We are looking forward to our 6th annual TFF Christmas Party. For those of you who have attended in the past, you know it is a blast. I will start taking donations for door prizes now. You can pm me for an address. The donations will be raffeled off at the party and proceeds given to a scholarship fund. We also have a toy drive that we donate too. Tentative, and probably firm date will be December 12th at Hard 8 in Coppell.

Looking forward to what will be a GREAT time!

Also, if you folks are able to donate warm coats to BUMRUSH (pm me for details about the cause) I will have a collection box set up as well.

Dangit! I'll be in Vegas that weekend. Y'all have fun and take lots of pictures!

You and RT going to get married.

I will add the date to my calendar should be another good time.

Dang it my son is preforming in The Christmas Story that night..... Darn kids!!!!!!!!!

Nope. This is a girls only trip.

The mrs and I might be able to make it. We'd have to find a motel to stay at cuz I aint driving back that nite. I'll let ya'll know as it gets closer. Be pretty good to put some faces to names.

Have 2 guide trips on Benbrook, and 2 fried turkeys, keep em coming guys.

Sounds like a wonderful time. Do you have a tentative start time for this adventure?

Count Erica and I in

I would say 7is would be a good time to shoot for. We start the door prizes, and that usually takes up alot of the evening.

Don't take all the money, I'm going in January.

I'm gonna try and make it

you DONT wanna put a face to this name..

TNT lures just donated.

What would I need to bring Sharon? RoF, how are we gonna fish Belton if I cant see your face? Put a bandana on while we fish?

Did someone say bachelorette party?

Two G Loomis GLX graphite bass rods. These are the 7' MBR844C and MBR843C cojming from fouzman, and $100.00 gift card to BPS from Redfin. The donations are coming in daily and much quicker than last year. Looks like we're going to have a good time guys and gals.

hmm...maybe i can tag along with RoF and meet some of ya'll

You guys need to be prepared to buy plenty of raffel tickets at the door, this years prizes so far are the best yet.

How much are raffle tickets?

I think $5.00 a piece and maybe 6 for 20, I can't remember. JP keeps me away from taking in money, lol, it gets blonde confusing if you know what I mean?

$5 bucks a piece or 3 for $20.

Are you going to do the Toys for Tots this year?
Did pretty darn good last year.

What a deal!

3 for $20 SWEET!

I hope DL gives someone else a chance at the doe urine this year.

Looks like Swamp may need some to bring in the real bucks.

How many tickets can I get for 4 kittens?

3 for $20?

Can we just buy them 1 at a time for $5.

1. Yes
2. No
3. Don't know yet

Please pick an answer.

OK, I get the message.

as long as I get the fishing pole retrieved from the bottom of the lake

RT can be Buda and my date that night. Whatya say RT???

In

toys for tots?
3rd request
yes we are participating?
no, we are not.
That's all I'm asking

688 Freeport Pkwy
Coppell, TX 75019-3865
(972) 471-5462

Hard eight address

Am I on the ignore list?
Why can't I get and answer to a simple question?
Last year there was a collection of toys made at the Chrstmas party for Toys for Tots.
I am simply asking if there will be a collection of toys made this year?

Grandpa They may be waiting to hear from Mark Perry about it. If I remember correctly he is the pickup / delivery person between the TFF and his fire station.

I would say bring the toys I am sure we can find somewhere to take them.

That may well be, but after asking 3 or 4 times and not even receiving a "I don't know" is better than not receiving even an acknowledge that I asked.
I won't be asking again.

I think last year we had a marine there to take the toys for us but i am sure it wouldn't be hard for someone to volunteer dropping the toys off to a Toys For Tots location which will be at any mall in the metroplex.

So i say YES, why not donate toys to children less needy.

Easy Grandpa....you know how the forum can be. Bring your toys, i'll take them if i have to, to any location for Toys for Tots.

Yes we are having the toy drive.

can you pickup my dry cleaning while youre out

I need some more beer as well.

so are we doing the toy drive or not??!!

Thank you, that's all I was asking.

This toy drive is handled by someone here on the forum.

Yes ma'am and that marine was on the forum......and stationed at carswell JRB...of course he was probably working in cahoots with others on the forum as well....i know there were a lot of side groups collecting...which turned out to be AWESOME!!!

Gambit I believe delivered them last year.

That's it....man thanks DBAss....i couldn't think of his name for some reason.

I just remember him walking around with a limp because his back was hurt from a car accident or something.

That was Brad doing his pimp stroll.

