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The holidays went fairly well all things considered all the Grandkids had a great time collecting the vast piles of goodies that Santa grandma:-) left for them.

I ended up working for about 14 days out of 15 over Christmas time. I have had the last few days off and quite frankly I have not done a whole lot. Recovering mostly.

We did pick up a new dining room table Sunday. We had stopped at the Nebraska Furniture Mart Sat Eving to walk off dinner. In the clearance room there was a nice chestnut table that opened up to just over 8' for $170. One catch though, it wouldn't close :-) I got down on the deck with my pocket flashlight and checked out the slider gizmo. I told Mrs alfa6 that I could probably replace the gizmo if I couldn't fix it but i would have to check to see if I could get one and how much.

Got home and checked out the sliders in some catalogs I have and figured at worst I would have to spend another $65 to fix table. Hmm about $250 for a new table that lists for $850, works for me :-)

So we go back out to The Mart Sunday to look at the table one more time and there is another table exactly like the first one only this one works. Same price to boot. Almost sprained my wrist trying to get the wallet out, he he. There went my holiday money.

So we are on the way home with the table and the Mrs goes, "you know this is the first new table we have had in almost 32 years of being married"

I had to pop her bubble and point out that it was probably a return. But at least it was the first table that we had bought at a store :-) That mollified her soomewhat. So that all the excitement here at the alfa6 domicile

Regards

alfa6 ;>}