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OT - Help! Gift suggestions urgently needed
Two of the newsgroups I subscribe to have a Secret Santa gift exchange every
year. It is a lot of fun. The gifts aren't supposed to cost more than $15, and, since people live all over the world, it's good to give something that represents the place you live. I live in Southern California. Both of my groups are for people over 50. The names I drew on the two groups just happen to be brothers, both of whom live in England. I need to buy and mail the gifts this coming week for sure. I have already got a (different) photo calendar for each of them. What else can I send them that is representative of California? One of them writes poetry, which is usually rather dark. The other recently had double bypass surgery. Both of them have a slightly twisted sense of humor. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. -- Joy **Don't believe everything you think** |
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OT - Help! Gift suggestions urgently needed
"Yoj" wrote in message . net... Two of the newsgroups I subscribe to have a Secret Santa gift exchange every year. It is a lot of fun. The gifts aren't supposed to cost more than $15, and, since people live all over the world, it's good to give something that represents the place you live. I live in Southern California. Both of my groups are for people over 50. The names I drew on the two groups just happen to be brothers, both of whom live in England. I need to buy and mail the gifts this coming week for sure. I have already got a (different) photo calendar for each of them. What else can I send them that is representative of California? One of them writes poetry, which is usually rather dark. The other recently had double bypass surgery. Both of them have a slightly twisted sense of humor. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. -- Joy **Don't believe everything you think** Well, I can't help with a Californian suggestion, but I am a Brit and we are almost obsessively interested in the weather. Anything weather-related would go down a treat. Especially something which would help us measure it, like a minimum/maximum thermometer. HTH Tweed |
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OT - Help! Gift suggestions urgently needed
Yoj wrote:
Two of the newsgroups I subscribe to have a Secret Santa gift exchange every year. It is a lot of fun. The gifts aren't supposed to cost more than $15, and, since people live all over the world, it's good to give something that represents the place you live. I live in Southern California. Both of my groups are for people over 50. The names I drew on the two groups just happen to be brothers, both of whom live in England. I need to buy and mail the gifts this coming week for sure. I have already got a (different) photo calendar for each of them. What else can I send them that is representative of California? One of them writes poetry, which is usually rather dark. The other recently had double bypass surgery. Both of them have a slightly twisted sense of humor. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Not sure of representing California... is that a hard and fast rule? I was thinking perhaps music CD's. My LLL is (eeek!) 59 and much enjoys music from films, particularly the works of James Horner and Thomas Newman. Or Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams. Going back further, Leonard Bernstein... I just ordered a CD for John for Christmas; the music is from an old classic film, my favourite ghost & love story, 'The Ghost & Mrs. Muir' starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison, music composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann. (amazon.com) Jill ---has a cat staring at her even though it's not dinner time yet! |
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OT - Help! Gift suggestions urgently needed
"Yoj" wrote in message . net... Two of the newsgroups I subscribe to have a Secret Santa gift exchange every year. It is a lot of fun. The gifts aren't supposed to cost more than $15, and, since people live all over the world, it's good to give something that represents the place you live. I live in Southern California. Both of my groups are for people over 50. The names I drew on the two groups just happen to be brothers, both of whom live in England. I need to buy and mail the gifts this coming week for sure. I have already got a (different) photo calendar for each of them. What else can I send them that is representative of California? One of them writes poetry, which is usually rather dark. The other recently had double bypass surgery. Both of them have a slightly twisted sense of humor. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. How about some good Cheddar, not exactly California and perhaps not good for the bypass patient. But Brits love their cheese. I was thinking you could order it online as a gift and have it delivered locally. Should save you a bit on shipping and it will get there sooner. |
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"Yoj" wrote in message . net... Two of the newsgroups I subscribe to have a Secret Santa gift exchange every year. It is a lot of fun. The gifts aren't supposed to cost more than $15, and, since people live all over the world, it's good to give something that represents the place you live. I live in Southern California. Both of my groups are for people over 50. The names I drew on the two groups just happen to be brothers, both of whom live in England. I need to buy and mail the gifts this coming week for sure. I have already got a (different) photo calendar for each of them. What else can I send them that is representative of California? One of them writes poetry, which is usually rather dark. The other recently had double bypass surgery. Both of them have a slightly twisted sense of humor. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Something to do with California poppies? Several years ago someone from said fine state sent me a couple of bags, one with pics of California poppies on, the other with California flowers - they are both in use to this day. But I'm a girlie, so they may not be of use to a couple of boys ;-) Cheers, helen s |
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OT - Help! Gift suggestions urgently needed
