What I got for Christmas - The Firearms Forum

cycloneman · 12-25-2011, 05:44 PM

2 years ago my daughter saw me searching the internet for this lamp. I never bought it for myself. Anyway she found it at wallgreens and got it for me. I have been wanting one for years.

jack404 · 12-25-2011, 06:43 PM

leg man eh ? no worries

nice lamp

Rocketman1 · 12-25-2011, 06:46 PM

Did she get you the Red Rider BB gun to go with it?

cycloneman · 12-25-2011, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rocketman1

Did she get you the Red Rider BB gun to go with it?

Good idea

I will have to put that in her head for next year.

BETH · 12-25-2011, 09:29 PM

very nice that was nice of your daughter

BobMcG · 12-25-2011, 10:04 PM

Nice! I want one!

Two years ago one of my sisters got me a smaller version of the lamp for Christmas.

Also: I received my father's old Red Ryder BB gun in the early '60s and spent endless hours (and tubes of BBs) shooting Black Bart types in the backyard.

fleetwood1976 · 12-25-2011, 10:29 PM

Glad to know I ain't the only leg lamp man out there. I got my "major award" about 10 years ago. It was made from an actual maniquin leg. I still watch that movie every year. I was wanting a bb gun the year that movie came out, Kind of a wierd coincidence.

Prizefighter · 12-25-2011, 11:03 PM

Shall we all share our hauls?

I had this in my stocking from my girlfriend.

Got a really nice new desk chair too, made from steel instead of plastics.

American Leader · 12-25-2011, 11:36 PM

Nice lamp cycloneman, I was very pleased with my gift this year. Besides having all my children & grand kids back, I got a RCBS ChargeMaster 1500 Combo. Already tried it and love it very, very much! That baby really works well!

hogger129 · 12-26-2011, 10:52 AM

Wasn't that from "A Christmas Story" where he got that lamp?

Anyway, I got an iPhone for Christmas. Been saving up for one because they cost $600 for the new iPhone 4S. Been saving up for one. Could afford the plan, just not the phone. Other than that, got some clothes from my parents and sister.

Visited my grandma in the rehab place too. She feel and broke her hip a few weeks ago (she has osteoporosis and is almost 90 years old) and it seems like she's recovering well.

Juker · 12-26-2011, 11:05 AM

Most excellent!

I have a miniature version of The Lamp, a gift from my mother several years ago - it's a tree ornament with batteries in the base so it lights up.

And I hear a guy in Terra Haute won a bowling alley.

ka64 · 12-26-2011, 12:54 PM

Very nice, goes with the Watch my Mother bought for me.........

jstgsn · 12-26-2011, 01:17 PM

Rather happy with my gift. I had a 94 jeep cherokee with 260 K on it. Could see the highway through the passengerside floorboard.

Santa brought me an 08 Dodge Dakota, crew cab, 4X4 with 27 K on it. (heated seats too!!!!) The wife told me the only thing I'm opening on Christmas was a car door. Although she also told me my stockings were stuffed with "her".

American Leader · 12-26-2011, 04:31 PM

Congrats on the truck Fred, really sharp! Looks like the "Leg Lamp" is pretty popular in all venues!

Marlin T · 12-26-2011, 05:27 PM

I'm lovin all the legs.

Nice truck too!

mogunner · 12-26-2011, 05:34 PM

I got a new 18volt drill, assortment of sausage,cheese and crackers, and a Moose Creek lined, hooded flannel shirt/jacket...

And a massive head/chest cold... Santa must not be using that hand sanitizer I left out for him!

HunterAlpha1 · 12-26-2011, 05:47 PM

for Christmas i got:
100 rounds of .45 ACP.
a toothbrush and a bar of soap in my stocking(someone must be hinting at something

).
butterfinger bars.
an airsoft red vs. blue target set, the kind with the soft gelatine sheet on the target and pellet catcher on the bottom that you can use indoors.
a slingshot(the two leather thong and pouch David vs. Goliath type, not the forked stick and rubber band type

).

