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Anybody ever buy you a gift while they were on their vacation?

Today one of my grounds keeping customers gave me a cowboy hat that they bought for me while they were on vacation in Mexico. They figured it would be a good gardening hat for me but I think I am going to keep it for a fancy going into to town hat. They have brought me back a lot of cool gifts. A couple Mexican blankets that I really like because they have lots of nice bright colors. But my favorite is a Rasta Man wall plaque that I hung up by my garden to keep the birds away. Cheers!

Posted - May 10, 2022
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  • 10635
    Yea. 

    I was bought a large, ugly ceramic iguana from Mexico, a glass ship in a bottle from Spain, and t-shirts from Australia, Hawaii, and Spain.
      May 10, 2022 6:54 PM MDT
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  • 11102
    Bet that ceramic iguana  would keep pests out of your garden. The glass ship in a bottle sounds like a cool gift and maybe extra special because it comes from Spain . T-shirts are a good gift for the giver and the receiver because they don't take up much space in the suitcases. Cheers!
      May 10, 2022 7:07 PM MDT
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  • 16763
    My sister vacations in Adelaide on a regular basis, staying at our home. She always gives us a "thank you" gift right before departure.
    My baby brother did Europe a few years back and sent me a bottle of single malt from the Laphroaig distillery on Islay, and a Guinness pint glass from the brewery in Dublin.
      May 10, 2022 7:40 PM MDT
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  • 11102
    Drinking Guinness is one of the things I miss most from back in my boozing days. Cheers!
      May 11, 2022 8:46 AM MDT
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  • 16763
    I only drink it in winter (and on March 17th every year, that's mandatory). It's too heavy a brew for warmer weather.
      May 12, 2022 5:06 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    Yes. I have things from my grandparents' travels around the world.

    I love buying people gifts when I'm on vacation!
      May 10, 2022 8:01 PM MDT
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  • 11102
    I can't travel but I love buying gifts for the people that visit me on the island. I usally get them t-shirts that say - Straight Out Of Nanoose (we stole that saying from Compton). We also stole a saying from Reno - we claim that Nanoose Bay is the biggest little city on the island. Cheers!
      May 11, 2022 9:04 AM MDT
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  • 3701
    My boss and his wife have brought me back jewelry from their vacations.  
      May 10, 2022 8:46 PM MDT
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  • 11102
    I'm jealous nobody has ever bought me jewelry. Cheers!
      May 11, 2022 9:05 AM MDT
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  • 3701
    Nothing very expensive - just local beaded bracelets, but the thought was sweet.
      May 11, 2022 10:42 AM MDT
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  • 11102
    Well I'm still jealous. If someone gave me beaded bracelets I would use them to accessorise my fancy going into town cowboy hat. Cheers!
      May 12, 2022 10:16 AM MDT
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  • 3701
    They were very thoughtful gifts and much appreciated.  
      May 12, 2022 9:24 PM MDT
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  • 44602
    My sister usually gets me something when she goes somewhere. Last time was a bag of Meyer lemons from my other sister in FL.
      May 11, 2022 8:25 AM MDT
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  • 11102
    I imagine that they are still pretty fresh by the time they get to you. Cheers!
      May 11, 2022 9:09 AM MDT
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  • 44602
    Yes...she has her own tree.
      May 11, 2022 2:47 PM MDT
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  • 6023

    A coworker went to Italy and asked if they could bring me any thing as a souvenir.

    Unfortunately, they claimed they didn't find any Pope bobbleheads.

      May 11, 2022 2:08 PM MDT
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  • 2999
    Yes
      May 11, 2022 2:39 PM MDT
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  • 34251
    My parents brought me and my sister a seashell box from the Bahama cruise, we sent them on for their anniversary. 
      May 11, 2022 5:32 PM MDT
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  • 11102

    Yesterday I remembered another gift that a buddy bought me while he was on his vacation. It was a t-shirt from the set of the Cheers TV series. He bought it for me because he figured I was a big Cheers fan because I always finished facebook posts with "Cheers!". The real reason I did it was because I picked it up from a computer teacher who always closed assignments with "Cheers!" and it seemed to make the assignments easier. I didn't want to hurt his feelings by telling him the real reason I say it so when he gave it to me I said - hey thank you do you think Norm touched it. Cheers!

      May 12, 2022 10:55 AM MDT
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