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- From: cj@eno.esd.sgi.com (C J Silverio)
- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
- Subject: xmas report
- Message-ID: <u627gug@zola.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 18:45:53 GMT
- Sender: news@zola.esd.sgi.com (Net News)
- Reply-To: cj@sgi.com (C J Silverio)
- Organization: SGI TechPubs
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- Loot: SimLife (Lance)
- the Orb "Patterns & Textures" video (Lance)
- pottery coffee cups & saucers, blue with white stars and
- a yellow crescent moon (Lance's brother Tony & his wife)
- FarSide desk calendar (Lance's mother, which prompted many
- "Agnes gave you a PRESENT?" comments, matrimony
- being rather important to Lance's mother)
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- Spent the days off up in Nevada City, sleeping in Lance's brother's
- living room and playing with Lance's nephews. Got red clay on every
- item of clothing I brought. Saw my first xmas riot: small children
- pouncing on the pile of loot under the tree, hurling wrapping paper
- like confetti, breaking toys as they emerge from the boxes.
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- Lance's nephews got many objects meant to be thrown, projected,
- or hurled. They got these nerf dart things-- Max the bow-style
- shooter, and Nick the slingshot-style shooter. The darts were
- missing their fins & were broken in two by the end of Dec 26,
- mostly from impacts with people's heads, I think. Next year we
- will buy a nerf bazooka. Popular as SimAnt was, the bazooka
- should be a better choice.
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- We missed the Stanford Theater's xmas eve showing of "It's a Wonderful
- Life" since we were in Nevada City instead of Palo Alto. We went to
- see the Muppet Christmas Carol on the night of xmas day. Nice,
- but no substitute for Jimmy Stewart.
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- c j silverio
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