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12-08-2007, 06:00 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Real Tree? Fake Tree?
Just curious what you all have? I grew up with a fake tree...it was all I knew so it was good! Once I had my first real tree.....that was it! Despite the mess before and after its all worth it!! I will never go back to a fake tree!!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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12-08-2007, 06:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
Posts: 9,689
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Real tree!
Tagged one the day after thanksgiving, going to go and have them cut it down tomorrow.
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LETS GO BRANDON
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12-08-2007, 06:25 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
Posts: 3,228
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Real is the way to go. I have to get one tomorrow morning.
A guy I work with is into Christmas trees for a grand this year!  
His wife typically buys at least two real trees every year. This year being no exception to that rule. Then she decided that she wanted to get two nice artificial trees instead. They looked around and didn't quite find what she was looking for. He went to work the other night and came home in the morning to two new artificials all set up. very nice. he asked her what they cost him. $400 a piece!!!!!!!! And she bought two at that price and gave away the two real trees he bought previously.  |
The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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12-08-2007, 06:33 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Karl....sensing a little Scrooge thing going on there?  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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12-08-2007, 06:38 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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After 35 years in double harness, we're gonna go fake. Had some real nice real trees over those years, but at 50-60 bucks a copy and awesome fake will pay for itself in neatness and cash. When or if Grandchildren come, then it'll be back to real.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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12-08-2007, 06:39 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Karl F
go get real tree tomorrow, wife would never go for fake.... me i'd go for no tree, got plenty outside... what i need one inside for???
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My cats love them, bet your dog would, too.  |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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12-08-2007, 07:58 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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We had to watch Toe( short fot Toto, let my daughter name him and she thought she was Dorothy) too. As soon as he assumed the tripod stance we'd have to yell and get him out the door.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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12-08-2007, 08:11 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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Went fake three years ago, sick of the mess, never go back.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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12-08-2007, 08:43 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Marshfield, MA
Posts: 6,267
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small fake tree...I'd have none if I had my way...
I've always had a real tree until last year...all done, unless I'm blessed with grandchildren..then maybe
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Live at Leeds
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12-08-2007, 10:03 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
Posts: 2,290
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Real - had fake for many years and my wife wants real only! Gotta keep her happy, fishing starts in just 3 months  |
low & slow 37
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12-08-2007, 10:08 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 373
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I've had real, ever since I was a kid and for the first 11 years being married. Bought a really high quality fake in 2004 and never looked back. Will probably never go real again. To much mess and a pain to get in and out.
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12-08-2007, 10:15 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Easton, MA
Posts: 5,736
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I've got a good pre-lit fake tree. Easy to decorate and looks great. My wife bought room spray that smells like a real tree, so we spray that every so often to get the real tree experience.
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12-09-2007, 07:13 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 4,547
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Karl F
me i'd go for no tree, got plenty outside... what i need one inside for???
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LOL, I agree.
Wife doesn't though.... She would never go for a fake or no tree. |
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12-09-2007, 09:09 AM
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Eels
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Mansfield,MA.
Posts: 3,322
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I grew up w/ the fake tree thing,I swoar I would go with only real in my own place.
Well the wife & I went w/ real trees for 4 yrs.we were lucky,a friend of ours owned a tree farm so the trees only cost a 12 pak 
Our house had forced hot air for heating w/ no humidifier,so once that poor tree got in our house it was needleless in about 2 weeks, not to mention a fire hazard  ,it looked nice but what a mess.So we've been faking it for 8yrs.
Now that we bought a newer,bigger & better house (with forced hot water) I'll bet next year we will go back to the real thing
I think real is the true way to go plus it smells good too.
If you have the choice in the matter I'd go w/ real. |
Live bait sharp hooks and timing is all you need
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12-09-2007, 12:04 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Whitman,Ma.
Posts: 4,263
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Real for me..This year will have plugs hanging from it and somebodys hat on the top..  |
I'm going where I'm going... 
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12-09-2007, 12:10 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
Posts: 8,125
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If you ever watched that video of how fast a real tree on fire became a fully involved living room fire, you'd never want another piece of sap-laden drying out tinder in your living room. It took less than 30 seconds for the living room to flash over.
My wife insists on real trees. In return, I insist on the following: it goes up on Christmas Eve and it comes down New Years' Day.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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12-09-2007, 07:34 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Swimmer...Slingah....Bah-Humbug! 
Karl.....I enjoy Christmas Eve the best! Have family and a few good friends stop by for a bite and some cheer! I have my kids this year on Christmas Eve for the first time in a few years....and they are not getting any younger....oh sure they don't believe in Santa anymore at 14 and 15.....but it makes it that much nicer making things special for them! I don't care about presents and shopping and all that.....the best part is Christmas Eve after everyone is gone....fire going, put in Its a Wonderful Life and just kick back! Christmas Day we will stay home, just Angie and the boys and myself.....cook a turkey dinner and not go anywhere! Started a new tradition last year....no more making the run to my Mom's for a day of the same old thing and all the crap! Just staying in my own home and relaxing!
