Lucky you! I'm on call 24/7 and the more so on the holidays; was on standby for Thanksgiving- but no calls; I don't figure to make between Xmas and new years uninterrupted though. One tech even griped 'he's gotta go out on a call if there's an officer available...and I'm always available!" Naturally there's no holiday contract pay! They do give me my Fridays though for sailing, so I've no complaints and it rounds out the Social Security stipend...and pays for tires! :yeah:

For tyres even :hmmm:

I didn't ask for much of anything this year, so out of the 3-4 things I asked for I'm expecting at least two and whatever I don't get I'll probably get it for my birthday. My list keeps getting shorter each year mainly because there's nothing that I really want, there are some things I need but I'm not going to ask for a bookcase for Christmas.

I probably shouldn't mention this because of the extreme jealousy it could cause, but i'm getting a 1:18 Ju-87 for Christmas:sunny:.

Cool! Way back when I worked at a hobby distributors I took a peek at the 1/24 scale version. Does yours have a million parts just for the engine?

This is my present from me to me
Samsung S27B970D 27" Widescreen Ultra Thin LED Professional PLS Monitor - Black

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MO-187-SA

^ Very nice, the sort of model I'll be getting when the 22" dies :cool:

"Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956" by Anne Applebaum.

http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Curtain-C.../dp/0385515693