Time to take the Tree Down

**hunter63** · 12-29-2011, 07:38 PM

Yeah I hear ya, i know that tone.......

"Honey someone stole the tree with the lights out...."
"No shut!....well, that's a mystery, alright...to bad....you know it didn't have all the lights working and you can get a new one after Christmas for like....a buck?.....right?"

**COWBOYSURVIVAL** · 12-30-2011, 11:17 AM

Well I hit Kmart this morning to return the comforter I bought my daughter that was the wrong size. Heard the customer service clerk tell someone on the phone they had no tree's left to sell. Cowboy peered over at the display and it was still there. I asked "did I hear you correctly, you are out of trees?" she replied yes sir, just the display models left. The grand puba of Christmas trees was in full view and fully decorated. "Ma'm can I speak to the manager?". She paged her, well she (the Manager) had just taken a display model down for someone and they didn't buy it. I said "oh no ma'm I mean to take that big one down and pay for it". She gasped "well, I don't have anyone hear to take it down". I replied "How much" she said 50% and then 30% since it is the display and I'll throw in the decorations. $400 dollar tree $200 decorations yep got it all for a little more than $100 bucks. SCORE!

**Sparky93** · 12-30-2011, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by COWBOYSURVIVAL

Well I hit Kmart this morning to return the comforter I bought my daughter that was the wrong size. Heard the customer service clerk tell someone on the phone they had no tree's left to sell. Cowboy peered over at the display and it was still there. I asked "did I hear you correctly, you are out of trees?" she replied yes sir, just the display models left. The grand puba of Christmas trees was in full view and fully decorated. "Ma'm can I speak to the manager?". She paged her, well she (the Manager) had just taken a display model down for someone and they didn't buy it. I said "oh no ma'm I mean to take that big one down and pay for it". She gasped "well, I don't have anyone hear to take it down". I replied "How much" she said 50% and then 30% since it is the display and I'll throw in the decorations. $400 dollar tree $200 decorations yep got it all for a little more than $100 bucks. SCORE!

When I read this story I heard this....

**COWBOYSURVIVAL** · 12-30-2011, 12:18 PM

Well yeah something like that.......The tree and decorations nearly filled my truck bed. I got home and undecorated the real tree, putting the "old" decorations in the box with the new ones...(on top! No one saw the new ones but me). Then I got the tarp I cover my welding machine with and fell the real tree in the livingroom and drug it out the door with a few good yanks....Now, well I sat down and made another pot of coffee...whew! Now if can muster the energy to haul the new tree in (3 boxes) they didn't have the original box) and get it stowed away before the girls get home it will be my little secret.

**Sparky93** · 12-30-2011, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by COWBOYSURVIVAL

Well yeah something like that.......The tree and decorations nearly filled my truck bed. I got home and undecorated the real tree, putting the "old" decorations in the box with the new ones...(on top! No one saw the new ones but me). Then I got the tarp I cover my welding machine with and fell the real tree in the livingroom and drug it out the door with a few good yanks....Now, well I sat down and made another pot of coffee...whew! Now if can muster the energy to haul the new tree in (3 boxes) they didn't have the original box) and get it stowed away before the girls get home it will be my little secret.

Don't forget she has an account now....

**tipacanoe** · 12-30-2011, 12:36 PM

We still use a real tree, put it up 2 weeks before Christmas, take it down a day or two after. I am very religious about keeping it watered. There are far fewer tree farms here now vs. 10 years ago, found a real nice farm this year, trees $25 any height and well shaped, and a very nice young man running the operation for his parents. I enjoy the fragrance that only comes from a balsam fir.

**2dumb2kwit** · 12-30-2011, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by Winnie

And it only works for female children or married male child. Winnie jnr's idea of decorations is Mistletoe tucked in his zipper.........A mother really doesn't need to know these things

Well whatdaya know....I thought that was a redneck thing. LOL

**hunter63** · 12-30-2011, 12:46 PM

Spent two summers trimming Christmas trees in plantations as a young man.....I don't care if i ever have a real tree any longer.....permanently scarred.

Mile squares, row after row, after row, they were endless......$1.00 an hour, w/a .$25 cent bonus per hour if you made the whole season....got to hate pine trees after a while....row after row, after row.......

**Sparky93** · 12-30-2011, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by 2dumb2kwit

Well whatdaya know....I thought that was a redneck thing. LOL

Is there such thing as a British redneck?

**COWBOYSURVIVAL** · 12-30-2011, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by Sparky93

Don't forget she has an account now....

I didn't...lucky for me she would still rather be outside playing.

**Rick** · 12-30-2011, 03:29 PM

You ain't foolin' us. You went to Target because of the baby feeding demonstrations. I know you. It was pretty cool till they threw me out.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blog...192601671.html

**hunter63** · 12-31-2011, 05:20 PM

Outside stuff all down and stowed for another year!
More fun to do it in a blizzard at 10 degrees,...oh well.

Thought occurs to me how wasteful all these lights are....but hey, who am I to question......

**Winnie** · 01-01-2012, 06:01 AM

Originally Posted by Sparky93

Is there such thing as a British redneck?

There is now....... I even say dang! in public! (and I understand 2Dumb better than a lot of those Yankee fellah's)

**crashdive123** · 01-01-2012, 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by Winnie

There is now....... I even say dang! in public! (and I understand 2Dumb better than a lot of those Yankee fellah's)

When you go up to a fellow, and are holding a beer and say "Hey watch this....chap" I'm gonna start worrying.

**Winnie** · 01-01-2012, 07:29 AM

I was a lady until I started hanging out here, then before I knew it I.F.A.R.T.E.D and was nearly put in charge of the sneaky F.A.R.Ts. That was a lucky escape, I can tell you.

**Rick** · 01-01-2012, 08:23 AM

The next time you're at morning tea ask the hostess if she has grits. That should shake them up. And if you can suck on a tooth after a meal or walk around with a toothpick whether you need it or not then you've crossed over to the colonist side.