SQD....post a pic of that tree will you? Also look for a new ornament very soon!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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12-10-2007, 08:22 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2004
Location: South of Boston
Posts: 2,605
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Real... but they really are a pain in the arse!  A fake would be so much easier. |
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. ~John Buchan
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12-10-2007, 09:12 AM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,178
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Fake.....I lost that battle   |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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12-10-2007, 01:50 PM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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Fake, and I have an aluminum one also
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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12-10-2007, 02:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: in a structure with a roof
Posts: 6,049
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ProfessorM
Fake, and I have an aluminum one also
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with the spinning light kit ?
IM jewish once a year . and that starts next week . I dont hate christmas I hate the commercialism today . And really did Jesus have long hair ? |
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12-10-2007, 04:00 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: North Cambridge, MA
Posts: 1,358
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no kids = no tree
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12-10-2007, 07:31 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Whitman,Ma.
Posts: 4,263
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
Swimmer...Slingah....Bah-Humbug!
Karl.....I enjoy Christmas Eve the best! Have family and a few good friends stop by for a bite and some cheer! I have my kids this year on Christmas Eve for the first time in a few years....and they are not getting any younger....oh sure they don't believe in Santa anymore at 14 and 15.....but it makes it that much nicer making things special for them! I don't care about presents and shopping and all that.....the best part is Christmas Eve after everyone is gone....fire going, put in Its a Wonderful Life and just kick back! Christmas Day we will stay home, just Angie and the boys and myself.....cook a turkey dinner and not go anywhere! Started a new tradition last year....no more making the run to my Mom's for a day of the same old thing and all the crap! Just staying in my own home and relaxing!
SQD....post a pic of that tree will you? Also look for a new ornament very soon! |
Oh boy...Bigfish= santa  |
I'm going where I'm going...
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12-10-2007, 08:42 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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Fake, 8' with the lights already on it.
I have balsam scent for the missing feeling.
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12-10-2007, 08:57 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 4 hours from my favorite place
Posts: 5,366
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grew up with real.....prefer real but usually end up putting the artificial out anyway.
This year....no tree has gone up yet. I havent been kissed by the spirit of xmas this year.
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Simplify.......
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12-10-2007, 09:08 PM
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Hardcore Equipment Tester
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Abington, MA
Posts: 6,234
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When we were little we always had fake trees. Ever since I was married we have had real ones. This year we bought a fake at Namco. It was a 500 tree, on sale for 250. It will pay for itself in 5 years, and with the high cost of gas, heating oil etc., you have start saving somewhere.
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Bent Rods and Screaming Reels!
Spot NAZI
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12-11-2007, 09:16 AM
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Here fishy fishy
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Whoville
Posts: 2,266
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When I was a kid I remember the rotating game of fake an real. Had a fake one for last 4 years and have no problems with it, I will prob. go back to real one day just not today. Cleanup on the real is not fun at all.
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12-11-2007, 09:29 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: on a rock
Posts: 367
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I have a Festivus Pole.
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Go Bears!
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12-11-2007, 09:30 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: on a rock
Posts: 367
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Just kidding. We have a real tree. NO FAKES!! NEVER! Just put up the real one last night. Decorating tonight after work.
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Go Bears!
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12-12-2007, 09:03 AM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 6,257
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We had fake for most of my childhood life...but eventually talked our parents into the reel deal. Yes, it definately made a mess...and living on the 2nd floor just made that mess even bigger ...but I liked the fact that it was real...and smelled nice. Funny thing, the year that I moved out...my parents went right back to the ol' fake one that had been stored for all those years.
When I got married we had "the Christmas tree discussion". I said I wanted nothing but the real thing. Finally having my own home, I always had visions of a nice REAL 9 - 10 footer all perty and all....we shopped for one ......but - - (I lost) - We have a FAKE pre-lit tree, looks OK, but the feelings gone...she uses those "plug-in" air fresheners with the Pine scent...yeah, smells Christmassy...but ...  .
Question on these pre-lit trees...???
The first one we brought home had a cord of dead lights. We returned it and got another one. ...but.....what's the life expectency on the lights it comes with and what do you do aside from unstringing that particular line of lights and replacing it? There was a"Hot Line" phone number on the box, but this isn't rocket science, I imagine all I can do is replace the lights after unweaving the damn thing....
Oh wait !!!  .....it's HER treeeee, she can worry about .........I'll keep worrying about the important things during the holiday season  |
 ...it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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