Article: 261382 of talk.bizarre Newsgroups: talk.bizarre From: gooley@netcom.com (Mark. Gooley) Subject: Xmas decorations Message-ID: <gooleyDIxBLv.G5H@netcom.com> Organization: Dostoyevskian Characters, plc Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 20:01:07 GMT Lines: 15 Sender: gooley@netcom18.netcom.com Status: O X-Status: 10-foot douglasfir with 710 lights (300 purple, 10 inside translucent plastic pigs) and too few ornaments, in a place where a 16-foot tree would have fitted. 75 9-watt bulbs framing the garage door. 300 flashing lights strung in a vaguely Xmas-tree shape on a frame the shape of an inverted T six feet high (scrap wood: ash, oak, fir; drywall screws, Titebond II water-resistant glue, tee-shaped steel plate), visible from a major road two blocks away. Tools and books strewn everywhere. Mark. gooley@netcom.com