DVDs/CDs:
In the Blink of an Eye(indy movie)
In the Heart of the Rockies by G. A. Henty(audiobook)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(movie starring Jimmy Stewart)

Books:
Against His Will by Betsy Castleberry
The Illustrated History of Firearms by Jim Supica, Doug Wicklund, & Philip Schreier

Games:
Settlers of Catan
Memory Challenge: Civil War

Clothes:
1 pair jeans
1 pair dress pants
2 pair sweatpants
3 shirts

and, of course, from a friend, 900 rounds of 7.62x39mm

all in all, this has been a WONDERFUL Christmas!

CampingJosh · 12-26-2011, 06:02 PM

I got several new tools: nut driver set, angle grinder, some ratcheting wrenches, and an OLD set of dial calipers that are still dead on (they were my grandfather's, who has been gone ten years next month, and he had them well before he retired in the early 1980s).
Then I got ammo in .22 LR, .223, and .380. Plus many books, including Lyman's Cast Bullet Handbook, the Handloader's Manual of Cartridge Conversions, and a couple other "on-topic" books.

terminator · 12-26-2011, 06:12 PM

Nice stuff everyone! Leg lamps are great!!

45nut · 12-26-2011, 06:13 PM

I want a leg lamp and I'm officially jealous.

First, I was able to spend time with my family and we had a blast. I got my sister an awful Jesus candle and put it in her stocking and her reaction was glorious. We laughed at her reaction until we were all crying. Had to be there, but that was some kind of funny.

I got a Thomas Jefferson and a Martha Washington cookbook, a Belgium waffle maker, a Case mini Stockman, a church cookbook, a Santou chef knife, a Savage 99 in .300 Savage, and my parents had my Grandpa's 1945 Harmony Master acoustic guitar restored and gave that to me and my niece gave me some fishing shirts a size too small. Precious gifts everyone.

Priceless. The most important gift of all was time with family, sharing love, food, fellowship and even the rolling eyes and sighs at the same old stories from our youth. Wonderful times.

When your parents are in their 70's and 80's, you put up with the thermostat on 75 and old stories because you want your family to be kind to you when you too grow old.

mogunner · 12-26-2011, 07:00 PM

45nut, your post was dead on accurate...this is only my second Christmas since my mom passed from cancer and dad went into the nursing home. They were the "gathering point" for Thanksgiving and Christmas every year, where all the girls (5 sisters, yuck!) would gather early in the kitchen and gossip while they prepared the massive meal for all the relatives. We ate in shifts, the young kids first, then the teens, then us "old folks". The kids would usually run off around the small farm town that we all grew up in, one of those "you could throw a rock from end to end" types, while we all sat around waiting for dinner to settle so that we could dig into the desserts.

Now holidays just seem to lack the luster of previous ones. I still have two of my "grown" children living with me due to the economic times, along with two of my wife's kids, but they are all old enough that most of it seems to be "what did I get" instead of "what can I give". They were all gone to their "significant other's" parents on Christmas day, we got Christmas Eve this year, so we opened the few gifts that we had then. But everyone got something that they truly liked, which was good. My stepson has had a rough year, he's doing a lot of "wandering" in direction in his life, in other words, he's been a few spots of trouble this year. So I "just" got him a Hobo tool from Walmart, a grand total of $3.88...and he absolutely loves it! He's been eating everything with it and is constantly putting it together and taking it apart. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, it's kind of a camping swiss army thing, with a huge spoon and fork that fold out, a knife, a corkscrew, leather punch (I think) and a few other gizmos. You can fasten the two halves together or separate them if you need to use the knife at the same time as the fork. I guess sometimes the simple things make the best presents.

