space_cowboy
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To anyone who has a birthday this year
Question
If you are part of that group, is it appropriate or inappropriate to give yourself a gift?
I figure I am the main giver to everyone all year long. I appreciate the gifts I get from my kids a lot. But they have no ability to step up to a major purchase, such as my own castle, a 747 with a recording studio and Carmen Electra.
So I axe you dis
Is it wrong to buy myself something cool? Maybe not show the kids that I did, but when they are not looking?
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Re:To anyone who has a birthday this year
2011/04/20 12:40:06
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Yes.
You should never buy yourself anything ever again.
At least that's what my wife tells me.
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Re:To anyone who has a birthday this year
2011/04/20 12:44:47
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I am legally obligated to buy myself something every year.
So if one doesn't do so, one might not be allowed to continue into the next year. Your wife/kids wouldn't want that to happen, would they?
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bapu
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Re:To anyone who has a birthday this year
2011/04/20 12:45:05
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But Maurice; you already have everything, right?
So, I'll accept belated gifts for me (2/7/11).
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Re:To anyone who has a birthday this year
2011/04/20 12:49:32
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It's the only way I'll actually get something I can use.
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Re:To anyone who has a birthday this year
2011/04/20 13:04:20
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bapu
So, I'll accept belated gifts for me (2/7/11).
I didn't know your birthday was in Feb. Happy belated B-day. I'm not going to have a birthday this year. I'm going to stay 39 forever.
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spacey
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Re:To anyone who has a birthday this year
2011/04/20 13:07:34
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I'm not having a birthday next month on the 20th. Cancelled. But I'm still
going to get something.....probably from the Dollar Store....I'm curious, I've never
been in one.
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bapu
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Re:To anyone who has a birthday this year
2011/04/20 13:08:31
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spacey
I'm not having a birthday next month on the 20th. Cancelled. But I'm still
going to get something.....probably from the Dollar Store....I'm curious, I've never
been in one.
Note to spacey: there are no exotic woods in the Dollar Store.
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Re:To anyone who has a birthday this year
2011/04/20 13:39:48
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Spacey
Here is how to have a blast at the dollar store. I did this once.
I was walking around looking at stuff. Found something interesting and took it to the register
"How much is this?"
"its $1"
"OK thanks"
Walked around a bit more, found something else
"How much is this?"
"its $1"
"OK thanks"
Again - walked around, found something else
"How much is this?"
"its $1 - everything in the store is $1.
"Everything?"
"Everything!"
"Even this?"
"Yes - Everything in the store is priced at $1"
"So everything, right?"
"Yes sir, every item in the store is $1. That is why the store is called Everything is just $1."
"Ok thanks"
Walked around the store for a bit more. Found something else. Took it to the cash register.
"What about this? How much is this?"
"Sir, as I said, EVERYTHING is $1!"
So I left.
In NYC there is a "Everything is just $1" store. Across the street from it is a "99c only "store. Talk about intense competition.
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Re:To anyone who has a birthday this year
2011/04/20 13:41:42
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space_cowboy
In NYC there is a "Everything is just $1" store. Across the street from it is a "99c only "store. Talk about intense competition. But there must be a quality difference, no?
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Re:To anyone who has a birthday this year
2011/04/20 13:57:14
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Price of a small stack of Post-It notes: 99c
Price of 10 malformed paper clips: 99c
Price of 2 3.5" diskettes: 99c
Price of gas to drive across the street to the 99c only store: $9,879.99
The Dawning Perception that you may have miscalculated: Priceless
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Re:To anyone who has a birthday this year
2011/04/20 14:39:01
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Fox at checkout....one dollar!....exotic woody! can I say that here?
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Re:To anyone who has a birthday this year
2011/04/20 15:00:13
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Re:To anyone who has a birthday this year
2011/04/20 15:07:52
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In NYC there is a "Everything is just $1" store. Across the street from it is a "99c only "store. Talk about intense competition.
So how much is everything in the "99c store"? I bought a stapler from the £1 store then I had to go back and get a £1 modelling knife to get the stapler out of its blister pack. Extortion I tell thee.
post edited by Jonbouy - 2011/04/20 15:11:05
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Re:To anyone who has a birthday this year
2011/04/20 16:49:23
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I hear if you work there, you can get an employee discount 
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Re:To anyone who has a birthday this year
2011/04/20 16:52:29
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Bub
bapu
So, I'll accept belated gifts for me (2/7/11).
I didn't know your birthday was in Feb.
Happy belated B-day.
I'm not going to have a birthday this year. I'm going to stay 39 forever.
He only had one to boost his post count! Belated Happy Bapuday!
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Re:To anyone who has a birthday this year
2011/04/20 17:02:11
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Let's take ma look at this question from a different perspective...with a bit of editing.
"Is it wrong to buy myself something cool? Maybe not show the kids parents that I did, but when they are not looking?"
I think you have your answer.
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