I need to get clarification from Sharon on collecting toys. Last year and if I remember the year before as well they went to a very nice charity locally where people are screened and basically get a preset "amount" they can spend towards the toys and they pick up gifts for their kids. JP can better answer this and the name escapes me at the moment but we both have toured the facility and it is legit. I also like the fact that there is accountability which makes donating easier. They are an accredited charity as well.

I would prefer the toys go to a local charity myself.

I agree. As this thing has grown over the years one thing JP and I have wanted is to have as much accountability on the donations as possible to avoid any issues or doubts. I like the fact that we all can know where they are going and who benefits. This time of year lots of folks are asking for donations and its hard to say yes to all of them but we appreciate those that help with this toy drive. It goes a long way in making some kids have a good Christmas.

If you go with the local charity and help is needed to deliver the toys I have a truck and would gladly help deliver them.

The marines collect Toys for Tots. Thats what gambit did. So why not do the same thing this year?




OOPs, excuse me for saying anything.

Not sure, but I think they went to GRACE last year. If so, It is a great local organization that we do a lot of work with.

That happened once. As far as I know they now go to GRACE. The other issue is Toys For Tots has a deadline date and I am not sure what it is. I like the GRACE aspect especially after JP had me go through the tour of the place.

Mr. Perry I have been to exactly one Christmas Party and it was at the Hard 8 in Coppell last year. Most of us brought a toy or toys to donate. Gambit was the Marine who was in charge of the whole thing. The Toys went to Toys for Tots and were distributed to kids in the Metroplex by the Marines.
If you doubt that go research the Christmas Party from last year.
I may be getting old but my brain still works and I dang well remember the toy drive.

I don't mean to be a hard head. All I was trying to find out was if there was going to be a Toys for Tots drive this year. I did not get an answer so I tried three more times and pretty much got blown off, then made fun of in another childish post.

As of right not I am not thinking very highly of some people I used to respect. I am at the point that I am not going to the Party this year although I had a very good time meeting people last year.

Now you people can't even remember what went on at then party last year.

The toys went to http://www.gracegrapevine.org for two years, then there was some confusion due to miscommunication last year and they went to T4T. Both the Marines Toys for Tots drive and Grace are good choices. We may just split them down the middle this year.

First and foremost I did not see your posts about the toys until today. Sharon heads up the Christmas party and has for years and does a great job. Sorry your question went unanswered but perhaps a PM to one of the mods or Sharon would have helped get you an answer faster. There are thousands of posts on here and contrary to belief we don't see them all and are not online all the time. As far as others making fun of your question I know nothing about that and do not need to lumped into that group. I gave an answer because quite frankly the toy drive was something near and dear to me that I started back at year one of the Christmas party. I have normally helped handle the drive each year. I did not coordinate it last year because I had a broken back during that time. I will not comment on the person that took the toys last year or what was actually planned cause quite frankly I was not involved. Personally I don't care who or what or where they go as long as its legit and kids are helped.
Now that being said I hate to hear you are considering not coming. You are a fixture here on the TFF and highly regarded. Do not let a few buttheads ruin your chance to enjoy great company. People often mean no harm when making comments that they think are funny but may not be. The keyboard often distorts that. Again I hope you reconsider and do not judge the TFF as a whole because of a few goobers.

Gambit was not in charge of the whole thing. Like said above there was some confusion and they went to T4T. Either way they went for a good cause.

OMG, why don't everyone bring a toy to the christmas party and not be concerned with exactly were the donation goes to, but be glad that some child will have a better christmas than he or she would have if we hadn't of brought a toy. Now that being said, we still have a tremendous amount of donations being pledged daily. I'ts getting hard to keep up with but I will do my best. I look forward to seeing all you guys and gals this year knowing we are going to have a great TFF Christmas party.

yeah stop being drama queens people.

Keep up the good work Sharon!

I'm with Perry on this one. We've been giving the toys to Grace in the past with the exception of last year. It is a local organization what helps kids right here in own own back yards. In years pasts, we have had several TFF'rs volunteer to help pass the toys out to the kids as they come through the lines. It really gives us a much better chance to interact with the community.

The T4T was a good idea, but I like the Grace Concept much better. We can help kids right here in our own areas.

Either way, giving yoys for kids is great. But I personally would prefer the toys going to Grace.

BTW: Sharon, thanks for doing this again this year. I've always had a great time at the Christmas parties. Some times I've had too much fun!

this sounds like a great time, and for a greater cause while having it...
do we have to rsvp by a certain date? or just show up?

Just show up.

Urine for everyone!!!!

I still have like 8 bottles of that stuff.