Capt Mac Turk · 12-27-2011, 09:15 AM

First Christmas without my Folks also, Pops loved Christmas & as a kid he took me out to the Everglades about every Christmas to go shooting

(Miss ya Dad)

Without me working it was a thin Christmas around here we made due tho

Ashley was Happy shes out cruzzzzzin the blocks on her new scooter

Electric Gutar & Amp,Toys, clothes, ect...
Everything a kid wants & needs she got shes 12 Its Her time!

Im pounding away on my "NEW" Rebuilt puter My old one still had windows
"98" & trying to watch a video lol forget it.
And since Im up all night the wife got me these head phones that I can watch TV with the volume turned down on TV but full sound in my ears (Kinda Cool)!!!

I had asked for a GSG 1911-22
But Momma said I have "Enuff" guns & I Needed this MORE!

Momma got Perfume, Socks, a nice Gold chain & locket,
with pictures of Ashley & I.
& we got her a trolling motor for her little boat, she was thrilled to death.

As you get older the little things are what make me happy!

I'm Glad everyone had a great Christmas
& Everyone be Safe for the Nude Year!

Capt. Mac

Grizz · 12-27-2011, 09:18 AM

nice leg lamps guys!

BobMcG · 12-27-2011, 09:29 AM

fw1976

Wow! That is a MAJOR award! It's like the real thing. Great!

Popgunner · 12-27-2011, 10:28 AM

Fleetwood
that's a lamp from a competitor of ours.
10 years ago or so my wife started making leglamps as close as we could to the movie's lamp. Ours had more of a gold color shade & the legs were hosiery forms like you have there. She was selling them on e-bay & for about 6 months she was the only one doing it. Then a guy started copying her lamps (what you have) & within 3 months there were 13 people on e-bay making similar lamps. My wife got $450 for one of the lamps on e-bay at christmas time on an aution & there was good money in it. We made about 250 lamps total. Ended up folks were selling cheapie ones for $39 & we quit making them.
We were getting the wood bases for the lamps from a craft company & while my wife was picking those up she bought one scrapbooking item, sold it for twice as much on e-bay & that started our scrapbooking company. I closed down my sign company & now our little family owned & run business buys & re-sells about 3 million dollars worth of scrapbooking materials a year. Just my wife & I & our three daughters. It worked out good, we just had to adapt.

12-25-2011, 05:44 PM	#1
cycloneman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 7,401	What I got for Christmas 2 years ago my daughter saw me searching the internet for this lamp. I never bought it for myself. Anyway she found it at wallgreens and got it for me. I have been wanting one for years. Attached Images __________________ Who are you going to serve today? -->

12-25-2011, 06:43 PM	#2
jack404 Former Guest Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Australia Contributor Posts: 17,622	Re: What I got for Christmas leg man eh ? no worries nice lamp

12-25-2011, 06:46 PM	#3
Rocketman1 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 1,097	Re: What I got for Christmas Did she get you the Red Rider BB gun to go with it? __________________ There is no such thing as a gun accident. Irresponsible gun owners cause so-called gun accidents.

12-25-2011, 09:29 PM	#5
BETH Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: naugatuck,Ct. Contributor Posts: 6,668	Re: What I got for Christmas very nice that was nice of your daughter

12-25-2011, 10:04 PM	#6
BobMcG Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Somewhere in the Twilight Zone. Contributor Posts: 1,119	Re: What I got for Christmas Nice! I want one! Two years ago one of my sisters got me a smaller version of the lamp for Christmas. Also: I received my father's old Red Ryder BB gun in the early '60s and spent endless hours (and tubes of BBs) shooting Black Bart types in the backyard.

