Dear Santa,
I have been a very good girl this year and would like a solar charger for my laptop in case TSHTF…Thanks
Your Truly.
Just kind of wondering if others are asking for prep type gifts for Christmas, or Hanukkah. I have most of my “basic survival” prepping supplies taken care of, but I would really, really like to have a solar panel notebook type thing, to run my laptop. Just curious, what will you be asking for? Maybe there are other neat things I could add to my “list” ….
Hi Snowhound1!
Dear Santa,
I’ve tried to be a very good girl:-) and I would like a nice sturdy bucksaw and a handful of replacement blades this year…
I’ve been a good girl too and would love a laptop solar charger for my husband whose been good, and my $500+ in coupon and BOGO savings so I can put it in our emergency cash fund!
Hmmm. Don’t know if I’ve been VERY good … but I have been as good as I could. <grin>
I would love some more canning jars … and if Mrs. Santa and the kitchen elves wanted to just go ahead and fill them up for me, that would be cool too. LOL!
I’ll go for broke…
A self reliant house, in a rural area off the beaten track, but driving distance from school and work, with solar(passive and active) and battery bank backup, well—with hand or solar backup and some sort of additional water source, 1000 gal buried tank of propane to run fridge and extras, nice garden that even my black thumb can’t kill :), satellite for computer(i liked the cops portable one, on jericho!), ham radio(though I can’t work it!) and NO mortgage. Not asking much, I know!!!
P.S. Oh, if you bring my solar laptop charger I promise to spike your eggnog! Wait, perhaps that should be BBRWFK!
Wow! preppiechick, I want all of that too…
I didn’t know you could ask for all of that :-)
good call
Dear Santa,
I have been mostly a good boy, although I sometimes don’t excercise like I should and I sometimes sleep too late. But I promise to to better next year.
I would like a flu vaccination that works, a book on Tensor Calculus, a child to adopt and a smile from all that I meet.
Thanks,
One of many Santa’s helpers.
Hi Mama!! How are you? Since you are much closer to Santa, I’m sure you will get what you ask for. >;)
On a personal note MaMa, I have been attending my FA meetings (Fluwikie Anonymous), but the 12 steps just don’t seem to be working for me. My name is Snowhound1 and I’m a Fluwikian. LOL
preppiechick – at 11:35 I have all of that…. but my tank is only 500 gal and above ground and my computer is fiber optic link instead of satellite (tried that and didn’t like having to knock of the snow and realigning the dish each storm) and my “garden” is natural edible plants planted and “naturalized” over 20 acres of forest.
I guess I am living someone’s dream. It is a good life.
Dear Santa,
Make H5N1 go away.
I have some cookies for you. See you soon.
Goju
Dear Santa (and all the elves if necessary)
I hope that for Christmas (er, I mean “Winter Break”) this year, you can bring me a clean bill of health and news that H5N1 is nothing more than a false alarm and we don’t ever have to worry about having a pandemic ever again.
Oh yeah…one other thing: my two front teeth. I really want my two front teeth.
Hi Snowhound1! I’m doing fine. I just got back home a few days ago- I was even closer to Santa than usual for awhile, not likely to improve my chances though I’m afraid:-) I wish!
Glad to hear you’re keeping up with your ‘therapy’…LOL! Me too, but alas to no avail. I managed to stay away for about 4 hours once in range of my computer…(something of a record:-)….My name is MaMa and I’m a fluwikian too…..
I missed you guys!
Dear Santa Sometimes I havent been a good girl. But would you plaese bring me a solar set up for my house and more TP anyway.
Cookies and egg nog will be waiting
Mama:
One can always ask, doesn’t mean it will be answered :) (and i’m sure that I haven’t been good enough, though I can bake some mean cookies!)
Dennis:
Yes, I have a dream… :) We are trying to get off the rat race track, but with 2 kids and work tied to at least the suburbs, kind of stuck for a while. But it is my retirement plan, if we can’t find it sooner. You’re a lucky man!
Of course, BB and goju’s wish should come true for all of us first!
Dear Santa:
I have tried to be good this year, really I have. If you will reference past years you will notice that I no longer pull my sister’s hair, mainly because we now live in different states.
