But Dad!!! You made me go through all this work for a pencil? :(

Only had it a few weeks. Learning as I go. Had a few wonderful shots from it and some awful. Santa got me more toys for it so I've plenty to be messing with :)

I write gift tags with silly dad jokes and bad puns as clues, youngest distributes and reads, and everybody tries to guess what it is (recipient first, of course)

Niche zero.

I love Taco Bell, and I get way too many ghost-pepper Death by Salsa flame-anus gifts. I don't even like hot sauce. Thanks. Merry Christmas.

Or you need a better grinder, have your considered that?

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This is an amazing idea!

My LPT for holiday budgeting is to save all my loyalty points (PC Optimum in Canada) to use when they are increased in value on certain weekends leading up to Christmas. Either I use the points to buy the gifts themselves or I use the points to buy groceries and the grocery money to buy gifts.

I’ve managed to give my kids a Nintendo Switch, PS4 and 2 tablets over the years by doing this religiously! Most years I can save $400-$500 worth of points, which goes a LONG away in the Christmas budget.

I recognize that I have been incredibly privileged to have been able to do this. I once had a friend remark that she couldn’t understand how I always had all this money for toys and stuff. I explained how little cash I actually spend on all of it, and it blew her mind!

Christmas is not worth going into debt over. Kids will love gifts from the Dollar Store as much as they love the expensive stuff!

Meh. I do think as an LPT this is overly specific and only applicable to a few things. But it’s a good and accurate reminder of the typical “if someone has a hobby/interest, they know what they like more than you do.”

This is amazing. Thank you.

This is a cool idea, but depends on the person. If you do this it will increase the hype and if you give something which doesn't fulfil it it can turn out odd for the kid.

My Grandma did this one year for us grandkids on Christmas Eve. It was so much fun. We got antique train cases - I now keep my most precious items in it, including some of the papers that had clues on it. She also in subsequent years would give us all riddles and whoever got the answer first won a small prize - mine was a box of cheap ornaments that I will never get rid of. I was privileged and we were not hurting for money, but those experiences will always stand out the most to me.

"uh.... Yeah. That's totally what I was going for."

Also don't be afraid to buy say a toy like playdough that may come with more than one colour and open the pack and give each kid there own colour playdough separately instead of a together gift. Also depending on what your budget is dollar store toys are being made a little better now, at least my local ones are.

My problem is during tax season it’s not uncommon for me to drink 1 pot or more a day of coffee. My office has a standard Mr Coffee, and any light roast or coffee with anything more than light acidity upsets my stomach. The darker the roast, the smoother it goes down for me. And I definitely need the coffee when I’m down the office about 10-14 hours a day 7 days a week. Energy drinks don’t do much for me and they have way too much sugar.

I find it hard to believe that every dark roast is just a bad batch of coffee beans. I understand how it can be used in that manner, but are you saying that for dark roasts they just grab the cheapest beans and burn the hell out of them?

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You would get to 160?

On top of my head, and taking the example of VR: being able to see my hands in VR and how they line up with the background improves my spatial perception. It gives me a sense of how far my hands are from my body and that helps me determine how far external objects are from my hands. I imagine it’s a similar effect when you light up your wheel and can track your hands on it while you look at the road.

If you have trouble seeing while driving at night, you should probably surrender your license. You are a danger to yourself and others.

Where do I get the kids though?

That's why you're supposed to dilute the cask strength whisky with a (more than) few drops of water. Or not if you like it that way.

It’s not just kids. One year my aunt could not afford presents and drew everyone an ornament on paper, framed by sticks to hold their shape. Decades later my mom still has hers, goes on the tree every year. The gift that keeps on giving.

I love this idea, I just wish I seen it sooner so I could have done it this year.

             ****Happy Holidays Everyone****

You probably need a darker roast on the lever machine because it's hard to get a lever machine to a hot enough temperature even with preheating. Darker roasts extract easier so it makes up for the lower temperature.

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