12-25-2011, 10:29 PM	#7
fleetwood1976 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Southern Indiana Contributor Posts: 1,333	Re: What I got for Christmas Glad to know I ain't the only leg lamp man out there. I got my "major award" about 10 years ago. It was made from an actual maniquin leg. I still watch that movie every year. I was wanting a bb gun the year that movie came out, Kind of a wierd coincidence. Attached Images

12-25-2011, 11:03 PM	#8
Prizefighter V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North Carolina Contributor Posts: 412	Re: What I got for Christmas Shall we all share our hauls? I had this in my stocking from my girlfriend. Got a really nice new desk chair too, made from steel instead of plastics.

12-25-2011, 11:36 PM	#9
American Leader Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Iowa Contributor Posts: 1,630	Re: What I got for Christmas Nice lamp cycloneman, I was very pleased with my gift this year. Besides having all my children & grand kids back, I got a RCBS ChargeMaster 1500 Combo. Already tried it and love it very, very much! That baby really works well!

12-26-2011, 10:52 AM	#10
hogger129 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 4,064	Re: What I got for Christmas Wasn't that from "A Christmas Story" where he got that lamp? Anyway, I got an iPhone for Christmas. Been saving up for one because they cost $600 for the new iPhone 4S. Been saving up for one. Could afford the plan, just not the phone. Other than that, got some clothes from my parents and sister. Visited my grandma in the rehab place too. She feel and broke her hip a few weeks ago (she has osteoporosis and is almost 90 years old) and it seems like she's recovering well. __________________ Samuel Adams once said, "among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can." Last edited by hogger129; 12-26-2011 at 10:54 AM..

12-26-2011, 11:05 AM	#11
Juker Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Land of Lincoln Contributor Posts: 2,872	Re: What I got for Christmas Most excellent! I have a miniature version of The Lamp, a gift from my mother several years ago - it's a tree ornament with batteries in the base so it lights up. And I hear a guy in Terra Haute won a bowling alley. Attached Images __________________ SHOOT FIRST. SHOOT SECOND. MOST IMPORTANTLY, BE THE MAN WHO'S SHOOTING LAST.

12-26-2011, 12:54 PM	#12
ka64 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Michigan Contributor Posts: 1,412	Re: What I got for Christmas Very nice, goes with the Watch my Mother bought for me......... Last edited by ka64; 12-26-2011 at 12:56 PM..

12-26-2011, 01:17 PM	#13
jstgsn Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Milford, Delaware Contributor Posts: 1,271	Re: What I got for Christmas Rather happy with my gift. I had a 94 jeep cherokee with 260 K on it. Could see the highway through the passengerside floorboard. Santa brought me an 08 Dodge Dakota, crew cab, 4X4 with 27 K on it. (heated seats too!!!!) The wife told me the only thing I'm opening on Christmas was a car door. Although she also told me my stockings were stuffed with "her". __________________ Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he will just kill you. Last edited by jstgsn; 04-21-2013 at 06:58 PM..

12-26-2011, 04:31 PM	#14
American Leader Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Iowa Contributor Posts: 1,630	Re: What I got for Christmas Congrats on the truck Fred, really sharp! Looks like the "Leg Lamp" is pretty popular in all venues!

12-26-2011, 05:27 PM	#15
Marlin T Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 7,857	Re: What I got for Christmas I'm lovin all the legs. Nice truck too! __________________ "But the simple truth--born of experience--is that tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people." Judge Alex Kozinski - United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government. - Thomas Paine Did you read todays GOOD shooting? >>>KEEPANDBEARARMS.COM <<<

12-26-2011, 05:34 PM	#16
mogunner Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Eastern Missouri Posts: 1,026	Re: What I got for Christmas I got a new 18volt drill, assortment of sausage,cheese and crackers, and a Moose Creek lined, hooded flannel shirt/jacket... And a massive head/chest cold... Santa must not be using that hand sanitizer I left out for him!