Could you please bring me a 5″ black and white TV that has a 12 volt adapter cord. That will come in handy when the power goes off. Also I would like a battery charger for AA batteries that also works on 12 volts so I can have a nightlight by my bed. That’s about it for now. Let me know if you need webpage links.
P.S. If you don’t come to late on Christmas Eve there might be some cookies left.
Billy
I no longer pull my sister’s hair, mainly because we now live in different states.
But I’ll bet you pull her leg every time you talk! LOL!!
Snowhound1 – at 11:47
It is common in 12-Step meetings to state one’s length of sobriety in the self-introduction.
Hi, my name is < > and I am a Fluwikian. It has been 8 days since I bought a 50-pound sack of pinto beans.
I didn’t intend to buy it. I went into Costco to buy paper for my printer. When I got to the checkstand, there was a bag of beans in my cart. I don’t remember being in that part of the store. I must have had a blackout again. I should have called someone from FA to help me put it back. But I didn’t. I paid for it, took it home, and snuck it into the closet before my spouse saw it. I’m out of control.
Thanks for listening…
LMFAO Dennis in Colorado - at 12:39
Dear Santa,
Ok, so I’ve not been really good, but I’ve done my best. I’d really, really, really like to have a solar array, big enough to run my well pump.
>standing< Hello my name is Carrey in VA, and it has been 2 hours since I checked the new’s thread on the Wiki. I’m feeling very weak right now, and REALLY wanna just click that link and read, read, read, but so far I’ve managed to hold myself back…..
Dennis- You can adopt my son if you teach him calculus….:-)
Hi, I’m Green Mom, and I havn’t bought any preps in three days. (though I did give hubby a shopping list that had Two boxes of Emergenc-C on sale at Target)
Dear Santa- I don’t suppose its any good asking for Peace on Earth, Good will towards men, since I ask that every year and so far, Nada. I will add my request for NO PANDEMIC, though forgive me if I don’t hold my breath on this one….
For Christmas my hubby would really love Some BIG solar panels-for the water pump and a hot-water system. If thats too pricey, then a couple of SMALL ones for lighting/small appliences would do just fine.
My son would dearly love the aformentioned laptop solar recharger-just throw an extra one in your bag.
My daughter would love for her parents to have the patience to play many hours of board games with her, otherwise a re-chargeable shake light, a stack of Archie Comics and the Kitty Warrior series, parts one and two will do nicely.
For myself-I think a pressure cooker to cook those beans and rice on the campstove really quick would be fabulous.
If you wanted to leave a little something in the stockings-might I suggest some gift certificates for Honeyville, and some Tamilfu tablets?
You might find this year instead of the regular baked cookies and milk we’ve done the stove-top no bake chocolate/oatmeal cookies and a glass of RWFK.
Snowhound1 - Just kind of wondering if others are asking for prep type gifts for Christmas, or Hanukkah.
Not many :(
I, myself, would ask for world peace. Darn elves don’t know how to make it!
MaMa at 11:07 - I’ve tried to be a very good girl:-)
I’m sorry to tell you this MaMa, because I think you’re so swell, but I’ve heard from a very reliable source that trying is synonymous with failing. Still, I do think you deserve a new bucksaw. I’ll talk to the elves.
I’m-workin’-on-it - (Why must you have all those dashes?!!) I’ve been a good girl too and would love a laptop solar charger for my husband.
A solar charger for your husband? Never heard of such a thing!
Kathy in FL - I have an opening for a new elf. Would you be interested?
preppiechick - Give me the shortlist!
DennisC at 11:41 - I would like a flu vaccination that works, a book on Tensor Calculus, a child to adopt and a smile from all that I meet.
That is the sweetest list of all. :-)
Goju - Cookies? I’ll be right over!
Bronco Bill - I really want my two front teeth.
Ho ho ho!!! And a merry Winter Break!
Hillbilly Bill at 12:10 - P.S. If you don’t come to late on Christmas Eve there might be some cookies left.
Mightbe some cookies left? Only might be some cookies left? Sounds like you could use a little self-discipline along with that black and white TV and battery charger and what was it? Nightlight?
Carrey in VA - You’ve really got a thing for solar arrays, don’t you? ;-)
Dear Santa
I have been a perfect angel all year and I have kept my room really tidy. I have also been really nice to my brother.
