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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Travis Melnick -Waterford , Pa on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 10:17 pm:

Merry Christmas to everybody !! Hope that you all have a good time with family and friends . Thanks to all for the help so far and I'm looking forward to a new year and putting some time working on the T with my sons over the break . God bless.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Larry Smith on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 10:21 pm:

Thanks for the post, and Merry Christmas to everybody, and to hell with all that happy holidays crap!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jack Daron - Brownsburg IN on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 10:35 pm:

Amen to you Smith,I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ron on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 11:34 pm:

Merry Christmas to you Travis - and to all who retard the spark before cranking or hitting a starter button. Amen and then some to that Larry!!!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By John P. Steele, Montana on Monday, December 22, 2014 - 11:35 pm:

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! May you all be blessed with good times among family and friends this week. Ditto's Larry.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Chantrell - Adelaide, Australia on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - 12:43 am:

Merry Christmas from Down Under!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Seth - Ohio on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - 06:25 am:

MERRY CHRISTMAS to all our Model T friends and family around the world and a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By G.R.Cheshire on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - 07:23 am:

As I always Say "Merry Christmas & a Prosperous New Year" "May you spend all of your money before Uncle Sam knows you have it!"


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bill Elliott on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - 08:13 am:

Thanks to all you T friends who are always willing to help the less knowledgeable like me. I really do appreciate your wisdom and have learned an awful lot! Happy CHRISTmas to all and remember to celebrate God's greatest Gift this week!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dena & Dennis Gorder on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - 08:35 am:

Dena and I want to wish everyone in the Model T community a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Hopefully we will see you on the road in 2015.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Darren J Wallace on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - 04:10 pm:

I hope all my friends here have a Wonderful Blessed Christmas! God Bless Everyone! and a Happy New Year!
Remember to keep your stocking big enough to accept most T parts :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tim Wrenn on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - 07:56 pm:

David..cute picture! I always wonder how you keep the blood from rushing to your head while driving "under" there!! :-) I see you have a stow-away on your radiator... poor little bug...probably didn't know what hit him.
Merry Christmas to all!
And a safe, really safe, driving year ahead!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Garrison North of Iowa on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - 08:35 pm:

Happy Hanukah Y'all! And Happy Holidays if you must and for the rest of you bums, Merry Christmas.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Rob Patterson on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - 09:30 pm:

Well Done David....
and a very Merry Christmas to all.
Cheers,


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Wayne Sheldon, Grass Valley, CA on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 03:13 am:

Merry Christmas all!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Olivier CHABANNE on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 05:36 am:

Merry Christmas to all our Model T friends of world.

Olivier (France)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Doug Partington on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 06:52 am:

David, Did you drain all the oil & fuel out before you took your downunder photo? Do our US friends know how tough it is down under with tempratures in the region of 90 to 100 degrees . I have put our 12 away the seat gets to hot to sit on. Santa stops near Allora to remove the anti freeze and replace it with an anti boil recipe, life is tough on the bottom. May you all find T parts under your Christmas tree & remember we Aussies get to open our presents 15 or 16 hours before you do. Unfortunately the Kiwi's open theirs 2 hours before us, just think an 09 could be an 08 down here. I have just started on the Christmas cake & chocolates, be patient up there all good things come to those who wait the extra few hours. Take care of your Model T & it will take you to heaven eventually.Merry Christmas


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Fred Dimock, Newfields NH, USA on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 07:03 am:

It is supposed to be close to 50 in Southern NH on Christmas Day - Perfect opportunity for a ride in the T if the rain stops.

Merry Christmas to all.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ron on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 09:08 am:

Merry Christmas & a happy new year.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Olivier CHABANNE on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 11:13 am:

Ha I forgot a small card ...... .Sorry not a model T this year.

Olivier


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ken Kopsky, Lytle TX on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 01:03 pm:

To All My Democrat Friends:

Please accept with no obligation, expressed or implied, my best wishes
for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress,
non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice
holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the
religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your
choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or
traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or
secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful,
personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the
onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2015, but not without
due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose
contributions to society have helped make America great. This is, of
course, neither to suggest nor imply that America is necessarily
greater than any other country; also, this is not to imply that
"America," as noted herein, is the only America in the Western
Hemisphere. May these heartfelt wishes be received with equal
intensity regardless of distribution of individual wealth, documented
carbon footprint, or perceived social privilege among the wishees
addressed herein. This wish is made without regard to the race, creed,
color, age, physical ability, religious faith, or sexual preference of
the wishee.


To All My Republican Friends:

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!!!!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By n maver on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 01:08 pm:

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!!!!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Eagle Ida Fls on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 01:31 pm:

Merry Christmas from the Eagle family. On our way to breakfast this morning in the Tudor.

Rich


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Eagle Ida Fls on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 01:33 pm:

Merry Christmas from the Eagle family. On our way to breakfast this morning in the Tudor.