12-26-2011, 05:47 PM	#17
HunterAlpha1 Former Guest Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Yorktown, VA Posts: 1,049	Re: What I got for Christmas for Christmas i got: 100 rounds of .45 ACP. a toothbrush and a bar of soap in my stocking(someone must be hinting at something ). butterfinger bars. an airsoft red vs. blue target set, the kind with the soft gelatine sheet on the target and pellet catcher on the bottom that you can use indoors. a slingshot(the two leather thong and pouch David vs. Goliath type, not the forked stick and rubber band type). DVDs/CDs: In the Blink of an Eye(indy movie) In the Heart of the Rockies by G. A. Henty(audiobook) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(movie starring Jimmy Stewart) Books: Against His Will by Betsy Castleberry The Illustrated History of Firearms by Jim Supica, Doug Wicklund, & Philip Schreier Games: Settlers of Catan Memory Challenge: Civil War Clothes: 1 pair jeans 1 pair dress pants 2 pair sweatpants 3 shirts and, of course, from a friend, 900 rounds of 7.62x39mm all in all, this has been a WONDERFUL Christmas!

12-26-2011, 06:02 PM	#18
CampingJosh TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Contributor Posts: 4,788	Re: What I got for Christmas I got several new tools: nut driver set, angle grinder, some ratcheting wrenches, and an OLD set of dial calipers that are still dead on (they were my grandfather's, who has been gone ten years next month, and he had them well before he retired in the early 1980s). Then I got ammo in .22 LR, .223, and .380. Plus many books, including Lyman's Cast Bullet Handbook, the Handloader's Manual of Cartridge Conversions, and a couple other "on-topic" books. __________________ Nothing posted on TheFirearmsForum.com constitutes legal, accounting, gunsmithing, or other professional advice. Readers are encouraged to consult with qualified professionals for real advice. Your life is lived at your own risk. Don't blame me for the dumb things you do.

12-26-2011, 06:12 PM	#19
terminator V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 130	Re: What I got for Christmas Nice stuff everyone! Leg lamps are great!!

12-26-2011, 06:13 PM	#20
45nut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,428	Re: What I got for Christmas I want a leg lamp and I'm officially jealous. First, I was able to spend time with my family and we had a blast. I got my sister an awful Jesus candle and put it in her stocking and her reaction was glorious. We laughed at her reaction until we were all crying. Had to be there, but that was some kind of funny. I got a Thomas Jefferson and a Martha Washington cookbook, a Belgium waffle maker, a Case mini Stockman, a church cookbook, a Santou chef knife, a Savage 99 in .300 Savage, and my parents had my Grandpa's 1945 Harmony Master acoustic guitar restored and gave that to me and my niece gave me some fishing shirts a size too small. Precious gifts everyone. Priceless. The most important gift of all was time with family, sharing love, food, fellowship and even the rolling eyes and sighs at the same old stories from our youth. Wonderful times. When your parents are in their 70's and 80's, you put up with the thermostat on 75 and old stories because you want your family to be kind to you when you too grow old. __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that. Shane Nemo me impune lacesset We recall the case of the Shoshone war band which showed up complete with one 30-30 rifle per man the week after Pearl Harbor, and simply wanted to have the enemy pointed out to them. "We hear there's a war going on and we want to go fight it." Jeff Cooper *KCCO*

12-26-2011, 07:00 PM	#21
mogunner Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Eastern Missouri Posts: 1,026	Re: What I got for Christmas 45nut, your post was dead on accurate...this is only my second Christmas since my mom passed from cancer and dad went into the nursing home. They were the "gathering point" for Thanksgiving and Christmas every year, where all the girls (5 sisters, yuck!) would gather early in the kitchen and gossip while they prepared the massive meal for all the relatives. We ate in shifts, the young kids first, then the teens, then us "old folks". The kids would usually run off around the small farm town that we all grew up in, one of those "you could throw a rock from end to end" types, while we all sat around waiting for dinner to settle so that we could dig into the desserts. Now holidays just seem to lack the luster of previous ones. I still have two of my "grown" children living with me due to the economic times, along with two of my wife's kids, but they are all old enough that most of it seems to be "what did I get" instead of "what can I give". They were all gone to their "significant other's" parents on Christmas day, we got Christmas Eve this year, so we opened the few gifts that we had then. But everyone got something that they truly liked, which was good. My stepson has had a rough year, he's doing a lot of "wandering" in direction in his life, in other words, he's been a few spots of trouble this year. So I "just" got him a Hobo tool from Walmart, a grand total of $3.88...and he absolutely loves it! He's been eating everything with it and is constantly putting it together and taking it apart. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, it's kind of a camping swiss army thing, with a huge spoon and fork that fold out, a knife, a corkscrew, leather punch (I think) and a few other gizmos. You can fasten the two halves together or separate them if you need to use the knife at the same time as the fork. I guess sometimes the simple things make the best presents.