Could you please bring me 7 skyhooks and 8 spare (large) cupboards to store my supplies in, a treadle sewing machine and lots of material and wool so I can keep busy while in SIP. Also, one of those big 8 burner BBQs with an endless supply of gas tanks would go down a real treat - if that can be done can I have a gas-fired fridge-freezer as well?
<standing, head bowed, shuffling> Hello my name is Annie and I haven’t prepped for two weeks as I have been very busy turning two large flower beds and half my back lawn into vegetable gardens. An ex-friend suggested this was a bit over the top and definitely in the realms of prepping but I insisted that the price of veges at the local shops has driven me to this! I bet she will want some of the crop too when it is all done! Well, guess what, just call me little red hen …
No, I am a good girl, cannot think selfish, evil thoughts or Santa won’t visit …
Must get back to the garden - have to talk to the seeds and keep the birds off them.
Bill—not that long ago pepboys had the B and W 12 volt tv’s for 20 dollars. Not that anyone would be broadcasting during a pandemic but until then it would be cool to have on those long dark nights in the winnie.
And whoever was doing calc for fun… I would hate to see the activities you do that you dont like.
Dear Santa,
I would like a new or lightly used Type 3 brush engine to park in my carport for Xmas.
Red would be fine.
I have most everything else I need, except the ability to give the gift of common sense to the masses.
About that naughty and nice thing……..
Dear Santa,
I’ve been blessed with what I do have, I know there are people out there that have lots less. This year all I want is……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..a hug?
thank you :)
lady biker – at 16:11
Hope you get your hug- and remember if you give one, you get one.
As you must know I have managed to keep my temper under duress. We can’t all be perfect, and I’m far from it, but I do try. What do I want. Perhaps a few lottery tickets that have winning numbers. As far as the particulars, A wood Stove with lots of wood. A well with sweet water. I’m not the mechanical type, so I’ll have to go with the labor intensive tried and true route back to a simpler time.Of course I’ll need a boost in energy to lug the water. One of your elves, Will Farrell comes to mind, to chop the wood would come in handy. You can pick him up on Christmas Eve, once I have it all stacked neatly and under tarps, unless he can build a woodshed. I didn’t see the movie, is he handy? I have a list of things for him to attend to if he is.I guess that’s it. I think I’ll tear up this list and really think it over. You only get one wish and I hate to waste mine.
Is it too late to switch to being Jewish? Don’t they get a gift for each day of Hannukah? >;)I believe that would be 12….hmmm…might have to go and work on another list. :)
Lady biker….!!!GROUP HUG!!!
DennisC…obviously they didn’t give me a list of rules when I went to my first meeting for FA. The only blackouts I have had recently are…where in the heck did I put “that” d*#n thing..I know I bought it. I haven’t cursed once, Santa..just so you know.
And Santa Claus…thanks for checking in with us!
HELP!! Before I submit my list to Santa for a laptop solar panel I need some advice. This is the one that I am looking at…could someone please check it out and tell me if they think it would be a good one. I have an HP Pavilion laptop and couldn’t tell you squat about what type of battery it has. Any suggestions, recommendations, etc., would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Dear Santa!
Please take the H5 virus back with you and bury it miles deep, under a glacier. Maybe by the time the glacier melts, we will have a vaccine for all or better still, just have your elves, make a safe one for each and every one of us…NOW!
Snowhound1 – at 18:05
While that will more than likely work for you, I think you can put something else together for a cheaper price. First off, do you have to be as mobile as this setup allows? In an SIP situation you more than likely will be at home so something less portable but more robust would work better.
I did some tests with my Dell laptop, a deep cycle marine battery from Walmart, a 15 watt solar panel from Northern Tools and a 12 volt adapter cord that fits my laptop. I started out with the battery fully charged and powerd my laptop by plugging the 12 volt cord into a socket adapter I got for about $7 at an auto parts store. I put a DVD in the laptop and let a movie run for two hours. I also did some web surfing during that period. I disconnected the laptop and recharged two Swiss Gear lanterns that had been used for a few hours. The next day I connected the battery to the solar panel and let it charge up all day. The conditions were less than optimal and I had the solar panel inside a southern facing window and only got about 4 hours of semi-direct sunlight. By evening, the battery was back up to fully charged. This means I can use the laptop and charge up some lanterns nearly every day without losing ground on the stored power in the battery.
