well, on Christmas Eve.... my father asked me to go to the garage to retreive my mother's gift. When I opened the overhead there was a brand new splitter sitting there with a big red bow on it. My parents have really really really been too generous to me for Christmas
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Don't think this type of thing happens every year...... I usually get about $100 cash for Christmas. My parents are not wealthy, but explained to me that their small long haul transportation business did well last year and they for once had the means to be extravagant. There were many years in my house when Christmas was a worrisome time for my parents because of money. We were poor for most of my childhood.
The thing about it is though, one Christmas morning there was really nothing under the tree...... so my father went to the gun cabinet and passed me and my brother our most favorite guns that belonged to my father, that was about 20 years ago now and my rifle sits snugly in my safe.... as it is my most prized firearm. I dearly love my parents and they are the most selfless people I know, espescially when it comes to family.
Anywhoo..... back to the splitter. It is a 6.5 horse Honda clone that runs like a CHAMP and 4.5 inch cylinder. It is not the fastest I have used, but is has split some knarly elm and everything else that it has so far came across in my pile. I think it is very good quality for the price they paid for it.
My little boy got his first gun also..... the classic Red Ryder!
so far nobody has shot thier eye out
!!Don't think this type of thing happens every year...... I usually get about $100 cash for Christmas. My parents are not wealthy, but explained to me that their small long haul transportation business did well last year and they for once had the means to be extravagant. There were many years in my house when Christmas was a worrisome time for my parents because of money. We were poor for most of my childhood.
The thing about it is though, one Christmas morning there was really nothing under the tree...... so my father went to the gun cabinet and passed me and my brother our most favorite guns that belonged to my father, that was about 20 years ago now and my rifle sits snugly in my safe.... as it is my most prized firearm. I dearly love my parents and they are the most selfless people I know, espescially when it comes to family.
Anywhoo..... back to the splitter. It is a 6.5 horse Honda clone that runs like a CHAMP and 4.5 inch cylinder. It is not the fastest I have used, but is has split some knarly elm and everything else that it has so far came across in my pile. I think it is very good quality for the price they paid for it.
My little boy got his first gun also..... the classic Red Ryder!
so far nobody has shot thier eye out
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