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Greetings all! As I was going about my daily business today, a few
thoughts came across my mind, and I figured what better place to have
the validity of my thinking put to the test than right here on the list!
So, I'm wandering through the local department store picking up tinsel,
stockings, etc... and I started wondering if I might apply some DIR
principles (or the whole SYSTEM, since you can't pick and choose pieces
of a PROVEN SYSTEM) to my holiday decorating about the house.
The first thought I had was in regards to a recent post about how just
because you had always done something one way, and no one you knew had
been killed because of it, that was the way to go. So I began to wonder
if I really should be using those $1.89 a package wire ornament hangars,
or if there was a better way. I wound up using ordinary office paper
clips instead. They seemed so much simpler...I mean, why introduce more
possible failure points? go with what's tried and true, right? On top of
all that, they serve multiple purposes! (I mean, I can't signal my buddy
in a cave with them (or have you come up with that technique as well,
JJ?) but if I happen to need to secure several greetings cards,
well...I've got just the tool right there on the tree!
Next I came to the lights. I couldn't find any that came with nylon
webbing loops on the side so that I could slide them over my waist
strap, but I did find some cool looking long, bubbling bulbs. But as I
was about to pick them up, a guy (obvious stroke) next to me grabbed
about 10 packages, mumbling something about some really old dinosaur of
a guy swore by them and thought they were the best. I immediately
realized the convoluted strokery of the design, and put the thought out
of my head. I've gone with a simple, one piece strand of non-flashing
white lights. Oh, and none of those multi plugs where you string one to
the next. No...one strand...no quick releases!
What I'm looking for is advice on the tree and the stockings. I kinda
like the look of some of the flocked white artificial trees (especially
here in Key West...I miss the snow!) but it does seem like a bit of over
engineering for a rather simple idea. Should I go with a real tree? And
on the stockings...do I get the fancy knitted ones, or go with the basic
red and white felt things for $.99??? (Oh, or howabout the Bert, Ernie,
and Big Bird ones I saw? They're made by a big name manufacturer, so
they must be good, right???
Any advice list members could offer would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks...
-Case Harris
diveman@cy*.co*
Oh, and you'll all be pleased to know that instead of duct taping or
zip-tying the garland to my balcony rail, I tied it up with cave
line!!!! (See? I learn all kinds of useful stuff on here!)
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