12-27-2011, 09:15 AM	#22
Capt Mac Turk Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: So Fla-- NO place to Shoot AKA "TFF" Posting Clown Posts: 835	Re: What I got for Christmas First Christmas without my Folks also, Pops loved Christmas & as a kid he took me out to the Everglades about every Christmas to go shooting (Miss ya Dad) Without me working it was a thin Christmas around here we made due tho Ashley was Happy shes out cruzzzzzin the blocks on her new scooter Electric Gutar & Amp,Toys, clothes, ect... Everything a kid wants & needs she got shes 12 Its Her time! Im pounding away on my "NEW" Rebuilt puter My old one still had windows "98" & trying to watch a video lol forget it. And since Im up all night the wife got me these head phones that I can watch TV with the volume turned down on TV but full sound in my ears (Kinda Cool)!!! I had asked for a GSG 1911-22 But Momma said I have "Enuff" guns & I Needed this MORE! Momma got Perfume, Socks, a nice Gold chain & locket, with pictures of Ashley & I. & we got her a trolling motor for her little boat, she was thrilled to death. As you get older the little things are what make me happy! I'm Glad everyone had a great Christmas & Everyone be Safe for the Nude Year! Capt. Mac __________________ Capt. Mac Turk U.S.C.G.-100 Ton-Unlimited Master Fair winds & Following Sea's (My pops line) ~"Little Miss Magic" "And the sea will grant each man new hope,His sleep brings dreams of home" Captain Marko Ramius Christopher Columbus Member of D.A.D.D. till she's 21 keep your scuppers dry and your bilge pumped - ahoy, matey! Quoted by Jim Hauff 10-6-11 NRA member They can take my guns after, they pry my cold dead fingers off them

12-27-2011, 09:18 AM	#23
Grizz Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains Posts: 651	Re: What I got for Christmas nice leg lamps guys!

12-27-2011, 09:29 AM	#24
BobMcG Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Somewhere in the Twilight Zone. Contributor Posts: 1,119	Re: What I got for Christmas fw1976 Wow! That is a MAJOR award! It's like the real thing. Great!

12-27-2011, 10:28 AM	#25
Popgunner Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Contributor Posts: 1,764	Re: What I got for Christmas Fleetwood that's a lamp from a competitor of ours. 10 years ago or so my wife started making leglamps as close as we could to the movie's lamp. Ours had more of a gold color shade & the legs were hosiery forms like you have there. She was selling them on e-bay & for about 6 months she was the only one doing it. Then a guy started copying her lamps (what you have) & within 3 months there were 13 people on e-bay making similar lamps. My wife got $450 for one of the lamps on e-bay at christmas time on an aution & there was good money in it. We made about 250 lamps total. Ended up folks were selling cheapie ones for $39 & we quit making them. We were getting the wood bases for the lamps from a craft company & while my wife was picking those up she bought one scrapbooking item, sold it for twice as much on e-bay & that started our scrapbooking company. I closed down my sign company & now our little family owned & run business buys & re-sells about 3 million dollars worth of scrapbooking materials a year. Just my wife & I & our three daughters. It worked out good, we just had to adapt.