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   we get the same reactions from people around here too. my neighbors are used to seeing us working on various XMAS projects and their comments are usually something like "whats new this year?" ya know...if people that work in the box stores (Lowes etc.) wouldnt ask us what were doing buying dirrerent "dodads" we wouldnt get any enjoyment in seeing their reactions :)

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JohnnyL Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Pre-Order User Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Location: Merced Ca Online Status: Offline Posts: 67	Quote Reply Posted: 22 Jul 2009 at 5:36pm
	we get the same reactions from people around here too. my neighbors are used to seeing us working on various XMAS projects and their comments are usually something like "whats new this year?" ya know...if people that work in the box stores (Lowes etc.) wouldnt ask us what were doing buying dirrerent "dodads" we wouldnt get any enjoyment in seeing their reactions :)
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bdkeen Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 31 Dec 2007 Location: Easton,PA Online Status: Offline Posts: 380	Quote Reply Posted: 22 Jul 2009 at 2:41pm
	Same sort of reaction here too. The basement is begining to look like a Christmas bomb went off. Friends and family that stop by are mostly dumb-struck. This year I think I'll host a 'Lights Raising Party' and invite them all to help setup the display . Top it off with a Megatree raising ceremony I'm looking forward to being the 'crazy old guy down or up the street with all the lights' again this year.


BigDPS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 471	Quote Reply Posted: 22 Jul 2009 at 12:03pm
	Priceless! It is funny to see the reaction of people when you tell them what you're doing. The one reply that urks me the most and gets me really mad , is this one "You really have way too much time in your hands" I mean, I don't go fishing or anything like that, which takes a lot of freetime, except ride our motorbike once in a while but the weather in my area has been less than favorable for biking so I get a head start in my decorations. I tend to think that people that say this type of smart remark are those that don't have anytime on their hands and are jealous of me cause they can't plan anytime for themselves. I just got in the house to get some wire and glue and took the time to read if someone had replied to my post. Now I'm heading back in my shop, listening to Classic Vinyl on XM and drink maybe a beer or two and just relax while enjoying the preparation of my display for 2009. Light show-ers of the world! Unite!


rmonty Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05 Nov 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 12	Quote Reply Posted: 22 Jul 2009 at 10:41am
	I was actually making my arches about two months ago out in the driveway. I had several people that were walking by take a double-take and look at me pretty funny. Also had the same thing happen at the store when I was checking out. They asked me what I was buying the material for and when I told them they got real quiet and seemed to speed up a little. Ryan

BigDPS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Beta Testers Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 471	Quote Reply Posted: 22 Jul 2009 at 10:33am
	Well, my wife and I went to Home Depot yesterday to buy some piping. When a department manager asked us if we needed help, we said we were fine. Seeing how much piping I was buying and no wire or boxes, he asked us if we were retrofiting an installation or something. Nope, we're making leaping arches for our Christmas display! Well, the guy almost died. He asked us if it wasn't way too early to do such things and we said no, that these things take lots of planing not counting the fact that each sequence has to be reorged in order to accomodate more controller boxes. At that point, he was lost. He quietly and politely told us he had something else to do (walk his goldfish or something) and left. Have you guys been in a situation like this before, where people look at you funny because you're making your christmas decoration, in july, when it's 100 degrees outside? If not, maybe I should get back on my meds and head back to the asylum for my weekly treatment!