I don't care. It was just an opinion that you and a few others can't seem to live with. Why do you care what my opinion is? What's important about my opinion to you that it gets your feathers all ruffled? Am I not allowed to have an opinion all of a sudden or is it just I can't have an opinion that is different from yours?

 

***sigh***

I hope that my BGP friends will forgive me, but your gifts this year are going to 1) a Marine serving in Japan and 2) a local animal shelter.

 

Carry on.

And police, fireman, armed forces, do you appreciate what they do for you? Do you give them gifts?

 

Well, they don't show up at my door on a daily or weekly basis. I've never had a fireman to any house I've lived in, and only once have the police been called to my house. And when they came (because I called them) they told me there was nothing they could do.

Well, they don't show up at my door on a daily or weekly basis. I've never had a fireman to any house I've lived in, and only once have the police been called to my house. And when they came (because I called them) they told me there was nothing they could do.

 

Doesn't change the fact that what they do, you know putting their life on the line and all, is much more important. If you really care you should get them a gift.

***sigh***

 

Ditto.

That's why we do the dirty Santa.

 

Ummm, there are a couple of versions to this ya know.

Doesn't change the fact that what they do, you know putting their life on the line and all, is much more important. If you really care you should get them a gift.

 

 

That reminds me...my dentist and his staff. Thanks!

Rule #1: Give TheDeuce Louisville gear.

Ummm, there are a couple of versions to this ya know.

 

Yea lol. We do good gifts but steal from one another.

That reminds me...my dentist and his staff. Thanks!

 

Mom, you HAVE to be rollin' in dough! :lol2:

Doesn't change the fact that what they do, you know putting their life on the line and all, is much more important. If you really care you should get them a gift.

 

In the end, we all give based on our own reasons. What those are, are personal to each person making the gift. It's not that I don't care about policemen, and the service men and the fireman, etc. It's that the gifts I give are to people who I encounter frequently who do things for me. But, garbage collectors, in particular, do a great service and I appreciate it, and I want to give them a token of my appreciation. That's all. I don't think they are any more worthy or unworthy than any other people in any other professions. But these guys and gals impact me on a weekly basis in a positive way. I want them to know I appreciate it. I can't give to everyone, obviously. But I can give to a handful of people who perform services for me that I appreciate.

Mom, you HAVE to be rollin' in dough! :lol2:

 

My expenses are minimal. Gives me more to give more.

Giving gifts to teachers should be an automatic for any parent IMO, it doesn't have to be anything special. My mom used to make loaves of banana-nut bread that I would bring to my teachers growing up. It just the thought that counts.

Decided I'm going to do baked goods for the teachers.

 

The school nurse will also get a gift card as she has become my new BFF with the daily care she gives my son.

Because you earned it? That's a completely different situation. A bonus is generally given because you've been evaluated on your work. I don't know about you but I'm generally not around to evaluate my garbage collectors nor am I their boss. Perhaps they get bonuses?

 

So they keep quiet about those carcasses that were in your trash?

I'll bite.

 

Because they appreciate the job you do?

 

Next guess.