Are You Buying Yourself Anything For Christmas?

[A-Jay]

Purchased and installed the new Tune up kit last week on the HS1332 ~

Unless you really like to shovel, (and I do not)

It's money well spent.

#purrslikeakitten

A-Jay

[Swamp Girl]

21 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

@Swamp Girl, thanksgiving presents ? 

 

Yeah, sure, that's the ticket.

 

[Rockhopper]

I just usually buy what I want, when I want.  Don't typically buy myself anything "special" for Christmas.  Though I do buy myself plenty around the holiday sale season.  I just bought a $400 knife a couple days ago.  Does that count?

[gim]

4 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Unless you really like to shovel, (and I do not)

 

Don't think there's a soul out there that enjoys shoveling snow.

 

If there is, please step forward.

 

[TnRiver46]

11 minutes ago, gimruis said:

 

Don't think there's a soul out there that enjoys shoveling snow.

 

If there is, please step forward.

 

 

manual labor is my favorite, still chop wood with an axe 😂. Somebody asked me what would be my dream job the other day, I said shoveling gravel or chopping wood haha

[A-Jay]

1 hour ago, TnRiver46 said:

 

manual labor is my favorite, still chop wood with an axe 😂. Somebody asked me what would be my dream job the other day, I said shoveling gravel or chopping wood haha

It's all fun & games until you start getting those AARP pamphlets in the mail.

A-Jay

 

 

[TnRiver46]

Hahahah, that has already started @A-Jay 😂 

 

if I got as much snow as where you live, I would just have to cut tiny walking paths thru it, a snow blower costs more than the vehicles I drive 😂 

[FishTax]

Yes I'm buying myself things. What I'm buying depends on what's on sale, as is usually the case  

[Darth-Baiter]

I once visited my sister for the holidays.  it was snowy!!  I shoveled her walkway and stuff.  super exhausting but strangely satisfying.  I ended up just doing the two adjacent neighbors as well, since they were both elderly.

 

what a great workout.  I like splitting wood better tho.  hahah...and I like jumping on a plane and flying back to CA, where I just put on a hoodie.  

[Columbia Craw]

I’m like CATT, my birthday is on December 29.  I might get a NOCO jump charger.  

[TOXIC]

I had to resurrect this post and give an update on one of the products I bought.  I'm not a complainer and I don't like trashing products but when I find a piece of gear that fails miserably then I'm going to first go back to the company for relief.  Because I am always fair and it's obvious if I am complaining that there is a defect in the product, I'll usually get taken care of.  Not so in this case.  Around Christmas, I ordered the below multi tool from RAPALA.  I have used it a total of 3 times.  Then I noticed some parts were rusting.  The slide handle and the actual blades of the line cutters.  I took pictures and sent them to RAPALA along with a request to either replace, refund or give me a credit in their product store equal to the value of the tool.  Their response was "Thanks for the email.  Unfortunately,  rust is not a defect. Rain, saltwater, moisture, exposure, etc. And metal never go together. If left outside, exposed to water, all metal will rust.  Stainless steel is a bit more resistant, but will still rust.  It is a good idea to keep things dry or dry them after they have been exposed to water.  Especially closing them up in a tackle box or tray.  Thank you for your understanding.   Rapala USA.  I won't go into my response but in a nutshell I replied the tool was never exposed to the elements or stored outside and that stainless would not rust in 3 outings. I asked them to reconsider and their response from Rapala USA C, was  "Thanks for the followup. Unfortunately rust is not covered under warranty". It's not a big deal to me, i can eat a $25 multi tool purchase but it chaps my behind when a company won't stand behind their product. I went back to the product listing and found that although they responded with the characteristics of stainless, there is no mention of stainless anything on this product.  Looks like I fell victim to a clever marketing scheme where I thought that for the price of the product, it was stainless.  I was obviously wrong. 
 

[TnRiver46]

I can rust a piece of plastic 

[TOXIC]

I have a pair of Rapala anodized needle nose/split ring pliers that are 15+ years old, stored in my boat which is stored outside and not a speck of rust.  I was too trusting due to my past experience.