Re: [tabtrailers] Re: Santa TAB Christmas TOY [2 Attachments]

It's very clever!

Crystal and Daisy T@BAker #2568

--- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com, "Tina Torino" <tinatorino@...> wrote:
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> I'm behind on reading posts since Thanksgiving, and couldn't believe how wonderful this poem is! Did everyone read this? TT
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> --- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com, "kathyd45385" <kathyd45385@> wrote:
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> > Loved this!Hope to see more next year.
> >
> > --- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com, "Ella" <taberellatogo@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I wrote the first edition of this poem in 2007 and added to it in 2008. Last year I didn't get around to it, but I picked up again this year. Hope you enjoy the ongoing saga of Santa and his T@B:
> > >
> > > (Posted in 2007:)
> > >
> > > `Twas the night before Christmas and TABbers this year
> > > were excitedly waiting for holiday cheer.
> > > Knowing that Santa this year, on this day
> > > Was planning to try out his brand new Tab Sleigh.
> > >
> > > He was older and slower and ready to try
> > > An easier ride for his fly through the sky
> > > Something cushy and comfy and easy to tow
> > > That allowed him some ease of arthritic wow.
> > >
> > > And maybe a place for a drink to inspire
> > > A nap and a rest, and maybe a fire,
> > > To warm up his body deep down to his bones
> > > a break between housetops, and chimney and homes!
> > >
> > > It was not all that big, not too tall or too wide
> > > For Santa to snuggle and rest when inside
> > > And if he got lonely and wanted a friend
> > > It had enough room for Mrs. Clause within!
> > >
> > > The sleigh flew through the night with ease and so quick
> > > Santa had much more time to enjoy his trip.
> > > Across the nation he stopped in to see
> > > Those Tabbers and friends that traveled like he!
> > >
> > > And all did agree the new sleigh was the coolest,
> > > more modest, so simple, and oh just the cutest!
> > > While everyone watched it was up and away
> > > Merry Christmas to Santa and his great new Tab Sleigh!
> > >
> > >
> > > (Continuing the story in 2008:)
> > >
> > > Remember last year when Santa decided
> > > to try a TAB sleigh and was oh so delighted?
> > > He'd bought a brand new one all the whistles and bells,
> > > and it worked out just perfect, for him and his elves.
> > >
> > > In fact, Santa was so delighted with it,
> > > he modified his TAB and had it re-fit
> > > and transformed it from a flying TAB sleigh,
> > > back to a camper for traveling and play.
> > >
> > > To help plan his mods he got in the loop
> > > And joined a TAB forum – a great YAHOO group.
> > > He read all the posts and began to compile
> > > a to-do list after a search of the files.
> > >
> > > He read all the postings and words of great wisdom,
> > > and learned ins and outs of the electrical system.
> > > He even ventured to post his own question,
> > > answered by many an expert and craftsmen!
> > >
> > > The first thing he did was get rid of the table,
> > > A couple of slats, and the bed was real stable.
> > > And the space that this saved was a great boon
> > > For such a big man needs lots of room.
> > >
> > > And as for the water, he needed a lot,
> > > not just 5 gallons, and he needed it hot.
> > > City water hook-up was installed by his elves,
> > > hot-water-on-demand, he did by himself.
> > >
> > > And more on the YAHOO group site he did read
> > > about screen doors, converters and lights –– L-E-D!
> > > And all of these mods, he completed each one,
> > > till his TAB was customized and ready for fun.
> > >
> > > Come spring it was ready for his first camping trip,
> > > he longed to meet TABbers – for fun and kinship.
> > > He returned to the group site and looked for a rally,
> > > one that was close would be right down his alley.
> > >
> > > Of course, from the North Pole nothing is close,
> > > but he looked and decided on a rally – West Coast.
> > > And dressed incognito, his person disguised,
> > > he attended the rally ---- unrecognized!
> > >
> > > It all was the way that he'd heard it would be,
> > > the camping with TABbers and the comradery.
> > > It felt like a family, one he'd known all along,
> > > he'd only just met them, but knew he belonged.
> > >
> > > So went the summer, one trip then the next,
> > > From West coast to East, he camped with the rest.
> > > Not once did he let anyone know who he was
> > > Camper by summer, come Christmas Santa Clause!
> > >
> > > At the end of the season, he returned to the Pole
> > > ready for his annual around-the-world goal.
> > > As he transformed his Tab back into a sleigh
> > > He knew he'd see TABers, on another day.
> > >
> > > Now, think back you TABbers – did you ever attend
> > > a rally and meet a round, jolly old friend?
> > > A guy who about where he lived never told?
> > > It could have been Santa – his time off from the Pole.
> > >
> > >
> > > (Picking up in 2010:)
> > >
> > > Last year poor Santa heard news oh so bad
> > > No longer was Dutchman making the T@B!
> > > Oh MY! Oh NO! This just couldn't be true,
> > > Santa cried out in protest, (`long with me and with you.)
> > >
> > > No T@B for delivering his gifts round the globe?
> > > No T@B for his rest stops with comforts untold?
> > > No parts and no pieces to repair what might break?
> > > His dear T@B was left to this terrible fate?
> > >
> > > And so all last Christmas preparing for cheer,
> > > Santa's heart wasn't in it – his heart was in fear!
> > > His T@B-Sled-Sleigh's future was stopped in it's tracks
> > > From economy failure and factory cutbacks
> > >
> > > How could it have happened? What plot was alive?
> > > Discontinue the T@B? No, it must survive!
> > > With that cheering thought Santa sprang into action
> > > To save his T@B sleigh . . . that was his new mission.
> > >
> > > Back at the trusty Yahoo web site
> > > Santa saw with a smile, things might be alright.
> > > T@B owners were talking, and rallying `round
> > > They no longer were silent, no longer dumbfound.
> > >
> > > The owners, and dealers and the T@B wanna-bees
> > > Went into to high gear with a heart-felt decree,
> > > To all that would listen, they announced this result:
> > > "The T@B's on it's way to becoming a cult!"
> > >
> > > And as the this new thought materialized,
> > > Santa saw in the future (to his happy surprise)
> > > That love for the T@B would not fade away,
> > > In fact it would grow, by month and by day.
> > >
> > > As word spread to all the fanatics and fans
> > > The movement did grow to a great big T@B Clan.
> > > All knew that change was the wind in the air
> > > soon T@B would be back, but, when or just where?
> > >
> > > So Santa set out Christmas 2010
> > > Spreading cheer and T@B joy again.
> > > As he planned his big trip, `round the world in the night
> > > He'd be spreading good news – the T@B was alright.
> > >
> >
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