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Old 12-25-2007, 12:02 PM
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what do you do with 12 christmas socks full of coal........can you carve it or what ??? thats what I got for christmas ... no tools ..no wood ... just coal
...............Hope you had a Merry Christmas.............
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Old 12-25-2007, 12:27 PM
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Hey, Jim, with the price of fuel oil, natural gas and propane, those bags of coal may not be such a bad gift after all.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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Old 12-25-2007, 06:27 PM
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Actually Jim,
People do carve coal; and have been for about 7000 years.
Good luck with yours.
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Trade it to a guy who has a coal-fired forge so he can make you some tools. When I built a coal forge out of a truck brake drum, I had such a hard time finding a reliable source of good coal that I gave the forge to my neighbor's boy, who still has it. Soon afterward, I lucked into a propane forge, but there are still some good coal fired ones around.

I'd consider myself lucky to get coal for Christmas - some poor guys end up with new socks! Makes you wonder how good they were all year...

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Old 12-25-2007, 08:46 PM
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Well Jim .. at least you got the coal with your socks ..

I only got two socks .. and they were both left feet ..


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Old 12-25-2007, 11:30 PM
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LOL.. how do you rate that you get to hang up TWELVE socks? I got to hang only one... and its still empty...

Maybe you can start a new carving fad ...using coal....
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Old 12-26-2007, 12:49 AM
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Ha HA HA...Someone after my own heart! I gave my husband coal too! Can't you burn it?! Merry Christmas!
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Twelve socks full of coal .....hummm .......twelve months of bad behavior!!!??? Someone is trying to tell you something. Coal is a valuable commodity, still a few people burning it, and fewer still carving it. But it can be carved! Not that I'd want to.

Better start being nice for next Christmas! LOL

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Old 12-26-2007, 08:13 AM
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'Fess up, Jim. I want to know what you did to earn all that coal!
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Old 12-26-2007, 09:04 AM
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Jim...if you just sit around squeezing a lump of that coal, eventually it will turn into a diamond............wait for it!
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