Useful wedding presents.

Are something that makes people wonder when they get them. Actually they don't make the recipients wonder at all. They are generally appreciated.

One of the most practical wedding presents that Mrs. Pic and I got was actually a picnic set of coolers that we used for years that was sent to us by a little old lady that grew up on a farm.

I think that the worst wedding presents are things like silver tea sets and serving trays. I often wonder what people are thinking when they send them. All they seem to do is  tarnish and collect dust because nobody ever uses stuff like that anymore but they still seem to show up here and there.

Still, you can't just melt the silver stuff down and sell it at the Good Old Gold and Silver shop, either because when fat old Auntie Mildred shows up she's likely to expect to be served tea on it.

Generally this causes a panic before she arrives and you have to dig the damned thing out of the attic, blow the dust off of it and polish it up before she arrives and make it look like it is being used daily.

I just shipped my nephew off a 1.5 KW generator because he loses power every so often and generally in the winter.

It's not a generator that will run the entire house but it is enough for him to keep the furnace up and running so the pipes don't freeze and it ought to be able to double to keep the refrigerator cold enough to keep the stuff in it from going bad.

I suppose that there will be a few people wondering what I was thinking when I decided to get the pair of them a generator but I'll bet my nephew and his future bride won't.

They will think of me when they find that they are not freezing their asses off during some screwed up ice storm.

Frankly I hope the damned thing never gets used because when you need one it means that life is not going along very well. If it rusts in peace in the basement or shed that is likely a good thing but the truth of it is that it is likely to get used. 

They live in a part of the country that has pretty harsh winters. It seems that every winter they lose power a couple of times.

When a young couple is starting out the last things they generally need is a bunch of stuff that is only used when the Queen of England drops by. These days she's getting a little long in the tooth and likely isn't including my nephew and his shiny-assed new bride on her list of people to drop in on.

When you consider that neither of these two are little kids anymore and have been living on their own a while it isn't likely that they need a whole lot of kitchen stuff, either. They both likely each have a toaster and microwave. I suppose a decent barbecue set or something like that would be appreciated, though. Sneak a peek first.

A couple like that needs things that are practical like tools and maybe bedding. A couple of sets of sheets are probably useful and last for years. Even if they get a couple of sets they don't go bad, either. They can be stuck in the linen closet until needed.

Anyway, I'll bet you that when the snow flies and the power goes out they will likely be grateful that their Uncle Piccolo thought ahead enough to get them a small generator.







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