"Bill Stock" wrote in message .. . How about some good Cheddar, not exactly California and perhaps not good for the bypass patient. But Brits love their cheese. I was thinking you could order it online as a gift and have it delivered locally. Should save you a bit on shipping and it will get there sooner. Possibly not and possibly yes, as England is where real Cheddar comes from ;-) Cheers, helen s |
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
... "Yoj" wrote in message . net... Two of the newsgroups I subscribe to have a Secret Santa gift exchange every year. It is a lot of fun. The gifts aren't supposed to cost more than $15, and, since people live all over the world, it's good to give something that represents the place you live. I live in Southern California. Both of my groups are for people over 50. The names I drew on the two groups just happen to be brothers, both of whom live in England. I need to buy and mail the gifts this coming week for sure. I have already got a (different) photo calendar for each of them. What else can I send them that is representative of California? One of them writes poetry, which is usually rather dark. The other recently had double bypass surgery. Both of them have a slightly twisted sense of humor. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. -- Joy **Don't believe everything you think** Well, I can't help with a Californian suggestion, but I am a Brit and we are almost obsessively interested in the weather. Anything weather-related would go down a treat. Especially something which would help us measure it, like a minimum/maximum thermometer. HTH Tweed Thank you, Tweed. That's something I hadn't thought of. Joy |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message
... Yoj wrote: Two of the newsgroups I subscribe to have a Secret Santa gift exchange every year. It is a lot of fun. The gifts aren't supposed to cost more than $15, and, since people live all over the world, it's good to give something that represents the place you live. I live in Southern California. Both of my groups are for people over 50. The names I drew on the two groups just happen to be brothers, both of whom live in England. I need to buy and mail the gifts this coming week for sure. I have already got a (different) photo calendar for each of them. What else can I send them that is representative of California? One of them writes poetry, which is usually rather dark. The other recently had double bypass surgery. Both of them have a slightly twisted sense of humor. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Not sure of representing California... is that a hard and fast rule? I was thinking perhaps music CD's. My LLL is (eeek!) 59 and much enjoys music from films, particularly the works of James Horner and Thomas Newman. Or Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams. Going back further, Leonard Bernstein... I just ordered a CD for John for Christmas; the music is from an old classic film, my favourite ghost & love story, 'The Ghost & Mrs. Muir' starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison, music composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann. (amazon.com) Jill ---has a cat staring at her even though it's not dinner time yet! No, it doesn't have to represent California. Music CD's would be a good idea, but I'm not sure of their tastes or what they already have - or even if they have CD players. I can't ask, because they aren't supposed to know who the gift is from until they open it. Some people mail their gifts to someone else to mail, so the recipient can't figure out who it came from. Since I drew both brothers, and they live semi-close to each other, and will be seeing each other around Christmas, I'm going to mail each brother's gift to the other one. I've already asked them about it and they agreed. They will take off the outer wrappings and give the gifts to the other one. Joy |
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"Bill Stock" wrote in message
.. . "Yoj" wrote in message . net... Two of the newsgroups I subscribe to have a Secret Santa gift exchange every year. It is a lot of fun. The gifts aren't supposed to cost more than $15, and, since people live all over the world, it's good to give something that represents the place you live. I live in Southern California. Both of my groups are for people over 50. The names I drew on the two groups just happen to be brothers, both of whom live in England. I need to buy and mail the gifts this coming week for sure. I have already got a (different) photo calendar for each of them. What else can I send them that is representative of California? One of them writes poetry, which is usually rather dark. The other recently had double bypass surgery. Both of them have a slightly twisted sense of humor. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. How about some good Cheddar, not exactly California and perhaps not good for the bypass patient. But Brits love their cheese. I was thinking you could order it online as a gift and have it delivered locally. Should save you a bit on shipping and it will get there sooner. Thanks, Bill. That's a thought. Joy |
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"wafflycat" wrote in message
... "Yoj" wrote in message . net... Two of the newsgroups I subscribe to have a Secret Santa gift exchange every year. It is a lot of fun. The gifts aren't supposed to cost more than $15, and, since people live all over the world, it's good to give something that represents the place you live. I live in Southern California. Both of my groups are for people over 50. The names I drew on the two groups just happen to be brothers, both of whom live in England. I need to buy and mail the gifts this coming week for sure. I have already got a (different) photo calendar for each of them. What else can I send them that is representative of California? One of them writes poetry, which is usually rather dark. The other recently had double bypass surgery. Both of them have a slightly twisted sense of humor. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Something to do with California poppies? Several years ago someone from said fine state sent me a couple of bags, one with pics of California poppies on, the other with California flowers - they are both in use to this day. But I'm a girlie, so they may not be of use to a couple of boys ;-) Cheers, helen s Thanks, Helen. That gives me another direction to look. We have a new mall here in town. I haven't been there yet, because it just opened and has been crowded. I plan to go on Tuesday, during the day, hoping the crowds won't be so bad. The more ideas I have of what to look for, the better. Joy |
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