One final question. Are you just needing to power the laptop, or do you also need to power up a modem or router? That will make a difference in what you need to have on hand.
Santa Claus at 14:27, thanks for overlooking my faults- I really have been a good girl (well except for one or two things you don’t need to worry about:-)
You could also think of it as an investment of sorts…I’m all set for this year regardless, but you never know what the future might bring. How’s a girl to guarantee cookies for her favorite big guy without wood for her stove to bake them? I even promise to bake an extra batch just in case Hillbilly Bill can’t resist the temptation…that way everyone still gets their treats:-)
Dear Santa,
I’d like a red bicycle with enough space above the bar so that I can put both my short legs on the ground when I have to stop, and a cart that can be attached to the rear wheel to carry groceries or whatever if there isn’t fuel for my car to go places I’d rather not walk.
If you can arrange it, I’d also like to keep my health for another year.
I’ll make your snack from one of the great recipes the FluWikians have posted - you lucky guy.
Mari
Mari – at 20:00 I’ll make your snack from one of the great recipes the FluWikians have posted - you lucky guy. Mari
And she knows right where to find them too! :-)
HillBillyBill@19:21 One of the reasons I “chose” this one is it really seems to be “plug and play” and even a dummy like me could figure it out. I also like the fact that it comes in the little notebook for added protection. I don’t think I am talented enough to figure out how to get my wireless router to work with it, although that would be a nice added feature. I guess the primary reason I want the solar is to recharge my battery as I have so much info and files stored on my computer that I would hate to not have access to it, and if my early twenty something boys are home, it would be nice to watch a movie at night or listen to some music. :) I was just wondering if this solar system is ENOUGH for some basic stuff, like charging the battery on my computer. IF I try to get online it would probably be through my phone line and only in an emergency. My oldest son is an excellent guitar player…has an acoustic too though for emergencies…only wish I could figure out how to have enough power to run his amp or he will be miserable. :) I guess he will have to go back to Classical or Flaminco (Flamenco) music. >;)
Dear Santa - I have been very good this year. I only want a few things under the tree:
- a new chain saw - solar panels - food/water/med preps for all
oh, and peace on earth, yada yada
Me
Dear Santa,
The only thing I really want this year is for ALL the troops to come home to stay. But especially my 3 nephews that are ALL in Afghanis*** right now…Their little babies need them and miss them very much.
Littlest one told his Daddy on the phone last week, to “Hurry up and get all the bag guys, Daddy; so you can hurry and come home to sleep here with us,…and tuck us and Mommy in at night.”
Yep, Santa; I’d even take my chances with the BF; is you can just bring all the troops home…………………………………..
Dear Santa, I actually haven’t been a very good girl this year, but I promise that next year I will be PERFECT if you will just fill my wish list: 1. Create peace in the Middle East, Africa, and anywhere else there is civil unrest and bring our troops home. 2. Prevent the Bird Flu from going pandemic (and help me figure out what to do with 200 cans of fruits and vegetables). 3. Cure Cancer, Aids, Alzheimer’s and Heart Disease. 4. And if it’s not too much, I would like the entire ten-year episodes of the “X-Files” so I can have some escapist fun. That and a bottle of BBRWFK should do it. Thanks, History Lover
Dear Santa
I think I have been as good as I could be, but I write this letter to you with my pen full of tears, because I have tried to promote harmony, peace and tolerance, good humour and joy in life, and I haven’t succeeded very well lately.
Please would you grant my fellow FluWikians those gifts I failed to give them; please have mercy on those tempers that flare, forgive them, and above all protect their lives and that of their loved ones; particularly of those that may be at risk because of some ferocious views sometimes expressed on our FluWiki.
Please grant my fellow FluWikians that express so loud what many of us may feel is right the gift of patience, for, to all and those, there will come just rewards. Show my friends again as I did in the past that there is time for everything under the heavens. A time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build; a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak…
And for the 1% misunderstandings which rip our cause, please, Santa, grant us the talent to soften the blows we deal right, left and centre, with the tip of our pens; cushion those spearheaded words with style, convoluted sentences, colloquialisms, misspellings, and a few chosen latin words.
Santa, please give us all the gift of humility, as pride has no place in saving lives, then perhaps the ink of my pen will not change from tears to blood.
