner - Sidney cast iron skillet, and got my parents an Anova precision cooker today
in keeping with the theme of this thread- if you're looking for a good book to go with the sous vide, check out thomas keller's Under Pressure, or Modernist Cuisine at Home. i bought clams gf an anova last year for Christmas and packaged it with Keller's book. both are good learning material as most people don't really know a lot about sous vide cooking.
I got Modernist Cuisine - Pricey, but invaluable if you sous vide often. I also pressure cook so it has ideas there too. Also, vacuum sealer is a good gift pairing.
Do you have the TK book? I've looked at it but am a little worried that everything will require restaurant equipment (beyond Sous Vide) or ridiculously hard to source ingredients and not really practical to a home cook.
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Got my brother a Vintage Wagner - Sidney cast iron skillet, and got my parents an Anova precision cooker today
in keeping with the theme of this thread- if you're looking for a good book to go with the sous vide, check out thomas keller's Under Pressure, or Modernist Cuisine at Home. i bought clams gf an anova last year for Christmas and packaged it with Keller's book. both are good learning material as most people don't really know a lot about sous vide cooking.
I got Modernist Cuisine - Pricey, but invaluable if you sous vide often. I also pressure cook so it has ideas there too. Also, vacuum sealer is a good gift pairing.
Do you have the TK book? I've looked at it but am a little worried that everything will require restaurant equipment (beyond Sous Vide) or ridiculously hard to source ingredients and not really practical to a home cook.
I haven't gotten one of the books, just used ChefSteps, Modernist Cusine and Serious Eats websites to pretty good effect thus far. Sounds like one of the books still be worth it at this point?
Parents already have a vacuum sealer, but it's next on my list of kitchen gadgets to acquire.
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i thought that the keller book was more approachable than modernist so that's what I bought. and ya along with the sous vide and the tk book, I also gave her a good vacuum sealer, good call. found a great one at Costco. another accompanying gift w sous vide is a kitchen torch.
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hatchet was little TBT's favorite book back in the day, read it like 8 times
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I got FreundinSonntag a vacuum... like, i'd already got her some thing but she said "I want a vacuum" and then there was one on sale.
I was planning on giving her a vacuum and only that at first then being like "naaaaaa heres your presents"
How long should i wait between these two events? I was thinking just for like any normal exchange of gifts period, but, i thought about just like waiting a day or something. You know, really sell it? Thoughts?
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30 seconds
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30 seconds
That sounds right, thanks lib^7
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30 seconds
That sounds right, thanks lib^7
Yes, lib is right.
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hatchet was little TBT's favorite book back in the day, read it like 8 times
read the crap out of hatchet in elementary school. Man was that a fantastic book.
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hatchet was little TBT's favorite book back in the day, read it like 8 times
read the crap out of hatchet in elementary school. Man was that a fantastic book.
it was fantastic and was followed up by another stud book Brian's winter, Gary should have stopped at that because the river was rough ridin' terrible
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apparently royals tree ornaments don't exist (at least ones that don't look like trash), so now i need an idea for my mom. crap.
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So I was looking on the B&N site to see if there was like a "Turning 18 for Dummies" book that would give some tips on what to do when you turn 18...register with selective service, register to vote, etc....
And these are the results that came up...
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WTF, Barnes & Noble!
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Pussification of America
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No one? Seriously?
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Need katdaddy here to weigh in on these blossoming developments
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post the articles, MG!