Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

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Mike S said:
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*eats turkey*
 
MinnieM123

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Goofyernmost said:
When I was young, if artificial trees existed they were ugly. But, I have to admit my parents never made any attempt to get a fake one until 1963 when they purchased a shiny silver, aluminum tree. Before that if you put your tree up this early by the time Christmas got here all there would be were decorated barren branches and a deep pile of pine needles on the floor under it. I'm happy to report that the aluminum tree lasted only one year before it was relegated to scrap metal status. However, pretty much up to the mid-80's real trees were much cheaper, had a nice smell but were shaped a lot like the sad little Christmas tree on Charlie Brown's Christmas.
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We had an artificial one for years when I was growing up. Hated it -- uggo.

Ever since, I've only had a real tree, and luckily, there's a place close by that has reasonable prices. :happy: Usually buy it about 3 weeks prior to Christmas. And since I keep the place nice and chilly, it hardly sheds any needles at all ! :p
 
JenniferS

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MinnieM123 said:
We had an artificial one for years when I was growing up. Hated it -- uggo.

Ever since, I've only had a real tree, and luckily, there's a place close by that has reasonable prices. :happy: Usually buy it about 3 weeks prior to Christmas. And since I keep the place nice and chilly, it hardly sheds any needles at all ! :p
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I’m allergic to pine sap, and since I’m the one who strings the lights and decorates it, artificial it is.
 
MinnieM123

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JenniferS said:
I’m allergic to pine sap, and since I’m the one who strings the lights and decorates it, artificial it is.
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Oh dear. It's amazing how many different types of allergies there are. So in your case, absolutely--an artificial tree is the way to go!!!

Question: can you use scented candles or pine smelling spray in the room, or do those scents affect you as well? I was just curious about those, in your case.
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

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MinnieM123 said:
Oh dear. It's amazing how many different types of allergies there are. So in your case, absolutely--an artificial tree is the way to go!!!

Question: can you use scented candles or pine smelling spray in the room, or do those scents affect you as well? I was just curious about those, in your case.
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It’s not the scent, it’s the sap. Might as well be poison ivy. Technically it’s a contact allergy to colophony or rosin.

Mold would probably be another issue.
 
Goofyernmost

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JenniferS said:
It’s not the scent, it’s the sap. Might as well be poison ivy. Technically it’s a contact allergy to colophony or rosin.

Mold would probably be another issue.
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Being in the very exclusive Mary Poppins grouping (in other words "practically perfect in every way") I have no known allergies, at least that bother me enough to even acknowledge them. I did have a couple of close encounters with Poison Ivy in my pre-teens, but, have never had an outbreak since then and I got bitten by a deer fly and made the mistake of rubbing it only to have my cheek and area around my left eye swell up to closed. If I don't rub it, I get no reaction at all. That said, last week one of my massive numbers of Doctors was looking at my recent blood work and told me that I have allergies that show up in some blood test, he didn't say which one. I said, it is going to be very hard to avoid if I don't have any idea what I might be allergic too. My game plan is to continue on as if nothing is different. That just seems like the right thing to do.
 
Mike S

Mike S

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Goofyernmost said:
Being in the very exclusive Mary Poppins grouping (in other words "practically perfect in every way") I have no known allergies, at least that bother me enough to even acknowledge them. I did have a couple of close encounters with Poison Ivy in my pre-teens, but, have never had an outbreak since then and I got bitten by a deer fly and made the mistake of rubbing it only to have my cheek and area around my left eye swell up to closed. If I don't rub it, I get no reaction at all. That said, last week one of my massive numbers of Doctors was looking at my recent blood work and told me that I have allergies that show up in some blood test, he didn't say which one. I said, it is going to be very hard to avoid if I don't have any idea what I might be allergic too. My game plan is to continue on as if nothing is different. That just seems like the right thing to do.
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I don’t really have allergies either but I might be mildly allergic to cats but it’s only if the fur really gets in my face then my eyes water and I get sneezy. I have a cat and most of the time it’s fine even when she’s on my bed with me. I’ve never had it confirmed by a doctor just a suspicion.

It’s really bad at my mom’s house though. She has 4 cats.
 
JenniferS

JenniferS

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Goofyernmost said:
Look no further then Ontario and a certain @JenniferS. Why do you think last winter was never ending.... She doesn't take down Christmas decorations until June and puts them up sometime around the end of September. She might as well change her name to Elsa.
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To be fair, Christmas overstayed its welcome last year because I had a bum hip, fractured lateral plateau, torn meniscus, and a dead brother.

Last year was a mess. (I can’t speak to previous years.)

My tree is going up tomorrow, and unlike some other friends here, I have yet to see a single flake.
 

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