Santa, thank you.
FrenchieGirl
Only want peace and forgiveness between fellow Fluwikians…
And forgive me for not reading FrenchieGirl’s letter expressing exactly what I would have said if I were as eloquent!
Dear Santa
I just checked all my seeds and the birds are sitting in the nearby trees watching and waiting so could I please add to my list a bird scarer that doesn’t frighten them too much but does keep them off my plants.
Also, could you please bring all the Fluwikians through whatever is in store for us over the next 12 months or so, then we can all have one great big reunion - we could even bake special cookies for you and you could come to the party too.
A fireplace insert---ask my fellow fluwikinites what kind!
Dear Santa,
i’ve been very good this year—washing my hands and not touching my face. please make sure that i dont get h5n1 when it hits. the cookies next to the fire place are chocolate chip. -kempogirl06
True story- especially the part where DH gets to say something before I do!LOL!
Last weekend my youngest son came by to visit for awhile and asked what we wanted for Christmas. Before I could say anything the DH answers, “A case of canned meat.” He gets a can of the brand we have and shows it to him too. I was thinking of saying the same thing. My son kinda looks at us and asked us if we had ever heard of people that wear tin foil hats? We acted like we hadn’t ever heard of the tin-foil hat or what what he was talking about, so he explained the tin-foil hat wearer to us. It was too funny and we had a good laugh after he left.
Influentia2--that is a funny story. I was thinking of asking for 1# propane cansisters if anyone asked what I want for Christmas…but I like the idea of a case of canned meat. Can’t have too much protein in store, and of course more “tin” foil. :)
Dear Santa, I don’t know why but I have been bad my whole life, but you know that don’t you! You should know by now that all of this good and bad stuff is just not PC anymore. Do you want to warp young and old alike? We are under a lot of stress here! Now this BF thing is like not fun could you just do something about it---ok please! If you can’t I will understand, just make sure everyone has what they need. Cookies and Brandy----
Dear Santa,
Since you live up at the North Pole and all, do you prep for 12 months at a time? How do I apply for a job? Is your list computerized? If not I could help and even add GPS addresses to your list. What are your fringe benefits? Do you have a health plan and do you store preparations for all your workers?
PS I can make fairly good chocolate chip cookies and good hot chocolate (I like to add a dash of allspice and nutmeg)
“Dear Santa, all I want for christmas is …..” “What’s that? Well, yes I lied to hubby about all the camping stuff I put on layway. And the what? Oh, yes, well, I did fugde about the empty box of krispy cream donuts stuffed under the front seat. The what? Hmmm, well, in my defense, I was delusional with sugar, and really did think I had put back the two-24 bottled water packs, and bribed daughter with a donut not to tell dad, as I shoved them under the bed. Did I do what? Geeze, nothing gets by you. Yes, I LIED about being off the Krispy Cream Donuts, and have three boxes hid right now in the stock, and yes I threatened everyones life if they went near the storage tub! What about the… You know what Santa, forget about christmas this year. I’ll eat the cookies and drink the eggnog!
hehehe…..I can just see the look on Santa’s face!
NO, Santa that wasn’t ME laughing, I’ve been GOOD, remember??…. (snicker)
I wonder of Santa is prepping….
He’s too busy filling all our requests. Mrs. Claus is doing the prepping. Hope she remembers to take of things for the reindeer.
Hi Santa, I’ve been as good as I’m ever going to get and you already know that. But, what I want after World Peace and an elimination of the Bird Flu is a big bubble over my whole house and yard with built-in a/c, air,water,elec,etc. Then if you can’t handle that, then I want 6 big burly Bodyguards to guard the place day and nite. If you still can’t handle that then I want some of those robots who can do the same thing.
I already have a nice treadle sewing machine that AnnieB wants. Well, she can’t have it yet, I might have to use it again. It was my Mother’s and is about 80 yrs old so Annie might break it (as I might.)
Keep working on that World Peace thing as that would help us all to sleep peacefully at nite… bird flu or not.
Dear Santa, What I really really really want is for the Chicago Cubs to win the World Series next year (oh, sorry, I know that we’re not supposed to discuss religion or politics and baseball ranks as both).
I’ll buy everyone a Chicago hot dog if it happens.
History Lover
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