Rich


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bill Rigdon on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 04:34 pm:

Merry Christmas from the desert

If any of you model T folks find yourself in S. Arizona this winter stop by. We will give you a Model T tour of our quaint little town (doesn't take long)

Bill & Pat Rigdon
520 - 387-8645


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Don Booth@ Bay City, Mi on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 04:56 pm:

KEN KOPSKY...THAT is funny !!!
Merry Christmas all and to all a good upcoming T year.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Dewey, N. California on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 07:07 pm:

Merry Christmas everyone & if you're not Norwegian, be happy--no Lutefisk for you!!!


"The Lutefisk Lament", by Don Freeburg (C)1978.

'Twas the night before Christmas with things all a bustle
As Mama got set for the Christmas Eve tussle.
Aunts, uncles and cousins would soon be arriving
With stomachs all ready for Christmas Eve dining.

While I sat alone with a feeling of dread,
As visions of lutefisk danced in my head.
The thought of the smell made my eyeballs start burning.
The thought of the taste set my stomach to churning.

For I'm one of those who good Swedes rebuff:
A Scandahoovian boy who can't stand the stuff.
Each year, however, I played at the game
to spare mama and papa the undying shame.

I must bear up bravely, I can't take the risk
of relatives knowing I hate lutefisk.
I know they would spurn me, my presents withhold,
if the unthinkable, unspeakable truth they were told.

Then out in the yard I heard such a clatter,
I jumped up to see what was the matter.
There in the snow, all in a jumble,
three of my uncles had taken a tumble.

My aunts, as usual, gave them "what for",
and soon they were up and through the door.
Then with talk, and more cheer, an hour was passed
as Mama finished the Christmas repast.

From out in the kitchen an odor came stealing,
that fairly set my senses to reeling.
The smell of lutefisk creeped down the hall
and wilted a plant in a pot on the wall.

The others reacted as though they were smitten,
while the aroma laid low my small helpless kitten.
Uncles Oscar and Lars said, "Oh, that smells yummy,"
and Kermit's eyes glittered while he patted his tummy.

The scent skipped off the ceiling and bounced off the door,
and the bird in the cuckoo clock fell on the floor.
Mama announced dinner by ringing a bell.
They pushed to the table with a yump and a yell.

I lifted my eyes to heaven and sighed,
and a rose on the wallpaper withered and died.
With wooden legs I found my chair
and sat in silence with an unseeing stare.

Most of the food was already in place;
there remained only to fill the lutefisks space.
Then Mama came proudly with a bowl on a trivet.
You would have thought the crown jewels were in it.

She placed it carefully down and took her seat,
and Papa said Grace before we could eat.
It seemed to me, with my whirling head,
the shortest prayer he ever had said.

Then Mama lifted the cover on the steaming dish,
and I was face to face with the quivering fish.
"Me first," I heard Uncle Kermit call,
while I watched the paint peel off the wall.

The plates were passed for Papa to fill.
I waited in agony between fever and chill.
He would dip in the spoon and hold it up high.
As it oozed on the plates, I thought I would die.

Then came my plate, and to my feverish brain
there seemed enough lutefisk to derail a train.
It looked like a mountain of congealing glue:
oddly transparent, yet discolored, the hue.

With butter and cream sauce I tried to conceal it;
I salted and peppered, but the smell still revealed it.
I drummed up my courage, I tried to be bold.
Mama reminds me, "Eat, before it gets cold."

I decided to face it, "Uff da," I sighed.
"Uff da, indeed," my stomach replied.

Then I summoned that resolve for which every breed's known.
My hand took the fork as with a mind of its own.
And with reckless abandon that lutefisk I ate,
within twenty seconds I'd cleaned my plate.

Uncle Kermit flashed me an ear-to-ear grin,
as butter and cream sauce dripped from his chin.
Then to my great shock, he whispered in my ear:
"I'm sure glad this is over for another year!"

It was then I learned a great and wonderful truth,
that Swedes and Norwegians, from old men to youth,
must each pay their dues to have the great joy
of being known as a good Scandahoovian boy.

And so to you all, as you face the great test:
Happy Christmas to you, and to you all the best.

[ This Christmas poem was performed each year by radio personalities
[ Charlie Boone and Roger Erickson of WCCO-Radio, Minneapolis, and
[ widely reprinted in church newsletters. In 1980 or '81 Boone &
[ Erickson produced a 45-rpm record which also gives credit for the
[ background music to Arlin Snesrud. -- Robbie


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gary H. White - Sheridan, MI on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 08:08 pm:

Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays.
From the White House.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Spencer Vibert on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 - 08:47 pm:

Gary, your the commander and chief T'er right:-)
Merry Christmas to all of you

Spencer


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tim Wrenn on Thursday, December 25, 2014 - 08:53 am:

Richard, that's gotta be one of the best selfies around! Quite a gang you got there!


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