He11, RT will drink that with vodka happily

I was not in charge of the toy donations last year, and was a little peeved myself when I saw how disgruntled JP was that the toys from the xmas party didn't go to grace. But they still went to a good cause, I even posted the pictures here of the toys all stacked up when I brought them into the central warehouse in arlington for disbursing.

I'm not sure where the mixup happened last year, I offered to pick up the toys at the TFT tournament, and was asked if I was also picking up the toys at the x-mas party, to which I stated that only if the toys were to be donated to TFT, I made sure with Sharon that they were and collected them.

To those who want to donate toys to an organization that helps kids in our area, great. But please don't think that donations to TFT go elsewhere here. All toy donations in the Metroplex go directly to less fortunate children IN the metroplex. The number I was given in an email early this year was that over 450,000 toys were collected and distributed to over 200,000 children.

If there is another TFT tournament, I would be glad to help again.

And I agree with what was stated before, it doesn't matter what group as long as the toys go to kids in our area.

The toys are going to Grace this year. I hope this ends any speculation.

Nobody was peeved at anyone last year Gambit. If you recall I as sitting there with JP as well. We were a little puzzled when you started loading up the toys, as there was a little confusion about where they were going that's true.

Thank you for taking the toys, and I'm sure they found good homes.

I said that I was peeved, because of the confusion of where the toys for the xmas party were suppose to go, it didn't feel right, those toys were originally suppose to go to grace and I wouldn't have obliged.

now that things are straight, when is the tournament, cause scott gordon isn't stopping me from fishing this year.

I knew I wasn't crazy. It's a lot better when all the facts are known instead of guesses and woulda, shoulda, couldas, are tossed out. Sorry I got mad, but I felt like a simple question should have been answered not ignored, and certainly not made fun of.
Didn't mean to cause such a ruckus over toys. Maybe one or two people ought to be designated to answer questions and not have everyone throw in their two cents worth of speculation.
Thats my apology for what ever it's worth.

well taken grandpa.

the wifey said she might like to go ... I myself have cold feet about a 6 hour drive to have a party with a bunch of Metromess strangers!

I have taken it under consideration!

I dont think I will be there.

Yall can still party though.

So is the 12th the for sure date?

fer sure

why does OSD keep bumping?

it's better then him humping it

so he can have big happy hair?

ttt

It's sticky, osd, no need to bump

Dont fall into his games.

Is this still at Joe Pool?

Will Streak be providing entertainment this year? I missed his patented chair trick.

BEHAVE!!!

are we still doing the christmas presents for the kids this year?

Dont forget to bring your warm coats/sweaters/socks to donate for BUMRUSH!

OSD, don't you need to go play on 635 or something?

i get that from alot of women.

Less than a month to go, hope all you guys and gals are ready to PARTY LIKE A ROCK STAR !!!

Already started getting toys for the kids.

Goodie!!! I want a big yellow dump truck!

I need some more contributions, the guide trips are few so far, the tackle is awesome.

Sure wish I was in business that COULD contribute.

This person speaks with WISDOM!! Love it!!!

Is OSD still buying all the beer for the night.

I think for sure he said he wanted to buy me one.

Where and what happened to StreakBreake?

He used the OT Guru down here, before Fatty / TritonMan took over

You had to get there early for that.

Oh my, you guys are really asking for it.

all time favorite.

all this is free, right?

yea OSD. It's all free.

get bitter much?! what happened to having thick skin on the OT?

Your comment is a bit late and not pertaining to the jist of the thread. Why stir things up when all has been discussed and settled.?

I couldn't agree more. We are getting close now, the 12th will be here before you know it. Hope we have a big turnout, this is the one time of year that we can put names to faces and have a great time.

do i get my normal appearance fee? i will sign autographs and mingle but i don't want too much fawning over me. see my contract.

bump

Normal contract fee is 2 kicks to the gut right.

OSD still needs to go play in the traffic.

Thank you for your Christmas courage.

are we still bringing toys?

I don't know, what did they do last year?

still haven't gotten an answer to my appearance fee question

I hope you don't lose respect for anyone because of it.

You have to have a current I-9 & W-4 on file with JP before appearance fee's can be discussed.

You should know this by now.

Can we have a festivus celebration as well?

no-it's a Christ-mas party. pagan rituals are held in the desert

can we arrange a field trip to the desert?

someone will be picking you up shortly...don't mind the darkness

still getting donations. WoooHooo!!!!

can we please refer to this as a holiday party so as not to offend anyone?

nyet

IM already offended that you will be in attendance.

get in line

OSD is trying to be an irritant!!!

What number am I in the batchelor auction?

oh oh i bid $20

Sold!