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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 22:35:00 EST
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- From: gilbertsmith <N567126@NCSUADM.ACS.NCSU.EDU>
- Subject: What I Got For Christmas
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- Since you have all been wondering what -ggs' significant
- others give him on that day-of-days, here is a list:
- 1) An empty cigar box to keep his <stuff> in
- 2) A first printing of the latest novel by Clyde Edgerton,
- signed by the author
- 3) A hand made book mark with Christmas bells on it
- 4) An empty cigar box to keep his <stuff> in, with a note
- 5) A black trench-coat with zip out wool lining
- 6) An original painting by his middle son
- 7) An empty cigar box to keep his <stuff> in, with another note
- indicating that it is not the last one
- 8) A copy of Quicken for Windows from his oldest son
- 9) An empty cigar box to keep his <stuff> in, with another note
- indicating that it is not the last one
- 10) A pair of silk boxer shorts to keep his <stuff> in
- from his son-in-law
- 11) An empty cigar box to keep his <stuff> in, with a note
- saying that he will become, once again, a grandfather in
- July, thanks to the efforts of his son-in-law
- 12) a package of chicken soup with teddy-bear shaped noodles
- and a package of microwave popcorn from Santa Claus
- 13) a picture of Nicholas Adrian Smith-Valdes from same,
- grinning at his grandfather
- .
- It was, all in all, a successful happy day.
- --ggs
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